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Homeschool Australia Directory Getting Started with Homeschooling in Queensland Congratulations on your decision to teach your children at home! My name is Beverley Paine and I began home educating in 1985, which means my three children are now all adults. They are all happy they had the opportunity to learn at home and in the community rather than at school.
First of all I'd like to reassure you that homeschooling is a legal alternative to school based education for children in Queensland. Secondly, you aren't alone in your decision to home educate! There are hundreds of families registered with the Department of Education (see my other article on registering as a home educator in QLD). Not all families chose to register: some opt to enrol in distance education programs. There are several homeschooling support groups in Queensland and these offer companionship and support for parents and children, as well as educational opportunities, excursions, activities and camps. Home educators seek the best education possible for their children and make use of the whole community, learning from many sources and in many different environments, as well as the home. The Home Education Association has a Chapter in Queensland - email heaqldchapter@gmail.com, or join by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/heaqldchapter/. A good place to start homeschooling is by reading as much as you can about home education. It will be daunting at first because there is SO much information! There are hundreds of free articles on this website to get you started! Click on articles index to be taken to our sitemap and then select the category and you'll be taken to a list of articles on that topic. I've written quite a few books and booklets for Aussie homeschoolers - links to these can be found in the right hand column on this page. I take a personalized approach to education and my book Getting Started with Homeschooling is a practical manual that describes how you can write your own learning programs and build your own curriculum to suit your family and your individual children rather than buying one off the shelf. A do-it-yourself curriculum isn't hard to create and doesn't take long to do. Visit other homeschooling families and join a support group so that you can see how easy it really is! If you wish to share your experiences as a home educator or would like to make contact with other homeschooling families in your area please consider listing yourself as a contact person on our support groups page.
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Pioneering members of the home education movement in Australia, Beverley and Robin Paine are passionate advocates of true educational choice for families. They began homeschooling their children in 1986 and three years later started the South Australian Home Based Learners network.
Beverley wrote Getting Started with Homeschooling in 1995-97 and since then continues to write books and booklets on home education. She balances spending time helping home educators with working in her garden and renovating her home, as well as continuing to build her collection of writing on a variety of homeschooling subjects. Beverley maintains an extensive collection of websites as well as several Yahoo groups supporting families teaching their children at home.
In 2007 Beverley joined the HEA and was a committee member for three years during which time she edited and produced the HEA Newsletter, Stepping Stones for Home Educators magazine, annual Resource Directory and other HEA publications.
If you'd like to keep in touch with what Beverley is up to her in her life, sign up for the Homeschool Australia Newsletter or visit her Homeschool Australia Facebook page.nor do they endorse or recommend products (other than their own) listed in contributed articles, pages, or advertisements.