Food plays such an important part in all of our lives and especially the loves of our young developing children. What they put into their bodies literally fuels them. They say ‘you are what you eat’ and in a sense it is true, often our eating habits will affect our moods, concentration and energy levels. […]
Nature Play
We’ve heard about the importance of learning through play and how it helps a child social and emotional wellbeing, along with actually teaching them important learning principals. In one of our previous blog posts, we’ve detailed some ways you can set up your home to make it play friendly and given suggestions on where to […]
Creating A Home Learning Environment
One of the obstacles you may discover in making the transition from your kids attending school to Home Educating them is how to replicate a school feeling environment. Kids can often be far better behaved at school than in the home as there are set rules, set times and set consequences for their actions. Some […]
Learning Through Play
If you have been doing research on alternative education then chances are you have come across the term ‘learning through play’, but what does it mean and is it another ideal that is better in theory than in practice? Learning through play is the concept that children’s minds develop while they are actually playing games […]
Teaching Emotion Intelligence
Educating kids is so much more than just teaching spelling and math. When a child attends school they are learning the core subjects that will help them read and write and help them to go into the field of work they will choose as an adult. But what is often neglected is teaching them […]
Social Interaction For Home Schooled Kids
If you have made the decision to home educate your kids in the hopes of providing them with a better learning environment to suit their individual needs, you may have had a bit of negative feedback from people who don’t really understand what home educating is. One of the misconceptions people have about home education […]
What is Excellent Education?
Educators, leaders, philosophers, thinkers and parents have long debated what constitutes an excellent education. The answer of course, is that the definition of an excellent education will be different for everyone. Thus it is of vital importance to parents who want their children to have an excellent education that they invest some time in creating […]
11 Awesome Ideas for Creating a Maths Friendly Home
1. Attitude Your attitude to maths is vital. If you hated maths at school and found it difficult, you may find that you’ve passed on this attitude to your child, even if not intentionally. Our attitudes as parents are passed to our children in many, many subtle ways that we’re often not even conscious of. […]