Actually, this time, it’s true. It doesn’t. I’m not going to pretend I have some holy grail for you that turns your teen’s maths revision into a smoot...

“Ok, yeah, Veronika, that sounds great; we’d LOVE TO move on from times tables, but isn’t maths about building knowledge on good foundations?”

Yes, i...

Ok, I get it; I haven’t been in that position myself. My boy will only be 10 later this year, and even when he gets to 15 or 16, his only worry will b...

Whenever I pop into some of the community chats, I see this question asked over and over again. And, of course, I totally get why so many (new and sea...

Two years ago, I was waiting for “my envelope”. I had just sat my Scottish Gaelic exam a couple of months prior to that (at the age of 35 — and they s...

The other day, when I was trying to write a Facebook post that actually catches more eyeballs, I realised that I’m throwing spaghetti at the wall. Whi...

I was catching up recently with a colleague educator, Brodie, who is one of those educators I just "click" with—we’re very much on the same wavelength...

Planning GCSE Maths for your home educated teen can feel overwhelming at first. With so many topics to cover, exam choices to make, and uncertainty ab...

Learning online has so many benefits—I could fill a whole post just listing them! But today, I’m not here to sing those praises. Instead, I want to he...

Does it feel like you’re home educating with purpose and a well-organised system (even unstructured and unschooling approaches have their own systems)...

As home educators, we often spend countless hours sifting through curricula, comparing textbooks, and mastering mathematical concepts to teach our chi...

Ever wondered if it’s really possible to teach your child maths yourself?

Back in those days, when someone asked me, "Could I teach my child maths my...