Homeschool Curriculum Review

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Linda Wooldridge. I'm a home school mom. Today we're going to talk about how to choose curriculum for your children. You really have lots of choices and sometimes it's hard to figure out which one is the right one for your family. One of your choices would be retired school text books. And they're exactly what they sound like. They came out of the school system. Lots of times you can get them for free, but they do tend to be older books. So if it's a subject like science or math, you may be using outdated material. They also usually don't come with teacher hand books, which could be a challenge for a home school mom who isn't used to figuring out how much of the work is a day's lesson and when to test, and sometimes even what to teach if it's a math subject or science that you're not real familiar with. Another option is to purchase curriculum which is made specifically for home schooling. These do come with complete teacher manuals that tell you how to teach your children and often will even review the materials for you in case you've forgotten it, as I have with geometry. In fact this particular curriculum comes with a video to show me the lesson over again so that I can teach my daughter. There are also curriculum that come complete with the lesson plan. Your will pay more for those. The question is do you want to have someone do the work for you or do you want to save money. And that's a choice only you can make for your family. If you look at a general curriculum, choose what's works best for you, the teacher, not necessarily what works best for your kid. Because you've got to understand it in order to teach it to them. I'm Linda Wooldridge, have a wonderful home schooling day."