Home Education Curation Collection. 14th August 2022
For the past couple of weeks we've had a collaborative challenge running with @holos-lotus and @crossculture. It's been great to see the entries for this coming in and a little more activity in the community from it. This will wrap up in the next 24hrs, so look out for that.
First our usual thank you everyone who makes this community what it is. This week 5% beneficiaries for interaction and contribution to the HomeEdders community go to:
• @romeskie
• @virgilio07
• @ramisey
• @belkyscabrera
The ability to homeschool and the regulations that come with it vary from country to country and even region to region in some countries. Few places today allow complete freedom from government scrutiny, even when homeschooling is legally allowed. As @taliakerch's son reaches the age where he officially has to be registered in some form of education, she is researching covering all the legal requirements of her country in order to continue her son's education in the unschooling environment he's thrived in up until now.
Is homeschooling legal in your country and if so what sort of legal framework do you have to work within?
We all know how educational museums can be, but sometimes they can get a bit boring for little ones. That's why I was interested to see that @arrliinn's family had the option to go to a Children's Museum. This visit centred around an Emotions Exhibit where it looks like they had some great interactive initiatives happening.
Someone who has made a change in their homeschool provider and approach this year is @romeskie. I don't think it's uncommon for plans to change as you homeschool when you realise that things aren't proceeding as expected and learning enjoyment is waning. With the Kindergarten year ending with much less enthusiasm than it began with and both mother and daughter feeling burnt out, this year they are trying a Charlotte Mason learning programme and the enthusiasm has returned.
It's lovely to welcome @ingridontheroad to the community and share in her extensive experience of raising and homeschooling her five children. They are now adults and have flown the nest, but as she travels around for herself, she can't help but continue to see the opportunities all around her for education. A recent visit to Darwin's Botanic Gardens prompted her to share with us how your environment can be used as curriculum.
We currently have so many creative ideas coming in for fun learning from the challenge. As this will wrap up soon, I didn't want to risk double sharing, but this one made me think of @romeskie's Charlotte Mason narration method. For this activity @venusl19 shows us how to make a game where children can get creative with story making. Is challenging, yet fun too and I can imagine lots of smiles when played with siblings and friends.
Thank you for joining us. This curation was brought to you by @minismallholding and this week I have added @missdeli as 10% beneficiary for the ongoing delegation support. Thank you!
HomeEdders image created by @minismallholding, logo created by @ryivhnn's sister.
Supporting home education and educational content. If you’re a home educator, home educated or are thinking about home education, find out what we’re about HERE.
You can join the community by clicking the subscribe button on Hive or Peakd.
Homeschool regulations vary greatly. It used to be very easy roughly 20+ years ago. Everything was decided by the then homeschool moderators over a cup of coffee and a piece of cake. They listened to the children reading and browsed through their portfolios. I guess homeschooling wasn't as popular and well known back then so perhaps they didn't know what to do with those strange parents 🤔
They sent a nice letter of approval the next day and all was sweet. These days there is a phone book to fill out if you want to legally register in Australia.
I gather they've changed over the years in SA too. Some of the older homeschoolers when I started said they didn't get reviews for years if the moderators were happy with them, but it was a yearly requirement by the time we started, sometimes more often if they were unsure. Victoria was supposed to be the easiest state to homeschool in, but I think they've put more checks and restrictions in place now too.
I think one of the problems has been parents who didn't put the effort in and producing illiterate homeschooled children. I knew a mum who's daughter was ten years old and couldn't write her own name still. Laziness caused a lot of friction with the education department and no doubt much trauma for the little girl. My guess is everything just became stricter, more regulated and double checked by authorities. Sadly for those who did the right thing and for those who followed years later wanting to teach their children at home.
This would actually explain a lot as to why I never had any problems getting permission to homeschool or with renewals. I always expected them to be more strict, but I guess it's more a check on the children's well-being and that they are progressing. I hope it stays that way and doesn't reach a point where they want to stop homeschooling completely as they have done in other countries.
❤️ minismallholding
As long as parents keep doing the right thing and teach their children well we shouldn't have any problems. That's another reason I like to encourage homeschooling families. It's a lifetime commitment!
Gracias. Saludos, amigos.
@tipu curate 6
Upvoted 👌 (Mana: 0/55) Liquid rewards.
Excellent proposals. Greetings and blessings
Nice one @homeedders and congratulations to all of them for bringing quality and Educating ideas to this community. I am really pleased with all what is happening and I hope these good contents continue
Greetings @homeedders, thank you very much for the mention.
happy and blessed day!