This is not home schooling

A decision parents make as they feel it is the best direction for their own family or child’s situation at the time. Not something just thrown at you, that you try and muddle through, while working, when you can’t go anywhere or see anyone, in a global pandemic.

 

 

Nowhere near it.

 

 

We are all just trying to get through, with our heads above water.

 

This looks different in every house across the nation, and indeed the world, because of differing work patterns and external stresses. Doing school set work at home is pretty tricky for those continuing to work at home with little ones. Trying to help older ones with the tech, logins, something they didn’t understand, the assignments and the quirks of the printer when having back to back meetings is pretty tricky.

 

 

Education is all around us. Resources are at our finger tips so grab your diary and let these help you out. You Tube is a wonderful thing to help answer anything but for more structured lessons English with Holly Theatre of Science offer some of the best teaching you’ll find. BBC Bitesize have huge amounts of videos on their website, and now a daily morning schedule too as well as lots of Teacher Talks. 

 

Kids learn in so many different ways.

 

Home education can give you the opportunity to learn about gravity by jumping off the wall, weights and measures by cooking, friction by playing with Lego on a home made ramp. They can work it out themselves with a little bit of guidance when you can fit it in.

 

Remember, in terms of sitting down work: 20 mins of one to one daily or here and there with younger kids, is as valuable as hours in a classroom.

 

 

It might even help them in the long run.

 

 

 

Dr Jo Watkins and Polly Crook
Co founders of The HOW People www.thehowpeople.com

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