The HEFA Podcast - The Heart Of Home Education

Welcome to another week of Home Ed 101! This week I'm joined by the wonderful Katie who is quite the fountain of knowledge when it comes to GCSEs and all things exams as a home educator. Join Katie and I for a relaxed chat about her experience of GCSEs with her four children.  For more on exams head to the exams Wiki https://he-exams.fandom.com/wiki/HE_Exams_Wiki Katie in her wisdom also wrote an...

A ramble about what 'screentime' means and how we can break it down to better relfect on tech use in our home education.

This week I am joined by the wonderful Rachel from the East Midlands to discuss all things home ed and PDA. It is definitely a must-listen episode for many in our community!

Join Craigy, Cheryl and Elen as we have another round of answering questions from the HEFA community! This week we discuss surviving the summer holidays, dealing with judgement from others, teaching subjects we arent comfortable with, core subjects and much more!

This week I am joined by Megan who shares her experience of home educating different ages. Megan decided to home ed because her children were unhappy in their school settings and she noticed that each child had different needs and learning styles she felt could be better met at home. She follows a child-led approach and advises families considering home ed to take the leap and embrace the chaos, a...

This week Elen, Cheryl and Craigy answer more questions from our HEFA members. 00:00 Introduction and Lego Version of Craig 02:44 Taking Time Out for Yourself When Children Are Around 24/7 13:44 Involving Children in Activities While Having Personal Time 20:26 The Role of Exposure, Motivation, and Play 26:48 The Benefits of Handwriting and Cursive Writing 31:38 Seeking Support for Struggling Reade...

This week, I talk to Mel as she shares her experience of home educating her 13-year-old daughter. *please note there is mention of self harm in this episode* Mel explains that her daughter had always struggled with school, particularly with social anxiety and the rigidity of the school environment. After a series of seizures and a decline in her mental health, Mel decided to home educate. Join us...

This week we are back with more of your questions! Join us as we discuss child-led learning and the challenges of adapting to a child-led approach, the importance of understanding education as a continuous process, concerns of one parent regarding their child's education and the pursuit of specific career paths such as becoming a vet, the challenges and strategies for imaginative play in child...

This week, I am interviewing Fred, a home-educating parent in England, about their experience with unschooling their three children, two of whom are teenagers. We discuss the reasons for choosing home ed, the challenges faced, and the different educational approaches. Takeaways Unschooling can be a viable option for children who are not thriving in traditional school settings. Flexibility and indi...

In this week's episode, we discuss various topics related to home education as we answer questions from listeners! We have a range of questions this week from changing a child's behaviour regarding social interactions, tackling math when the parent is not good at it, to dealing with concerned family members. Takeaways Respect a child's boundaries and allow them to interact in their own...

In this week's episode, we enjoy our first question time with my new co-hosts, Craig and Cheryl! We discuss how to gauge a child's learning and progress, explore setting boundaries in the first few months of home education, the experience of being an admin on a home education group, how to avoid imposing beliefs on children, starting the home education journey and more! 00:00 Introduction...

This week I am joined by the lovely Craig, a part time working, home ed parent in England! Craig shares their wonderful wisdom and insights of their family choosing home ed as their first choice!

This week I am joined by the wonderful George, a parent, carer and home educator in the south of England. George is a step father of a home educated child and offers super insight into this element of home ed parenting!

This week I'm chatting to Graeme! Graeme is a home ed single dad from the West Midlands with some wonderful thoughtful experiences to share!

This week I am joined by the lovely Adam from Manchester who joins me to chat about home ed and how that works for his family. Adam chats more about what led to him changing employment and shares his top tips for other home ed dads out there!

For this season we are focusing on home-ed dads! Join me as I chat with Luke, a home-ed dad who shares his excellent perspective and thoughts on what it is like to go from a reluctant home-edder to a strong advocate of home ed, who won't be sending his youngest child to school!

New to home education? Have a listen to our September panic episode with ours top tips, do's and don'ts!

Join me for a bonus episode as I ramble about the summer holidays and how that can look as home educators.

Join me this week as I chat about friendships in Home Ed.

This week, I am joined by Natalia, a home edder living in Scotland to talk about how we can approach education when we dont feel our child is able to engage in learning. We chat all about the difficulties involved in home edding when there is neurodivergence, PDA, trauma and more.

This week I'm talking about how to deal with friends and family and their opinions, worries and fear about your decision to home educate.

In this week's episode, I'm joined by my long-suffering husband as we chat about reluctance around home ed from both our perspectives- mine as the main educator and him as the outside of the house, worker. Enjoy!

This week on the podcast I'm joined by the wonderful Lulu, a home ed mum from the South of England who is celebrating her 1 year anniversary TODAY of deregistering and starting the wonderful journey of home education with her youngest child! This week's episode has no minor or major swears so is fine to listen to around all children.

Welcome to the first-ever HEFA podcast! In our first episode, I'm chatting to the owners and founders of HEFA, Paula and Pip! We talk about all things HEFA, how Paula and Pip found home education, their styles, and more! The podcast is generally suitable to listen around younger ears, however, there are 2 uses of a major swear and a few minor swears.