Save time and simplify your homeschooling life!

Learn from experienced homeschooolers how to write your own curriculum.

It really is that easy!

Beverley Paine home educated her three children, now all adults, between 1985 and 2004. An active volunteer supporting and promoting education choice for families she continues to be an advocate for homeschooling and unschooling in Australia, participating in conferences and camps and contributing to newsletters and magazines. She also edits and publishes the journal Homeschool~Unschool~Australia!

April Jermey took over the reins of Always Learning Books in 2011. A stay-at-home part-time working mum of two young children, April experienced a mix of education, including homeschooling, unschooling, part-time attendance at school, completing her high school certificate at school. She supports the right of families to choose the education that best meets the needs of their children.



"Thank you... The information you supply is real and generous - fantastic reading. I am so inspired... Your honesty is rare. Most books do not really explain 'how' as well as you do." Tracy

"I cannot seem to get enough of your writings on the whole home ed subject! You portray a lot of wisdom, knowledge and experience..." Marie"A fabulous source of information and inspiration. I am very pleased to have some of your titles on my bookshelf... providing me with wonderful, detailed information and resources." Faye

"Whenever I read your writing I always come away with increased confidence in my ability to provide and share a wonderful learning journey with my family. Thank you!" Maaike "I appreciate that your book Getting Started is very balanced in its approach to homeschooling methods and also that it covers so many of the areas and questions that I desperately needed to deal with." Joanne

"Your guidance, understanding, support & words of wisdom changed our lives." Lesley

"I have been so grateful for the texts I have read from you so far. They have been so helpful as we entered our first year of official home schooling." Sue

About Home Education

Home education is a legal alternative to school education in Australia. State and territory governments are responsible for regulating home education and have different registration requirements, however homeschooling families are able, and encouraged, to develop curriculum and learning programs to suit the educational and developmental needs of their individual children.

Have a question about home education? Please join Beverley's Homeschool Australia Frequently Asked Question group. After 20 years of being a contact and support person Beverley no longer takes phone call or email inquiries about homeschooling. Please join one of her yahoo groups (above) if you want to know more about homeschooling or have a question.

How to Order

Prices are in Australian dollars and subject to change without notice.

Postage (within Australia) included in the prices of individual items.

When you order, you deal with a real living person who is familiar with the products we sell. 

At Always Learning Books we do not share, in any way, with any one or third party, your personal information.

Your order will be shipped within 24 hours of us receiving it. If we cannot fill your order immediately we will contact you.

Refunds are available on items returned to us in 'as new condition' within 14 working days of our shipment. Your return postage costs will not be refunded.

Orders outside of Australia:
Please add the appropriate shipping rate to your order. Orders will not be processed without correct shipping rate.

Credit card payments available only through PayPal. Please use the shopping basket provided and complete the transaction as directed. Payments made through PayPal are 100% secure. You do not have to become a PayPal member to make payments to Always Learning Books.

If paying by personal cheque or money order, download and print the Order Form; complete, printing clearly. Do not send cash in the mail.

Keep a copy of your order for reference purposes.

If you have any questions about the ordering process only please email us.All other questions join Homeschool Australia Frequently Asked Questions.

Link Library

Interested in homeschooling, but still not sure? Read 'All You Need Is...' by Beverley Paine

Looking for educational resources? Visit Home Education Directory Questions about homeschooling?

Browse the Homeschool Australia Article Library, or join our Frequently Asked Questions online support group . Wondering what to teach?

Australian Homeschool Curriciulum shares articles on a range of subjects.

What's new on Homeschool Australia? Subscribe to the regular e-newsletter .

Prefer an unschooling or natural learning approach? Join the Children Learning Naturally Online Support Group.

Travelling and homeschooling? Keep in touch with Aussie Homeschool Campers!

The Home Education Association produces monthly newsletters, a quarterly magazine, and an annual resource directory for its members, as well as providing an email and phone answering service and online forums.

Spiral Garden for eco-friendly products

Rainbow Divas Annual Home Ed CampFest

Return to Catalogue

 

Catalogue

'Like' Always Learning Books on Facebook.

Learning Without School
Home Educating Families Share a Day in their Lives

Edited by Beverley Paine

Over 30 families offer a unique glimpse into the different ways they educate their children at home.

ISBN 1876651202
92 pages, 210mm x 290mm, illustrated.

Now available as an eBook!

Purchase from Catalogue

Although home education isn't a new phenomenon – and is, in fact, millennia older than the tradition of school education – it is arousing intense curiosity among parents and young people desperate to find satisfying and successful solutions to the perennial problems experienced in the classroom.

If you…
… are thinking about taking your children out of the school system,
… want to avoid school altogether,
… are curious about how homeschooling parents balance relationships, work and leisure commitments, manage the housework – and – educate their children at home,
… already homeschool but are looking for fresh ideas,
… are interested in other homeschooling approaches,
… or perhaps simply long to be a ‘fly on the wall’ and see how other families organise learning at home…
…this book is for you.

Explore how different families journey along this liberating educational path. Discover the secrets to homeschooling success as you read this wonderful collection of real days and weeks showing a wide spectrum of tried and tested approaches to home education. Over thirty articulate and intimate ‘snapshots’ of everyday family life capture the unique essence and flexible nature of Australian home education.

"When first introduced to the concept of home education most people think of mum standing by a desk, child with bent head, busily writing or reading… Home educated children may have desks, and parents do teach lessons from books, but homeschooling is much more than ‘school-at-home’, as the experiences shared by the many families in this book demonstrate.

I’m always astounded by, and grateful for, the willingness of homeschooling families to share their experiences with others. It doesn’t matter how long we’ve been teaching our children at home, the urge to see how other families ‘do it’ is forever strong. Our reasons are many: we may yearn for fresh ideas, practical tips and/or reassurance. Robust support networks have grown to answer this need. They provide an enduring sense of companionship among homeschooling families. It is with this sentiment that these articulate, and enthusiastically given, ‘snapshots’ of daily homeschooling life are offered by the families in this book.

Reading their contributions was one of the real pleasures of working on Learning Without School. I am indebted to Kim, Emily, Beth, Sonia, Mandy, Sonia, Kirsten and their families, and the Chapman, Moore, Collins, McNeill, Cooper, Coleman, Heath, Tuckerman. Cordes, Jacob, Collins, Delpol, Harding, van Rijn, Hardy, Tunes, Shobbrook, Herriman, Davidson, Savins, Whittaker families, for making time from their busy homeschooling lives to help with this project. A huge thank you goes to the children; Jade, Ilana, Michelle, Thomas, and Elizabeth and to all those that sent in photographs and beautiful artwork.

I am extremely grateful to those many friends whose contributions took less tangible form, most often as conversations that gave me the inspiration and confidence to produce this book. And finally, I say a huge thank you to my three wonderful children, April, Roger and Thomas, who, over the years, have taught me most of what I know about the nature of learning, and to my wonderful husband, Robin, for his steadfast support and assistance in bringing Learning Without Schooling to fruition."

Beverley Paine

What readers think...

"The book arrived today, and we have had great joy reading all the stories – thank you very much!"
Davina Jensen

What's in this book? Contents...

  • A Typical Homeschooling Day - Beverley Paine
  • Learning on the Atherton Tablelands - Grace Chapman
  • Home Education: A Lifestyle - Belinda Moore
  • A Friday in September - Karen Collins
  • My Day - Jade Collins
  • Monday - Ilana Collins
  • A Day in our Home Schooling Life - Martina McNeill
  • A Random Day… - Michelle Cooper
  • Learning is a Life-long Process… - Cheryl Cooper
  • A Day in the Life of a Natural Learning Family - Nikki Coleman
  • Learning From Living - Kim
  • A Day with Sarah, Simon, David and Caitlin, July 2003 - Sarah Tuckerman
  • Our Home Schooling Day - The Cordes Family
  • What Suits Us Best - Michelle Jacob
  • Simply Just Being - Sue Collins
  • Natural Learning Works for Us - Lisa Collins
  • A Typical Week - Kirsten
  • Learning On-The-Go… - Sharon Delpol
  • Weaving Learning into Conversation - Louise Wilton
  • A Typical Day for Jonah and Hanna
  • What are the boys doing today? - Emily
  • Following Rouan’s Interests - Audrey van Rijn
  • Apprentices to Life - Jo Heath
  • From School-at-Home to Home-school - Beth
  • A Teenage Perspective - Elizabeth Hardy
  • Finding the Best Approach - Nicki Tunes
  • An Inspired Education - Peela Shobbrook
  • Living a Beautiful Life - Sonia Fluke
  • A Healthy Alternative - Vanessa Whittaker
  • Learning Naturally:Different Every Day - The Herriman Family
  • No Two Days Ever The Same! - Fiona Davidson
  • Tuesday, 10th February, 2004 - Mandy
  • No Such Thing as a ‘Typical Day’ - Marina Savins
  • A Learning Journey Ends… - Beverley Paine
    - 1986… the early years
    - 1995… a visit from the grandparents
    - 1998… natural learning – the wait is worth it!
    - 2004… The End: Thomas and his last home educated days

Return to Catalogue

 

  

Subscribe to Homeschool~Unschool~Australia! Beverley's new quarterly journal

Annual SubscriptionPrinted -- $18
Annual Subscription PDF -- $12

BONUS OFFER! FREE membership
'Getting Started Club'
when you buy Beverley's manual on how to write your own homeschool curriculum!
Still only $25...

Getting Started with Home Schooling: Practical Considerations

Be among the first to read
Beverley's latest book
on home education!

"Beverley's patience, experience, and understanding of both the questions and the answers make her a wonderfully helpful guide to the adventure of helping children learn without school." Wendy Priesnitz, Life Media

"Beverley's lengthy experience in the homeschooling community is legend. Thankfully for all involved she continues to share her deep thinking and acquired wisdom..." Linda Dobson, Parent at the Helm

A refreshing practical approach to unschooling based on the needs of the child and family which demystifies and simplifies the philosophy and practice of this style of home education.
ISBN 978-1-876651-58-9
$10.00

Pioneering members of the home education movement in Australia, Beverley and Robin Paine are passionate advocates of true educational choice for families. They began homeschooling their children in 1986 and three years later started the South Australian Home Based Learners network. Beverley wrote Getting Started with Homeschooling in 1995-97 and since then continues to write books and booklets on home education. She balances spending time helping home educators with working in her garden and renovating her home, as well as continuing to build her collection of writing on a variety of homeschooling subjects. Beverley maintains an extensive collection of websites as well as several Yahoo groups supporting families teaching their children at home. In 2007 Beverley joined the HEA and was a committee member for three years during which time she edited and produced the HEA Newsletter, Stepping Stones for Home Educators magazine, annual Resource Directory and other HEA publications. If you'd like to keep in touch with what Beverley is up to her in her life, sign up for the Homeschool Australia Newsletter or visit her Homeschool Australia Facebook page .

In January 2011 her daughter April Jermey took over Always Learning Books. April is a home educated stay-at-home working mum of two children.