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Town Planning & Street Furniture (Home Education UK Topic Challenge)
In this episode of The BIG Home Ed Conversations Podcast, Kelly and Ashley continue their weekly home education UK “topic challenge” — choosing a theme and exploring it with their children through real-life learning, conversa...
Special Guest: Jenn Hodge Interview: The Children’s Wellbeing and Sch…
In this episode of The BIG Home Ed Conversations Podcast, Kelly shares a powerful interview with Jenn Hodge, founder of Doing Education Differently. Jenn is a leading voice in neurodiversity and education reform, and has been...
Topic Challenge: Lesser Known Sports (Weird & Wonderful Games, What C…
In this episode of The BIG Home Ed Conversations Podcast, Kelly and Ashley explore this week’s “topic from the hat” challenge: lesser known sports. They start by going down the rabbit hole of strange and wonderful sports fr...
Food Around the World with Kids - Home Ed Edition
Reflecting back on this week’s episode of The BIG Home Ed Conversations Podcast… we pulled “Food Around the World” out of our topic-from-a-hat challenge.And I’m not going to lie, I was excited about this one.I&rsqu…
Topic Challenge: Food Around the World
Welcome back to another episode of the BIG Home Ed Conversations Podcast. Kelly and Ashley are continuing Season 5’s “topic from a hat” home education challenge — where they pick a theme, explore it with their kids for the we...
How to Teach Kids About Money: 5 Fun Strategies for Home Education
Our Top 5 Strategies for Covering Money Management With Your KidsIf when we plucked the topic “capital allocation and investment” it made you laugh/cry a little… same.In this week’s BIG Home Ed Conversations experiment, …
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Food Around the World with Kids - Home Ed Edition
Reflecting back on this week’s episode of The BIG Home Ed Conversations Podcast… we pulled “Food Around the World” out of our topic-from-a-hat challenge.And I’m not going to lie, I was excited about this one.I&rsqu…
How to Teach Kids About Money: 5 Fun Strategies for Home Education
Our Top 5 Strategies for Covering Money Management With Your KidsIf when we plucked the topic “capital allocation and investment” it made you laugh/cry a little… same.In this week’s BIG Home Ed Conversations experiment, …
Welcome back to Season 5 of The BIG Home Ed Conversations
If you’ve been with us for a while, you’ll know we love a good deep dive. We’ll happily chat deschooling, SEND, mindset shifts, child-led learning, and all the big feelings that come with choosing something different.But this sea…
About the Hosts
Kelly Rigg
Kelly Rigg is a home educating mum of two, neurodiversity coach, and co-host of the BIG Home Ed Conversations Podcast, created to support and empower parents who are home educating in the UK and beyond. Through honest, down-to-earth conversations, she helps families feel more confident in their choices, offering reassurance, mindset shifts, and practical encouragement for raising and learning outside the school system.
Ashley Vanerio
Ashley is a former primary school teacher, home ed mum of three, and co-host of the BIG Home Ed Conversations Podcast. Passionate about individual learning and child-led approaches, she brings a warm, practical perspective to home education—helping parents trust themselves, understand how children learn best, and build a family life that fits their values.