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A guide for parents about home schooling including advice on getting started, adjusting to new roles, designing schoolwork to be fun and educational, social and emotional growth.
For a comprehensive guide to home-based education, that does not promote any particular curriculum or religious view, this is one book parents should buy! Parents will appreciate practical advice on getting started, adjusting to new roles, designing curriculum that is both child-centered and fun, and planning for social and emotional growth. Parents will turn to their favorite chapters again and again. Features interviews and tips from many homeschool parents as well as long lists of resources. -Reasons to home-school -How gifted children learn -Positive changes for the family -"Big Ideas" thematic approach -Traditional and classical approaches -Curriculum resources -Record keeping -College planning -How to get started -Interviews with parents
This exceptional guide for the one million-plus homeschoolers who make up America's most rapidly growing educational movement tells what children must learn, and when. Includes subject-by-subject guidelines.
Fun and Effective Home Learning Activities for Every Subject As a homeschooling parent, you're always looking for new and creative ways to teach your child the basics. Look no longer! Inside this innovative helper, you'll find kid-tested and parent-approved techniques for learning math, science, writing, history, manners, and more that you can easily adapt to your family's homeschooling needs. And even if you don't homeschool, you'll find this book a great teaching tool outside the classroom. You'll discover fun and educational activities for kids ages 3 to 12, including how to: ·Create maps based on favorite stories, such as Treasure Island or The Wizard of Oz ·Make letters out of French fries as an alphabet learning aid ·Explore architecture by building igloos, castles, and bridges with sugar cubes and icing ·Review spelling words by writing them on the sidewalk with chalk ·And many more! This comprehensive collection of tried-and-true—and generally inexpensive—ideas provides the best-of-the-best homeschooling activities that can be done anywhere, anytime, and by anyone.
Attempts to serve the learn-at-home movement by providing information on curriculum, creativity, child development, programming and practical ideas.
NEW! 60 Day Homeschooling Journal - Fall Forest Theme- A Very Creative Curriculum, for Very Creative Girls. This is an autumn themed journal, but you can use it any time of year. It will last for three months if you use it 20 days per month, each day's activities include about 5 or 6 pages of homeschooling bliss. Be sure to get the spring, winter & summer journals too! Kids don't realize that this is a structured homeschooling curriculum, it's just so fun! This Curriculum Journal is geared toward ages 9 to 14 - Students must be able to read on a 2nd grade level to get the most out of this method. Younger children will need more help, older students can work independently. For grade level learning: Use the appropriate library books, movies and tutorials to customize the lessons for the child's age, interests, grade level, educational goals and learning challenges. This Homeschooling Curriculum Journal is for girls who love to learn using a variety of methods, and for moms who want their kids to be more independent with their schoolwork. Mom only needs to help for the first the days, and then the student can "Do-It-Herself". This workbook includes over 400 pages! This creates 60 days worth of lessons and activities, that is about two hours of guided learning time every day. Now you can learn everything you need to know with library books, movies and YouTube tutorials! Learn from nature. Be creative. Use your own imagination while studying up to 8 Subjects! This homeschooling journal will guide you through your stack of educational books and movies! This book includes many activity pages: Spelling Practice, Math Practice Pages, Reading Time, Film Study, Meal Planning, Copywork, Listening Time, Observation Time, Emotion and Mood Evaluation, Nature Study, List Making, Therapeutic Coloring, and several other fun and educational activities. Choose library books about anything you want to study including books about science, travel/geography, literature, cultures, skill building, math, inventions, history, and any other topic that is interesting or necessary. Parents! Now your student can turn any stack of books into a homeschooling curriculum. This handbook is an activity book and daily journal that allows your student to have a customized education without creating a lot of extra work for you. Many students are more interested in real books than in textbooks! This is an excellent way to help your students to develop their talents, interests and deepen their knowledge of topics that are meaningful to them. Just visit the library and bring home 8 great books! This homeschooling handbook was created by Sarah Janisse Brown, a dyslexia therapist and game designer with ten children. Sarah has over 25 years of homeschooling experience. This curriculum handbook is wonderful for unschoolers, eclectic learners, delight directed homeschoolers and busy families. If you have babies and toddlers who need a lot of attention the older children can use this journal for everything, except math. This workbook is appropriate for dyslexic students, it includes Art & Logic Games to help with dyslexia, and uses the Open Dyslexic Font for easy reading. This book can be used as a handbook for: Delight Directed Learning, Documenting Your Unschooling Journey,Charlotte Mason Inspired Homeschooling, Eclectic Homeschooling, Classical Homeschooling and Fun-Schooling. This book's interior is different from all our other journals, some of our journals are based on a 6 week plan - this one is a 12 week plan.
A Complete Homeschooling Curriculum for ages 8 to 13. A Homeschooling Journal for Monkey Lovers! 180 Lessons and Activities. This Journal has a special focus on learning through logic and creativity!! It also covers every required subject! Perfect for 2nd to 4th grade, but fun for all ages. SALE! Normal Price $32.50! This is the perfect Fun-Schooling Journal for students who love monkeys! There are 180 activities in this book, and you can require your student to use 1, 5 or 10 pages per day, along with 6 library books, and your favorite math, history and science curriculum. You are free to use it any way you wish. That is the joy of fun-schooling with Thinking Tree Books. This book includes: A "Planning Page" once every 10 pages Reading Handwriting Monkey Photography Creative Writing Story Writing Character Development Spelling Classical Music Mathematics Science History Art & Drawing Library Skills Unit Studies Logic Games & Mazes from DyslexiaGames.com Geography and Map Skills This book uses the Dyslexie Font to make reading easier for children who have dyslexia. To learn more about Fun-Schooling visit www.FunSchoolingBooks.com You can use this handbook as your core curriculum for elementary age students that read on a 2nd grade level or higher. This workbook is also good for hyper-active students, dyslexic students and children with autism. This Journal will help you document your child's eclectic learning journey.
In this book lies the secret to creating the ideal education for your child. Here you will discover that you, the parent, are the one person who can help your child receive the best education possible. With clear and simple guidance, Jeannie Gudith explores the full meaning of homeschool and presents a step-by-step framework for creating the educational practices that will enhance and fulfill your childs individual intelligence. According to the author, we as parents are the only ones who truly know our children, and therefore, we can provide them with the love, guidance, and support they need to accomplish all their goals. Through a series of simple steps and everyday actions, we can gently foster the passions, abilities, and love of learning that all children possess. The new face of education has begun.
