# home education (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 9 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover home education. Page: Feed: --- ## [(untitled)](https://hktlife.uk/2320937) _2026-08-16 · JP · HKT_ ## [An Ending & a Beginning](https://motherseducationalcourse.substack.com/p/an-ending-and-a-beginning) _2026-08-16 · Charlotte Mason Mother's Educational Course_ This week we are finishing 'Beauty in the Word' by Stratford Caldecott and starting Part V of 'Home Education'. ## [Poetry Printables](https://motherseducationalcourse.substack.com/p/poetry-printables) _2026-08-15 · Kristina Schauer · Charlotte Mason Mother's Educational Course_ 12 Poems for Elementary Students to Enjoy, Read, & Memorize! ## [(untitled)](https://hktlife.uk/2320576) _2026-08-15 · JP · HKT_ ## [(untitled)](https://hktlife.uk/2320573) _2026-08-15 · JP · HKT_ ## [#102 - The Sufficiency Paradox](https://hktlife.uk/number-102-the-sufficiency-paradox) _2026-08-15 · JP · HKT_ Do you ever ask yourself, what is the point? Why do we work hard to earn money to buy things we don’t need? I’ve been asking myself that question for years, and I still don’t know the answer. Lately, the YouTube algorithm has been feeding me videos about EDC items you can’t live without and ten things you should own that will last a lifetime. Some have value. Most miss the point, which makes me… ## [Truth & Love](https://motherseducationalcourse.substack.com/p/truth-and-love) _2026-08-09 · Charlotte Mason Mother's Educational Course_ Week of August 9, 2026 ## [#101 - The Three-Month Hypothesis](https://hktlife.uk/number-101-the-three-month-hypothesis) _2026-08-08 · JP · HKT_ “Things haven’t really gone in the right direction. Have you considered a statin?” I had my annual diabetes health check this week. I know, and have known for quite some time, that I need to do more to address my health issues. I have a list as long as your arm of diabetes-related maladies to manage. The nurse knows it, and so do I. “Yeah, but I don’t want to change or increase the medication I’m… ## [#100 - The Context Collapse](https://hktlife.uk/number-100-the-context-collapse) _2026-08-04 · JP · HKT_ I never named anybody. It didn’t matter. They recognised themselves. Or they thought they did, which amounts to much the same thing once somebody has decided that a sentence on the internet is definitely about them. Explaining that it wasn’t did not help. It probably made things worse. I was no longer merely a dangerous blogger. I was now a lying dangerous blogger who refused to admit that… ## [A Place to Share Our Stories: Inside CRHE’s Homeschool Alumni Groups](https://crhe.org/a-place-to-share/) _2026-08-04 · Jedediah Holler · Coalition for Responsible Home Education_ A Place to Share Our Stories: Inside CRHE’s Homeschool Alumni Groups “Every person in the Zoom room has been a... ## [Build with the cheapest GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/719bYWrRTvk2) _2026-08-04 · **Sponsored**_ Deployed a live API in minutes; one user spent under $10. ## [Voices, Power, and Consent: Rethinking Children’s Testimony in Policy Advocacy](https://crhe.org/children-testifying/) _2026-08-04 · Jedediah Holler · Coalition for Responsible Home Education_ Voices, Power, and Consent: Rethinking Children’s Testimony in Policy Advocacy “The question is unavoidable: where is the ethical line when... ## [The Ethics of Staking Advocacy Work on Child Abuse Tragedies](https://crhe.org/trauma-and-research/) _2026-08-04 · Jedediah Holler · Coalition for Responsible Home Education_ The Ethics of Staking Advocacy Work on Child Abuse Tragedies “Honoring victim dignity not only entails telling their stories with... ## [#99 - The Space Between Spaces](https://hktlife.uk/number-99-the-space-between-spaces) _2026-08-03 · JP · HKT_ Sometimes I wonder whether I got into trouble at some of the places I have worked because I am more intelligent than some of the people around me. There. I have written it down. It looks bloody awful. Arrogant, elitist and exactly the sort of thing said by somebody who has recently watched a twelve-minute YouTube video about misunderstood geniuses. I am not saying I am better than everyone else. I… ## [#98 - The Niche Resolution](https://hktlife.uk/number-98-the-niche-resolution) _2026-08-03 · JP · HKT_ Nearly six years ago, I wrote a short piece on Medium called How Do I Find My Niche? I had been spreading myself too thin. This was not an unusual state of affairs. I had started a Substack newsletter and filled it with sections about cars, motorcycles, travel, television and anything else that wandered across my field of vision. The problem, as I saw it then, was that none of it fitted neatly… ## [#97 - The case for having an imperfect memory – a psychologist explains](https://hktlife.uk/number-97-the-case-for-having-an-imperfect-memory-a-psychologist-explains) _2026-08-02 · JP · HKT_ The case for having an imperfect memory – a psychologist explains 365daysStudios/Shutterstock Gillian Murphy , University College Cork Think back to your time at school. Were you hard-working, popular, anxious? And what exam grades did you get? Now, imagine someone pulls out your school reports from that time. How closely would they match the results you just brought to mind? If your recollections… ## [#96 - The Levitation Conductor](https://hktlife.uk/number-96-the-levitation-conductor) _2026-08-02 · JP · HKT_ I went to bed for half an hour this afternoon and woke up four hours later. That was not the plan. Somewhere in the middle of it all, a train conductor taught me how to levitate. I cannot remember whether this was part of the normal service or whether I had been upgraded. At one point, it snowed. Meanwhile, my body was doing something almost as strange. When I lie down, the coughing stops, and my… ## [#95 - The Insurance Fluctuation](https://hktlife.uk/number-95-the-insurance-fluctuation) _2026-08-02 · JP · HKT_ Things have moved pretty fast with our house purchase. Just last week, we received the news that the Land Registry had been updated to show Rhona and me as the owners of our small cottage in Adisham. What an achievement. The only fly in the ointment has been insurance. Specifically, life insurance for me. I have Type 2 diabetes, raised blood pressure and high cholesterol. Oh yeah, I’m overweight… ## [Coalition for Responsible Home Education Welcomes Gina Plata-Nino to Board of Directors](https://crhe.org/coalition-for-responsible-home-education-welcomes-gina-plata-nino-to-board-of-directors/) _2026-07-30 · elizabeth · Coalition for Responsible Home Education_ July 30th, 2026 For immediate release Washington, DC — The Coalition for Responsible Home Education (CRHE) is pleased to announce... ## [A Philosopher, Physicist, & Architect Walk Into a Substack Post...](https://motherseducationalcourse.substack.com/p/a-philosopher-physicist-and-architect) _2026-07-26 · Charlotte Mason Mother's Educational Course_ Why Education Should Be About Integrating Knowledge, Not Just Specializing In It ## [Homeschooling in the Age of AI: Responsible use and recommendations for caregivers](https://crhe.org/homeschooling-in-the-age-of-ai/) _2026-07-24 · elizabeth · Coalition for Responsible Home Education_ CHRE has concerns about the potential misuse of generative AI (e.g., large language model chatbots such as ChatGPT and Claude).... ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/DXwPBGnizdVQ) _2026-07-24 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## [Of course I think my kids are special...](https://willdiglife.net/of-course-i-think-my-kids-are-special/) _2026-07-19 · willdiglife · Will Dig Life_ ... but it's a beautiful thing to get compliments about them. I don't take all the credit for what they are like. To be truthful, most of the time I feel I'm doing a pretty lousy job at being present, being loving, being patient - in all the mothering, I fall short. I'm way too task-oriented, forever planning and sorting things out, and in the process I forget to actually love and cherish my… ## [Vienna 2026: Now with Tween attitudes](https://willdiglife.net/vienna-2026-now-with-tween-attitudes/) _2026-07-19 · willdiglife · Will Dig Life_ We're two weeks into our Vienna summer - which we do every year. And like last year and perhaps even the year before, I wonder if we should do it again next year. The pressure to change is increasing with the tween attitudes, particularly from N(11) who is busier missing her friends than enjoying what's on offer here. Playgrounds are boring now. Lidos and beaches are still fun, but the kids are… ## [Reimagining Rhetoric](https://motherseducationalcourse.substack.com/p/reimagining-rhetoric) _2026-07-19 · Charlotte Mason Mother's Educational Course_ Week of July 19, 2026 ## [#94 - Is recursive self‑improvement the dawning of AI superintelligence?](https://hktlife.uk/number-94-is-recursive-self-improvement-the-dawning-of-ai-superintelligence) _2026-07-16 · JP · HKT_ Is recursive self‑improvement the dawning of AI superintelligence? freedom100m/Shutterstock Michael G. Madden , University of Galway and James McDermott , University of Galway The US AI research company Anthropic has become known for building powerful AI models while simultaneously warning about their dangers. Read more ## [Thoughts About Thinking](https://motherseducationalcourse.substack.com/p/thoughts-about-thinking) _2026-07-12 · Charlotte Mason Mother's Educational Course_ The Habit of Imagining and The Habit of Remembering in Home Education. Chapter 3 of Beauty in the Word. Week of July 12, 2026 ## [#93 - The Four Agreements Approximation](https://hktlife.uk/number-93-the-four-agreements-approximation) _2026-07-11 · JP · HKT_ I'm not a religious man. I do, however, hold to the theory that the universe is a living system, and we, by extension, are a reflection, or possibly the evolution of the universal consciousness. I picked up and read The Four Agreements by don Miguel Ruiz again this week. It's not a long read, but it is very relevant to this post. Here's what the book is about. The Four Agreements is a simple guide… ## [#92 - My Space](https://hktlife.uk/number-92-my-space) _2026-07-11 · JP · HKT_ My desk, in our summer house, in our garden. This is my writing desk. From here, I write and create music, listen to music and think deeply. I am happiest here. ## [Why Memory and Language Matter for Education, Democracy, and Faith](https://motherseducationalcourse.substack.com/p/why-memory-and-language-matter-for) _2026-07-05 · Kristina Schauer · Charlotte Mason Mother's Educational Course_ Chapter 2 of Beauty in the Word by Stratford Caldecott ## [Mentoring Now Available](https://www.progressiveeducation.org/mentoring-now-available/) _2026-07-02 · Jo Collins · Progressive Education_ Are you questioning conventional schooling? Do you need support in exploring the world of alternatives? Questioning the mainstream can feel isolating, and it’s often difficult to know where to begin to search for answers. But you’re not alone. A growing number of people are looking for options outside of the mainstream education system, and one \[…\] The post Mentoring Now Available appeared first… ## [Church Year Cookbook](https://motherseducationalcourse.substack.com/p/church-year-cookbook) _2026-06-30 · Kristina Schauer · Charlotte Mason Mother's Educational Course_ 12 Visual Recipes for the Liturgical Year ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/HUz0qJIVPG6S) _2026-06-30 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [Statement on Ryan Stollar’s passing](https://crhe.org/statement-on-ryan-stollars-passing/) _2026-06-30 · elizabeth · Coalition for Responsible Home Education_ For immediate release Jun 30, 2026 Like many in our field, we are saddened to hear of Ryan Stollar’s passing,... ## [The Habit of Attention](https://motherseducationalcourse.substack.com/p/the-habit-of-attention) _2026-06-28 · Kristina Schauer · Charlotte Mason Mother's Educational Course_ This week we are reading the sections Some Habits of Mind and Habit of Attention in Home Education. In these sections, Charlotte Mason emphasizes once again the importance of habit formation, and then describes the importance of one habit in particular: ## [A Civic Leap: Schools as Practice Fields for Democracy, by Will Gowen](https://www.progressiveeducation.org/a-civic-leap-schools-as-practice-fields-for-democracy-by-will-gowen/) _2026-06-27 · Jo Collins · Progressive Education_ Democracy. For most of us it’s something that happens to us, not with us. We vote, maybe. We protest, write a letter, show up to a council meeting once. But it’s rarely something lived. And for many of us, we’ve stopped imagining what it could actually be. What if that changed? And what if schools, \[…\] The post A Civic Leap: Schools as Practice Fields for Democracy, by Will Gowen appeared first on… ## [Shifting addictions vs. shutting them down](https://willdiglife.net/shifting-addictions-vs-shutting-them-down/) _2026-06-25 · willdiglife · Will Dig Life_ I have an addictive personality. This might be inherited - after all, my father was a raging alcoholic - but then, my sister doesn't seem to have this issue... for me though, addictions are part of life. I'm all-or-nothing, fully in or fully out; in fact, I recently mentioned this to a friend and she pointed out (perceptively, which makes sense as she's a psychotherapist) that even my issues with… ## [Romantic vs Classic Education](https://motherseducationalcourse.substack.com/p/romantic-vs-classic-education) _2026-06-21 · Kristina Schauer · Charlotte Mason Mother's Educational Course_ Stratford Caldecott's views on the balance between two competing philosophies. Week of June 21, 2026 ## [#91 - The Descendant Hypothesis](https://hktlife.uk/number-91-the-descendant-hypothesis) _2026-06-08 · JP · HKT_ I often wonder why. Why do I do what I'm doing? Why do I not do certain things anymore? Why don't people like me? Why don't I like people? Why am I writing this blog? This question is probably the easiest to answer. A few years ago, I became interested in telling my story. My life has been a rollercoaster ride. The highs and lows have caused great joy, deep sadness, and turmoil. But the ride is… ## [I wash my hair once a month (and then with only water)](https://willdiglife.net/i-only-wash-my-hair-once-a-month-and-then-with-only-water/) _2026-06-04 · willdiglife · Will Dig Life_ I cringe at the label, but I've always been somewhat crunchy ... over the years, I've settled down into my own style of this, taking what works for us and leaving the rest: we dress mainly in natural fabrics (merino, cotton, linen) - blog post about how we dress here there's no non-stick cookware in the house - it's stainless steel and cast iron only I breastfed my kids until they weaned… ## [Mobile phones for my kids](https://willdiglife.net/mobile-phones-for-my-kids/) _2026-06-01 · willdiglife · Will Dig Life_ For his 10th birthday, my son had asked for a mobile phone of his own. I bought it for him. Previously, the kids had shared a 2G (talk & text only) old people's flip phone, because I felt they weren't really going places on their own so it was enough for one of them to have it with them. But, this led to arguments as to who was allowed to carry it... so finally, I decided it was time. N(11) will… ## [New Film: Alternatives to Conventional Schooling](https://www.progressiveeducation.org/new-film-alternatives-to-conventional-schooling/) _2026-05-26 · Jo Collins · Progressive Education_ If you are questioning mainstream schooling and looking for something different, do check out our new video! This 9 minute film includes clips from each of the ten modules in our new online course, showcasing ten ways to approach education in the 21st century! Even if people don’t need the full course, this video alone could be \[…\] The post New Film: Alternatives to Conventional Schooling appeared… ## [Irrational philistine “education” has won.](https://pietersz.co.uk/2026/05/irrational-philistine-education-has-won) _2026-05-24 · Graeme · Graeme's_ I have just read a remarkably silly article in a popular news website. The apparently well educated author has decided her seven year old has to study towards job opportunities, and has reacted to AI by forcing the poor child to study coding (which AIs can do) instead of drama (which they cannot). The reasoning \[ \] ## [#90 - The Surgery Threshold](https://hktlife.uk/number-90-the-surgery-threshold) _2026-05-24 · JP · HKT_ Early 2025 This is not another full surgery post. That story already exists elsewhere on this site. This is the bridge between the long archive and the present-day recovery. By the time the archive reaches this point, the thread is clear. Health stopped being background noise. It became the story. Read more ## [#89 - The 2024 Recovery Loop](https://hktlife.uk/number-89-the-2024-recovery-loop) _2026-05-24 · JP · HKT_ January to November 2024 This piece gathers the main personal health and work posts from 2024. It was a year of returning, relapsing, adjusting, worrying, working, gaining weight, losing rhythm, facing the hip properly, then getting knocked sideways by Covid. Not a clean recovery. More of a loop. Read more ## [#88 - The Arthritis Adjustment](https://hktlife.uk/number-88-the-arthritis-adjustment) _2026-05-24 · JP · HKT_ November to December 2023 This piece gathers the late-2023 health posts about arthritis, work, fear, fasting and another attempt to rebuild from what the body was saying rather than what the mind wanted to believe. Read more ## [#87 - We Made It to Germany](https://hktlife.uk/number-87-we-made-it-to-germany) _2026-05-24 · JP · HKT_ April to June 2023 This piece gathers a few short posts from spring 2023. Work had taken over. Health had improved. Money was still tight. Then, somehow, we made it across the Channel and gave Karta a few days in Germany. Read more ## [#86 - Settling Into the Work](https://hktlife.uk/number-86-settling-into-the-work) _2026-05-24 · JP · HKT_ January to March 2023 This piece gathers two updates from early 2023. After the health scare, the HGV licence, and the move into practical work, life began to settle into a different rhythm. Not easy. Not perfect. But steadier. Read more ## [#85 - The Trinity Year](https://hktlife.uk/number-85-the-trinity-year) _2026-05-24 · JP · HKT_ 2022 This piece gathers posts from 2022. It was the year health, work, and money stopped being abstract problems. The year began with village life, writing plans and another attempt to build a simple rhythm. By spring, an HGV medical exposed the truth. By winter, I was driving grain lorries across the south-east of England. Read more ## [#84 - The 2021 Transition](https://hktlife.uk/number-84-the-2021-transition) _2026-05-24 · JP · HKT_ January to December 2021 This piece gathers a run of posts from 2021. The year began with lockdown, furlough, doubt and another attempt to find focus. It ended with a new home, a new job, night shifts, and a quieter attempt to make family life work. Read more ## [#83 - 2020 Sucked](https://hktlife.uk/number-83-2020-sucked) _2026-05-24 · JP · HKT_ Published 31 December 2020 Thank fuck for that. I managed to get through 2020 reasonably unscathed. As far as I know, I did not get Covid, which feels like an achievement in itself. Karta completed his first year of home education. I think he is where he needs to be, and he is progressing nicely. It has not always been easy, but then nothing about 2020 was easy. We also got our first full year in… ## [#82 - The Bittersweet Symphony](https://hktlife.uk/number-82-the-bittersweet-symphony) _2026-05-24 · JP · HKT_ Published 19 October 2020 We moved to the countryside a year ago. We escaped from Planet Thanet. The overcrowding. The constant noise of cars, buses and pubs. We gained a garden, a garage, and the smells of rural living. We were gearing up for a year of adventures, near and far. Then a pandemic swept across the world and screwed up everyone’s plans. Our neighbours, although noisy at times, have… ## [#81 - The Lockdown Adjustment](https://hktlife.uk/number-81-the-lockdown-adjustment) _2026-05-24 · JP · HKT_ March into June 2020 This piece gathers a small group of posts from the first months of lockdown. Home education had already begun. Then the world changed, and the fresh start we thought we were building became something else entirely. Read more