Kehseb
Academy
Messianic Homeschool
(formerly known as Little Bears Family Homeschool)
Why the Name change?
Welcome
to the
Schoolroom
"Train Up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old
he will not depart from it"
Proverbs 22 v 6
NOTICE
Please take a look at my newly revised pro-life page: nursery.htm
"The most positive pro-life
statement you can make is to homeschool your children"
- Frankie Schaeffer
On this page:-
* Introduction * About * Who we are * A-Z of Pages *
* List of Subject Pages * Webrings & Awards *
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Did you know that you don't have to send your child to school?
In the UK, it is compulsory to provide your child with an education; sending them to school is only one way of doing that. In fact, in the UK, even if they choose to provide that education by way of school, it is still the parents who have the final responsibility in law for ensuring that their children receive an adequate education. To this end, UK Law provides parents with two "absolute rights" : [1] the right to a State school place for each child, and [2] the right to educate their children "otherwise than in school". (A third option, although it is not an "absolute right" in law, is to educate by way of flexi-schooling: part home education and part school.)
The overwhelming majority of parents, of course, choose to send their children to school, delegating their responsibility to the State, many working on the widely held but nevertheless false assumption that it is school rather than education which is compulsory; and most assume further that the choice between State and Private, is the only option open to parents. Indeed, many who consider home education don't actually do it, working on the misconception that it is an option available only to qualified teacher-parents (or for those with exceptionally gifted or special needs children) which is not the case at all; all you really need is a genuine concern for and commitment to the educational welfare of your children.
A growing number of families in the UK, many of whom are believers, are choosing the 'otherwise' option: educating their children at home, recognising and taking on their parental responsibility both in Law and under God: to bring up their children "in the nurture and admonition of the Lord".
Many believers, however, are hostile to the concept of home education for many reasons, one of them possibly being that they see home education as going against the Civil Authorities which we are told to respect as being placed in the position of authority by God (Titus 3:1). For that reason, I emphasise the fact that home education is 100% legal.
This site is intended as a resource for
anybody interested in
or considering educating their children at home.
It is perhaps especially suited to messianic believers and Christians, but is intended to
be helpful to all.
Remember to "bookmark" this page: many of the links on this website are external, and I wouldn't want to lose you!
We are an "otherwise" fairly ordinary family living in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. We have been home educating now for 8 years.
Mark: Daddy, Quality
Manager and Homeschool Principal! ('Militant Agnostic: I don't know, and you
don't know either!')
Shoshana: Mummy, "Homemaker" and
Personal Tutor! (Messianic believer)
Dragon-tamer:
Pony-rider: Motor-biker: Baba-Zonee:
Visit Shoshana's personal pages
As a family, as a homeschool and personally, we have been going through a lot of changes recently! Very briefly, I have decided to change the name of our homeschool, to something a little more 'grown-up' sounding! ...thinking about our children's future c.v.'s!! Kehseb is a Hebrew word for 'lamb' or 'sheep' from the Bible. I thought this was really more appropriate than 'bears', and I like the sound of 'Academy', so we're now known as the Kehseb Academy.
With regard to my personal name change, that's a longer story, which I hope to post to my personal page shortly.
List of Homeschool
Pages on this site
(Which started out as Alphabetical, but... ahem)
I have neglected this website for almost a decade while I've been busy in action actually doing that homeschool thing! But I am working now on up-dating it. Please accept my apologies while revision is in progress!
Take a look at our proposed curriculum (list of subjects we want to cover):- Academic Information but before you conclude that we've set ourselves up to fail, take a look at my notes on the National Curriculum!
Here are some Homeschool support groups in the UK as well as various miscellaneous Links for Parents (I am working on putting together some Links for Children but I'm sorry it's taking so long! Please be patient!)
Some notes on Homeschool Co-operatives and Support Groups
Take a look at our Long-term Objectives for home education
Here are some popular Methods of Teaching 'homeshool'
We've expanded our long-term Objectives by Subjects individually
Here are our Objectives for the coming year
I've put together a short list of useful internet-resources which I found helpful in planning for home education.
Take a look at Our Pre-School Programme
Here are our own personal Reasons for Homeschooling which include some of the merits of home education
In Recommended reading I have compiled a short list of the books on home education which I have personally read.
This is a short list of homeschooling Resources
And you will find a more-or-less complete list of all the books and resources listed on the individual subject pages on my new Reading and Resources List page!
Take a look at our intended Primary School Timetable and alternative Routine (for those of us who find time-tables hard to follow!)
If you're looking to buy any educational materials from the US, you may well be confused about how the US Grades compare with the British School Year system, what ages they correspond to, and where the Key Stages fit it. Here is my attempt to clear-up the confusion: "US Grades/ British School Years/ Key Stage/ Age Comparison Table"
We have revised our planning forms for pre-school unit-study here, as well as devised (and successfully used!) monthly [blank/ sample]and weekly [blank/sample] forms for infant primary level.
Our Study-notes for each subject we intend to cover, including recommendations for textbooks & literature, internet resources, and themes for study:-
* Arts & Crafts * Citizenship * Character Building * Design & Technology *
* D.I.Y. * Drama * English * Foreign Languages * Geography * History *
* Home Economics * Information/ Communication Technology *
*Mathematics * Music & Dance * Physical Education * Religious Education *
* Science * Social Studies * Survival Skills *
Our Theme-list: My more-or-less complete list of themes for unit studies for all the subjects above (but let me know if you can think of any I may have missed out!)
If you are looking at Unit Studies, a good place to start is History as the backbone of all your other studies, illlustrated here: Holistic History
Take a look at our own History Programme.
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© Shoshana Tootill
(Sharon Mortemore)
Updated: 31 January, 2008