Homeschooling Downunder
Home Education Resources
for Australia and New Zealand
that save you time, money and stress.
These articles have been written by local homeschoolers and me. The articles are published here with the permission of the authors. They are here for you to see there are many ways and options for homeschool.
Good-looking handwriting is an art and good handwriting habits need to be established from the start. While this may seem time consuming, care must be given, not only to the formation of good, but to the prevention of bad habits.....
Home education is legal throughout Australia, though regulations vary between states. Some parents prefer not to register with the state authorities and so exact figures on the number of homeschooling children are unavailable. The 2001 census indicated that 28457 children could be homeschooled. Most commentators agree that this is a conservative estimate and that considerable growth in numbers has occurred since..................
I don't really like routine and structure and I resisted it for a long time because I didn't want my homeschool to just imitate school at home. This resistance meant that we weren't really operating our homeschool as best we could. I was the lynch pin to the day and if I got distracted (which I often did—still do) the whole system fell apart.
Education is an atmosphere, a discipline a life. This was Charlotte Mason's education motto. In this article we discuss what these three principles of a Charlotte Mason education.
As a Christian woman today I want to serve God with my whole heart. Service to God is my goal, and homeschooling is one of the ways I can accomplish that service. I wanted to share my struggles as I wrestled with homeschooling.
With CM the emphasis for the first 'writing' is on copywork. Transcription as she calls it from an early age .Writing and copying quality copywork,getting it perfect,getting the punctuation perfect. Then leading on to dictation when you again focus on getting the punctuation etc perfect because you spend time examining the dictation passage before you are required to write it.
We have never used a formal spelling program but we did start with a phonics based reading program. This was good for me because I learnt about the phonograms. Now I can easily break down words to help the kids understand the spelling. Most of the phonics I already knew(and I am sure you do too) I just hadn’t put much thought into it until I had to teach it. I think teaching spelling and writing using this method is a very natural.
There are different types of writing that we can expect from our children....
The exciting developments in technology today mean that so many new resources can be available to us through the use of eBooks (electronic version of books that you can download and print). Don’t panic about ebooks. Now that I am used to them and have a good system I have found them invaluable.
Registration in NSW requires homeschool parents to jump through a few hoops in order to get their children registered. This is how we do it.........
So you’re thinking about home schooling your child with Aspergers or another Autism Spectrum Disorder. No doubt you’re wondering if it is even possible...............
The essence of eclectic homeschooling is to borrow freely from a range of different styles of homeschool philosophies and combine them to find your own personal taste and convictions, and hopefully your children’s learning style.
The Cost of Homeschooling