When Isolation Can Become a Concern in Home Education
by Gemma A lot of conversations around home education and “socialisation” end up revolving…
Educational Freedom is a non-profit organisation providing Home Education information and support. Our primary purpose is ensuring all Home Educators have access to FREE information and support. We aim to provide everything you could ever need to know about Home Education.
A great way of ensuring your Home Education journey goes smoothly is to read all of this website. The menu at the top will help you navigate each section.
Making the decision to Home Educate can be daunting. But be assured that there is plenty of support out there! There are lots of families that have been in your situation, and we have supported tens of thousands of them.
Read through all of our website to learn all about Home Education. Use the menu to navigate through all of our pages especially the WHAT TO DO FIRST page for your country. Navigating through each page in turn really will help you understand everything you need to do. Then move on to the dealing with the LA section.
PLEASE NOTE: MOST PAGES SHOULD NOT BE READ AS A STAND ALONE PAGE, ENSURE YOU READ THE INFO IN OTHER MENTIONED PAGES TOO.
Where to find us after you've read our website.
These are articles and news updates, to be read as extra to the rest of our site.
Here’s a sneak peak at our public FB page feed where we share factual info as well as fun memes. Join our closed group for advice and to chat to other home educators.
An amazing post from Dr Naomi Fisher which is spot on as usual! "School isn't the only way to get an education, and the school way isn't the only way to learn. In fact, some of the skills we need at school are quite different to the skills we need in order to direct our own learning. This table from my new book 'A Different Way to Learn' contrasts some of the skills we need to do school 'well' with the skills we need to direct our own learning. Jumping in rather than waiting for instructions. Quitting rather than sticking with it when you've had enough. Diving down the rabbit holes rather than keeping on topic. So many of us learnt how to do school without realising that in the process we were forgetting how to learn. Table from A Different Way to Learn, Neurodiversity and Self-Directed Education by Naomi Fisher, illustrated by Eliza Fricker"
One resource isn’t enough. Not because you’re doing it wrong — just because no single thing can cover everything. Read our newest blog post to find out more. https://educationalfreedom.org.uk/the-risks-of-relying-on-just-one-resource-in-home-education/ #homeeducationuk #homeeduk #educationalfreedom
It is a sad situation when the LA demand samples of the child's 'work', they are accusing so many families of lying about the home education provision they are providing for their children. We spend ages writing a report, using the Educational Freedom guide, carefully ensuring we give adequate information that shows the home educational provision is suitable to the child's age, ability, aptitude and SEN....
We have many decades of hands on Home Education experience between us and many years as a professional support service.
Our team is made up of people from all walks of life, and all styles of Home Education.
We never have, nor will we ever, charge Home Educators a fee to access our website, personal support or anything else.
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Our aim is that our website contains everything you should need to know.
Beyond that we have a Facebook Page where you can connect with other Home Educators and our amazing admin team. We also have the option to contact us, for those times where you don’t have Facebook.
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