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Where to start with home education.
Five long-form pillar guides cover the essentials. Shorter cluster articles answer the questions that come up next. Read in order, or jump to what you need.
What Section 7 actually says, how to deregister, what councils can ask for, and what they cannot.
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.
Sensitive periods, the three-period lesson, and a prepared environment you can build at home without a trained guide.
Walkthroughs for Quick Observe, the Coverage Map, Council Report, and Suggested Activities inside Willowfolio.
A note
A pillar is the long answer. The shelves below are the short ones - search them when a specific question lands on your kitchen table.
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5 shelves, every cluster article filed under one. Pick the question that brought you here.
- How to deregister your child from school (UK): letter template inside2 min
- Am I going to ruin my child by home educating them?5 min
- Just deregistered? The next 72 hours6 min
- Council letters in the first three weeksSoon
- When the LA wants a meeting and you don'tSoon
- Quick Observe vs full session logSoon
- What a council report actually containsSoon
- Photo evidence without doxxing your childSoon
- How to backdate a quiet weekSoon
- Sample log for a Charlotte Mason familySoon
Shelf 03
Curriculum coverage
National Curriculum, Key Stages, and progress.
- Mapping kitchen baking to KS1 scienceSoon
- Reading-ahead vs reading-behind: it's fineSoon
- Phonics without a schemeSoon
- When to start formal mathsSoon
- Key Stage 2 literacy in one paragraph a daySoon
- Montessori vs Other Home Education Approaches: A UK Overview10 min
- Sensitive period for order: 0 to 4Soon
- Three-period lesson, on the kitchen floorSoon
- Practical life: pouring, sweeping, foldingSoon
- Sensorial materials you don't have to buySoon
- Budget tracking: what counts as a home education expense6 min
- Setting up {{brand}} for the first time: a 15-minute walkthrough3 min
- First week with Willowfolio: a checklistSoon
- Quick Observe: capture a moment in secondsSoon
- Coverage Map: reading the heat-map honestlySoon
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