From the end of July 08 this website will no longer be updated but will remain online as an archive.
For current information about home education in Australia please visit the Home Education Association of Australia.
While there, please consider joining this vital support network that works hard to promote home education in Australia.
Please note that Beverley Paine is unavailable to answer telephone and email inquiries, etc. Please join a support group in your state.

Home education is a legal alternative to school education in Australia. State governments are responsible for regulating home education.
Different states have different requirements, however homeschooling families are able to develop curriculum and learning programs
to suit the individual needs of their children.

First Steps to Getting Started with Home Educating Your Children Articles Index

Homeschooling is experienced differently by every family. What you will do in those first few months will be different from how you will find yourself homeschooling in a few year's time. And that's okay. It's all part of the learning journey.

If you are an experienced home educator and would like to share your early experiences, we'd love to hear from you. We're always looking for writers to help build Homeschool Australia and fine tune it to the needs of its users. Email your thoughts and experiences to Beverley today.

Please read some of the articles in How to Homeschool and Managing Homeschool Life as there are many that offer reassuring and time-saving tips and advice during these early months of teaching your children at home.

• The Best Place to Start... A Defining Task! Beverley Paine
• FAQ: Educating yourself to be a homeschool parent...
• Getting Started with Homeschooling Beverley Paine
• If You Are a Parent You Are Already Educating Your Child!
• 10 Essential Homeschooling Tips
• Concise Guide to Getting Started with Homeschooling
• Let's Create a Booklist of 'Must Read' or 'Essential' Homeschooling Books
• Everyone can Homeschool: Intelligence and Educational Knowledge isn't a Prerequisite for Starting to Teach Your Children at Home Beverley Paine
• Your Trusty Homeschool Emergency Kit! Ann Lahrson Fisher
• Finding the 'Right' Path... Allowing our Children to Teach Us How to Teach Them Beverley Paine

Advantages and Disadvantages of Home Education

• The Benefits of Home Education at a Glance
• The Benefits of Home Schooling - Educator Survey
• Investigating the Disadvantages of Homeschooling

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