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The Educating Parent Resource Directory is a carefully curated guide to trusted resources for home educating families. Designed to save you time, reduce overwhelm, and build confidence, it brings together books, websites, organisations, and tools that support learning outside of school.
Rather than prescribing what your children should be doing, this directory supports you as the educating parent — offering ideas, inspiration, and pathways you can adapt to suit your family’s needs, interests, and rhythms.
Whether you’re new to home education or have been learning this way for years, the Resource Directory helps you explore possibilities, deepen understanding, and find support without pressure or one-size-fits-all solutions.
The Educating Parent Support Groups Directory connects you with homeschooling and unschooling communities across Australia and beyond. Thoughtfully compiled, it helps you find local and online support groups where connection, shared experience, and encouragement matter just as much as resources.
Home education can feel isolating at times. This directory exists to remind you that you’re not alone — offering pathways to community, conversation, and mutual support with other educating parents who understand the joys and challenges of learning outside school.
Whether you’re looking for local meetups, online discussion spaces, or broader networks of support, the Support Groups Directory helps you find your people and build connection on your own terms.
Always Learning Books’ Big (and Always Growing) List of Free Learning Resources is a thoughtfully collected collection of free learning opportunities for home educating families. It brings together websites, programs, tools, and ideas that support learning across ages, interests, and stages — without the pressure of curriculum or busywork.
This list is designed to help you discover possibilities, spark curiosity, and make learning feel accessible and natural. Whether you’re looking for inspiration, enrichment, or gentle structure, these free resources can be adapted to suit your family’s needs and rhythms.
Because learning doesn’t stand still, neither does this list. It’s regularly updated as new resources are discovered, making it a living guide you can return to again and again.
The Chimaera Conspiracy
by Beverley Paine
Free Literature Unit Study
please distribute freely
Young adults share their thoughts about being home educated during childhood
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We know what it’s like to have doubts, to make mistakes, spend money we don’t have buying resources we never used. We know we all start in more or less the same space and how it feels to leave mainstream education to embark on this awesome adventure. Scary, right? But you’re not alone. Let Beverley help you.
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