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.
A throw back a year or two when we were learning about tea! We incorporated some hands on learning to this subject - including lots of tea drinking (and cake) Did you know that Turkey are the biggest tea drinkers? Do you add in extras when learning around a subject? #ukhomeed #homeeddad #homeedmum #homeedplanning #learningfromhome
Play is a powerful learning tool for all ages. Through play, children develop problem solving skills, creativity, emotional regulation, and resilience. Older children play through building, designing, experimenting, role playing, and exploring interests. Play is not a break from learning — it is learning. If your child is playing, they are developing essential skills.
Many families successfully home educate siblings of different ages. Learning can be shared, collaborative, or individual depending on the activity. Older children often help younger ones; younger children learn by observing older ones. You don’t need separate lessons for each child. Family learning is natural, efficient, and deeply bonding.
If something isn’t working, you can change it, immediately. You don’t need permission, approval, or a formal process. You can switch resources, adjust routines, or try new methods. This flexibility allows you to respond to your child’s needs in real time. Changing your approach is not a sign of uncertainty, it’s a sign of responsiveness.
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.
However, we do have costs such as web hosting, so feel free to donate.
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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