Where can I find all I need to know about Home ed?

[Didylicious]

I've got 3 kids - and a 4th on the way.

I'm interested in home-edding my youngest kids age 5y, 3y and not born yet!

My 5y old is already at school - but I guess I can "pull her out".

I'm not sooo unhappy with the school - but I do rather feel the government has "kidnapped" my child and I don't get so much time with her.

I don't think school is getting the best from her - and I think much of her time is wasted just "waiting around". They only hear her read once a fortnight! Although this is justified with other "reading activities" going on in lesson time.

I just want my kids back, I hated when my eldest started school (and so did she) - if only i'd realised there was an alternative.

I am not a qualified trained teacher myself - can I still home ed?

I'm more interested in "unschooling", I think.

My husband is not supportive of this idea yet - I need more info so I can "sell" it to him!

[emmaagain]

Wahey!

Join the Education Otherwise email list for starters. Full of people who like nothing better than to give advice to toher HEers or potential HEers!

Find out about local HE activities (again, EO is a great information source for that)

No need for you to be a trained teacher, BTW.

There's a great book called "school is not compulsory" which would be worth getting. What's the classic John Holt collection called, anyone, I can see the cover in my mind's eye but I can't do the title. Those are good unschool-y books.

[Runnerbean]

I agree, [www.education-otherwise.co.uk]] is the first port of call!
When I was at your stage 2 years ago Didylicious I found a piece written by a HE Dad on the eo website, I gave it to my dh to read and it convinced him.
You really do need to get in touch with local HE rs and go along to groups, I have found most HE rs to be the friendliest people I've ever met.
The John Holt books are:
"How children Learn" and "How children fail" (I think)
John Taylor Gatto is good too, "Dumbing us down".
And Terri Dowty's "Free Range Education".

I started out with the intention of just getting my dd into a Grammar school, but 18 months down the line I don't see either of my dds (8 and 4) ever going into the 'school system'.
I am a total HE convert and 3 years ago I wanted to be a primary school teacher!

[emmaagain]

Those are good books - i was thinking of john holt "learning all the time" which is a pretty good summary of his thoughts :-)