I've spent some happy time today exploring the EHE forums. I was a bit ruffled by a theme that run though indicating that there are two reasons families home ed - because regular education can't meet behavioural/SEN needs of the child or because the family have a philosophy which is at odds with formal education.
I began to feel like we were falling through the cracks as we don't sit comfortably in either group.... but happy days! It turns out there is a third group to which we can belong and it even has a label.
We're called Structured Home-Edders. Or on a day when it all goes wrong and we end up walking the dog and making cakes - Semi-Structured Home Edders.
It doesn't make a fun acronym so I'm probably going to reject the label anyway. I could rename it OH-FUC : Other HomeEds - Following Usual Curriculum. But that's not big or clever... (chuckle).
When I can't get a feeling of 'fit' I like to ponder if fit even matters and whether there's a common trait between all the different Home Ed groups. The broad spectrum of home educating families is a strength as everyone can learn from everyone else and there seems to be a common goal shared by all HE families:
Find different ways for our children to learn
And that is very inspiring.
