In recent years, home schooling has become increasingly popular around the world, especially in countries such as the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the US. In the UK, almost 50,000 children are currently being home schooled, whilst in the US, figures are thought to stand at around 1.5 million. Although homeschooling is currently enjoying a surge in popularity in some places, this is not true everywhere. In fact, in some countries, homeschooling is considered controversial or socially undesirable and […]

As your children grow, their innate inquisitiveness and desire to learn about the world around them will mean that they will naturally gravitate towards all forms of information – and that includes books! When they learn to read, a magical world opens up before them, allowing them to explore in ways that they never could before. Of course, they’ll learn the basics at school, but to help to teach them a real love for reading it helps if they’re encouraged […]