This is an account of a seven year old boy and his journey of writing and ultimately publishing a book, sent to me by his mother. So … When our son said he wants to write a book, we were like – OK go ahead! At that time we didn’t really think that he willContinue reading “When a 7 year old homeschooler publishes a book….”
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A tribute to Jeremy and his family
Max and Gillian went through a parents worst nightmare, the death of their child Jeremy Fernand. Jeremy was only 19 years when he fell off a running train on the 26th of November 2017. He succumbed to his injuries at Cooper hospital in Mumbai. It was a shock to his parents and to all ofContinue reading “A tribute to Jeremy and his family”
More parents take to home-schooling their kids, term school studies as rote-learning
Children have always learned naturally from grandparents, parents and elder siblings by accompanying them to the market, to the jungle, to the river, or to the fields. Helping with daily tasks of sowing, harvesting, hunting, food gathering, wood cutting, thatching, attending cattle and so on… children acquire valuable knowledge about biodiversity, medicinal plants, animal husbandry, agriculture,Continue reading “More parents take to home-schooling their kids, term school studies as rote-learning”
What about exams or tests?
One of the most common questions we encounter as parents of three homeschooled kids is: What about exams? Let us start with the basics: An examination, commonly known as exam, is a test to see how good somebody is at something. If that ‘somebody’ is your child and he or she happens to attend school,Continue reading “What about exams or tests?”
City NIOS candidate moves HC over no extra answer sheets rule
City NIOS candidate moves HC over no extra answer sheets rule ZoomBookmarkSharePrintListenTranslate MUMBAI: A clause in the rules governing the flexible National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) exams, which says that candidates are not allowed to ask for extra answer sheets, has now been challenged in court. Jeremy Fernand, a Class 10 student,[whose parents areContinue reading “City NIOS candidate moves HC over no extra answer sheets rule”
Schools, Obesity, Activism and Education
Obesity on the rise in developing world: Report The number of obese and overweight people in the developing world nearly quadrupled to almost a billion between 1980 and 2008, a thinktank report said on Friday. There are now far more obese or overweight adults in the developing world than in richer countries, the Overseas Development InstituteContinue reading “Schools, Obesity, Activism and Education”
IGCSE and Homeschool
Some of us parents met with Ms. Tanya Valecha, Principal of Rustomjee School http://www.school.rustomjee.com/ on Tuesday 18th June 2013. We mentioned to her that we are part of an All India body of Homeschoolers called Swashikshan whose website is http://homeschoolers.in/ The main points discussed were: Homeschooled students giving the IGCSE 10th grade exams Handholding partnershipContinue reading “IGCSE and Homeschool”
Love, power and a sound mind 