Below are links to the different feature articles, tips and news gathered as a collective resource by homeschooling and afterschooling parents at our discussion forum. The first link discusses the different terms that are associated with homeschooling or home education or the unique Japanese phenomenon “futoko or school-refuser”. The second link attempts to sum up the complex picture on whether homeschooling is legal in Japan, and the third link provides a FAQ sheet that tries to cover the most-asked questions about homeschooling. The rest of the links relate to various topics and issues pertinent to the homeschooling arena.

Terms that make a difference: “homeschooler”, “home-educated” and “school-refuser” (futoko)?

Legality of Homeschooling in Japan

Q & A about Homeschooling / Homelearning (FAQs)

 

  • Art: A journey through life and civilization
  • Christmas traditions in Japan
  • Different approaches to homeschooling
  • Do reading curricula make a difference?
  • Earthquakes and Japan
  • Educate your kid at home 101 (A)
  • Great Books Program
  • Hands on science resources
  • Higher order thinking skills vs. critical thinking skills
  • Homeschool Days
  • Homeschool Networks in Japan (English & Japanese)
  • Homeschool Support Organizations
  • Homeschooling – the road less traveled
  • Homeschooling Your Child with Special Needs
  • In the news: Home-schooling on the rise
  • Is your social studies curriculum a mile wide & an inch deep
  • Kyoiku Kihon Ho (The Fundamental Law of Education)
  • Legality of Homeschooling in Japan
  • Math ability and your child
  • Multilevel teaching – how do you homeschool when you have kids of different ages?
  • Nature notebooking
  • Nobel laureate Peter Agre’s advice on promoting science to the young: you need good role models and to make science fun, cool and interesting
  • On art education & teaching art to children
  • One family’s stellar and inspiring unschooling story
  • Overcome your kids’ dyslexia with intensive remedial instruction
  • Q & A about Homeschooling / Homelearning
  • Sharing our strategies: kanji and kokugo studies
  • Sharing our strategies: this is how we homeschool
  • Subscribe to free! homeschooling newsletters
  • Terms that make a difference: “homeschooler”, “home-educated” and “school-refuser” (futoko)?
  • Thinking about morality and philosophy: rationality, evolution and behavioral science behind moral actions
  • You Must Remember This …
  • Young Astronomer’s Club