| Many resources and curriculum packages are | | | | Many resources are available for many learning |
| available for home schooling. This overabundance | | | | styles. Homeschoolers can use games, cooking, |
| of choices can be overwhelming to many people. | | | | throwing the ball to learn math facts, jumping up |
| Do we really need a packaged curriculum or is | | | | and down steps when they answer a question |
| there a better way? | | | | correctly, and much more. When a child doesn't |
| Did you use a curriculum to teach your child to | | | | respond well to a certain approach, we can use a |
| eat or talk? We teach our children many things | | | | different style of teaching and save some |
| using a natural lifestyle method. When it comes to | | | | frustration. If your child enjoys completing |
| learning, beyond life skills, we can also adopt a | | | | workbooks, then you can have them use |
| natural method and have even better results in | | | | workbooks and textbooks. If your child learns |
| some cases over using a more rigid approach. | | | | better by listening than seeing, then you can |
| This is not to say that you don't have a plan. You | | | | provide resources that reinforce that style of |
| still need to know what you want to accomplish | | | | learning. |
| and how you want to accomplish it, but it can be | | | | Whatever method you choose for home |
| tailored and adjusted for your child. | | | | schooling, make sure you have a plan for your |
| Schools use curriculum because of the number of | | | | student. Get to know them well. Know how they |
| students they have to manage. They are required | | | | learn best and approach their learning in that |
| to teach certain concepts in a certain way to | | | | manner. They can even help you come up with a |
| keep their teaching uniform. Curriculum has to use | | | | plan for what they will learn and how they want |
| a more generic approach. Homeschoolers have | | | | to learn it. You and your child know each other |
| the advantage of using different methods of | | | | better than anyone else and know whether a |
| teaching using resources that might not be able to | | | | packaged curriculum will promote the best learning |
| be used in schools. The world is your curriculum. | | | | environment. |