Regardless of whether you are new to homeschooling
curriculum and the field of home school
education, or vastly experienced, getting your initial
research gathered and getting yourself ramped up with some
online learning is much less time consuming with today's
internet.
A couple of comprehensive sites come to mind you
at this point for you. With websites like
Teacher Created Resources
you can
find great educational products, software, and planning
materials.
For
more proven and practical learning strategies to help your child succeed in
school, I also
recommend Pat Wyman's E-Learning Strategies at
HowtoLearn.com – over 100 pages of success strategies at the click of a
button. A
very good site for investigating teaching strategies and learning styles for you.
Also, if you are looking for a very comprehensive site for
teaching at home, you owe it to yourself to check out
Learning Things.
This is a great site that everything
you could possibly want for you and your child's educational
needs. Learning Things carries teaching resources on
activities, all the various types of curriculum packages,
teacher resources, record keeping and planning help even
arts and crafts and a bunch more. I have used Learning
Things on many occasions and would encourage you to check
them out.
What Should I Teach?
O.K. this sounds a bit remedial doesn't it? But think about
it for a moment. Where's your lesson plan? You know. Your
road map. Gotta plan your work and work your plan! What
requirements must I follow? Teaching a child at home
is a serious commitment. And it certainly does not mean you
determine and free lance the entire home school program.
In fact, in most places, you will be required by law to
follow a curriculum for home schooling that has been
established by the school district governing bodies.
Some experienced homeschoolers will choose to assemble their
own home school programs that meets the requirements
of the local governing districts. Tailoring the home school
learning progression within the guidelines to their
children's known interests. However, needless to say, if you
are starting from scratch, putting together an entire
homeschool curriculum can be very time consuming.
An alternative when determining how to homeschool for your
family is to select a packaged homeschool curriculum
program. This approach will definitely help minimize
your preparation time while maximizing your teaching
time. This will also help insure that there are no gaps in
the subjects, as well as keeping the at home learning
focused. There are many choices available to you no matter
what style of homeschool education program you may wish to
draw from.
