Real home ed life rarely sits still long enough to be captured perfectly. It moves. It shifts. It’s full of interruptions and tangents.

by Gemma One of the first things that becomes obvious when you step into the home education world is just how different it can look from one family to the next. There isn’t one version of it. No single approach that everyone is quietly following. Some families have a clear structure to their days—books out […]

One of the things that stands out most in home education is how much of it is shared—not just in terms of learning, but in the experience of growing up together. When children are home, really home, they don’t just cross paths at the edges of the day. They move through it side by side. […]

Case study 1.My EHE person is really friendly, we chat every 3 months. We show her what Bobby has been learning, showing her the workbooks, website logs, projects and photos from days out. He reads to her, tells her all about the family. She stays about an hour and a half, and usually plays a […]

by Gemma One of the things people say to me most often, when they realise we home educate, is some version of, “I couldn’t do that—I’m not a teacher.” I understand it. I probably would have said the same once. There’s this idea that teaching is a very specific skill set, something formal and structured […]

The other kind of masking… Are they sick or paranoid?

By Gemma Keenan When I think back to it now, it doesn’t feel like there was ever a big, dramatic decision to home educate. It wasn’t a moment. It was more a slow, quiet knowing that this was how we wanted to do things. From the very beginning, we were already living in a way […]

By Gemma Keenan If you were to peek into our days, you’d probably notice quite quickly that nature isn’t something we “add on” to our home education—it’s woven right through it. It shapes the rhythm of our weeks, the things we notice, the questions we follow. It’s there in muddy boots by the door, in […]

My Experience of Islam and Home Education Written by Sumaiya Al-Amoodi When people ask me why I chose to home educate my children, they often assume it’s purely for religious reasons. And while Islam does play a role in our journey, it’s only one part of a much bigger picture. I’ve been home educating since […]

There’s a certain kind of quiet magic in a home where learning isn’t boxed into neat hours or labelled lessons, but instead weaves itself through the day. It sits alongside the washing up, the muddy shoes by the door, the half-finished cups of tea. Home education, for us, isn’t just about academics—it’s a way of living, a rhythm we’ve grown into over time.