| You don't have to shell out hundreds of | | | | words are their spelling list for the week. |
| dollars for a homeschool curriculum. With a | | | | We study the time period of our literature |
| little research you can create your own | | | | selections for History. Researching the |
| curriculum without breaking the bank. | | | | important people and places of the time |
| | | | period usually gives us more history lesson |
| It takes time to create your own curriculum | | | | ideas than we have time for. Then we add |
| but the advantages far outweigh the | | | | Science by researching the scientific |
| inconvenience in my opinion. When creating | | | | discoveries of each time period. This always |
| your own curriculum you can change things | | | | leads to interesting discussions. |
| around quite easily. If you find a better | | | | |
| resource for history you can implement it | | | | You can study a certain subject in depth or |
| quite easily. | | | | just learn the important facts based on the |
| | | | level of your child's interest. |
| Here is an example of how our homeschool | | | | |
| curriculum works. First, we pick our | | | | We do use standard math worksheets, but we |
| literature selections for the semester. Our | | | | try to turn the math lessons into something |
| goals are usually to finish five to seven | | | | interesting by building something or using |
| books per semester. Our Vocabulary and | | | | math to figure the percentage of allowance |
| Spelling lessons are incorporated into | | | | the kids are allowed to keep. |
| Literature. By looking up the unknown words | | | | |
| we encounter in our literature selection we | | | | The key to creating your own curriculum is |
| build our vocabulary. My kids write the | | | | listening to your child's interests and |
| words and definitions in a notebook and those | | | | adjusting your curriculum to fit their needs. |