Books to support Home Education

A personal and practical guide to the realities of homeschooling by Loose Women's Nadia Sawalha and husband Mark Adderley. TV presenter Nadia and her husband Mark took their two children out of mainstream school 5 years ago. Ever since then they have both been home schooled. This is their experie...

Olga Holland devised her own method of teaching her autistic son, in which the teacher's emotional participation is of the highest importance. It describes teaching methods in detail and provides examples of ways in which parents and teachers can put them into practice.

If you are thinking of home educating your child, your initial surprise may be at how easy it is to turn intention into reality. Once you have deregistered your child, you are largely left to get on with delivering education from home, as you see best. This book is full of practical guidance for ...

Explores the scope for informal learning within children's everyday lives. This book examines the informal acquisition of literacy and numeracy and the role of parents and others in informal learning. It shows how children proactively develop their own learning agendas. It is suitable for educati...

If the thought of getting crafty with your children fills you with glittery dread then this book is for you. It is packed with 40 projects free from crazy origami to lose your cool over and PVA glue to clean out of everyone's hair. Get creative with your children even if you're short on time (or ...

Juliet Robertson offers tips and tricks to help any teacher develop variety in their teaching. One of the keys to a happy and creative classroom is getting out of it and this title will give you the confidence to do it.

As any parent and carer knows, it's a scary thing to send your little one off to school for the first time. No matter how ready you think you are to send your little darling off to be someone else's problem for a significant portion of the day, it's tough - and all you can do is hope you've prepa...

Daisy Upton is a mother of two, and therefore knows better than most the difficulties of having kids when you're on the go. So, to help you (and herself!) she has created quick, easy games that keep children interested, learning and out of mischief - they take 5 minutes to set up and 5 minutes to...