People who are new to or considering home education often have the same concerns.

What does a typical day look like?
What about socialisation?
What about exams?

These questions are reasonable and valid. What they are really asking though is “How?”

How do you do it and why? Why do they do it differently to you? How can I hope to do this? How can I be sure it will be enough?

In my book I dedicate a whole chapter to this question because when you ask it, you really, really want an answer and no one gives you the one you want. You want assurance and certainty. No one can give you that. They can’t tell you what your days will look like or how your children will turn out.

I understand. I asked the same questions. So in the hopes of giving you a short description that will help here is my”How or Typical Day” answer.

For us, no two days are the same- ever. That’s not to say there aren’t boring days or hard days. There are.

Mostly, there are rich conversations and sooo many books! These start off an idea or a project for us. We discover and do.

Life, learning and parenthood merge so that living is learning and learning is life.

There is always a journal out or a craft project, the opportunity to study maths. Science, geography and history flow through our days organically in everything we do. It’s easier when you stop trying to make everything a subject with a box to tick.

Home education is not in any way like school. It is the freedom to choose what, when and how to learn.

Hope that helps.

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