🌱 Demystifying Home Education | Denormalising School 🌱
My aims with this channel are to: ➕ normalise home education in a world that treats school as the only norm ➕ show that children can receive an INCREDIBLE education on their own terms, in a way that respects their rights, wishes and innate interests. ➕ reassure those who are worried about taking the leap into home education that your child can learn all the skills to have a successful career, make really close friends, and operate in society ➕ help parents realise that YOU absolutely have the skills and resources to home educate your child
👋 👋 Hi, I'm Cathryn, a UK-based Mum of 3 Home Educated kids (girl/boy twins born in 2017, and their brother born in 2020). They are home educated from the start. We are non-religious, philisophical home educators (We home educate as our first choice, rather than it being a fallback option)👋 👋
Hello! Sorry for slow reply. Is it the government guidance you’re looking for? Try this link, hopefully it works: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5ca21e22e5274a77d9d26feb/EHE_guidance_for_parentsafterconsultationv2.2.pdf
Hi My son is fourteen and having issues at school with teaches and other pupils in general I’m concerned he is not getting the best he can in order to prepare him for his GSCEs so much so I want to catch these while I still can and homeschool instead, please advise. 😢
Småland is a region in Sweden, where the founder Ingvar Kamprad was from. Små means "little", in Swedish and "land" is land, so it fits to have the area for the little ones called "Littleland".
@@nurturingdiscontent Thanks! 😊 When thinking about it, perhaps "small" would be better as a translation than little, in this case (I'm not sure though, to me as a non-native, and definitely non-perfect, English speaker those words feels pretty interchangeable, so I might use one, where the other one would be the better fit). At least "small" fits better in the pronounciation. "Small Land" sounds just like "Småland"!
😂😂I’m in Houston and I remember a few years ago they were cracking down on parents leaving their kids at IKEA while they left and went shopping ( not at IKEA) legal action was threatened.
🤣 that’s hilarious. Yes, I should have said in my vid that you have to stay in store. I really don’t think I’d want to go that far from where they are anyway.
Sadly they were doing that at the local McDonalds playland too. They'd drop them off and leave. Heck, I was at a dollar store once and a woman parked her pram in the buggy corral and took off to go shopping. Anyone could have walked off with the baby.
@@42ayla yeh, to be fair, there is a shopping centre not far from where I live with a little softplay area for kids (not supervised) and I once saw a lady leave her young child there and go off around the shops. I was so shocked; another parent actually went off looking for her. Like you said in your example, anyone could have just walked away with her.
😂😂😂 and here is another one. I love that IKEA still does this!! We did this weekly at our local branch when mine were younger and they loved it ❤. Well my boys did! My daughter was "encouraged" to stay and play 😊 which lasted a while until she must have figired out that I was having to much fun with the service 😅.
Honestly I was amazed that I didn’t have to “encourage” my kids more. I think curiosity triumphed and the fact that here were pretty much no other kids there because it was a weekday. Yay for home Ed life! 😂
😂😂 another great video! New Subscriber. Its 5:34am and I really should be sleeping but this RU-vid title caught my eye 😅. I started my channel in 2013 to log my home ed channel and found out about monetisation back in 2017 but it was not something that I could do. I love RU-vid and you will love looking back at your videos like I do. I hope things have got better for you financially as home education is a real sacrifice but It'll be worth it.
Oh my gosh, thanks so much for being here! How have I not come across your channel yet. I can tell i will be totally binge watching your videos later too. So great to connect with you! You’re not far off getting 1k subs for the first tick on monetisation. I also love RU-vid, it’s such a rich platform I’ll always rate it above other social media platforms :) The finances are an ongoing work in progress but getting by for now. Thank you so much for supporting! ❤️
Great video. I'm one of the 2013 crew...whoop whoop. 02:10 -02:30. I remember pulling my kids out of school in the July that year and the school had no idea what I was talking about 😅. Things are definitely different now but it was a great experience and we loved how unpopular it was lol ❤
Yayyy 2013 crew 🙌😄. It’s amazing now how little people know about home Ed so can’t imagine what it was like then! Even since I started it seems to be getting more and more popular and there is a big part of me that thinks it’s amazing but a small part of me that wants to protect it from getting too known and scaring the gov even more 🤣🤣
They aren’t just regular store employees, all the supervisory staff at smaland are trained to at least NVQ Level 3 in Childcare. Parents LOVE to judge other parents. Hope that felt good for you.
@@nurturingdiscontent My point was most parents deal with their kids themselves not relying on others to their job for them ( that's just facts) but then there's people like you🤷♀ fyi i didn't judge you i made a comment but hey if the shoe fits go ahead and wear it cinderella
@@nurturingdiscontent Matter of fact i'm always with my daughter besides me working/my girl being in school pull your head out your ass there is no such thing as a "perfect parent" anyway i'm not going to continue this conversation you can go argue with yourself in a mirror for all i care
Im surprised you never thought to take them to ikea? My parents would also take us to furniture stores alot telling us they are looking at things butnot really just so we could enjoy the time, its fun for a kid and they usually have play areas too
This is shocking. Please could you send me details of websites of homeschooling I’m desperate to take my daughter out of school she’s in year 8. I need to start preparing her for her GCSEs Much appreciated
Hello. In the UK it’s called home education so you will fjnd more using that as your search term for websites/Facebook. I always recommend H.E.F.A (home education for all) Facebook page and then the home Ed Facebook group for your local area. You might find my “How to start home educating” video useful. Also their is another RU-vid channel “Yes You Can Home Educate” she had put her home ed children through GCSEs so you may find some of her videos useful. Wishing you all the best as you start your home ed journey!
I know where I'm going next week! 😄 A few minutes to gather myself and to indulge in uninterrupted reading sounds perfect. As much as I love home educating it's essential to schedule in some downtime to have the energy to access the plethora of opportunities available for home ed kids. I'm enjoying your content btw. Your video on how to write a report for the local authority helped me significantly! ❤💐💫
Yesss, treat yourself! Thanks so much for commenting. You’re so right about scheduling in down time. So important for Home Ed mums! Really pleased the report writing vid is helping people, thanks for letting me know 💜
This really is a massive hack. Although I'm yet to succeed! My 4 year old would rather walk around the whole of Ikea. I'm going to keep encouraging her though! Wish me luck 😆
Heyy! Thank for so much for being here and taking the time to comment, I appreciate it and glad you are liking the vids. Time to do them can be pretty limited, for sure, but I do enjoy doing it. Gives me an extra creative outlet :). Are you thinking about home educating? Or doing something already maybe 😊
Planning our first child and trying to work out whether my partner and I are on the same page with educating, because it could be a dealbreaker. At the moment we're not - I am on the home education side, he's leaning towards mainstream schooling.
Hey! Thanks so much for your comment. It can be tough when parents don’t align on that sort of thing. My Husband was sceptical at first too, but I think he’s pretty much fully on board now. My last vid was about answering home education doubts; maybe that could help your partner 😊
This is so helpful, thank you. I will be sharing this, as many people I know who have just started home educating struggle with this area. Thanks again, for all of your tips and helping people. x
I'm considering this. Didn't realise it was an option but kind of did. It just seemed a forgone conclusion that you just go to school. But my child will barely be 4 in September and it seems so young and I'm nervous and they are very intelligent (noticed by nursery carers but not yet by school because of class size etc) and have expressed an interest in home education. So I'm looking into it and need to find a way to make it possible financially. I worry about the socialising aspect and them missing out on friends as they do currently attend preschool. Many things to consider but an instinct is prodding me to consider it seriously. Thanks for your video, its helpful to have a UK perspective
I can totally relate to this! Up until my kids were about 2/3 it didn't even occur to me that my kids wouldn't go to school, like you said, it just seemed a forgone conclusion and I didn't even realise it was an option. Then when I found out it was, it just made so much sense to me! You *really* don't have to worry about the socialisation aspect. My kids have so many other home ed friends and socialise in a much more normal way (not being forced together in a room with 20+ other kids). The financial side is obviously a big aspect and depends on your own individual circumstances, but I know many who do manage to also work part-time etc. Obviously happy to help with any other questions you have. Wish you all the best!
My issue isn't the school or the teachers. It's the system in general. The interesting thing for me is that I have mentioned home education to my in-laws and to my mum who are all retired teachers and they genuinely think school isn't right for my son. I don't think COVID is the source of the problem either! I think austerity has more to do with it if i'm honest. If anything jsp is making me want to home ed more lol
Yes, absolutely re: the "system". This was one of the points I raised in my "Why I'm choosing to homeschool my kids" video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--K2mA8W6RCg.html It really doesn't surprise me the views of your in-laws/Mum because I have met several teachers who now choose to home educate their own kids for the same reasons!
I have an 8 year old son. Hes autistic and is thriving however things are going to change at school and its going to probably take a year to get his ehcp. I dont feel the curriculum is fit for purpose and hes actually missing out because he is so tired and doesnt have a life outside of school. Ive just had enough and i want our lives back.
