Home schooling resources for children and parents.
Learning at home means you get to shape education around your child. No two kids learn the same way—and that’s where home education really shines. To help you guide their journey, we’ve created a growing collection of Parent Q&A sheets made just for home-educating families.
Each Q&A sheet links directly to one of our popular Info Zone articles and pairs perfectly with a matching lesson plan. You can print them out, use them on screen, or tweak them to suit your child’s pace and interests. They’re great for starting conversations, checking understanding, and making each topic feel more real and relevant.
These sheets work well during a topic, after a lesson, or even as part of a weekly review. However you choose to use them, they’re here to make learning deeper, easier, and a lot more meaningful—for both you and your child.
Q & A – Work Smarter, Not Harder: The Science of Simple Machines Explained Understanding physics doesn’t need to be intimidating. This topic—simple machines—is a great place to start. It focuses on everyday tools like levers, pulleys, ramps, and wheels that help us do things more easily. These are called “simple machines” because they use … Read more
Q & A – Momentum and Collisions: The Physics of Impacts If your child is learning about movement, crashes, or sports in science, they may have come across the terms momentum and collisions. These ideas are part of physics, but they’re also things we experience every day — from bouncing a ball to stopping quickly … Read more
Q & A – Work, Energy and Power: How Things Get Done This Parent Q&A page has been created to support you in teaching the topic Work, Energy and Power: How Things Get Done as part of your home education journey. The topic is part of physics, but don’t worry — you don’t need to … Read more
Q & A – Gravity: From Falling Apples to Orbiting Planets The Parent Q&A sheet for Gravity: From Falling Apples to Orbiting Planets is designed to support home-educating families in exploring this essential physics topic. Gravity isn’t just what makes things fall—it also keeps the Moon in orbit and shapes how planets move through space. … Read more
Q & A – Understanding Forces and Motion in Everyday Life The Parent Q&A sheet for Understanding Forces and Motion in Everyday Life is designed to give home-educating families extra support when exploring the world of movement, friction, gravity, and more. This resource includes a carefully chosen set of questions that children are likely to … Read more
Q & A -Newton’s Laws of Motion: The Foundation of Classical Physics Understanding how and why things move is a huge part of everyday life, and it’s all explained by Newton’s laws of motion. This Parent Q&A sheet supports home-educating families by offering clear answers to the most common questions children may ask when exploring … Read more
Q & A – Step-by-Step Guide: How to Self Publish Your Novel on Amazon This Parent Q&A sheet has been created to support home-educating families exploring the topic of self publishing through Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). The idea of publishing a novel might feel overwhelming at first, especially if you’re not familiar with digital … Read more
Q & A – Writing a Novel Before You’re 18 — Is It Possible? This Parent Q&A sheet for Writing a Novel Before You’re 18 — Is It Possible? is designed to help you feel confident supporting your child through this exciting creative writing journey. Writing a novel can seem like a huge task, especially … Read more
The Secret Life of Victorian Kids: How Children Survived Queen Victoria’s Reign This Parent Q&A sheet for The Secret Life of Victorian Kids: How Children Survived Queen Victoria’s Reign is designed to help parents confidently guide their child through this fascinating topic. During Queen Victoria’s reign, children’s lives were shaped by social class, work, education, … Read more
Q & A – Space Mysteries Scientists Still Can’t Explain in 2025 This Parent Q&A sheet for Space Mysteries Scientists Still Can’t Explain in 2025 is designed to help parents and carers support learning during home education. The topic covers fascinating unanswered questions about the universe, such as black holes, dark matter, fast radio bursts, … Read more
