Today is different. Just five days ago, the Minister of Education put out a press release quietly and stealthily with no prior consultation with the homeschooling community or representatives, which could impact the future of home education enormously. This podcast is a conversation with four other experts in the field and was done on behalf of The National Council of Home Educators to discuss its implications and how we can move forward positively. This needs to be heard! Thanks for listening.

Show Guests:

www.Cynthiahancox.com

www.starkravingdadpodcast.com

www.functionaleduation.com

www.engagingminds.com

Today I invite you to join me to find out why we need to keep lessons short for our children and how we can do that. Concentration spans for children are notoriously short, yet sometimes we are still expecting too much. The reality is a cliché, I know - but when it comes to quality time for learning for our students - less is usually more.

Resources:

Katie Pureti

Ambleside Online - A Charlotte Mason Education

How do we help our children when they feel bored? Is it our role to keep them busy so they don't experience boredom? In today's episode I talk about five key features of the benefits of boredom for children. It's an essential part of helping their brains develop and learn key skills that they cannot learn any other way. Join me to be encouraged in your practice of homeschooling for ways you can help your children do better through boredom.

Resources:

However Imperfectly - Andrew Pudewa

How Children Fail - John Holt

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