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So many people have turned to me over the past year and suggested that it is not possible to home school and work from home. Those nay-sayers have had me question every systems engineering and business analysis skill that I had developed in the past decade as I looked to make the best of both being a home educator for my children as well as remain the leader of my business interests. This article provides some practical tools and advice for others who are interested in making a go of both but are not sure how to make it work.

'I'm bored!' Another set of words that have the power to make or break you as a parent. As school holidays approach I am hearing so much about plans to 'entertain' their children and keep them from getting bored. Now, oddly, I have not yet had this issue with my children other than the months before they learned to crawl and were unable to access toys for themselves. For this reason I find myself asking the question, "Why do parents feel they have to entertain their children?"

There is much to consider when organising an event for a community of home educating families - too much to document in just one article! That said, this article will present a basic time line for organising an event that is registered and insured with Home Education Australia (HEA).