But Don’t Home Educated Kids Lack “Socialization”? - Alberta Home Education - Home Education Alberta

But Don’t Home Educated Kids Lack “Socialization”?

If there is one thing families who home educate have heard a thousand times, it’s the (usually) well-intentioned protests of a stranger that a home educated student will lack socialization and be unable to relate or talk to other people. Of course, that’s nonsense. Homeschooled students take part in a wide variety of extracurricular activities …

Three Easy At-Home Science Experiments for 6-8 Year Olds - Centre for Learning at Home - Home Based Education Alberta

Three Easy At-Home Science Experiments for 6-8 Year Olds

Science is cool! It’s the study of how our world works, and for elementary students there are limitless possibilities for demonstrating just how unexpectedly the world can function. By 6-8, most kids have been around long enough to have created general assumptions about the world. You drop your cookie into your cup of milk, and …

Having a Great Online Summer School Experience? What’s Next? - Centre for Learning@HOME - Home Based Education Alberta

Having a Great Online Summer School Experience? What’s Next?

The summer school semester has begun, and we couldn’t be more proud of the great progress our students have made over the last couple weeks. For many of our new summer school students, this is their first experience with online education. They’ve never had the responsibility of taking charge of their own learning or the …