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The World Is Your Classroom!
© Beverley Paine
You don't need to turn a room into a classroom, with desks and blackboards unless you really want to. Most of your children's activities will happen in the family room where you spend most of your time, or outside in the garden or community!
A few well chosen educational texts and materials are all you generally need to buy.
The learning environment is far more than the home, and includes daily excursions to parks, shops, businesses, friends, educational institutions - the whole community!
Does your home look like a place where learning is valued and is always happening?
Good indicators are:
- book shelves with fiction and reference books
- supervised internet access
- educational games, toys and software
- children's art work on the walls, 'sculptures' on display
- children's 'experiments' in progress on display
- adequate and varied writing materials
- places to play outside, outside games and equipment
- children are listened to, have a say in their learning
- are happy to ask questions
And what is more, home education can cost as little or as much as you want.
- take advantage of the hundreds of free places to visit and enjoy
- borrow books from your local library and games from the toy library
- download fFree worksheets, lesson plans on the internet
- refer to the government curriculum on internet, many have samples of what chiildren are doing at school or complete lesson plans
- for over a decade www.aussiehomeschool.com has been a forum where homeschoolers exchange pre-loved books and materials
- regularly visit your local op-shops for bargains
- write on your calendar the date for any library book sales
- buy resources when needed
- start or join a cooperative to buy in bulk or share resources
- join your local homeschool support groups for ideas and activities
- subscribe to homeschool newsletters and magazines for support, encouragement, ideas
And don't forget the money you save on school fees, lunch money, uniforms, etc can be put towards special educational purchases. Plus keep your receipts as many will be eligible for a rebate on your family income tax.
For ideas on what resources you might need or want in your homeschool to help it be a vibrant exciting place where learning continuously happens, buy a copy of the inexpensive but very comprehensive booklet Learning Materials for the Homeschool by Beverley Paine.
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Since 1989 Beverley Paine has
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