Adventures in Home Education
And What Will They Be Learning With That Activity?

I heard a great piece on the radio the other day about Home Education. Rounding things up at the end of the show, the host asked what would one of the interviewees be doing 'at home' for the rest of the day, and then started drawing out what the children might be learning from that experience.

Our daily activities are never based around what 'they can learn', instead are of a genuine interest or urge (ie not made up to tick a box), something we find fun and interesting, or a cracker of an idea we get excited about. Turns out that genuine interests, self initiated ideas and fun stuff, with no agenda is where the greatest learning happens!

Yip, so today we geniunely baked a cake because we love baking, love working together and love cake. Any science, maths, problem solving, socialisation, home economics and literacy we 'ticked' was a bonus - and inevitable. Though never the reason for the way we spent our day.