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Amy Herman
Oct 27, 20215 min read
'What about socialisation?'
The number one question I get asked when someone discovers I am home educating my children is, ‘What about socialisation?’ Many are...
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Eve Lucock
Oct 13, 20211 min read
Busters Book Reviews: Old Timers
Eve Lucock Old Timers David Darcy YES, YES, YES! When I heard the Clarence library had another book of David Darcy I wanted to jump up...
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Karen Chegwidden
Oct 11, 20212 min read
Focus on Free: Immersive reader
Karen Chegwidden Immersive reader is one of the accessibility tools in the Microsoft 365 suite, and is available in One note online, Word...
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Dr Rebecca English
Oct 8, 20214 min read
Changing Our Minds
Rebecca English I recently had the pleasure of reviewing the book, Changing Our Minds: How children can take control of their own...
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Karen Chegwidden
Oct 6, 20211 min read
Games for Learning
Most games are educational - through playing games we learn to interact socially, take turns and lose well. Most games include elements...
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Dr Rebecca English
Oct 4, 20214 min read
Homeschooling as feminist resistance
Rebecca English You read that title and choked, right? That’s because, when you think about homeschoolers, you probably think of a...
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Bel Moore
Oct 1, 20213 min read
Home Grown Kids: Snack Patch
Bel More When learning about plants, like most other subjects, regular observation and participation is the best teacher. For a child...
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Karen Chegwidden
Sep 29, 20211 min read
Suddenly Homeschooling
Originally published in Stepping Stones, HEA's quarterly magazine for home educators.
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HEA Committee
Sep 27, 20212 min read
The illuminate:nextgen Challenge
An exciting entrepreneurial educational experience coming soon! The illuminate:nextgen Challenge is an immersive education experience...
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Bel Moore
Sep 24, 20215 min read
Researching Home Education: Ivan Illich
'Together we have come to realise that for most men the right to learn is curtailed by the obligation to attend school.' Ivan Illich
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HEA Committee
Sep 20, 20211 min read
Gale Databases
Inner West Libraries encourage students to take online membership (eMembership) of the library to access a huge range of resources for...
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Bel Moore
Sep 17, 20214 min read
Gardening With Children
Bel Moore A garden is a place to play, learn, explore, work, relax and connect with nature and each other. Supervised babies and toddlers...
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Lynnette Kulow
Sep 14, 20212 min read
Book Review: Tree Beings
Author/Illustrator: Raymond Huber & Sandra Severgnini Foreword: Jane Goodall In Jane Goodall’s foreword of this book she said she must...
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Karen Chegwidden
Sep 13, 20212 min read
Focus On Free: Microsoft Teams
Are you using Microsoft Teams? It's included in your free Microsoft 365 subscription which is part of your HEA member benefits. With the...
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Bel Moore
Sep 10, 20213 min read
Socialisation: What About It?
Many articles have been written before on the socialisation of home educated children. Still, the question arises more often than most...
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Eve Lucock
Sep 8, 20211 min read
Eve & Buster's Book Reviews
Women of the Outback Sue Williams Droughts, floods, isolation and horrific accidents, this outback is no place for a lady. Despite that,...
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HEA Committee
Aug 30, 20211 min read
Launch Your Future
TAFE NSW is excited to announce 20 new virtual TAFE-delivered Vocational Education and Training (TVET) courses delivering real-world,...
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HEA Committee
Aug 18, 20212 min read
Croquet anyone?
Croquet Victoria invites Victorian Home Educators to consider croquet as an option for a sporting activity that can be part of their...
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Bel Moore
Aug 16, 20212 min read
Homeschool Q & A #7: What do your grown-up homeschoolers think about their education?
It’s funny, they’ll often joke, if they don’t know how to do something, or don’t know something, “Well, duh, homeschooled.” And while...
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Mark Wells
Aug 13, 20212 min read
SketchUp gets the thumbs Up!
A review of SketchUp for web, free software for home education. by Mark Wells SketchUp was mentioned in passing by a friend who was...
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Eve Lucock
Aug 11, 20212 min read
An Aussie Year - book review
Eve, from Busters Books, has teamed up with her mum to bring you a "Mother-Daughter" review of the picture book An Aussie Year. An Aussie...
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HEA Committee
Aug 10, 20212 min read
Nutrition Science Competition On Now!
To celebrate the United Nations declared International Year of Fruits and Vegetables, the Australian Academy of Science’s National...
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