Chantal Malan is joining Anelle Burger in the lounge to talk about a very effective tool that strengthens the loving parent-child relationship in helping families deal with everyday stress and anxiety. Mindfulness can help us in frustrating situations when communication often breaks down. This is a great tool to help our children to become emotionally intelligent.

Not only for homeschooling / home education families.

Chantal Malan has a post graduate degree in counselling psychology. She was head of the Career Centre at the University of Stellenbosch Business School until 2005, when she decided to exchange the counselling of students for the life of motherhood.

Anelle Burger is in conversation with Marinda Erwee. They discuss the role of play in learning and its importance in the child's early and primary school years.

To parents unfamiliar with home education the thought of educating their children at home can seem like a daunting task. Wendy Young is in the Lounge to answer some of the frequently asked questions.

Wendy is a home education veteran with 25 years’ experience having successfully educated her 4 children, the youngest of whom has recently received his school leaving certificate. She is co-author of a much-loved home education curriculum called Footprints on our Land.

www.south-african-homeschool-curriculum.com/tips-for-starting-homeschooling.html
www.oolfant.com/25-dinge-tuisskool
www.startinghomeschooling.co.za
www.homeschooling-curriculum-guide.com/homeschooling-south-africa.html
www.south-african-homeschool-curriculum.com/registering-with-department.html
www.south-african-homeschool-curriculum.com/school-admissions-tests.html

There is still much confusion about the differences between home education and cottage schools, or as some refer to it, home schools. Anelle Burger invited Hayley Gibbons to the Lounge to offer us some clarity.

Hayley has home educated her two sons for 12 years and is Vice Chairperson of the Eastern Cape Home Education Association. She is passionate about home education and strives to inform and educate not only those starting out on their home education journey, but also the public at large.

Here are the contact details for homeschooling associations around South Africa:

Eastern Cape:
Echsa.el@gmail.com or echsa.net

Western Cape:
Capehomeed@gmail.com
www.capehomeed.com

KZN:
Marinda@playpals.co.za

Gauteng:
Jaco.lemmer@gmail.com

For any legal advice on home education contact :
defensor@pestalozzi.org

Disclaimer: The views expressed in the following interviews are not necessarily those of the Homeschool Lounge or CHE. They are shared in the interests of promoting a variety of ideas and debate to assist people in making their own informed choices. For any legal advice please contact your legal representative.

Joining Anelle Burger in the Homeschool Lounge is Martie du Plessis. Martie developed an education approach called Uncapped Education and she wishes to empower parents to successfully educate their children.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in the following interviews are not necessarily those of the Homeschool Lounge or CHE.
They are shared in the interests of promoting diversity of ideas and debate to assist people in making their own informed choices.
For any legal advice please contact your legal representative.

We continue our series on the different approaches to home education. Our topic for discussion is the eclectic approach.

Joining Anelle Burger in the lounge is Chirani Meyer. As a veteran home educator and activist, she is well known in the home education community. Her twin sons have completed their GED and are enrolled at online animation schools in the USA. Her eldest daughter is 16 and completing her Matric this year through the GED. Chirani is still actively homeschooling her youngest daughter.