Homeschool Curriculum

There are as many ways to educate home schooled children, as there are homeschooled children.

The best way to decide what will work for you and your family is to learn about the various options.

The primary objective is to provide a good education for your child(ren) while causing the least amount of stress for yourself and your child(ren).

From a completely unstructured and unplanned format such as Unschooling to the numerous formal accredited programs available, your choices are wide open.

There are 7 different learning styles and finding a program - or creating one - that teaches your child using his or her predominent learning style will make things vastly easier for both of you.

If you have more than one child, sometimes what worked well for one is not at all what is best for another. Keep that in mind when choosing, especially if you are constrained by a budget.

Visit homeschool.com for a vast array of information and tools for home educating your child(ren)

To Media or Not to Media

Many families have a strong opinion about whether they will, or will not, use television and computers for educational purposes.

In my home we use both. As an Industrial Engineer I was trained to work with computers professionally and have always loved learning by watching documentaries and other forms of multimedia.

We take full advantage of those interests in our homeschool education. Our primary curriculum is an on-line learning program that is very reasonably priced and you can do as little or as much of it as you desire.

If you would like to know more about the program we use, then send me an email: takara@homeschoolsantafe.com and I'll send you the information.

Other families are adament about no television or computers.

The choice is yours. There is no right answer or wrong answer - only what works for you and your family and what doesn't.

Religion in Education

Some families choose to home school because they want their faith to be represented in their child's education. There are many choices for predesigned curriculum that are faith-based.

Visit the Home School Resouces page for numerous suggestions about books, videos, websites, and more that will benefit you as you educate your children.

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