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Are You Smart Enough To Home Educate Your Children?

Home education, also known as homeschooling, is a popular alternative to traditional schooling for many families. One of the biggest advantages of home education is that it allows parents to tailor their children's education to their individual needs and abilities. This can result in a more personalized and effective learning experience, as children can work at their own pace and focus on subjects they are most interested in.

Additionally, home education allows for a more flexible schedule, which can be especially beneficial for children with special needs who may have difficulty attending a traditional school setting. In this episode, we are joined by Amy Jones, a teacher who home-educates his two boys. Amy shares why she decided to home-educate her children, the structure of qualifications in home education, and the experience of starting home education. She also talks about the effects of targets in schools, how the system is failing children with special needs, and the lessons she has learned from home education. Don’t miss a thing on this. Tune in to learn more!

Timestamps

[00:29] Amy Jone’s background information

[01:22] Why Amy decided to home-educate her children

[01:40] The structure of qualifications in home education

[14:17] Are you smart enough to home-educate?

[16:13] The effects of having targets in schools

[22:00] The experience of starting home education

[22:47] The lessons that Amy has learned from home education

[27:37] How the system is failing children with special needs

[35:23] Retaining your identity as a parent and those of your children in home education

[40:08] Tips to help home education children socialize

[43:08] The ratio between curiosity and attacks in home education

[50:43] The process of home education

Notable quotes:
● “Children who can’t read in school at a young age will often fail to gain qualifications which is not the case with home education. Children who learn to read later in an unschooling environment don’t fail.”

● “The trouble in many schools now, especially secondary, is children are disengaged.”

● “If you are trying to teach a child something and they are not ready, then they won’t learn.”

● “Some children need different support, which is why schools cannot work for everyone. If we try and fit children in those boxes, then their mental health is going to struggle.”

Correction at moments [25:31] and [25:42] Amy states the percentage as 28% but she corrected this after as being 20%.

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