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Where to start with home education.
Six long-form pillar guides cover the essentials. Shorter articles answer the questions that come up next. Read in order, or jump to what you need.
Sensitive periods, the three-period lesson, and a prepared environment you can build at home without a trained guide.
What Section 7 actually says, how to deregister, what councils can ask for, and what they cannot.
What returning to school looks like, talking to family, the year-two slump, GCSEs without a school, and home ed when life gets in the way.
What to log, why a short note beats a long one, and how to turn a year of jottings into a council report.
How to map kitchen-table learning to the National Curriculum without turning your home into a school.
Walkthroughs for Quick Observe, the Coverage Map, Council Report, and Suggested Activities inside Willowfolio.
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- Montessori glossary: every term explained for UK families3 min
- Montessori glossary N-Z: from normalisation to work cycle10 min
- Montessori glossary A-M: from absorbent mind to moveable alphabet13 min
- Montessori vs Other Home Education Approaches: A UK Overview12 min
- 20 DIY Montessori activity trays to steal (UK)13 min
- How to deregister your child from school (UK): letter template inside5 min
- Just deregistered? The next 72 hours8 min
- The LA has sent me a letter: what do I do?6 min
- What to tell the school, the teacher, the other parents7 min
- Flexi-schooling in the UK: what it is, whether your school has to agree, and how to ask12 min
- What to actually show the council: a worked home-education report6 min
- A home-ed record-keeping cadence that does not burn you out8 min
- Record keeping for multiple children: a practical guide for UK home educators9 min
- Preparing for an LA home visit without panic-cleaning (UK)8 min
- What to do when the LA officer is hostile or biased (UK)7 min
- The 'basics' panic: handwriting, phonics and times tables11 min
- Do home educators have to follow the National Curriculum?9 min
- EYFS at home: mapping Montessori work to the Early Years Foundation Stage14 min
- History and geography in home education: what Montessori covers and where the NC differs11 min
- Key Stage 1 at home: what 'covered' looks like for Montessori families15 min
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