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Free maths app for home education: Help test BrightWren

Free maths app for home education: Help test BrightWren

Help shape a new maths app for 7 to 11-year-olds

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It’s called BrightWren. It covers Years 3 to 6 and is now in free...
How to make art a regular part of home education when you don’t feel artistic

How to make art a regular part of home education when you don’t feel artistic

Simple ways to build drawing and creativity into your home education week

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This article was contributed by Kirsty Shadiac, who paid a fee for publication, including a link to their website. All guest articles are reviewed for relevance and must meet The Home Ed Daily's editorial standards.

"I'm not arty!"

I've lost...

Spend less time preparing: simple ways to reduce home education prep

How to reduce home education prep and save time

Spend less time preparing: simple ways to reduce home education prep

There is a quiet, sneaky myth in home education: the idea that the success of a learning day depends on how much time you spent prepping for it the night before.

Whether you follow a structured curriculum, let your child’s interests lead the way, or take a piecemeal approach like the rest of us, it is ridiculously...

Art is more than creativity: why it matters in home education

Art is more than creativity: why it matters in home education

Why art belongs in a whole education

Art education is most often “sold” as the best way of building creativity. I am not even attempting to go there, because I don't believe that is why art should be included in every child’s education or life. People, especially children, are naturally creative, unless we stop feeding them with impulses that challenge their minds, feed their souls and care...

A practical guide to GCSE preparation for home-educated young people. The Home Ed Daily.

Home education and GCSEs: preparing for exams without losing the plot

A practical guide to GCSE preparation for home-educated young people

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GCSEs have a peculiar effect on...

Reflections on keeping curiosity and creativity at the heart of learning. Cresconova Labs

Keeping curiosity and creativity at the heart of home education

A beautiful mess: reflections on keeping curiosity and creativity at the heart of learning

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How passion-led projects...
15 easy French activities for children at home

15 easy French activities for children at home

Simple screen-free ways to bring French into everyday learning

Learning French doesn’t always mean sitting down for a formal lesson.

For children already learning French, short, playful activities can help reinforce familiar vocabulary without reaching for another workbook. For complete beginners, they can be an easy first introduction to the language, with no pressure to remember...

How home-educated teens can move from interest-led learning to IGCSEs or GCSEs

Moving from interest-led learning to GCSE preparation without losing what works

How home-educated teens can move from interest-led learning to IGCSEs or GCSEs

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For years, learning may have felt...

Sailing experiences for home educated teens with Morning Star Trust

Sailing experiences for home educated teens with Morning Star Trust

Taking home education to sea with Morning Star Trust

Have you ever thought about taking home education to sea?

For many young people, sailing offers something that is hard to recreate on land: real responsibility, practical learning, teamwork, problem-solving, and the chance to see the world from a completely different perspective.

Morning Star Trust is a Christian sail...

How to help children fall in love with reading. The power of reading aloud.

Fairytales before phonics: How to help children love reading

How to help children fall in love with reading. The power of reading aloud.

Learning to read is hard, and none of us like doing things that are hard without good reason. So, if children don’t see the point in learning to read, they will be very reluctant to do the hard work involved in being able to decode the jumble of letters on a page.

After all, as adults, which of us picks up a...

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