Table of Contents

1. Thinking about home education?
2. Learning at home is not like learning at school
3. Informal aspects of home education
4. Learning to read
5. Starting out
6. The curriculum
7. Activities outside the home
8. Meeting the emotional and social needs of home-educated children
9. Children with special needs
10. Options as children grow older.
Appendix: resources and contacts

About the Author

Dr Alan Thomas is Visiting Fellow at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. Jane Lowe is one of the founders of the Home Eduction Advisory Service, a large national organisation, which provides a newsletter and advice to parents, teachers and even LEA's on home educating.