By Sharee Cordes
I think it all started for us when Jayden became interested in linguistics. I was searching on the internet for some way to help him find out more about linguistics when I came across the Open Universities Australia website.
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Radical Feminist Mothers and Why We Need Them by Isabel shapcott
How Homeschooling Helped Us Stay Married by Beverley Paine
Liam Sing: Brumby Trainer by Jude Parsons
Institutionalisation and Deschooling by Kah Ying Choo
Days of Knights by Jude Parsons
Full Time Work, Full Time Home Education by Kate Frishman
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Read the rest of this entry »All the credit for all the great groups we have in Melbourne and country Victoria go to the members whose enthusiasm and commitment keep these vital support centers going. We endeavour to keep this list up to date.
If you know of groups that are operating and would be happy to be listed here, please let [...]
There are a number of discussion groups and forums about home education on the internet, some of the more interesting are listed here.
Australia:
Groups at yahoo can be subscribed to at the website and messages read there as well.
HEN on Facebook
website address: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Home-Education-Network-Australia/177340918944325
Steiner HEN
A Yahoo group so that people can register their interest in shared experience. They [...]
Home education need not be expensive. You can home educate with a library card, the resources you already have at home and free resources in your community. An Internet connection is also extremely useful if you can afford it. Many commercial homeschooling supplies are available if families choose to use them and prices vary. So [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Home educators are eligible for the Education Tax Refund if they are also entitled to Family Tax Benefit (FTB) Part A for the relevant financial year and are registered with the relevant state organisation (e.g. The VRQA in Victoria).
Eligibility for the rebate will also be extended to families in which a child would be eligible [...]