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Getting Started with
Home Schooling:
Practical Considerations

 
   
 
Homeschooling in Action!

© Beverley Paine

Home education is non-stop - it includes all of the activities a family does in a day, week, month or year. Some families take 'time off' regular activities during school holiday times; others simply continuing doing what they do every week. One of the benefits of home education is that families can visit and enjoy popular attractions during non-peak times - we're not restricted to weekends or holiday periods. Shopping and educational excursions can be done when these venues are almost deserted, meaning less distraction, greater concentration, more learning opportunities...

Homeschooling isn't 'sitting at a desk doing bookwork' all day, as these following photos show. It's about becoming involved in the local community, enjoying and learning about the natural and cultural environment and doing many hands-on activities. Homeschooling isn't always fun, but it's always interesting!

families gather around a campfire on the beach at a homeschooling camp
Beach fire at a Victor Harbor
homeschooling camp.
presentation of a science fair project
Solar power demonstration for
  a community science fair.
homeschooling fosters friendships among all age groups
Friends, Kristen (3) and April (15)
learn to play the guitar together during
  a homeschool gathering.
learning a variety of life skills as well as academic subjects
April and Roger learn how to make
stone garden walls with their Dad.
time to learn in their own way at their own pace
Roger and Thomas learn to program Visual
Basic on their lap-top computer.
chance to explore the natural environment
April, Thomas and Roger Bushwalking.
physical exercise and skills are important aspects of the homeschool learning program
Roger performing on a rola-bola during
a community Circus Training Workshop.
children caring for animals and the environment
The children learn about the
environment at Warrawong Sanctuary.
opportunities to have fun while learning to play musical instruments
Roger and April playing piano
with Beverley watching.
homeschooling children studying the basics in the traditional way
April and Roger at the dining room
  table doing English and Maths.
hands on learning is important in homeschooling
At fifteen, Roger is self-sufficient and
highly skilled in many practical areas.
happy children playing with clay
April and Roger explore the properties of clay
and enjoy making small pots and figurines.
learning new skills on homeschool excursions
Homeschooling group make pasties
during visit to Vilies Bakery.
exploring old toys in educationally new ways
Educational challenges are usually fun:
Tristan, Thomas and Roger build Lego towers.

Beverley Paine is a mother of three young adults and a prolific writer of homeschooling articles and has published several titles. More articles and essays can be found in her books, available from the Always Learning Books online bookstore.
 

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photo of Beverley and Robin PainePioneering members of the home education movement in Australia, Beverley and Robin Paine are passionate advocates of true educational choice for families. They began homeschooling their children in 1986 and three years later started the South Australian Home Based Learners network. Beverley wrote Getting Started with Homeschooling in 1995-97 and since then continues to write books and booklets on home education. She balances spending time helping home educators with working in her garden and renovating her home, as well as continuing to build her collection of writing on a variety of homeschooling subjects. Beverley maintains an extensive collection of websites as well as several Yahoo groups supporting families teaching their children at home. In 2007 Beverley joined the HEA and became a committee member in 2008: she also edits and produce the HEA Newsletter, HEA magazine, Stepping Stones for Home Educators, annual Resource Directory and other HEA publications. If you'd like to keep in touch with what Beverley is up to her in her life, sign up for the Homeschool Australia Newsletter or visit her Homeschool AustraliaFacebook page.
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