Guest: Dellna Illavia is a Registered Medical Herbalist (http://www.wayofhealth.co.uk) and homeschool educator to her two daughters Summer and Skye who are part of the conversation. Featuring 3 films: [1] Suffragette (feature) [2] Horrible Histories [3] Math Antics. Watch this show on YouTube: https://youtu.be/uxQLp2BeF6U or subscribe on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/short-films-teachers-love/id1086360297

Links to short films loved: Sarah Gavron: Suffragette (Feature) | iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/suffragette/id1053239288 GooglePlay https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Suffragette?id=IFoQt5vsgnQ&hl=en CBBC: Horrible Histories (Song King Henry VIII) | https://vimeo.com/90738933 MathAntics: Math Antics Long Division | https://youtu.be/LGqBQrUYua4

Disclosure statement: Dellna Illavia does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this review, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their teaching positions listed.

Other notes from the show:

BONUS discussion with Dellna on “the biggest decision of my life — why I chose to homeschool": https://soundcloud.com/shortfilmsteacherslove/ep18-dellna-bonus-why-we-homeschool-the-biggest-decision-of-my-life

Horrible Histories (background on Wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horrible_Histories_(2009_TV_series)

Summer and Skype love to explore YouTube videos in their particular areas of interest, like craft activities: https://www.youtube.com/user/MyFroggyStuff

Dellna also likes using Khan Academy for maths… https://www.khanacademy.org/math

…and recommends the following books relating to education in general: The Right Side of Normal, by Cindy Gaddis http://www.therightsideofnormal.com/the-book/endorsementsandreviews/

Creative Schools: Revolutionizing Education From the Ground Up, by Sir Ken Robinson https://penguin.com.au/books/creative-schools-9780141978574

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