Welcome — I’m Yasmin, a Counsellor, Educator, and Speech & Drama Teacher based in Brisbane. With 25+ years of experience, I walk alongside families, ladies, and young people, offering a Home Educator’s perspective, riddled with excitement for seeing people flourish.
Want to know more? We have loads of answers to your questions!
Who, and Why?
Meet Yasmin of Flourish Ideas.
What, and When?
Explore Events, Counselling Sessions, and Speech & Drama Classes — find your next opportunity to flourish.
How, and Which?
Discover how Flourish Ideas can help to resource your Home Ed Journey. We’ve combined our expertise, knowledge and experience, to create the quirky and low-maintenance Flourish Stash — a stash of 65 random activities sparking curiosity, and teaching knowledge and skills for life. The activities are created for 10–14 year-olds.
Whose, and Whom?
Flourish Ideas has a vast history of supporting thousands of families. Take a look at these snippets:
Counselling and Support
✦ “Yas and Flourish Ideas have been a consistent and solid presence in our home for the last 15+ years. On more occasions than I could possibly count, Yas has been there to bounce ideas around and help me bring positive solutions to the many challenges of raising children. She has also counselled my children for periods of time, providing invaluable guidance, companionship and support in the difficult times. She is kind, caring and incredibly perceptive. I highly recommend Yas and Flourish Ideas to support you and your family in whatever way you need.” (Flourish Ideas Mum of three)
✦ “Our homeschooling journey and success has been greatly influenced by Yas at Flourish Ideas. Assisting us to design a learning plan suitable to our son Charlie’s learning style (Grade 4) and checking in to offer support and guidance when needed has been much appreciated” (Home Ed. Mum of one)
Flourish Ideas Stash and Other Resources
✦ “Real life practical skills, being taught in short sharp activities- I highly recommend these activities!” (Home Educating Dad of Two)
✦ “The range of activities and the richness of the learning is dazzling!” (Home Educating Mum of Two)
✦ “Booklets to complete each week were well designed and age appropriate allowing choice of activities and references to real life and the bible stories kids know and love. We would highly recommend Flourish Ideas for your child’s learning!” (Travelling Mum of one Home Ed fellow)
✦ “She gave her students a sense that words and how we use them matter; that it reflects our identities.
From the perspective of a student, I am grateful for the firm foundation Mrs Scott provided. It has seen me through the first two years of University, passing—if not excelling in—all assessments.” (20-year-old Home Educated Young Lady)
✦ “I think that these English units were some of the best I’ve completed. I like how they were mostly offline with only a few online videos here and there. Another thing I really liked about them is that they are all in Christian perspective with bible based activities scattered throughout the booklets. I think that most of the activities were easy enough that I could do them but hard enough that I had to use my brain a bit to complete them.” (16-year-old Home Ed Learner, QLD)
✦ “I love the direction! I like the variety in subjects, the length of tasks and your explanations.” (Travelling — and Living Her Best Life — Home Educating Mum)
✦ “The setting out is very student friendly, with humour, emojis, and spaces for the students’ answers and reflections. The author ( Yasmin), creates a personal tone, so that the students will feel they are learning in a one-on-one situation. The dialogue is very casual and encouraging, and laced with humour. The students are led through the analysis of Wonder in an easy to follow way, with many questions and prompts. The depth of teaching is profound, with many aspects of writing shown and taught with examples throughout and linked to the novel…” (QLD Classroom Teacher of 40 years)
Events: Influence and Impact
✦ “Earlier this year Yas offered several video classes on line such as Body Language which were fantastic. Our son would look forward to each lesson that Yas would facilitate with other children also participating and sharing their ideas” (Parent of young guy seeking confidence)
Speech and Drama Classes
✦ “With her background in counselling, we feel very lucky to learn from Yasmin, who teaches with true passion and genuine care.
Her lessons are never boring. They are filled with a variety of exercises and demonstrations, with students regularly working in different groups and pairings to create more learning opportunities and develop chemistry between siblings and friends.
Yasmin encourages her students while setting realistic expectations and high standards. She also adapts the content to suit each student’s abilities and experiences, making the lessons both challenging and enjoyable.” (Speech & Drama Mum of Two)
