Question We wish to take our early teen child out of school and home educate him/her. Can we use the Robinson Curriculum? Both parents are working, one self employed. Our answer It will not be easy, but neither would it be impossible to start home educating a young teen, using the Robinson Curriculum, having taken him/her out of school at this late stage. However it is vital that you think it through carefully first. Ask some hard questions and give real answers:
RC requires a lot of self- discipline. Although we do not require it of a child initially, as s/he will need to be trained to be self disciplined if s/he has not already been so trained - and it will look different in the home-school setting to that of school anyway, we do need to be, ourselves, modelling it to the child every waking moment. Basically, RC requires the parent (at least one) to work in the same room as the child. It is not realistic to expect a child to work unwatched as the sinful heart cannot cope with that much responsibility, so young. Set:
It would not be economically necessary to buy the RC discs as the child is not starting from the beginning. But you can use the principles. After the basic principles, RC recommends these things which I highly recommend for good attitude and for encouraging a thinking mind:
I would never want to discourage anyone from home-educating, given the perverse nature of education in the schools at this time. However, teenagers are on their way to becoming young adults and if they are not whole heartedly behind the idea, there will likely be more resistance, when they cannot see their friends so often and need to be alone much more. These things are so much easier when the child has been trained to them for the very start of life. But never under-estimate prayer, and always seek God's will for you as a family. Sometimes life calls for us to be tough, for the good of our child in the battle for his/her soul. We need to bring up our children on our knees in much prayer for wisdom, guidance and strength.
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During the Covid-19 period of emergency home-schooling, Christina Eastwood and I put together several months of free lessons for Christian home-educators. As these were well received, we thought that we would make them available permanently, and add to them (D.V.) until we have a free lesson for every day of the year. The result is a new website: |
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See our History Resources page for a list of helpful resources, compiled by a number of Christian, home-educating families.
I have sought the views of several Christian home-educating families and combine them in this post. I hope you find it helpful.
It's a question we would have been well to have considered before setting out on the road of bravely educating our children ourselves (or even having children), but usually such questions get lost amongst the other things that occupy our thoughts at that time... curriculums, explaining to others what we are doing and trying to justify our actions along with just coping with having young children around. That was certainly our case!
Many parents will be happy if their offspring produce them a nice set of good exam results and may-be that could be used to measure the success of a child's education. There are obvious flaws in this of course. Not all will produce good results. Does that mean the child is a failure? Many will try and tell us of course 'No it doesn't,' and they are right, but for the child whose education has been heading up to these exams all along, reality may be otherwise and I think the number of calls to 'Childline' and the like, when results come out gives testimony to this.
There is another question which is 'Do these results actually reflect a 'good' education'? The answer to this will depend upon your confidence in the body that set the knowledge to be learnt to pass the exam. Few consider this question, but Christian parents would do well to think about it.
However I presume that as home-educators and Christian ones at that, we have not just thought of education in mere academic terms. I think to be fair most of us do want our children to succeed as best they can, but we realise that education is more than just pure academic success. There is the mind, the body and the soul to be considered. And yet, when many around us are telling of their child's academic success it is sometimes extremely difficult to persuade ourselves that it is not the only thing that matters, especially when our child may not have gained high grades, or we may even have chosen not to major on exams at all, for whatever reason.
So what should be our end goal?
Obviously, as Christians we desire for our children to learn God's will for their lives and to live in obedience to Him. God's Word will be central to all that we teach and all t hings will be evaluated against god's Word. As parents we need to be 'people of the Book'.
After that, I have no definitive answer, just a few thoughts to help you consider this question for yourself, whatever the age of your children.
I'd like to start by asking you to imagine what sort of a person you would like your son/daughter to be when they become and adult.
I came up with this list - you may think of other things:
Godly men and women. Hard workers. Truthful employees. Loyal to company and friends. Upright in all their dealings. Faithful to their spouses. Men equipped to be Heads of their families and Ladies to be 'helpmeets'. Committed people: committed to their families, to their churches (where applicable) and to their place of employment. Caring, compassionate people. Serving people. Useful members of their communities. Men and Women who can think for themselves and can evaluate all through the lens of God's word. And so on.
So how do we achieve our end goal?
First off, we need to work from the bottom up. We need to make Scripture our bottom line for understanding anything. Scripture needs to underpin the reasons why we do/say anything in our homes - as after all, our school is 24 hours a day, seven days a week and even if you send your children to school, your home sets the tone. I think sometimes we are prone to forget this and think that it is only in our family Bible-times, or school time that we must consider our reasons for doing things, but it applies to the whole way we live life before our children, from the things we enjoy, to our attiutudes and everything in between. Of course this does apply very much to our curriculum too as we must learn, ourselves first in many cases, how every subject must be built upon God's Word. The Bible will lay the foundation for our understanding of everything we teach and want our pupil's to learn. Even maths calls for a clear understanding that 2 + 2 only equals 4 ALWAYS because of the unchanging nature of the God who set out the laws by which the universe is governed. Academic work is not a separate compartment where we can tack Christianity on to a “secular” model – there is no such thing as “secular” in a way the whole of the universe belongs to God and is under his sovereign control. This is not possible for us fallen creatures to do perfectly, of course, we are constantly trying to work from own fallen presuppositions and to tack on the “Christian perspective” – if necessary by adapting it (although we don't notice we are doing this!) to what we think ought to be right. We can still keep checking ourselves though and prayerfully ask to be directed back to seeing the whole world through the lens of Scripture.
Obviously, ultimately we pray that our children will accept the offer of salvation and come to know the Lord Jesus Christ personally. This is not something we can make happen, however we can bring them up in the 'nurture and admonition of the Lord' (Ephesians 6:4) and that must certainly be our main objective.
Along with this will be instruction in righteousness. We can't make our children righteous but we can train them in Christian virtues such as honesty, truthfulness, modesty, humility, perseverance, gentleness, respect for those in authority over them, pure, moral etc.. These are considered old fashioned nowadays but are so desperately lacking in our society. Obviously our children will follow our example and we must be careful to live godly lives before them as well as teach them these truths. These are lifelong things to learn which can't be learnt in a few hours cramming for an exam! All children learn something of them, and their opposites, whether it is directly taught or otherwise, but Christian parents will look to deliberately train their children in these things and look for evidence of them in their children's lives.
We can train our children to work hard and enjoy learning. This is in stark contrast to the education of most, which trains them to a life of entertainment and ease. Unfortunately this has overspilled into our churches where few are now prepared to take on any responsibility, wanting instead plentiful children's entertaining activities and worship that makes them 'feel good'. We will want to potray learning as a life-long adventure, rather than a childish thing that our children will leave behind when they leave school.
We can raise them to be happy in themselves and confident. In contrast to many youngsters these days who judge their value by how many 'likes' they have on social media, our children will judge their worth by healthier standards - preferably God's standards. We do this by grounding them in good biblical teaching so that they understand the way the world works, and how they fit into it, and then by taking a vested interest in them, not just during school time but out of it as well, right into adulthood. See my post on socialising children. Contentment is also a good thing - though this is something we need lots of practice to acquire! Let us seek to model it to our children.
They will understand that rights come with responsibilities. Again this is in contrast to the world where many youngsters think they have rights with no responsibilties. Let us seek to train our children to embrace responsibilites as opportunites to serve, within the family to begin with.
They will have learnt that all behaviour has consequences. How our flesh recoils from having to live with the consequences of our wrong behaviour, and yet how many these days (including sadly ourselves) will try and justify their actions and claim their right to behave in such a way. Let us not be parents who protect our children while young from the due reward of their wrong behaviour and thereby do great damage to the health of their souls.
We will seek to educate our children in running a household, organising, supervising, working with others (teamwork), leading (where applicable), manage a budget, and so on. We will teach daughters to be submissive wives and our lads to be godly husbands - through imitation and teaching.
We will want to guard against anything that might take our children away from the Lord. Sunday sports activities comes to mind, but this could include things like the entertainment provided in the home (including the type of toys)/social media/out-of-home activites etc... Any activity that consumes large amounts of our/our children's time and consumes our passions can easily take the place of God in our lives. We need to watch and be vigilant and be ready to re-address the balance when needed as be sure, these things will come - often! Watch out too, for activities that take your child out of the house, away from your instruction. We will want to be parents who evaluate all things as to their spiritual worth to us as individuals and also to our family, measured by God's Word - not just do them because 'that's what everyone else is doing'. Not even if that's what everyone else in your church is doing!
What will our children not necessarily be?
They may not necessarily be rich or clever. Be careful, as many secretly if not overtly these days want their children to be 'top'. The world's pressure is for our children to 'succeed' and it is so easy to succumb, though it often doesn't really know what it is looking for or why. We need to be different. I was challenged recently by reading the questions: 'Would you be upset if your child became a minister (or minsiter's wife), on a low income? Or even if s/he gave up all to become a missionary?' Good questions to ask as they reveal our heart motives for our children.
Can we do this?
Ok, I have painted a perfect picture! It will not be this easy and the end result will not be perfect. This too, we must grasp, as it is easy to fall prey to thinking that 'our-way' (whether home-educating or sending to school) will produce the perfect result. It won't. There is no such thing and this knowledge will help keep us from judging Christians who do differently to us (which is easy to do in self-defence when we feel pressurised). However, let us get it into our heads and hearts that as Christians we have a different end goal to the world. Let us not be ashamed of our endeavours. We may not be 'successful' whatever that means, however the Lord sees our hearts and knows our intentions. Let them be to do all for His glory.
How do we begin?
Obviously, we start with obedience to God's Word. Then alongside our OBEDIENCE in bringing up our children we need TRUST. We must be careful not to take on ourselves more than the Lord has required.
We must remember that ultimately it is God's work in our children. We do not have responsibility for producing the end product, however we are called to be faithful to our Lord and bring our children up in the 'nurture and admonition of the Lord' (Ephesians 6:4). The end product could be good character or poor. As we look to the Lord in ALL things and faithfully bring up our children according to HIS word then we can have peace even in difficult times - not just when we see these goals becoming a reality, either educational or spiritual. We must aim for obedience, which will of course be imperfect, and learn to trust. Whatever the outcome, or the opinion of others (and they will have one!) we can be joyful in seeing the Lord's plan unfold for our family. Of course, we must always mourn over sin and were a child to rebel we would be pleading the Lord to turn his/her heart to Him in salvation.
When we have prayerfully done our best we must leave it with our gracious heavenly Father. If we have trusted Him, then The Lord will overrule our mistakes and use even them to His praise and glory.
It's a tall order - let us not grow faint-hearted! May we ever encourage each other!
May I reccomend a book to you?
'Not Without Tears' is a biography of Mrs Favell Lee Mortimer, who was home-educated, and later in life became a pioneer of Bible teaching for the very young with publications such as 'Peep of Day' and 'Line Upon Line' which you can find still in print today.
This is an amazing story of her life, sharing how an ordinary mother, possibly with an unconverted husband, sought to home-educate her children. The book highlights the mother's frailties, her (well intentioned) 'mistakes', children who want the pleasures of the world and find life at home restricting, lack of good teaching at church, and through all these things, shows how the Lord so graciously worked in Favell, from a young age, long before she sought the Lord for herself, and prepared her to do a great work for Him.
It gave me great hope and encouragement.
The book has been written by Chris Eastwood, who has home-educated her three grown children and who will be familiar to many as the author of 'God's dealing with our Nation' volumes 1 and 2 and the supplier of the Mothers Companion.
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Well let's look deeper into the subject. Let's look at two words: socialisation and socialising? Let's start by defining what we mean.
Dictionary.com defines socialisation as 'a continuing process whereby an individual acquires a personal identity and learns the norms, values, behavior, and social skills appropriate to his or her social position.'
Socialising is the action of behaving in a friendly or sociable manner. (Collinsdictionary.com)
So we see that both have to do with being 'sociable', that is, knowing how to behave in the company of others. To do this the child needs to learn the accepted codes of behaviour for the place in which they live. Such codes differ between countries and races. However, the process of 'socialisation' goes a step further and includes the acquiring of a personal identity. According to Wikipeadia, "socialization is the process of internalizing the norms and ideologies of society. Socialization encompasses both learning and teaching and is thus "the means by which social and cultural continuity are attained"
How do we socialise our children? Well, learning to be sociable and socialise certainly does not need lots of children the same age as our own, or we would have put them in school. Learning the norms, values, behaviour and social skills should be learnt first and foremost in the home and with contact with close family. When we meet with other people, our children will put into practice what they have learnt at home. Therefore, although it is not good for us or our children to be isolated we don't necessarily needs lots of other youngsters to help our children socialise. They simply need to be meeting other people, of whatever age. Yes, I agree, it is wonderful if they can have a close friend, but this is not always supplied. When the children are young and time goes more slowly, then look around and see who you can invite to your home. We had several elderly ladies in our chapel at that time and they loved to come round and spend time with the young children. The children benefitted as it was someone else to practice hospitality on, with the added bonus of a listening ear, someone to show their latest achievement to, or their latest creation, someone to spoil with fresh baked cakes. It did us all good.
These were excellent opportunites for us, the parents, to see how the children coped with visitors. We would rehearse before they came how they could behave, things they could say. After the visit we 'debriefed': what could we have done better? How could we have dealt with that awkward situation better? Sometimes we would note that one child needed more work in a particular area, so we would work on it before the next visitor came.
So we would to aim towards our children having many 'social skills' sorted by the time they are early teens, although they will probably still need a little encouragment sometimes! Children/teens do not need a bunch of other youngsters to teach them these things. If anything they are likely to learn unsociable ways if we are not very careful who they spend time with. Youngsters left alone, with no sense of purpose are easy prey to temptations to do wrong. Dare I say that I consider even church youth groups to be a danger.
What do we want for our children? Yes, we would like them to have friends, but they don't need to be constantly socialising and teenagers don't need any more than they did when they were young, and sometimes friends are still not provided. However what is more important is that they do need socialisation. This of course is the big area, where we differ greatly from the world. It is of course one of the main reasons we have not sent them to school. We want to be in control of our children's socialisation. We want to instill in them our values and Christian ways of behaving, but I feel that we are in danger of giving all we have gained so far in our children away, if in the teen years we put emphasis on socialising over and above being socialised.
All children need a sense of identity. They will get it at any cost. Too often we see children abandoning the values they have been taught at home once they get into the wider world, as they seek an identity in it. Somehow I would like to suggest, we need to help them get an identity before they leave us, while we still have the priviledge of guiding them. One word of warning as we start to explore this more: watch out for quiet children who may seem compliant and mature. Very often they get the idea they are not worth anything because they don't have lots of friends. Don't presume they are ok. Children without a sense of identity, who are not comfortable with themselves, who do not have a sense of purpose, often go astray. Some take on/have undesirable habits, others may become very withdrawn, even depressed and anxious - just look around and the number of young folk with mental illness. I believe that many undesirable outcomes come from a lack of identity. Broken homes with no-one to really take an interest in the youngster and guide them - no role models, or parents too busy with their own occupations to notice their teens. And you know, sadly, it can happen in the home-school too. We can let go of the reigns too early, or not understand what we are aiming for and miss the mark. It's never easy rasing children, none of us do it perfectly, but we must continue to study - study what we are doing and study our children to see how well we are doing.
So, a sense of identity is the one thing all children and especially teens do need. This becomes more important at this stage of development. These days, teens are left in education for many years (at least now until 18) creating a sense of protracted childhood, at the time in their lives when they are seeking a greater sense of identity which comes with a sense of purpose. This is very frustrating to the teen and too often, these teens turn to entertainment and aimless socialising to help them through what can become boring, unproductive years - with nothing to do other than study for exams. Teens have great potential! They are entering their most creative years. They feel the urge to be a man/woman, to have a purpose in life. They need something to aspire to. Left to their own devices, teens will find their sense of identity, usually imitating those they spend time with. It is easy for us to think that the thought of going to college or university is enough, as after all, isn't that the way it was for us? However many of us bear the scars of a lack of identity when we were young. So what can we do?
The dangers of socialising
The Maxwell's advice was to make your home the most fun and stimulating place to be. Spend time with your children - right up into adulthood. Make it clear to them that you think that their interests/thoughts etc... are important.
So how can we help our children/young people develop a sense of identity and hence a sense of purpose? Here are some things to consider:
How does your teen spend their free time?
My husband and I were greatly helped by another book by the Maxwells about Preparing Sons to Provide for a Single Income Family. It encouraged us to seek purposeful activities for our sons particularly (but it could easily apply to daughters too if you have them) from an early age. Over and above the normal chores, things like, teaching them to change light bulbs, mending things alongside you as they go wrong (looking it up in a book or on You Tube together if you are not very practical like us!). They encouraged us to think about what our sons could do at each stage, to include them in our tasks, not just leave them to their own entertainment. Of course there was time for that too, but this 'drawing them in' helps them to feel as if they are doing more responsible tasks and 'growing up', as well as preparing them for future life and being able to save money if they can do things themselves rather than pay for help.
Consider your children's interests.
This will take time and effort on your part. It may be a whole lot easier to leave them in their room with a screen, but souls are precious and easily lost. Take care to make the effort to take an interest in your child/young person and what better way then to encourage their interests and feed their passions. Do things with them and if you can't then take as active an interest as you can. I am talking here about serious interests, not just football. There is a place for watching sport together, but your child needs a healthy, educational interest in something. For us it's birds and trains, for others woodwork, art, farming, photography, animals, making things, sewing, musical instruments ... the list goes on. Our teen's magazines have come out of their interests. They started with a simple website each, and it and their ideas grew! They have become mini experts in their subjects. I hear of others converting garages into wood workshops and selling at craft fairs, others writing books and getting them published. With a little bit of help, encouragement and steering it's amazing what they can do. Think big!
As your young person grows and matures, hopefully your years of good training will be bearing fruit and you will be able to train them to take increasing amounts of responsibility. This sense of resposibility gives them a sense of purpose. It is indeed good to see them maturing and thinking issues through for themselves, especially when they take heed of God's Word.
Above all, seek to model a godly life to your children. They will learn much from it. Check your own social habits! Pray about your teens future with them, expecting God to lead and open doors. We have been amazed how many times this has happened, from friendships to opportunities for learning. All have been provided AT THE RIGHT TIME, which no amount of worrying before hand could have influenced!
Our boys both currently volunteer, one for the RSPB and the other for a Heritage Railway. They have a great sense of achievement at doing these 'adult' activities. Some of their new friends are three times their age, but they are happy - they have a sense of importance and identity and they have like-minded folk to chat to about their favourite subjects. Friends don't have to be the same age.
So to close: steer your chidlren away from entertainment and be careful how sh/he spends their free time and who with. Nurture his/her interests, guide them encourage them and above all, guard their hearts and KEEP them, as they are still very impressionable. Make your home as warm, inviting and as stimulating as you can.
In this way, even families with limited possibilities for 'socialising' need not fear failure, and those with only one child or introverted teens (by this I mean those who draw energy from being more alone, as opposed to extroverts who are energised by being with others) can 'socialise' them... i.e. help to give them an identitiy and a sense of purpose.
I hope these thoughts are an encouragement to some.
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So what other options are there?
Please note here that if possible, English and Maths should be taken to at least GCSE standard (or Equiv. eg. American SAT).
Going straight into A levels, by passing GCSE's
This is a route taken by some, especially if their child excels in a particular subject. Their is a fairly limited range of A' level subjects though and they won't suit everybody.
Take American SAT tests instead of GCSE's/A levels:
This can be a basic English/Maths test, but their are some other subject SATS too.
This is a much cheaper option and there are families who have done this and their child got into University (currently around £85). Check with the University courses they are thinking of if University seems the route that will be taken - not all will accept the SAT on its own but there are subject SATS you can take as well.
he-exams.wikia.com/wiki/American_SATs_for_UK_University_entry
Preparation for the SATs is free with Khan Academy.
Find Alternative courses:
Find distance learning courses to start building up credits. They could do these alongside the American SAT in at least English and Maths.
Some have taken OU courses.
Chartered Institute for Logistics and Transport - offers a level 2 distance learning qualification which is available to home-educators and is equivalent to a GCSE: ideal for those interested in road/rail/ship/flight and passenger services.
Art Awards
Taking an apprenticeship.
Technology awards
Volunteering: The RSPB and other Wildlife Trust take volunteers under the age of 16. Enquire to your nearest trust.
RYA awards in water sports - sailing, surf boarding, etc..
Music qualifications.
Other work like gardening for the elderly
Setting up own business (crafting/woodwork/writing etc...)
Other Reading:
he-exams.wikia.com/wiki/Views_on_exams_from_academics_and_home-educated_young_people
he-exams.wikia.com/wiki/Alternative_Qualifications
So many parents seem at a loss as to what to teach their teens and turn to the GCSE curriculums with relief. Please can I say respectfully - be careful! The exam curricums are not Christian. Read the books with your children, never just hand them the books to self-teach. They come from a different mind-set and world-view. Read the books your self first and then be prepared to discuss everything from a Christian perspective. From contraception in Geography, to evolution in English, there are many traps for the unwary. In addition, please be aware that the curriculums are very narrow. There is SO much more to teach and learn about each subject and so many more opportunities to learn from in general.
Before you jump into lots of GCSE's, can I encourage you stop once more and renew your family vision for education. The teen years are great years. Your young person will be blossoming from your previous good training and their minds alert. They are keen to feel like they are entering the adult world and they are full of potential. Make use of this and steer them further than a GCSE curriculum. If you have always home-educated your child, then it is quite probable that your child is educated beyond the average school student. If you choose to sit GCSE's, then don't stop there - aim to give them a much broader and higher education. Do they like Science - then buy them university level science books to study - written from a godly perspective. I recommend Apologia books as a step in the right direction. These will give more than is needed for a GCSE. Do they like history? Then encourage them to read widely - find them the best God-centred books to read at the highest level they can take. Study church history as well. English - find an excellent curriculum and take it to the highest level your student can reach. Dreaming Spires aims to teach beyond the English exam curriculum for example. Whatever the subject, aim to teach your child the subject to the highest level they can go, in a God-honouring way, and as broadly as you can, rather than just teaching them to cram, to jump through a hoop to pass an exam.
If all they learn is the GCSE subject as per the GCSE curriculum for an exam they are likely to forget most of what they have learnt after the exam and come away with a bit of paper, but no real understanding of the subject. Some teachers say - 'I can teach the exam or the subject but not both.' Aim to help your child learn the subject - really learn it! If your child is self-learning so much the better as that is the true test of a good education. If not, then use these years to encourage self study. The key way to do this is to keep academic work to the bare minimum, but to expect lots of reading from books you have chosen (with their input). Once again, steer away from entertainment. Help them to find a real purpose in life. Look for volunteering opportunities (of which there are many, especially once they reach 16). Encourage them in their interests. Get a subscription to a good magazine in the area they are interested. Feed their interests, go places with them. These are just ideas - there are other things to do, but then step back and watch them bloom!
If you do plan to do GCSE's, then bear in mind that home-educated children will not necessarily need ten subjects. If they know what they want to do then check the necessary qualifications needed. Five are usually sufficient. English Language and Maths are essential, and then Geography/History, a Science and a language provide a good balance, but others will do just as well. Use the rest of the time to encourage your youngster to use their time profitably -volunteering, helping the elderly with gardening, learning a craft or skill, etc... which will all serve to develop character as well as knowledge and skills. There is SO much to learn!!
If your child doesn't know what they want to do then study them. See what they are naturally good at. List these things. Then look at their character. Would they cope in an office - or are they the sort that can't sit still and must be outdoors being active. Are they 'people' orientated, or do they prefer their own company - it's no good doing a job on a desert island so to speak if they couldn't survive two minutes without someone to talk to! Then talk to your child about what you have discovered about them and start scouring the internet to find out what jobs are available and what you need to apply. Very often you will find that there are various routes to the same job.
Let's set a new standard. Let's not get drawn down to the average level, but rise above it - as children are far more capable than we usually assume and when encouraged to do so, can do amazing things. Have vision! Have confidence in what you have taught them!
Not all children sit GCSE's or A levels. Next time we will explore other alternatives.
Transitioning to secondary years education
http://www.dreamingspireshomelearning.co.uk/2015/03/transitioning-your-teen-to-secondary.html
Importance of routine:http://www.dreamingspireshomelearning.co.uk/2015/03/transition-your-teen-to-secondary.html
http://www.dreamingspireshomelearning.co.uk/2015/04/the-vision-thing-part-3-of.html
http://www.dreamingspireshomelearning.co.uk/2015/06/getting-to-destination-part-4-of.html
Blog About Britain Geography in bitesize chunks
by Sandra of Icthus Resources
My name is Sandra. Christian, wife, mother, ex-home-educator and passionate geographer.
Many times I have been asked to write a geography book for home educators. Well a book feels like too big a project, but I wanted to do something and the result is Blog About Britain. http://blogaboutbritain.co.uk/
The British Isles contains a wide variety of landscapes and environments. You can study lots of different geography without needing to leave home territory. So Blog About Britain is visiting lots of locations and looking at many different topics. I’m hoping I’ll inspire you to get out and about and see new things in familiar areas, as well as discovering new places.
Posts are short, usually less than 300 words and there is something there each day, Monday to Friday. There are three new geography posts each week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, with each day being a separate series which continues week by week. Follow them all, just pick one or two or check out the archived categories for particular locations or topics and dive in wherever you like. On Thursday I re-run a previous series, which leaves Tuesday for something a bit different: “Tales on Tuesday” - the retelling of legends, linking them to their locations.
If you want to entrust me with your email address then you can sign up for my newsletter, which gives a weekly summary of posts with all the links. You can also opt to receive worksheets and ideas for further study. I send out something most weeks – maps, teaching notes…that kind of thing.
So do check out Blog About Britain. I hope you find something useful. I’m certainly enjoying researching, writing and publishing and eventually I might even have enough for a book. http://blogaboutbritain.co.uk/
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After studying for an Early Years Specialism degree (B.Ed. Hons), and teaching in mainstream education, I home-educated my own children, after my husband and I were persuaded of the need to take responsibility for bringing up our children 'in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.' (Ephesians 6:4)
Our children are now grown and I help home-educating parents teach reading and writing, especially to those with special needs. Please contact me if you think I might be able to help you.
In addition I help my son to write the Nature Observations magazines and helping Chris Eastwood with her FREE Christian Home Education daily lessons.
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