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By: friday favorites | Household6Diva

friday favorites | Household6Diva — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:50:32 +0000

[...] ~ Articles ~ ~How to choose the right Homeschool Curriculum by 5JsAre you a ProMom or a ProBlogger? by Keeper of the HomeDefine your Mission by Just [...]

By: Kingdom Mommy ~ Start At Home Week 8

Kingdom Mommy ~ Start At Home Week 8 — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:53:25 +0000

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By: Selecting Teaching Resources for Homeschooling — Life As Mom

Selecting Teaching Resources for Homeschooling — Life As Mom — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:34:47 +0000

[...] how your kid learns, how you best teach, and what works for you all. Be sure to read Joy's How to Choose the Right Homeschool Curriculum for Your Family for more [...]

By: Keeping Up With The Joneses — Struggling With Comparing Our Homeschool to Others

Keeping Up With The Joneses — Struggling With Comparing Our Homeschool to Others — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:59:36 +0000

[...] If you're using curriculum because it's touted as the best, but it's not working for you, switch! Even the highest-quality curriculum may not fit with your teaching style or your children's learning style. [...]

By: Joy

Joy — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:12:47 +0000

@Heather, Yes, I was definitely categorizing the curriculum by how much prep a parent has to put into the curriculum. I totally agree that KONOS is in a whole different category than Abeka and BJU when it comes to method, but from a teacher's perspective, they both require preplanning. I've never used KONOS myself, but I have several friends who do and who love it. For my style (which is NOT kinesthetic) it just didn't seem like a good fit. I'm sure my kids would have enjoyed it, but it didn't seem like the best choice for us at the time.

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:00:36 +0000

What an interesting way to sort curriculum. I guess this would be helpful for mom's trying to find out how much work a curriculum would take. This is the first time I've even seen textbooks like Abeka or BobJones put in the same category of curriculum as something like KONOS. As a life-long KONOS user (I started using it when I was in 3rd grade and have just started using it with my own children this last year), I would put KONOS in the interactive category if you are talking about a parent and child interacting with the subject matter. We loved it growing up because we were all active participants. Learning just became a part of everyday life as we became increasingly independent in the highschool years… Of course, being at the beginning stages now with my oldest being in K, it is definely more prep on my end than equal interaction.

If you are simply categorizing it by how much work a parent must put into it than it would definitely go up there with the BobJones/Abeka type.

Thanks for the interesting take on how you like to divide up curriculums.
.-= Heather´s last blog ..Edible Learning =-.

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Heart of the Matter Online - bridging the gap between child and parent — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:01:18 +0000

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By: Sherry

Sherry — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:15:04 +0000

Thank you for sharing this, Joy. I'm going into our 2nd year and I wish I knew as much going in.

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:55:14 +0000

I linked a post I did last month. Next time I'll make sure to link back here. Robin’s last blog post..Cooking Memories

By: amanda

amanda — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:56:39 +0000

I really enjoyed your post. Boy, how that would have helped me five years ago when I got started. I have made tons of mistakes over the years, but I think I have found what works for us. I don't mind our history and literature being mom-driven, but I need the math and science to be student-driven. I don't have a post to share link-wise but hope to next week. amanda’s last blog post..Works For Me Wednesday