Homeschool Curriculum: The Primary Steps to Consider

School is already in the corner. I know it gets all our energy as the day starts. But as parents, we do everything we can for our kids.

No matter how we keep inspired at the expense of our children, there comes a day when we feel worried about the progress of their learning.

Especially this time where they depend on themselves alone and the resources they find from the internet.

With less interaction, they don’t have an option to seek help when thoughts are clouded with the technicalities of the lessons. They don’t have a classmate who can be their study buddy after the class. The only way left to choose is to type the query in a rush on google and voila, read and understand the content.

It is alarming to see our children in this situation. They don’t learn best by digesting the information that google recommends.

What are the interventions we can do to help them achieve their optimum learning potential?

There is a plethora of homeschool curriculum to choose from that could impact the learning of our children.

But before we choose the curriculum, we need to assess the existing materials we have, materials we can afford to buy, the culture of the school where we enroll our children, and the big picture we see ahead after our inventions.

DESCRIBE VISION, OBJECTIVES, and STUDENT NEEDS

When we implement our homeschool curriculum, it is salient to consider the end of the tunnel. We have to foresee the skills that our learners shall possess. In the vision, this states about what we want our children to become in academics and life. Vision Here are the guide questions to create our vision. Do you want your child to be mathematically astute? Do you want your child to be articulate in language and use this to bridge the communication gap? This question gives you a picture of a roadmap of what your child wants to be and which subject areas you need to focus on. In a homeschool curriculum, you just need your skills predominantly careen which you feel confident enough to teach to your child.

‘’To employ Math and Language studies in different areas of studies.’’ If this is your vision, you need to make sure that you can guide your child’s learning journey. Pan your focus on these two subjects and sharpen your child’s skills by giving them the support they need.

OBJECTIVES In a homeschool curriculum, we need to set daily objectives in every class episode. What do we want our child to learn in his class with us today? What is something he manifests after the class today? These questions are our guide to gauge the learning grasp of our child. The revised Bloom's taxonomy measures the learning domains of our child.

STUDENT NEEDS Lastly, we need to assess what is the need of our children. Our child might have different learning styles from other children his age. He might also have a different learning style than us. We need to make sure that the material we provide to support his learning mainly targets his learning style. More so, we should also not veer away to where our child needs to pour his attention. We should not stuff them with too many materials that are not related to our goal. In the homeschool curriculum, we only support them with what we can do. If we stuff our children with materials that receive less support from us, it poses a danger to their learning journey.