Making the decision to home educate our children is, in the words of Robert Frost’s much loved poem, making the decision to take the road less travelled. As such it’s an adventure, but one which can be lonely at times. However, it doesn’t need to be. You may live in an area where there areContinue reading “Episode 3 – Finding Community”
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Episode 2 – Wintering Well
Hello Friends! How do you walk through these winter months? It can be a slow, cosy season with more time to read aloud, drink hot chocolate and immerse yourselves in craft projects. Or it can be a time of fractious children and lethargic teens. For most of us, it’s probably a mix of the two.Continue reading “Episode 2 – Wintering Well”
Episode 1 – Hopes for a New Year
A new year! And Season 2 of Rooted to Flourish! We’re excited to be back together again and as we sipped tea and nibbled some left over mince pies, we mulled over our thoughts around the beginning of 2025. So, for episode 1, we each answered two questions: Come and join our conversation. We’d loveContinue reading “Episode 1 – Hopes for a New Year”
Episode 13 – Early Years
The early years. A season of wide-eyed curiosity, cosy readalouds and carefree rambles. Or of toddler tantrums, constant activity and permanent exhaustion. Caring for our little ones is a full time job in itself, so how do we weave home education into our days? These truly are precious years. Ones in which we lay foundationsContinue reading “Episode 13 – Early Years”
Episode 12 – When ideals meet reality
How many of you are dreamers? Maybe holding on to firmly rooted ideals or a hard won version? We’re sure we are not the only one’s whose days often fall far short of these. So do we just give up on the big picture? Is it possible to hold on to our vision in theContinue reading “Episode 12 – When ideals meet reality”
Episode 11 – Socialisation
It’s the hot potato… Maybe the question we are most asked and one of the concerns which might be uppermost in our own minds as we home educate our children. “How will they socialise?” Before we can answer that, we need to consider what we and others actually mean when asking this loaded question. JoinContinue reading “Episode 11 – Socialisation”
Episode 7 – A Question of Exams
Sooner or later, everyone connected with a Home Ed family has the same question – what about exams? Well. What about them? Are they compulsory? Can you manage them from home? Are they necessary? How? When? Where? Which? The questions come thick and fast. When we planned this episode of our podcast, we thought ofContinue reading “Episode 7 – A Question of Exams”
Episode 5 – Starting Out
Are you at the beginning of your home Ed adventure? Are you considering taking your child out of school to embark on Home Education? If so, this is the episode for you! Actually, we think there are nuggets of wisdom which will encourage you wherever you are on your journey. Come and listen to RuthContinue reading “Episode 5 – Starting Out”
Episode 4 – Family Advent
Today Helen and Mary are joined by fellow Home-Educator Kirstine to discuss Advent resources for the family. With the hectic pace of December it can be really hard to find time as a family to focus on the real meaning of Advent. In this episode we chat about some of our favourite resources that weContinue reading “Episode 4 – Family Advent”
Episode 2 – Juggling
For a few decades we’ve been wondering whether we women can really “have it all”. And now we’ve gone and added educating our children into the mix. How is it possible? How can we juggle the demands of home, family, education and general life? I can’t promise that the Rooted to Flourish team have allContinue reading “Episode 2 – Juggling”
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