Home Education Matters

Home educating can be a lonely journey and this is often even more so when you are doing it as a single parent. And yes, there are positives (and we get to these, don't worry!) but Tamsin and I are also here to talk about the difficult times and particular challenges to home educating as the lone parent in the house. [Enjoying the podcast? Leave a comment and say hi or take the time to rate us or share us with friends. It means a lot to us!]

Today I am joined again by Michele Holmes from the Home School Directive and we talk about how to add dual enrollment credits onto your High School Diploma transcript to help with university entrance to the UK or worldwide universities. This is an amazing route for students who don't want to take A levels, the SAT exam or the AP (Advanced Placement) exams. Instead, your home ed child can study courses from the first year of university and use these, alongside the High School Diploma, to gain access to most (if not all!) UK universities. If you are interested in signing up for the High School Diploma route (as I did with my daughter) then I've wangled you a lovely discount with Michele's company using this discount code just for listeners to this podcast! Add this code into the discount section when checking out for a great $75 discount off the price of signing up with Michele: HOMEED75 at https://homeschooldirective.com/ With Michele Holmes from Home School Directive - https://www.facebook.com/homeschooldirective/ - https://www.instagram.com/homeschooldirective/?hl=en

Have you been wondering how Ash and Ismael have been getting on since we last spoke to them? Me too!Today we catch up with Ash and hear about Ismael's return to school last Autumn and the journey they've been on since. And we'll be resuming our monthly check ins with Ash so stay tuned next month for our latest installment ...

And we're back! With a new plan, new hosts, old hosts and lots of great episodes coming up ...

And it's official. Today you'll meet your new Home Education Matters host and hear about her plans for the future of the podcast.   Enjoy the episode and thank you all so much for listening for the past two years!

It's my final episode as your host (but not of the show!) and I recorded this interview with Karem way back in Spring but, as I was recording it, knew I wanted to sign out with this podcast, so have held it back all this time. It was a tour de force of patience!   Karem and I discuss the importance of raising politically and philosophically engaged children and how home education is the perfect environment for these subjects. We talk about the who, what, how, why and when of incorporating Politics and Philosophy, and then more widely about home education as an act of love, freedom and defiance.    It's a wonderful episode for me to end my time as your host and do stay listening out for next week's episode where I'll be introducing your new host and we'll share her vision for the future of the podcast!

I am joined by Emmy from Arctic Terns as we discover the opportunities around the world for home educated children. From six weeks in Bansko for the whole family to a month of teen independence in the Netherlands, Emmy guides us through worldschooling hubs and what they can offer your home educating family.

Join Caroline and I as we discuss the benefits, pitfalls and procedure for applying to a non UK university. We roam around the globe discussing university culture, options for time abroad and applications procedure, as well as the all important topic of financing!

What a fascinating podcast we have today as I am joined by Lisa and Sam, visual stress assessors, to guide us through this much neglected condition.    We look at what it is, what the symptoms might be and how to support your child (or yourself!) if you think they might have visual stress.    Enjoy the show and do share it around with anyone who you think might be experiencing this condition!   https://www.facebook.com/share/g/pL8KqHrs9UkjM2ep/?mibextid=K35XfP    https://www.visualstress.net/   https://www.facebook.com/ColourCalm.VS/

In today's podcast I chat with some parents whose children have moved on from home education and away from home. Home education can be a particularly immersive way of parenting (for good and for bad!) and it can be a difficult adjustment to move from that intensity and connection to a quieter home when the children leave for college or work.    In this podcast we discover the joys, losses and surprises of an empty nest and how we have made that transition.