The terms “home education” and “home schooling” are often used interchangeably, but there can be some subtle differences in meaning. It should be remembered that in the UK we are legally required to educate our children, not to provide a school environment, and so you will see me using the term home education on this blog, as while we do have routines and schedules in place, at times we may be more unstructured in our approach and that is still a valid form of home education. There have been attempts over the years to control home education and make it…