Curricula for a Custom Fit Education

Do you want to custom create a curriculum for your home schooled child? What types of books should you use that will best fit your child's learning style? Cost can be a big deciding factor in determining what books to use in a curriculum. A custom created curriculum can be both cost effective as well as flexible enough to fit your child's learning needs and style.

A custom created curriculum can be very simplistic or as complex as you wanted it to be. Your child will probably be the deciding factor on how far you feel you need to go with the curriculum. If you homeschool on a shoestring, a basic curricululm with a school years worth of lesson plans that can be supplemented with worksheets and workbooks may be a good option. But what if your needs are for a kinesthetic, auditory, or visual learner? Perhaps you have a child with special needs. Or maybe your child is a traditional learner but does not work well with textbooks. Creating a custom curriculum that fits your child's learning needs and styles may be more effective.

A curriculum with a years worth of lesson plans gives you the foundation to supplement with materials that will fit with your child's educational needs. You have control in choosing books that will best stimulate their learning styles and still have the added comfort of knowing that you are covering the required subjects.

Two curriculums series that are available:

The "Learn At Home" series for grades K-4 was designed by experts in elementary education. This series provides for 36 weeks of lesson plans in six curriculum areas---Reading, Language Skills, Spelling, Math, Science and Social Studies. It also includes Art, Music and movement activities in the curriculum, as well as other activities outside of the classroom. Each 36 weeks is divided into three sections: Lesson Plans, Teaching Suggestions and Activities, and Activity Sheets. Each lesson contains detailed directions and suggestions. Worksheets are shown in bold print that coincides with the lesson and perforated for easy removal for scanning and copying.

The "Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills" for grades PreK-6 is also designed by elementary education experts and is organized by subject area with lessons in reading, writing, spelling, math, citizenship, and science. The series contains an entire curriculum of basic skill activities. Lessons are organized by subject areas and in sequential order for ease of use. Along with teaching suggestions the series contains review and assessment tools and includes an answer key and bibliography. Perfect as a homeschooling resource helps to insure success across key curriculum areas.