Homeschoing Curriculum

Homeschool Curriculum - Do I Need It?

Homeschool curriculum and books are plentiful. Do you really need to purchase a home school curriculum or can you save some money and home school with books alone? Here are some thoughts that can help you make your decision:

1. You need a core plan - Whether you purchase a home school curriculum or develop your own, you need to know what you want to accomplish.

2. Focus on reading, writing and arithmetic - Any good home school program focuses on the basics.

3. Know how you and your child learn best - Learning style plays a key role in how you and your children will learn. In public school teachers can’t really teach based on learning style because of the volume of students they have to work with. If you don’t know yours or your child’s learning style you can take an assessment online and find out. http://www.hjresources.com/hsrecommend Then when you decide to choose curriculum or books you will know what types of resources you need.

4. Use your resources - In the early days of home schooling there wasn’t much available to parents.

5. Do you use a curriculum to learn something yourself? Do you buy a curriculum to learn or do you read books, listen to audio and watch videos? Your children need to see you have a love for learning.