Hi Kim, Thank you. Things are a lot better now. And I can't thank you and the other moderators enough for your support at both this and the Australian...
*Full article at: http://tinyurl.com/2zb2av * "Autism cause partially reversed in mice Thursday, 28 June 2007 Ishani Ganguli - Reuters A common cause of autism...
Hi Everyone, Having read at another group that there are plans afoot to link Family Tax Benefit to school attendance, I searched for same and came across the...
Hi Adele Isn't it a disgrace to think that human beings can treat another in such a shocking way. Articles like that remind me of the horrific time I had at...
Hi Kent, Thank you. I've missed being here. It made me think of the 'socialisation' nonsense too. But recently I've heard/read several times that schools are...
Hi Zoe, It is disgraceful. In N.S.W. criminal behaviours are being encouraged by the Young Offenders Act 1997 which protects young criminals but not those they...
Hello to everyone. My name is Alyssa, i have 2 wonderful kids Landen who is 3 1/2 and Gage who is 21 months. We are currently living in the US, me and my...
Hi Alyssa, I can't help you with registration requirements in NSW, or moving from the US to Australia, hopefully others will chime in there. In Victoria a new...
Hi there Alyssa and welcome to the list, I've just sent you a post via Always Unschooled so I want ramble on again. I look forward to chatting in the future....
Hi Alyssa, Welcome to the group. Hoping this doesn't sound insensitive but I hope you know that freedoms are being taken away here in Australia too. In New...
Thanks so much for the info, i really appreciate you taking the time to respond. Thankfully my children arn't anywhere near 7 (they are 3 1/2 and 21 months)...
Hi Alyssa, You're welcome. Although I realise that the '7' in 'Thankfully my children arn't anywhere near 7 ...' may have been a typo., currently so- called...
Hi Adele and everyone here, So far I've just been reading along, but I'm about to move to NSW with my girls, (9 & 11 yrs old) and unfortunately I'll need to...
Hi Jen and welcome to the group! I haven't got much advice for you regarding registration etc as we're not registered but I'm sure you'll get loas of help from...
Hi Jen, Registration is now long since over for us but, as far as inspections go, I imagine that things won't have changed much. Although some home educators...
-- ... my girls, (9 & 11 yrs old) and unfortunately I'll need to register due to centrelink's new requirements. Compared to Queensland, registrations sounds...
Recently, when I mentioned to someone that I was now homeschooling. I was asked whether I received the mandatory $14,000 per child per year that the government...
Thanks Adele, Lisa, and (yikes - someone else who responded and i accidentally deleted their message after I read it and now I can't remember - sorry), Clearly...
Hi Jen, Please let us know how the registration process all pans out. I think it's something that is good to keep up with, even for us non-registering,...
Hi everyone, Wow ok now i am starting to panic. I had no idea i would have to go through this to register. Its quite scary. Not only am i unsure what i should...
Hi, My son will be three at the end of the year and i was curious to know at what age do you start to teach them and where do you start? Thanks, Melissa...
... It's a strange world... IF our kids weren't born or didn't live in the district the school wouldn't get the money anyway. Another way of looking at it...
Hi Melissa, As unschoolers (natural learners) we think of learning as self-directed. Teaching is not really a necessary part. The focus is on the learner and...
Jen, There are a couple of "unschooling curriculums" linked here: http://sandradodd.com/unschoolingcurriculum which may give you some ideas. Basically they...
... Wow Geraldine, what a response, how ignorant I mean really!!!! lol oh and I msut add the money that schools recieve must be giving them opportunity to not...
Hi everyone Ok I love the idea of unschooling/natural learning self directed learning etc and always encourage it when ever possible.... But I'm no good at it,...
... Well, in my opinion all activities are learning activities, including lying on the couch and staring at the ceiling -- you don't know what invisible...
Hi Zoe, I bet I'd beat you in the "unorganised" stakes! I'm a very poor time manager and get to the end of nearly every day going, "Where did it go?" I often...
