The Overflowing Cup

Home Educating and “Good parenting”

Published on 2012-02-11 07:24:45

Apologies to all those who read my daughters’ first attempts at blogging!  Here’s some more from How Children Learn at Home, by Alan Thomas and Harriet Pattison. Thomas and Pattison look at a study by Desforges and Abouchaar on how parenting influences academic achievement. They found that Home background is crucial to educational achievement in school… [...]

Aw W’s defrtgyh

Published on 2012-01-27 00:50:48

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Reading Job

Published on 2012-01-21 09:15:20

I haven’t been blogging recently, because as you can probably tell from my last post, I really don’t feel like I have anything productive or interesting to say! It’s a hard time at the moment. But one thing that has been going well, that I have been enjoying and getting a lot out of, is [...]

Frustrated

Published on 2012-01-18 18:14:23

I want to be drawing up and implementing a schedule, with the help of Managers of Their Homes. I want to be encouraging my children to help out more, a la Managers of Their Chores. I want to be cleaning my house with Flylady, organising my days with Large Family Logistics, and schooling with Ambleside [...]

Advent Bible Studies and Activities for Children

Published on 2011-12-01 19:12:35

Thought I should follow the previous post up with a nice one pretty quickly! I’m sorry not to be more organised with this, as I know Advent has started. But if you are still looking for something to do with your children, this is a lovely free resource: Family Inductive Bible Study Guide for Advent [...]

In a funk.

Published on 2011-12-01 17:47:12

Funk (n): Informal chiefly Brit Etymology: perhaps from obsolete Dutch dial. (Flanders) fonck Date: 1743 1. Also called blue funk, a depressed state of mind (esp in the phrase “in a funk”). Manifestations: a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity. Synonyms: despondency, gloom More often than not I wake up and [...]

The advantages of an informal education: let children think for themselves.

Published on 2011-11-26 16:45:41

From How Children Learn at Home by Alan Thomas and Harriet Pattison, p32 (emphasis mine). Children learning [informally] do not think of themselves as ‘learning’ in the sense that they do in school. Nor do their parents think of themselves as teaching. People just live and learning is part of that. This is completely at [...]

Home Education on the Wright Stuff

Published on 2011-11-23 16:50:42

Some HE peeps were discussing this on twitter this morning. Unfortunately I couldn’t watch it (too busy “socialising” – HE swimming sesh) but recorded it for later. The general consensus was “lightweight, simplistic and predictable” (@frockery). When I did watch it, the main message the programme managed to convey was how ill-informed and prejudiced the [...]

But what about socialisation? Or, our week.

Published on 2011-11-22 03:00:56

One of my least favourite things about home educating is having to explain myself to everyone. We’ve been under the radar so far, with just the usual “got your hands full!” since having three children age 4 and under. But now Jude looks old enough to be in school, everyone, the postman, receptionists, builders, well-meaning [...]

Home education in the news and on Mumsnet

Published on 2011-11-21 03:30:57

Lovely positive coverage of a home educating family by the Yorkshire Post. More parents are at home with the idea of teaching children themselves Ok, I’ve just got the title. Ha I got the link through the Mumsnet Home Education Facebook group. Do have a look – it has over 50 members now and looks [...]