People interested in home education often want to know how a normal day works. What is it really like to educate children at home? How can it work when there are children of different ages, or different interests? What about the presence of a baby, or - perhaps worse - an inquisitive toddler? What happens when the car won't start, when the washing machine floods, when the children squabble or get bored? Do children - or parents - find themselves lonely in between home educators' meetings?

My 'glimpses' page gives an overview of what life was like for a few home educators towards the end of the 1990s, but inevitably in writing such pieces we attempted to look at days which reflected the best of home education, rather than the worst. A new phenomenon in recent years is that of blogs - web-logs, or online journals - where anyone can write about day-to-day life or concerns as easily as they can write a letter in a word processor. There are many blogs about education in general, or the whys and wherefores of home education. On this page, however, I've selected a few which actually describe what life is like on a day-to-day basis for those educating children at home. I encourage anyone considering home education, or wondering what it's really like, to spend time reading the current and archive posts of some of these.

Patch of Puddles - Merry writes about life with her four daughters: the oldest is 12, the youngest 5. Merry also manages to run the excellent MuddlePuddle site which is packed with ideas and activities for young children.

Not Sheep - Deb has an action-filled blog, with plenty of photographs about life in her household with six sons. The oldest is 16, the youngest is 1.

Home baked education - Hannah is home educating her 10-year-old son.  Featuring lots of cooking, experimenting and exploring, with plenty of photos. 

Mutterings from a dark corner - Lisa home educates two teenagers, bakes, and struggles with various skin sensitivities.   The blog covers various random topics.

We hate workbooks! - June describes life with her four daughters; the oldest is 13 and the youngest is 2. Plenty of photos to illustrate their days.

Making it up - Jax and Tim juggle work and home as they educate their daughter and younger son, while caring for a new baby as well.

Sometimes it's Peaceful - Gill, an autonomous home educator in the UK writes about her life with children of various ages.

Starchild Searching - Lou is a home educator in the UK with four 'lovely, wild, veggie children' as she puts it.

Among the Trees - Lucy is home educating two teenagers in Scotland. This is mainly a photo blog about their lives. 

Just another morning here - Sarah has three children, two daughters (10 and 8) and a son(6). After a few years of home education the children started attending a very pleasant primary school. This has worked well for the daughters, and the son is now being home educated again.

Progressive homeschool - Nika is an American mother whose home educting is eclectic with quite a focus on science experimentation.