Honey should we homeschool? (Tom and Leah)

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Join us for our first episode in which we discuss the reasons we are considering homeschooling and our concerns about the different ways of educating our children. Head over to our instagram to share any thoughts or ask any questions you may have, we look forward to hearing from you.

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In this episode we will be discussing the questions we have been asked about how our children would get the socialisation they need if they were home schooled. We explore what socialisation means, and try and answer some of the challenging questions sent our way.

If you would like to read more about the research we looked at please go to:
www.responsiblehomeschooling.org

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In this episode we will cover what we have found out about finances, as well as start the discussion around the mental health aspects of home schooling, which is a vast subject!

Head to https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk to find out what financial help you could get.
To watch the video by the lovely Puerto Rican lady we mentioned click this link - 
https://youtu.be/fWNJmZAWRNghttps://schoolwearassociation.co.uk/cost-of-school-uniform/

If you want to get in touch please find us on Instagram at honeyshouldwehomeschool

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In this episode we look at the age at which children start school in various countries around the world. We try to dig into why these differ so much and whether there are any benefits of starting school earlier rather than later or vice versa, and consequently whether this impacts our thinking around home schooling.
If you'd like to get in touch you can find us on Instagram at @honeyshouldwehomeschool
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In this episode we share with you our decision and the key reasons that ultimately led us to it. We explore some of these reasons in more detail to help understand our mindset around it, and the challenges that we have experienced since making our choice.  We also discuss the future of the podcast!

If you relate to any of the content discussed in the podcast and would like to get in touch you can find us on Instagram at @honeyshouldwehomeschool
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In this episode we'll be chatting about some of the questions we have been asked, including topics like 'what have they learnt today?', 'do you have a schedule' and others. We figured this might be a good topic to talk about as it's likely anybody embarking on this journey will get asked these by friends and family at some point.

If you relate to any of the content discussed in the podcast and would like to get in touch you can find us on Instagram at @honeyshouldwehomeschool, or email us at honeyshouldwehomeschool@hotmail.co.uk

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In this episode we are interviewing an alumni of worldschooling. We'll be asking the questions on everybody's minds about how homeschooling can work to someone who has lived through it and had the same questions asked throughout her life. 

The biggest thanks to Naia for agreeing to do this interview, it was so enjoyable talking to her and incredibly interesting to hear her experiences coming from a worldschooled background.

If you’d like to get in touch, we’d love to hear from you.

Find us on Instagram @honeyshouldwehomeschool

YouTube @honeyshouldwehomeschool
 https://youtube.com/@honeyshouldwehomeschool?si=dpQ9_DIbKDoNUmnT

Email - honeyshouldwehomeschool@hotmail.com

Find Naia on Instagram @djswagzilla 

Check out her blog - https://www.skyrunninggirl.com/

Buy her book - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BLG5BH2V?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_A01YZM0Q4C0NM2RCGBKN

Find Naia’s mum Julie on Instagram @wanderschooling 

Or at her website https://www.wanderschool.com 

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Today we speak to author and home educating father of 3. John, who has been home educating for 19 years, has recently shared his home ed experiences in his new book “this is not a school”. We pick his brains about all things home ed, from how to deal with self doubt and anxiety around homeschooling to how to tackle those trickier subjects like algebra!

To get Johns book head over to Amazon https://amzn.eu/d/13xMnmp

Or listen on https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6956884

Head over to our instagram to see the illustration mentioned in the podcast.

As always, thanks for listening and feel free to drop us a message by email - honeyshouldwehomeschool@hotmail.com or find us on instagram @honeyshouldwehomeschool

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Welcome back to another episode of Honey Should we Homeschool. Today we’re discussing the UK curriculum (mostly primary curriculum) and whether we need to or even ‘should’ follow it?
 
 Most of the information discussed today can be found on the gov.uk website here - https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum
To find the info on how academies work head here - https://www.gov.uk/types-of-school/academies#:~:text=Academies%20have%20more%20control%20over,it%20must%20become%20an%20academy.
To find the statistics mentioned about academies head here - https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk
To read more about the evolution of the curriculum head here - https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmchilsch/344/34405.htm
To read the article about introducing computing to the curriculum head here - https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/englands-computing-curriculum-a-clash-of-values-beliefs-and-purpose
To read the article by Mr Joshua Vallance - https://mrvallanceteach.wordpress.com/2021/03/13/curriculum-what-are-we-really-talking-about/
To see the adorable video of Japanese children learning about bus etiquette head here - https://www.facebook.com/kacchalimbooindia/videos/this-is-a-courtesy-lesson-taught-to-elementary-school-children-in-japan/1577289989363419/
To hear Izzy Garbutts speech head here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKrpYo9N5hs&t=52s

As always, thank you so much for listening and if you’d like to get in touch you can drop us an email at honeyshouldwehomeschool@hotmail.com or head over to our instagram @honeyshouldwehomeschool We’d love to hear from you. 
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Welcome back to another episode of Honey Should we Homeschool? Today’s hot topic is The “Children’s well being and schools bill”.
 
 WARNING - This episode contains some discussion about murder that may disturb some listeners. Listener discretion is advised. If you would like to skip this part, go straight to
 If you would like to know more about the case you can read about it here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czr3vygvyy7o

To read the full bill go here - https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/59-01/0151/240151.pdf
To check its current status head here - https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3909

Read some summarized versions of the bill here - https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2024/12/the-childrens-wellbeing-bill-what-parents-need-to-know/
and here - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/childrens-bill-to-keep-children-safe-from-exploitation

The article referencing numbers of home educated children in Cornwall - https://hellorayo.co.uk/greatest-hits/cornwall/news/rise-homeschooling-cornwall-since-pandemic/

If you’d like to learn more about the Children’s University after my quite vague explanation, go here! - https://www.childrensuniversity.co.uk

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Hello and welcome to another episode of Honey, Should We Homeschool? 🎙️

Today, we're thrilled to be joined by Karen Howden, a former secondary school language teacher (whose partner was a primary school teacher!) who made the bold decision to leave her job and home educate her children. If you know someone who would love to hear this interview, please share it with them!

To connect with Karen and learn more about her home education journey, you can find her on Instagram: @thehowdenfam
Or feel free to email her at: thehowdenfam@gmail.com

Links mentioned in this episode:
Fun Science UK

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Hello and welcome to another episode of Honey, Should We Homeschool? 🎙️

Today, we’re discussing real life, or adult life and what our children REALLY need to know to thrive as adults.
 We’re planning to sack of the national curriculum and write our own that we believe will provide our kids with the foundation they need when they leave home, all with space to follow their passions and hopefully one day attain the job of their dreams.
 We’ll be discussing what typical days look like, what every human needs to know and how we teach these core skills.

Links mentioned in this episode:
The chemistry legend that is Big Manny 1
The Life without School Podcast - Finding Balance with Screens episode

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