Hemmies

Exams in the UK are all about hoop jumping. And there's nothing home educators like less than pointless bureaucratic hoop jumping!

But don't worry. We've got the ultimate guide to hack the system and make exams as seamless and easy as you dare.

From Environmental Management to Edexcel English Language and beyond, we've got some amazing hacks to get you through exams.

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Today I'm chatting with Jemma about how best to help your child at home with maths.

Maths is all about balance ... no, not balancing equations but learning how to balance rote learning with understanding, fun with efficiency, and freedom with repetition. Join us and learn some great methods to facilitate your child's maths as part of your home educating journey.

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Check out our in depth chat with unschooling expert Heidi Steel.

It's a fascinating insight into this child led approach to education, detailing both the challenges and the benefits of partnering with your child to choose how, what, when, where, what and why they learn.

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Home educating? Why stick to the usual schooly curriculum subjects? These two subjects are 100% exam assessed with fascinating and relevant content for our home schooled / home educated teens, and so are fabulous options for home educators wanting to sit GCSEs as external candidates.

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Autonomous parenting? Partnership parenting? Unschooling? Radical unschooling?

Come and join Sarah and I as we chat all things autonomy, respect, tolerance and red lines. Some ideas are challenging, and some controversial, but they're all fascinating! Check out this super fun rollercoaster of a chat through the world of free flowing home education.

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Join Diane and I recapping some of our highlights (and lowlights!) of 2022 as home educating / home schooling families, and looking ahead to our goals and New Year resolutions for 2023.

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For our final episode following a typical home education day, Diane chats to Rosa. Removed from school a few months ago, they discuss the problems they encountered at her secondary school and the impact it had on them all. But don't worry, it has a happy ending!

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Today I am chatting with Amanda, a home educator for the last 14 years, who is now guiding her teens through their exam years, college and into university. We also discuss home education successes, independent thinking children and why sometimes you just need to set up your own meet ups.

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Today, I'm joined by my 14 year old home educated child, Kerenza, and we discuss her typical day, staggering her exams, studying with dyslexia and the many benefits of being home educated.

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For today's Day in the Life series, I'm talking with Greg who came to home schooling during coronavirus. He has now developed a home education journey which embraces nature, learning in every day activities and the power of letting your child follow their passions.

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