| Synopsis |
Finally, homeschoolers, alternative educators, and parents looking for educational supplements have a comprehensive guide to designing a homeschool curriculum from one of the country's foremost home schooling experts. In Home Learning Year by Year, Revised and Updated, Rupp presents year-by-year and subject-by-subject plans for preschool through high school, intended to ensure that kids learn what they need to know when they need to know it-and, most important, in a way that encourages kids to become self-actualized, lifelong learners. Home Learning Year by Year features: The integral subjects covered within each grade, Standards for knowledge commonly required at each grade level, Dozens of annotated resource and reading lists, Creative alternative approaches for varied learning styles, Helpful teaching suggestions based on the latest in educational research Book jacket., A comprehensive guide to designing homeschool curriculum, from one of the country's foremost homeschooling experts--now revised and updated Homeschooling can be a tremendous gift to your children--a personalized educational experience tailored to each kid's interests, abilities, and learning styles. But what to teach, and when, and how? Especially for first-time homeschoolers, the prospect of tackling an annual curriculum can be daunting. In Home Learning Year by Year , Rebecca Rupp presents comprehensive plans from preschool through high school, covering integral subjects for each grade, with lists of topics commonly presented at each level, recommended resource and reading lists, and suggestions for creative alternative options and approaches. Included, along with all the educational basics, are techniques and resources for teaching everything from philosophy to engineering, as well as suggestions for dealing with such sensitive topics as sex education. Now revised throughout with all-new updates featuring the most effective and up-to-date methods and reading guides to homeschool your child at all ages, Home Learning Year by Year continues to be the definitive book for the homeschooling parent., A comprehensive guide to designing homeschool curriculum, from one of the country's foremost homeschooling experts--now revised and updated! Homeschooling can be a tremendous gift to your children--a personalized educational experience tailored to each kid's interests, abilities, and learning styles. But what to teach, and when, and how? Especially for first-time homeschoolers, the prospect of tackling an annual curriculum can be daunting. In Home Learning Year by Year , Rebecca Rupp presents comprehensive plans from preschool through high school, covering integral subjects for each grade, with lists of topics commonly presented at each level, recommended resource and reading lists, and suggestions for creative alternative options and approaches. Included, along with all the educational basics, are techniques and resources for teaching everything from philosophy to engineering, as well as suggestions for dealing with such sensitive topics as sex education. Now revised throughout with all-new updates featuring the most effective and up-to-date methods and reading guides to homeschool your child at all ages, Home Learning Year by Year continues to be the definitive book for the homeschooling parent. |
