Homeschooling

Archive for December, 2010

Question: Where can I get a secular high school home economics curriculum for homeschool?

Answer: Try going to a local public high school and ask for the name of the publisher they use for their home economics textbooks. They may even have some old "off adoption" books to give or sell to you.

Or look at http://www.hsfreethinkers.com/curricula to find out if a particular curriculum is religious or not.

And use http://www.homeschoolreviews.com to find out about various curriculum options, and see what other homeschoolers think about them.

Good luck.

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Question: What is the best Homeschooling cirriculum for a first grader?

I am new to Homeschooling my son, and I am involved with some local Homeschooling groups. But, I am having some troubles with ideas on how to keep a schedule for my son and what to do with him during the day sometimes.

Do you think it is better to have a planned and scheduled cirriculum, just keep his days busy with stuff - crafts, reading, projects - and ditch a play by play schedule, or do you have any other more ecclectic ideas?

Answer: Coming from one who was homeschooled all her life, and is now in college i hope i can be of some help.
ABEKA is one of the best programs out there. Instead of getting their entire ciriculum what my parents did is selected the books of the cores that was needed. Math every year and english. Add projects and lessons in history as well. Add the other things in in lessons and programs that don't last all year long. Keep their interest. WHat my mom did and does with my younger siblings is assign them 2 lessons of math a day and a certain amount of pages a day. since 1st grade is a lower grade you'll have to do a lot of i with him, but once he gets a little older you cn assign the AMOUNT Of work then ceck it when he's done. he will have the incentive to do it with in a couple of hours and then he is free to do the fun stuff. Don't over load you'r self and don't over load your son. You'll get frustrated.

ABEKA is great because its very self explanitory, there are no questions, it walks you through every thing better than any cericulum i've ever seen.

Teaching Ideas: What are the High School Honor Society Homeschooling Requirements? (episode 9)