Homeschooling - Cr;Lf;

In: learning, knowledge. Also: parenting.

Why Homeschool?

Bigger teacher/ student ratio, e.g., 2 parents working with 1 child vs 1 teacher working with 30 pupils
Kids learn to talk to anybody, not stuck in their own age group
Child centred, e.g., some children respond badly to the structure of school
Philosophical, e.g., looking for child led education
As a response to non-educational problems in school, e.g., bullying by pupils and teachers
Medical related, e.g. dyslexia, autism, other special needs
Religiously related, e.g. Catholic, Muslim
Culturally related, e.g. resident foreign nationals, travelling community

Key words:

home education
Parent Led Education, vs. State Led Education
Child Led Education, vs. State Led Education

Quotes

My favorite thing to do at school is … leaving ⭐

When one teaches, two learn.
– Robert Heinlein

Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early education be a sort of amusement; you will then be better able to discover the child’s natural bent.
– Plato

There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent.
– Gandhi

The home is the first and most effective place to learn the lessons of life: truth, honor, virtue, self control, the value of education, honest work, and the purpose and privilege of life. Nothing can take the place of home in rearing and teaching children, and no other success can compensate for failure in the home.
– David O. McKay

School is the advertising agency which makes you believe that you need the society as it is.
– Ivan Illich

I suppose it is because nearly all children go to school nowadays and have things arranged for them that they seem so forlornly unable to produce their own ideas.
– Agatha Christie, Agatha Christie: An Autobiography

The plain fact is that education is itself a form of propaganda - a deliberate scheme to outfit the pupil, not with the capacity to weigh ideas, but with a simple appetite for gulping ideas ready-made.
The aim is to make ‘good’ citizens, which is to say, docile and uninquisitive citizens.
– H.L. Menchken

[The public school system is] usually a twelve year sentence of mind control.
Crushing creativity, smashing individualism, encouraging collectivism and compromise, destroying the exercise of intellectual inquiry, twisting it instead into meek subservience to authority.
– Walter Karp? or Thomas Jefferson?

Self-education is the only possible education; the rest is mere veneer laid on the surface of a child’s nature.
– Charlotte Mason

All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
– Sir Walter Scott

Don’t limit a child to your own learning, for she was born in another time.
– Rabindranath Tagore

Though many teachers would claim to teach their students ‘how to think’, most would say that they do this indirectly or implicitly in the course of teaching the content which belongs to their special subject. Increasingly, educators have come to doubt the effectiveness of teaching ‘thinking skills’ in this way, because most students simply do not pick up the thinking skills in question.
– Alex Fisher, Critical Thinking book

Schools train people to be ignorant, with style. They give you the equipment that you need to be a functional ignoramus. American schools do not equip you to deal with things like logic; they don’t give you the criteria by which to judge between good and bad in any medium or format; and they prepare you to be a usable victim for military-industrial complex that needs manpower.
As long as you’re just smart enough to do a job and just dumb enough to swallow what they feed you, you’re gonna be alright. But if you go beyond that then you’re gonna have these grave doubts that give you stomach problems, headaches… make you want to go out and do something else. So, I believe that schools mechanically and very specifically try and breed out any hint of creative thought in the kids that are coming out.
– Frank Zappa

Video

How School makes kids less intelligent | Eddy Zhong | TEDxYouth@BeaconStreet
https://youtube.com/watch?v=2Yt6raj-S1M

Are home-schooled children smarter? | Yes!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=AGp4KFLuQNc

The truth about homeschooling | From a homeschooled 17 old student
https://youtube.com/watch?v=2HvvG301bn4

Frank Zappa on Schools
https://underminers.org/2012/01/06/frank-zappa-on-schools
https://methylated.net/2022/07/07/frank-zappa-on-public-schools

The homeschool awakening
http://thehomeschoolawakening.com
https://imdb.com/title/tt19868214

Activities

Anyone for science Ireland

https://anyone4science.com
https://anyone4science.com/camps
https://anyone4science.com/after-school
An environment where children, their parents and teachers discover through active learning, laboratory experiments, workshops, demonstrations, play and exhibitions, that science is fun and interesting.
Traditional summer camp: (5 - 12 year olds)
David Walliams inspired camp: (5 - 12 year olds)
Teen camp: (13 - 16 year olds)

Artzone Ireland

https://artzone.ie
At Artzone we love Visual Art. We love researching, being creative, planning and perfecting, but most of all we love teaching art. Students who choose Artzone will become part of an international organisation synonymous with high quality visual arts education.
“We are all born creative and we either cultivate it or we lose it”

Bricks 4 kidz Ireland

https://bricks4kidz.ie/fingal
Bricks 4 Kidz provides project based programmes designed to teach the principles of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM), to children aged 4-12.
The programmes are designed in a fun and challenging way using LEGO®, Technic & motors.

Crafty wagon, handmade with love

https://craftywagon.ie/craftcamps
Camps for crafty kids aged 7 to 13
Have fun making cards, decorations and learn new crafting techniques
Making cards, collages, canvases and trying out other arts & crafts

Designer minds

https://designerminds.ie
https://designerminds.ie/activities/camps
https://designerminds.ie/activities/online-clubs
At Designer Minds camps, your children will be introduced to Art and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Maths) in a fun and engaging way, using cutting-edge equipment and expertly crafted lesson plans.

Dublin cookery school

https://dublincookeryschool.ie
https://dublincookeryschool.ie/courses/categories/teen-cooking-classes
Our award-winning school is situated in the historic seaside suburb of Blackrock two miles down the coast from Dublin city centre. Our professional, state-of-the-art studio is modern, spacious, and full of light.

Dublin stage school

https://dublinstageschool.ie
https://dublinstageschool.ie/summercamps
Acting, Singing & Dance classes for 4 - 18 year olds in Blackrock, Killiney and Castleknock.
Students perform regularly at prestigious venues such as: The Cambridge Theatre, West End, London, Bord Gais Energy Theatre, The National Concert Hall and The Gaiety Theatre.

Euro languages college

https://elc.ie/french-language-summer-courses
https://elc.ie/german-language-summer-courses
https://elc.ie/spanish-summer-language-courses
All secondary school students who have completed at least one year of language learning at secondary level. Students currently in 1st or 2nd year go to the junior courses and students who have completed the Junior Cert go to senior courses along with 4th years, TYs and 5th years.

Fingal libraries events

https://fingal.ie/libraries-events
https://youtube.com/channel/UC_6CWbONIz0-YxDP1aTnGiA

Heaps of Fun Online Camps from Home Tone Piano Academy

https://eventbrite.com/e/heaps-of-fun-online-piano-camp-tickets-258270994497
This Midterm bring music into your home by signing your 8-10 year old up for our fun online piano camp! Designed for complete beginners this is the perfect way for your child to ‘dip their toe’ into learning music.
Also Spanish language, Scratch coding, JavaScript camp

Inside out camps

https://insideoutcamps.ie
Immersive camps for 12-14 year olds

Junior Einsteins science club

https://junioreinsteinsscienceclub.com/science-camps
https://junioreinsteinsscienceclub.com/school-science-shows
Age; For children 6-12 years
Science birthday parties, science Easter, Halloween and Summer science camps, science school shows and after-school science clubs.
We teach children ‘How to Think, not What to think’, best preparing them for our ever changing world. We hope our ‘Junior Einsteins’ will build their love of Science in Primary School and choose science as a subject in secondary school and on to 3rd level.

Let’s Go! Ireland

https://letsgo.ie/summer-camps
https://letsgo.ie/easter-camps
Let’s Go! multi activity Summer and Easter camps in Ireland.

National Botanic Gardens of Ireland events and activities

https://botanicgardens.ie/calendar
https://botanicgardens.ie/glasnevin/calendar-of-events

RockJam Ireland

https://rockjam.ie/camps
https://rockjam.ie/post/summer-camps-2022
Irelands most modern music experience. No experience necessary. No exams. No barriers. Play music you like with friends and teachers who feel the same way.
14 - 17 year groups, 11 - 13 years, 7 - 11 years

Sherpa Kids Ireland

https://sherpakids.ie
https://sherpakids.ie/parents-families
Sherpa Kids is your Flexible Childcare Solution.

Sounds Good! Music camps

https://soundsgood.ie
For children aged 7 - 12 years & children aged 4 - 7 years
Start your own band
Write your own songs
Play lots of musical games
Overcome stage fright

Sport Ireland campus

https://sportirelandcampus.ie/kids
https://sportirelandcampus.ie/facilities
https://sportirelandcampus.ie/kids/camps/kids-diving-camp – children aged 8 to 12 years
The Sport Ireland Campus provides sport participation products and services for families and kids of all ages and abilities, with programmes and classes provided for toddlers right up to teens.
We deliver leading Academies for Swimming, Gymnastics, Athletics, Diving and Multi Sport throughout the year.

StarCamp Ireland

https://starcamp.ie
Star camp summer camps

Tennis for kids Ireland

https://tennis4kids.ie
The Tennis4kids programme is a structured, child-centred, games-based programme where each child experiences success at their own level.

The Academy of Code

https://theacademyofcode.com/summer-camps-2022
https://theacademyofcode.com/python-summer-camp-2022
Coding summer camps for Kids & Teenagers (ages 7-18)

The Gaiety School of Acting Ireland

https://gaietyschool.com
https://gaietyschool.com/summer-2022
The Gaiety School of Acting is Ireland’s leading drama school. We deliver full-time and part-time courses for adults, courses for children, and a wide range of creative corporate and outreach options.

WhizzKids

https://whizzkids.ie
https://whizzkids.ie/summercamps – kids 8-15 years
https://whizzkids.ie/online-academy

Links

Didactic: Resurse educaţionale

https://didactic.ro/resurse-educationale
Comunitatea dascălilor din România vă oferă cea mai mare bază online de materiale create de şi pentru cadrele didactice, utile în lucrul la clasă sau pentru activităţile extracurriculare

Ambleside Online

https://amblesideonline.org
Free homeschool curriculum that uses Charlotte Mason’s classically-based principles to prepare children for a life of rich relationships with everything around them: God, humanity, and the natural world
AmblesideOnline hosts a large collection of original Charlotte Mason materials, which have been digitized by our volunteers

RTE learning at home 1988

https://rte.ie/archives/2023/0218/1355889-home-education
They’re much happier, running around here and learning when they want
We’re a very relaxed happy family
It’s happy and they’re relaxed and they’re learning
It works for us, with the children… for other people it would be different

Deschooling: how long does it take?

http://abrome.com/blog/2017/6/1/deschooling-how-long-does-it-take

Good short moral stories for kids

https://momlovesbest.com/short-moral-stories-kids
20 short moral stories you can read with your child and what they’ll learn from them:
The boy who cried wolf, The golden touch, The fox and the grapes, The proud rose
The milkmaid and her pail, A wise old owl, The golden egg, The farmer and the well
Elephant and friends, When adversity knocks, The needle tree, A glass of milk
The ants and the grasshopper, The bundle of sticks, The bear and the two friends
The miser and his gold, The dog at the well, Controlling anger, The leap at Rhodes
The wolf and the sheep

Home education network Ireland

https://henireland.org
Home education allows children to learn about the world and their place in it all the while surrounded by their families and communities.
It provides a rich, broad learning experience and whether families choose to follow a curriculum or to follow their child’s interests, the pace is that of the child. It is not complicated, because parents know their children and are there to answer questions and guide them.

Home education Northern Ireland

https://hedni.org
HEdNI is an inclusive group, welcoming those of all backgrounds, religious beliefs, races and cultures.
We do not promote any one method of home educating; rather we support the right of all families to choose for themselves what suits them best.

Home education styles

https://henireland.org/home-education-styles

Homeschooling in Ireland

https://everymum.ie/kids/school-kids-5-12-yrs/homeschooling-in-ireland
There has been growing interest in homeschooling in recent months, due in part to the disruption caused by COVID-19. Families may also choose to home-educate their children for religious reasons or to have greater control over the education of their children. Hazel Katherine Larkin explains the realities and benefits of homeschooling in Ireland.

Homeschooling requirements in different countries

https://homeschool-curriculum.org/homeschooling-requirements

Homeschooling resource for Why and How

http://homeschoolingwhyandhow.com
In Homeschooling: Why and How, Gail Nagasako shares the essentials of why over a million families have chosen to homeschool and how they go about it. Drawing from over twenty years of experience as a homeschool support group leader, counselor and the mother of a now-grown homeschooled son, Ms. Nagasako shows you homeschooling is easier than you think. You can provide a full, robust education tailored specifically to your child’s personality, talents, difficulties and learning style and still have lots of time left over to enjoy your family life together.

How effective is home education?

https://henireland.org/how-effective-is-home-education
Much of home education is based on conversational, informal, non-structured and opportunistic methodologies and its mechanisms are difficult to quantify. However, there is no doubt among researchers in home education, of the effectiveness of the process. It can be difficult to quantify and compare schooled children with home educated children, particularly when there is little traditional record of the child’s learning process.

Ireland citizens information - Teaching your child at home

https://tusla.ie/services/family-community-support/alternative-education-assessment-and-registration-service
https://citizensinformation.ie/en/education/the_irish_education_system/home_education.html
You have a constitutional right to educate your children at home. If you choose to home-school your child, you do not need a formal teaching qualification. You do not need to follow the national curriculum but you must ensure that your child receives a certain minimum education. You can choose a suitable approach you based on your child’s learning needs and appropriate to their age, aptitude and ability.
Home education is a positive option for many families who find that school does not meet their children’s needs. There are many different reasons that families choose home education for their children and there are many different educational styles and methods to explore.

Kirk Cameron says public schools have become ‘public enemy No.1’ calls for Americans to put their faith in a ‘homeschool awakening’ in new documentary

https://theblaze.com/news/kirk-cameron-says-public-schools-have-become-public-enemy-no-1-calls-for-americans-to-put-their-faith-in-a-homeschool-awakening-in-new-documentary

Rediscovery Ireland

http://rediscoverycentre.ie
The Rediscovery Centre is the National Centre for the Circular Economy in Ireland. A creative movement connecting people, ideas and resources to support greener low-carbon living.
As the National Centre for the Circular Economy, we bring together the skills and expertise of artists, scientists, designers and craftspeople united in a common purpose of sustainability. Located in a bespoke demonstration eco-facility, we support four reuse social enterprises; Rediscover Furniture, Rediscover Fashion, Rediscover Paint and Rediscover Cycling. These businesses use unwanted materials for new product development and design demonstrating effective resource efficiency, reuse and low carbon living.

What is Homeschooling? A guide for parents and students

https://parents.com/kids/education/home-schooling/homeschooling-101-what-is-homeschooling
More parents are now choosing to homeschool instead of sending their children to public or private schools

100+ educational (and fun!) online learning resources for kids

By Emily Manning, March 25, 2020
https://mykidstime.com/school/educational-fun-online-learning-resources-for-kids

Single-sex schools offer no advantages and feed stereotypes, psychologists told

By Elle Hunt, posted 14 Sep 2016
https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/sep/14/single-sex-schools-offer-no-advantages-and-feed-stereotypes-psychologists-told
Prof Diane Halpern tells Australian Psychological Society that separating boys and girls at school could foster sexism

Just found out the primary school teacher who terrorised me as a child died last year… Good fucking riddance

https://reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/wis8la/just_found_out_the_primary_school_teacher_who

From the age of 8 to 11 I had the same teacher in primary school. This woman is a pretty large contributor for most of my childhood trauma. She used to bully me in front of the class, encourage other kids to bully and harass me, and in general made life hell.
My parents went to her over other kids bullying me (I didn’t know what she was doing was wrong at the time) and this only made things worse. Everyday she’d find something to mock me about and then the children would pretty much use whatever that was against me.
I attempted suicide at 11 years old over what this woman did to me, a child.

Levels

Ages	4-5	5-6	6-7	7-8	8-9	9-10	10-11	11-12
Ireland	Junior infant	Senior infant	1st class	2nd class	3rd class	4th class	5th class	6th class
England	EYFS/FS	KS1	KS1	KS2	KS2	KS2	KS2	KS3
US	Pre-k	K	1	2	3	4	5	6

Online learning resources

Kids

https://22learn.com
https://abcmouse.com – games: reading, math, arts, puzzles; $13/month
https://bbc.co.uk/bitesize – language, maths, arts
https://bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05w99gb/episodes/player – BBC natural histories videos
https://brilliant.org
https://christianbook.com/page/homeschool – books
https://crestawards.org – STEM projects
https://duckduckmoose.com
https://edubary.com – random free resources & courses
https://educationalappstore.com
https://hippocampus.org – free educational resources for middle-school to college
https://khanacademy.org/kids – math, languages, biology, science, engineering
https://kids.britannica.com/kids
https://kids.kiddle.co
https://laois.ie/departments/libraries/online-resources – Portlaoise library, online resources
https://my.cjfallon.ie/dashboard/student-resources
https://mysteriesintime.com – history
https://outschool.com – any subject
https://phonicsbloom.com – online phonics games
https://prodigygame.com – game-based learning: math & english
https://redtedart.com – craft projects
https://rvappstudios.com
https://senecalearning.com – tons of free content
https://tinkercad.com – AutoCad Tinkercad 3D design
https://topmarks.co.uk – great educational resources
https://topmarks.co.uk/maths-games – math
https://twinkl.ie – resources, crafts, downloads
https://uk.ixl.com/recommendations
https://wolseyhalloxford.org.uk – homeschooling online with Wolsey Hall Oxford (Primary, Secondary, through to IGCSE and A level)
https://worksheetschool.com – printable worksheets

Other

https://apps.get-headway.com
https://brainly.com
https://courses.ie – Find courses in Ireland
https://domestika.org
https://ed.ted.com
https://edx.org
https://futurelearn.com
https://howstuffworks.com
https://instructables.com
https://kadenze.com
https://learnwithnala.ie – ⭐ Learn for free; english, maths, computers and more; Certificates of Completion!
https://picturethisai.com/wiki – plant & gardening
https://quizlet.com – flashcards on repeat
https://skillshare.com
https://socratic.org – AI app made by Google
https://stackskills.com
https://udemy.com
https://wikihow.com
https://www.open.edu/openlearn