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How Do Home Educated Children Socialise? | The Myth of Homeschool Isolation

Do you worry about homeschooling socialisation? Home ed children thrive through hands-on experiences and mixed-age friendships, learning together, not just side by side.

One of the most persistent myths about home education is that it leaves children socially isolated. It’s a tired stereotype that keeps resurfacing - often from well-meaning relatives, concerned strangers, or parents unfamiliar...

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Sara Sharif’s Tragedy and Systemic Failures

The heartbreaking death of Sara Sharif has sent shockwaves across the nation, leaving an enduring sense of grief and anger. However, the aftermath of this tragedy has seen the government and media exploit Sara’s story to unfairly target the home education community, perpetuating harmful misconceptions while neglecting the true systemic failures that led to her untimely death.

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The Pros and Cons of Home Education

Home schooling - advantages and disadvantages

Home education offers something schools can’t: the freedom to tailor learning to your child’s unique needs, interests, and pace. It gives families the chance to strengthen their relationships, shape daily life around what really matters, and explore the world together on their own terms.

It does take commitment. But for many families, the...

How home education is changing the way we learn

As September rolls around, the familiar hum of the "back-to-school" season fills the air. Shops brim with school supplies, uniforms, and lunchboxes, while families gear up for the whirlwind of early mornings and jam-packed schedules. But for a growing number of families, this September signifies a shift away from convention. Instead of rushing back to classrooms, they’re embracing the freedom and...

Education in Disguise: The Power of Stealth Learning

Stealth learning , also known as hidden education, is all about slipping educational content into enjoyable activities. It's like teaching undercover! By cleverly integrating learning goals into non-traditional tools, like games, we can make learning feel like play. Kids think they're just having fun, but guess what? They're learning at the same time.

But why go undercover with...

How schools in Finland differ from UK education

How schools in Finland differ from Britain.

The UK education system could learn a lot from countries like Finland where children learn through play, and 'formal' schooling doesn't begin until the age of 7 (unlike the UK, where they can start school at barely 4, even though the actual CSA (compulsory school age) is 5). The English CSA system was introduced in 1870 to get women back into work quicker (rather than based on any educational...

"Breaking Barriers: The Rise of Home Education for Autistic Children"

The Rise in Home Education for Autistic Children

Did you know that autistic pupils are facing barriers to their fundamental right to education? A leading charity has sounded the alarm, revealing a shocking 166% increase in the number of autistic children persistently absent from school over the past four years.

Let’s delve into the numbers. In England alone, over a quarter of autistic children – that's roughly 51,000 out of...

A home education learning space.

Home Ed / Homeschooling Setup: Do You Have a Dedicated Space? Do you have a unique area in your home set aside for home education? We don’t. In fact, our entire house is our home-ed learning space...

It’s easy to feel a pang of inadequacy when scrolling through social media or home education blogs. Those perfectly curated posts showcasing immaculate setups can make our own...

"The Home Ed Daily" home education website being viewed on a tablet

🧡Let's build a thriving home ed website together🧡

👋🏼 This is an invitation to submit your own personal content to a new website ‘The Home Ed Daily’. I would love your stories and articles - on any aspects of home ed. It is a site for and written by home educators. I sincerely hope that the information and many online resources I’ve linked to there, are helpful to our HE community. I’d like the site to debunk some misconceptions about home ed...

Sasha Jackson - Editor of The Home Ed Daily

About me, founder and editor of The Home Ed Daily.

I’m Sasha Jackson , welcome to The Home Ed Daily .

This platform isn’t a business—it’s a labour of love. As a passionate, unpaid home-educating parent, I’m deeply committed to giving our community a positive voice in the media. Let me be upfront:

Any banner ads on the site, which could theoretically earn me a tiny commission, have brought in exactly £0 so far (I need some tips on...

Debunking home ed myths: Aren't you stuck at home all day?

During the Covid-19 lockdowns, as a parent who had already chosen home education, I encountered some puzzling assumptions from parents whose children attended traditional schools. The common misconception? That as a home-educating family, we must be used to spending all day, every day cooped up - sounds like a classroom! 😜

The audacity of this presumption was frustrating. I often...