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I’m not a fan of labels of any kind. We don’t fit into any neat little boxes, so labels tend to be useless for us. We don’t strictly follow a curriculum and lesson plans, but we don’t unschool, either. We borrow from here and there to make homeschooling work for us.
We do use some curriculum for some things. As of this writing, we’re using Life of Fred for math and The Good and the Beautiful for language arts, handwriting, geography, and art. For other subjects, we tend to follow the kids’ interest. For example, there was a time they were fascinated by cheetas, so we studied them at length. When they were interested in space, we studied that. Same goes for history and a lot of other subjects. When the kids get interested in something, we will research and study it. This helps them remember things much better, because they’re actually interested in what they’re learning.
Although we do our own thing for a lot of different subjects, I do borrow or create some lesson plans for certain things. This is the section of the blog where I share these resources with you; whether I’ve created my own or found something cool online.
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Homeschooling can get pretty expensive when you get excited about all kinds of curriculum and when you add in all the extra-curriculars that homeschoolers love to participate in. But homeschooling doesn’t have to break the bank. In the age of information, resources are abundant, and you can learn almost anything online for free.
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I’m starting my homeschooling planning for September. While I see the appeal and benefit of unschooling, it’s not the right choice for our family, for a variety of reasons, so we do have some planning involved in our school life.
I’m starting (perhaps a wee bit late) to prep our homeschool lessons for the upcoming school year. First things first: I must remember to send our letter of intent this year. Second things second, I like creating my own curriculum, as that was my favourite thing when I was still a school teacher. Creating lesson plans is definitely part of the fun of teaching for me. I figured I might as well share my curriculum with you guys! This year, I’m doing a “home economics” curriculum, and one of its main features will be teaching kids about money management.
One of the expectations of the Ontario Elementary Curriculum in almost every grade is that children be made aware of their heritage and be encouraged in their traditions. Let me be honest: as an immigrant, homeschooling mother, I’ve been doing a terrible job of this.
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