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Homeschooling in Action!
© Beverley Paine
Home education is non-stop - it includes all of the activities a family does in a day, week, month or year. Some families take 'time off' regular activities during school holiday times; others simply continuing doing what they do every week. One of the benefits of home education is that families can visit and enjoy popular attractions during non-peak times - we're not restricted to weekends or holiday periods. Shopping and educational excursions can be done when these venues are almost deserted, meaning less distraction, greater concentration, more learning opportunities...
Homeschooling isn't 'sitting at a desk doing bookwork' all day, as these following photos show. It's about becoming involved in the local community, enjoying and learning about the natural and cultural environment and doing many hands-on activities. Homeschooling isn't always fun, but it's always interesting!
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| Beach fire at a Victor Harbor
homeschooling camp. |
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Solar power demonstration for
a community science fair. |
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Friends, Kristen (3) and April (15)
learn to play the guitar together during
a homeschool gathering. |
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April and Roger learn how to
make
stone garden walls with their Dad. |
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| Roger and Thomas learn to program Visual
Basic on their lap-top computer. |
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| April, Thomas and Roger Bushwalking. |
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| Roger performing on a rola-bola during
a community Circus Training Workshop. |
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The children learn about the
environment at Warrawong Sanctuary. |
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Roger and April playing piano
with Beverley watching. |
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April and Roger at the dining room
table doing English and Maths. |
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At fifteen, Roger is self-sufficient and
highly skilled in many practical areas. |
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April and Roger explore the properties of clay
and enjoy making small pots and figurines. |
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Homeschooling group make pasties
during visit to Vilies Bakery. |
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Educational challenges are usually fun:
Tristan, Thomas and Roger build Lego towers. |
Beverley Paine is a mother of three young adults and a prolific writer of homeschooling articles and has published several titles. More articles and essays can be found in her books, available from the Always Learning Books online bookstore.
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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 in 1986 and three years later started the
South Australian Home Based Learners
network. Beverley continues to write for homeschooling newsletters
and magazines as well as hosting several websites dedicated to promoting
and supporting home education in Australia. Her aim is to demystify the
education process and make it accessible to all parents. Enjoy Beverley's
wealth of practical knowledge, homeschooling and unschooling tips and
ideas through articles and books and online at
www.homeschoolaustralia.com.
Since the late 1990s Robin and Beverley have been building their home education
publishing business - Always Learning Books - from home with the help of their son Thomas.
"Education is not a preparation for life. Education is life itself." John Dewey
Please visit the following websites for information on homeschooling in Australia:
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