In Yahoo Groups, there is a “Homeschool Review” group, where the discussion is mainly about different curricula.
You won’t need a “refresher course”, even for elementary age courses. Teacher’s guides/manuals lay it all out for you, including answer keys.
You first want to find out your child’s learning style - then research curricula to match that style. Look at your learning style, too, so you can stay engaged as the instructor. (Some curricula would work well for my son, but not for me.)
Go get Cathy Duffy’s “100 top picks”. It has a lot of great info in it on what to pick for your child’s personality and learning style and a lot of info on what is in each curriculum. Homeschooling is trial and error, we seldom do EVERYTHING the same from year to year, and sometimes we find things that are AWESOME!!!. Sonlight curriculum has a great return policy if you are not happy with something too. I pick and choose from different curriculums, I also try to focus on what me kids are interested in, there are some great Unit studies out there. Do not let it overwhelm you, your child WILL learn regardless of what you do!
I am in PA Cyber Charter. Of course, if you aren’t in Penna., that won’t help, but there is probably an equivalent cyberschool in your area. It’s a great school system, and has plenty of enrichment for gifted children.
I’m homeschooled. Go with ABEKA Academy. They’re great. You can either get video’s or books.
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August 8th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Try ABEKA Academy. They keep transcripts and are accredited.
August 10th, 2009 at 3:36 am
In Yahoo Groups, there is a “Homeschool Review” group, where the discussion is mainly about different curricula.
You won’t need a “refresher course”, even for elementary age courses. Teacher’s guides/manuals lay it all out for you, including answer keys.
You first want to find out your child’s learning style - then research curricula to match that style. Look at your learning style, too, so you can stay engaged as the instructor. (Some curricula would work well for my son, but not for me.)
August 11th, 2009 at 7:17 am
Go get Cathy Duffy’s “100 top picks”. It has a lot of great info in it on what to pick for your child’s personality and learning style and a lot of info on what is in each curriculum. Homeschooling is trial and error, we seldom do EVERYTHING the same from year to year, and sometimes we find things that are AWESOME!!!. Sonlight curriculum has a great return policy if you are not happy with something too. I pick and choose from different curriculums, I also try to focus on what me kids are interested in, there are some great Unit studies out there. Do not let it overwhelm you, your child WILL learn regardless of what you do!
August 11th, 2009 at 8:57 am
I am in PA Cyber Charter. Of course, if you aren’t in Penna., that won’t help, but there is probably an equivalent cyberschool in your area. It’s a great school system, and has plenty of enrichment for gifted children.
August 14th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
I’m homeschooled. Go with ABEKA Academy. They’re great. You can either get video’s or books.