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Develop Individualised Learning Programs Home educators use a wide variety of approaches and methods. It will take time to find the 'right' way for you and your family. The first couple of years will include experimenting with different methods and materials - all homeschoolers go through this 'settling in' stage. All methods work to balance children's natural ability to learn with organised learning activities that challenge and promote growth and development. The homeschool curriculum aims to be holistic. It should also be responsive to the learning needs and styles of the individual learner. The information on this site has been accumulated over two decades of homeschooling experience as well as from Beverley's ongoing interest in how children learn and how parents and teachers can continue to aid that process. As you can appreciate this website is continuously under development... It's our aim to add pages on a regular basis in all curriculum areas: check back frequently. Feedback and comments welcome. We hope you enjoy the articles and activities and find the links and recommended resources useful. Over the next year we will be working our way through each subject area and writing fresh, new content which will also be reproduced in a reasonably priced handy reference booklet from our Practical Homeschooling Series.
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Homeschooling Approaches Different homeschooling philosophies describe how to homeschool and influence what materials and teaching strategies you will use to teach your child. Before choosing an approach, take time to observe and learn your child's learning style and decide your primary goals for your child's education.You may like a particular approach but it might not suit your child! It's okay to use different approaches for different children, or to blend or overlap approaches - whatever works best for your and your family is the right approach for you.
There are hundreds of articles and links on this website and we've done our best to sort them into headings to help you find what you are looking for, but please make use of our SEARCH function. Scroll down the page to see all the categories... and remember, we keep adding new ones so don't assume you know what's there because you've been here before! Every week we add new articles so please bookmark this site, or subscribe to our free newsletter so you don't miss out on the latest additions. Reviews of your favourite homeschooling books or curriculum materials most welcome: email Site Editor for inclusion on this site. Have a product you wish to promote? Advertise with us!
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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 became a committee member in 2008: she also edits and produce the HEA Newsletter, HEA magazine, Stepping Stones for Home Educators, 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 Facebook page.