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Today's podcast dives down into learning Japanese when you're home educated, from the early steps through immersion right up to GCSE. Kenia guides us through the best ways to learn, what to expect in the exam and even gives us some fun phrases in Japanese to throw into conversation. 行こう!

With Kenia Lopez- Hello!  I am Kenia.  I teach French, Japanese, Spanish and English online! I have been a language teacher for over 20 years in primary and secondary schools in France, Japan, USA and running my own language courses in Ireland and in the UK. I am also a home educator! - Kenia's Website- Kenia's Facebook page

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In this week's episode Emily is joined by Jess Garner who founded Gr0ve, a mentoring service for neurodivergent young people. From diagnosis and self identification to community, belonging and co-regulation, this episode is packed full of tips, insights and advice on navigating the autistic experience as a family.

Jess is late-realised Autistic, ADHD mother to neurodivergent children, and a former secondary school teacher and middle leader. She founded GROVE, an Autistic-staffed online organisation supporting Autistic young people, after her older child was unable to attend school. Jess recognised a gap in support for Autistic children to connect, belong and explore what being Autistic means to them.
Jess holds a Master’s in Autism, with all her work focused on children and young people.

Jess's Facebook page

@gr0ve_org on Instagram

Jess's Website

Links mentioned in episode:

What Works for Autistic Children, Luke Beardon

Neuroqueer Heresies, Nick Walker

We are all Neurodiverse, Sonny Jane Wise

Pete Wharmby

https://theautisticadvocate.com/

https://ausometraining.com/

https://autismunderstood.co.uk/

https://www.spectrumgaming.net/

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Today's episode is discussing the transition from home education to college (16-18) and the challenges, opportunities and social dramas it involves.

If you would like to find out more about Education Brothers (we receive no money for this promotion - we just really like what they do!), check them out here: https://www.educationbrothers.co.uk/

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Dave Bradbeer guides us on a fun (yes fun!) ride through the early years and primary maths curriculum. Packed full of practical ways to cover the maths syllabus up to Key Stage 3, this podcast is full of ideas for how to engage your child with maths learning in a way that focuses on engagement, real life understanding and enjoyment.

With Dave Bradbeer - I am a learning coach, working with parents and children to help deliver Maths. For home educating parents, I offer assistance with developing a curriculum that is based on the needs and interests of the child. - Dave's Website- Dave's Facebook page

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We are joined by Alice Khimasia who talks us through her wonderful, challenging, exciting, liberating unschooling route!

Home educating your children is, as Alice describes, an inherently counter cultural act. Choosing to unschool them is a step even further away from the norm, bringing with it joys and challenges on the way.

It's a beautiful and thoughtful discussion on one woman's experience of unschooling her children.

With Alice Khimasia - Alice has been unschooling her four sons since 2010, sharing their journey through Organic Education. A former school refuser, she advocates for learner-centered environments that prioritize safety, consent, and wellbeing. Her work has been featured in a BBC documentary, The Guardian, The Times, and a 2016 TEDx talk. - Alice's Website- Alice on YouTube

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It's a topical one this week and so we've dashed out a fun and at times pretty controversial episode on the new bill. It starts out restrained and then descends into unexpected rants. What's the conclusion? It's time to both boss up and settle down.

To settle down: Join the friendly little community we've established! Here is the link to join (did we mention it's free?): https://www.skool.com/home-education-uk-1347/about

To boss up: check out some of these places to get your inner activist going ...

The bill - https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3909

A summary - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/695e578a8ab0677c14afdfc9/childrens_wellbeing_and_schools_bill_2024_policy_summary_notes.pdf

An article - https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/news-and-blogs/the-childrens-wellbeing-and-school-act-passes-into-law/

The OU survey - https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/openuniversity/home-education-futures

The petition - https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/756811

Some of the much maligned groups we mentioned! -

https://www.educationotherwise.org/

https://educationalfreedom.org.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/hefa2021/

And two great sites from people working tirelessly to make a difference in home ed:

https://doingeducationdifferently.co.uk/

https://edyourself.org/

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Today's episode is a whistle stop tour through the main curriculum subjects and how you can use Lego in your home to help you engage your child and allow them to explore the curriculum in fun and interesting ways!

With Jo (Joanne) Revie- Jo is mum to four young people who she has home educated since their pre-school years, with her Husband Gavin she has a home-based tuition and educational consultancy business, where they offer educational support and activities for a wide age range of students. In addition to facilitating arts and craft activities for school-aged students, Jo is also interested in supporting home-based early years education. - Jo (Joanne)'s Website- Jo (Joanne)'s Facebook page - Jo (Joanne) on YouTube

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In another of our April Autism Awareness month series, this week we have our co host, Emily on discussing her top 5 tips for supporting your child with autistic burnout. Emily is AuDHD and has three neurodivergent daughters, she utilises both her lived experience and training to share simple and effective ways to combat burnout and create more calm in your home.

If you want to connect with Emily and seek more tailored support from her or from our other hosts, Eleanor and Charlotte, then you can visit our mentoring website and find out how we can support you further.

www.homeeducationmentors.com

Or perhaps you would like to join our Skool community and come and join our virtual coffee mornings, accountability sessions, workshops, webinars and wellbeing sessions.

https://www.skool.com/home-education-community/about

This podcast is a labour of love, and time and energy and commitment and lots of coffee! It really helps us if you can follow us on our social media channels and comment to let us know if you enjoyed the episode, what you'd like to see more / less of and generally come and say hi!

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If you have been with us since the earliest days, you might remember this episode with Diane and Andy as they talk together about removing their daughter Rosa from school.

Since then, Rosa has grown and flourished, so I took the opportunity of re-releasing their chat with an extra section at the start where I meet back up with Diane and hear all about what's been going on with them since we last spoke.

This is an old episode and an informal chat between two parents so apologies for any sound fluctuations!

This podcast is a labour of love, and time and energy and commitment and lots of coffee! It really helps us if you can follow us on our social media channels and comment to let us know if you enjoyed the episode, what you'd like to see more of/ less of and generally come and say hi!

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In today's episode, Emily chats with the wonderful AuDHDacious Humans about the whirlwind that is home educating a child with PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance). If your child has PDA or suspected PDA, this is a must listen episode where all three parents talk of their experiences of parenting and home educating this unique condition.

Jenni Angas-Hi, we’re Martha and Jenni. We are both AuDHDers, ex-teachers, and parent carers to our AuDHD/PDA kids, who we now home educate and unschool, since leaving the education system and our jobs as teachers, over 3 years ago.

After struggling to find home ed clubs that could accommodate our kids, we started our own: Make and Create Club, where we offer community, advocacy and sensory support in a flexible low-demand environment where pressure-sensitive kids can thrive, especially those who flourish when they carve their own path. Our motto is connection over conforming, always.

As AuDHDacious Humans, we offer online support for discombobulated parents, carers, families, and educators looking for an alternative outside the education system to help them find their inner rebel so that all neurodivergent humans can heal and thrive away from the systems that break them. Some people call it a journey. They call it a reckoning.- Jenni's Website- @audhdacious.humans on Instagram- Jenni's Facebook page- Jenni's Facebook group

Links mentioned: https://finchcare.com/

This podcast is a labour of love, and time and energy and commitment and lots of coffee! It really helps us if you can follow us on our social media channels and comment to let us know if you enjoyed the episode, what you'd like to see more / less of and generally come and say hi!

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