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Website renovations:
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-10/23/03 Welcome REACH Homeschool Group!
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Learning Styles, Course of Study, Milestones

My friend Dori has great ideas on helping your kids succeed from preschool through college. Check out her free curriculum outline for PreK-College!

Everyone has a learning style. Our style of learning, if accommodated, can result in improved attitudes toward learning and an increase in productivity, academic achievement, and creativity, says the website ERIC. The sites noted on this page offer academic guidelines.

From kindergarten to sixth grade, Core Knowledge's 'What Your __th Grader Needs to Know' series helps to provide fundamentals that you can expand on.

Ontario Canada Curriculum outline.

Texas end of year Courses.

What students need to learn in grades 10-12.

Michigan Department of Education's Curriculum Unit: K-12 Curriculum and Standards. These standards and benchmarks are contained in the Michigan Curriculum Framework.

State Of Maine Learning Goals.

A 20-question research-based screening tool for your child. The score will show if your child's pre-reading skills are weak, strong, or somewhere in between. And you'll receive activities and resources to improve those skills.

World Book Shows a typical course of study that reflects general curriculum requirements across North America. The information is categorized by grade level and general skill type or discipline.

Books

FUN Books Entertaining and educational books at discounted prices. They also offer educational resources for unschooling and unit studies approaches to homeschooling. John Holt's Bookstore is now part of FUN Books
1688 Belhaven Woods Ct.
Pasadena, MD 21122
1.888.386.7020
Questions? Email

100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum: Choosing the Right Curriculum and Approach for Your Child's Learning, by Cathy Duffy Choosing the correct curriculum is essential for your child's academic success. Let homeschool expert Cathy Duffy help you determine your educational philosophy and the approach that best complements your child's learning style.

General Curriculum

Christian Curriculum

Homeschool Curriculum Search at Christianbook

A Beka Books 877-223-5226

Alpha Omega

Christian Liberty Press

Family Christian Academy 615-860-3000

Mott Media Classic Christian Curriculum ­ McGuffey's Readers, Ray's Arithmetics, Harvey's Grammars, Spencerian Penmanship and other materials.

Sonlight Curriculum. There is a Yahoo group for Sonlight PreK users: SLPreschool.

Sycamore Tree 800-779-6750

Earth-based Religion Curriculum

Goddess Moon Circles Academy Pagan-based curriculum. No statement of faith is required. Also can serve as an umbrella/cover school.

Pagan Homeschooling by Kristin Madden is the first book to address the needs of Pagan and other metaphysical families that are actively homeschooling, considering this option, or simply desiring to integrate a greater degree of spirituality into their children's educations.

Secular Curriculum

Calvert Toll free: 888-487-4652. Email: inquiry@calvertservices.org. You may also visit web site at http://www.calvertschool.org, where they offer placement tests, sample lessons, and detailed explanations of each grade’s contents, as well as a number of enrichment courses.

Key Curriculum Press publisher of high school mathematics textbooks, mathematics software, supplementary materials and workbooks, videos, and manipulative materials.

Oak Meadow publishes homeschool curriculum materials that respect the spirit of children while helping them achieve academic excellence. Even offers samples to download. Waldorf method. Their curriculum is designed to be used by people from any religion or belief system. Oak Meadow offers a well rounded, secular curriculum that accommodates a variety of spiritual beliefs. They do not impose or denigrate any spiritual belief system in the Oak Meadow curriculum. Most parents who use the curriculum find it helpful to read ahead for the week's lesson they are presenting, If during the course of this reading, you find material that you care to embellish upon with additional explanation, by all means, they invite you to do so. The material is flexible, open to interpretation and conducive to discussion. They encourage their students to learn how to think for themselves, raise questions and search for answers within whatever spiritual context they are guided by. Special thanks to Kristy Demaree of Oak Meadow for her description. A discussion for Oak Meadow users can be found at groups.yahoo.com/group/OM_HS/.

Singapore Math Thorough, non-repetitive curriculum. Mathematics, science and English books.

Mixed Curriculum

Amanda Bennett's Unit Study Series.

Hewitt Homeschooling Resources

Teacher Created Materials Be sure to sign up for their newsletter and check their website for free lessons!

Timberdoodle Company

Software

Homeschool Tracker has a Basic Edition which is free to download. It is a good program with many useful features. I recently upgraded to the Plus Edition. The Plus Edition is offered at a very reasonable price, which includes free updates and free technical support. This has got to be one of my favorite homeschooling tools.

Download Learning Every subject is supported here.

Homeschool Easy Records is a complete record keeping system for homeschooled students.

Kids Domain Software, shareware, freeware.

Ohio Distinctive Online has some geography games.

Open Office Desktop publishing software 100% free!!

Owl & Mouse Education Software Help your child learn with games, software (most of it free) and educational activities.

Riverdeep Edmark Company Makers of Millie & Bailey Preschool. Be sure to check out their free demos & trials. There are lots of great downloads to choose from.

Worksheet Factories Worksheet makers.

Used Curriculum

You can find printed material, audio/visual media, manipulatives, props, miscellaneous 'classroom' tools (globe, map, whiteboards, etc.) at: antique shops, church rummage sales, curriculum fairs (if they have a used area) - also check a particular vendor - sometimes they'll have closeout items, college bookstores or other places college students return their books, dollar stores, flea markets, garage/yard sales, library book sales, thrift shops (Salvation Army, Goodwill, etc.), consignment stores, used book stores (a neat one in the Metro Detroit area is John K. King), used music stores (I have found some of our best foreign language tools at a local used music store) (If you're in Michigan, it's called Solo Records and Tapes on Woodward in Royal Oak)

One word of caution here when buying educational cds: be sure to read the computer requirements. Look to see that they match your system. Many used cds I've run across are too old and will not work on my computer. There are some companies that have a ‘patch' (for example, DK Learning cds patch can be found at http://www.totallearning.ws/CD_Roms/cd_techinfo.php on their website that you can easily download. If you do decide to purchase used cds from a thrift shop, be sure to ask for their return policy first. Salvation Army for instance, does not allow returns of any kind. Be sure to open the case and check the cd for visible damage.

Ask the used stores for their return policy on used videos. When looking at the video, there is a button that will open the tape lip and you can look for damage there. Move the spools on the bottom of the tape to make sure the tape is not broken.

Educational Accents is a homeschooling family in Swartz Creek, MI that has been selling used curriculum since 1992. They have a pole barn behind their house with over 8000 books in stock. Homeschoolers are welcome to come or order their materials online at their secure web site. The site offers many unique features including: compatibility checker, condition codes, 30 day return policy, back-ordering, automated continuous updating, and more. For those in the area or are traveling through and would like to go in person, they ask that you email first and set up an appointment. This way you'll know that they'll be there. Keep in mind they are a homeschooling family and have activities away from home. They will give directions when the appointment is made.

VegSource HomeSchool Talk & Swap Page.

The Back Pack offers whole grade packages, teaching materials included, of used textbooks tailored to what you want for your child. In other words, if your 2nd grader is ahead in english/grammar but behind in math, they will find the right level of both rather than just sending the 2nd grade text. submitted by reader Heather

Homeschool Bookworm This Christian resource stocks both new and used materials. If you don't find what you need listed here, email them with your request. They may have it or be able to get it for you.

Aussie Homeschool Classifieds Primarily for Australian Homeschoolers to swap or sell curriculum.

WWW Homeschooling on a Shoestring.com

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