Über Adlernest

Are you wondering why we chose the name Adlernest?

Quite simple really.

• Education begins from the birth of young into the world.
• They are dependent upon what they are feed by their parents.
• The nest is a place of safety, comfort and warmth.
• The eaglets will learn all they need to know for life from the nest
• The parents are protectors of their offspring.
• Adlerjunge are being prepared for the day they are launched into the wind, and will soar on their own

I am sure you can see the connections to us humans!!

How did this site come about?

This site was conceived as a response to a variety of different ideas.

• There is a plethora of English home-educating resources sites online.  There was nothing in German.
• The need for vital information to be accessible, public and in one place - a hub.
• So many German home-educating families suffer under the burden of punitive fines and measures that being able to provide free resources made sense.
• Offering the many people outside of Germany who are home-educating to contribute in a practical way, right here and now, while the campaign continues for legalisation of home-education in Germany.
• Providing a time-based means for supporting German home-educators instead of purely a finance-based request.

Development Blog - what is happening behind the scenes

Fliege hinaus junger Adler,
hinaus in alle Welt,
lerne zu leben
und das -
was Dir gefällt.

Fliege hoch hinaus
über das weite Land,
und lass Dich nicht
beirren-durch das,
was andere Dir sagen.

Sei stolz auf Dich,
auf Dich allein,
lass Dich nicht fangen-
Du würdest dieses Erlebnis
sicherlich bereuen.

Mein junger Adler,
so lebe Dein Leben,
und denke auch daran
zu kämpfen-
wenn dies nötig ist.

So wirst Du, junger Adler,
auch einmal älter,
gib Deine Erfahrungen
dann weiter-
an Deine Kinder.


© N.L.S.S. 2008

(used with permission 05/04/09)