| One of the first decisions you face as a new | | | | style. You can also find creative ways to alter |
| homeschooler is what to use for your curriculum. | | | | curriculum to meet your child's unique needs. |
| Once you start investigating the options and | | | | Secondly, take your entire family lifestyle into |
| various homeschooling curriculums available, it's | | | | account. Do you work well with schedules, or |
| easy to become overwhelmed. Take a deep | | | | does your family tend to go with the flow? Can |
| breath and relax. You made the decision to | | | | you arrange your schedule to accommodate a |
| homeschool your child, you can figure out how to | | | | highly scheduled curriculum, or do you want |
| make this happen. There are a few easy steps to | | | | flexibility? You need to work as a family first, and |
| put you on the right path. | | | | then the homeschooling will follow. The type of |
| First, you should determine your child's learning | | | | curriculum you choose may significantly impact |
| style. Are they the type of child who needs to | | | | your family life it is out of sync with your family |
| see something to understand it? Can she easily | | | | style. |
| remember a list of things she's told verbally? Is he | | | | Finally, you should consider whether you want a |
| the type of child who has to get his hand dirty | | | | comprehensive curriculum or use a best of breed |
| and build something to truly understand how it | | | | approach to selecting which of the homeschooling |
| works? All of these are good indicators of | | | | curriculums will work best for you. A |
| whether your child is a visual, auditory, or | | | | comprehensive curriculum is one where a single |
| kinesthetic learner. Search the internet for | | | | curriculum covers all subjects with one solution. A |
| assistance with discovering your child's learning | | | | best of breed approach is one where you select |
| style. You'll find simple tests that can tell you for | | | | the best curriculum option for each subject you |
| sure. Once you know how your child best learns, | | | | choose to teach. |
| you can pick tools that match his or her learning | | | | |