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Things have been quiet round here…

November 17, 2013May 19, 2014 / Rachel Stevens

This little one has been keeping me rather busy, but I hope to be back on this blog soon.

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As half term looms on the horizon, I realise that we have been officially home educating for 6 weeks. Sometimes it feels like we have taken a massive leap, despite my profession. Most of the time it feels just like a continuation of normal life. We Forest School, we talk, we read, we play and we do some short more formal ‘lessons’ because we all enjoy them. At the moment it feels like the right fit. The right thing at the right time for this particular child. I haven’t spoken about our home education journey on these squares much, as firstly the reasons behind it are too much personal information to fully discuss online and it’s not actually my story to tell. But also because I never want to give the impression that I think it is the right thing for everyone. Because it isn’t. There’s so much privilege behind the ability to home ed. But also for many people, it’s just not right. And that’s absolutely fine. I’m not even sure it’s the right thing for us forever. But it feels like the right fit right now.

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