“My daughter likes routine and structure,” says homeschool mom Lee-Anne. “Traditional didn’t work. A more eclectic style, though, did.” Her son, on the other hand, prefers Unit Studies. “He did a Unit Study on electricity,” Lee-Anne says, “and he became fully immersed in the whole thing. Finding out who “invented” electricity, what it’s used for, [...]
It’s Competition time again! You and your entire family can stand a chance to win a one year membership with the Pestalozzi trust, worth R1200.00, by following only 3 simple steps. All you have to do to get your name into the draw, is follow 3 easy steps to stand a chance at this amazing [...]
The Liberty in Learning Coalition is a growing group of, at present, 24 organisations, associations, individuals, and home education curriculum providers in South Africa who share a common goal and are working for greater freedom in education. Liberty in Learning’s goal is to (a) honour the responsibility of parents to serve the best interests of [...]
Op 27 Januarie 2020 het die Pestalozzi Trust ‘n vergadering met die Minister van Basiese Onderwys, Mev Angie Motshekga, bygewoon. Die Pestalozzi Trust is een van die belanghebbendes wat deur die Minister uitgenooi is om die jongste 2019-konsepweergawe van die Wysigingswetsontwerp op Onderwyswette of die Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (BELA Bill) te bespreek. Ons [...]
Distance Educator Brainline says that, while the coronavirus and subsequent lockdown have wreaked havoc on basic education in general, it should also be seen as an opportunity by policymakers to introduce solutions that incorporate digital learning. The education of hundreds of thousands of learners are still being affected by school closures, which are expected [...]
A few weeks ago I came across a photograph of my children and I on the pier. My daughter, about 6 or 7 months old at the time, is in the pram, lulled to sleep from our walk along the promenade. My boys are arranged around me, in a boisterous huddle. My oldest has his [...]
Sometime in recorded history, before cellular phones and the internet and YouTube and (gasp) Windows 95, I attended high school in a pretty normal school in a pretty normal suburb in the south of Johannesburg. I did normal subjects in the normal way, had normal friends and normal homework. In my Matric year, my English [...]
24 October 2018 An essay on some of the false assumptions made about homeschoolers - and/or homeschooling in general - by traditional scholars. There are three main ‘worries’ that come to mind when traditional scholars, or those who have attended or are attending traditional school, think about homeschooling: schoolwork, physical activity and socialisation. I would [...]
Hoekom die Pestalozzi Trust? Ouers in Suid-Afrika is in ‘n dodelike stryd gewikkel. Dit is ‘n stryd om die harte en gedagtes en uiteindelik die lewens van hul kinders. Die stryd is teen die owerheidsmagte wat ouerinsette en -betrokkenheid uit die kinders se opvoeding wil weer. Alle ouers, ook tuisskoolouers, is in die stryd gewikkel, [...]
