Teaching Methods and Curriculum
Getting Organized
A. Space for your school
B. Space for your school supplies
Scheduling
A. Annual Schedule
B. Daily Schedule: Teacher’s Daily Plan Book, www.bjupress.com, Edu Track
C. Hourly Schedule
Selecting a Teaching Method and Curriculum
A. Age of your children
B. Your familiarity with the subject being taught
C. Number of Children being taught
D. Time available for preparing and teaching
E. Learning Style: The Way They Learn by Cynthia Tobias, The Big WHAT NOW Book for Learning Styles by
Carol Barnier
F. Your Own organizational skills
Traditional Textbook Approach
Examples: Bob Jones University Press www.bjupress.com, Abeka www.abeka.org, Christian Liberty Press
www.christianlibertypress.com, Christian Light Education www.clp.org, Rod and Staff, Alpha and Omega,
Sonlight www.sonlight.com, Timberdoodle.
Classical Education Approach
Examples: Teaching the Trivium by Harvey Bluedorn, The Well-Trained Mind by Susan Wise-Bauer, Veritas
Press www.veritaspress.com, Critical Thinking Books, Tapestry of Grace, Cornerstone Curriculum Project
Living Books, Whole Books, Charlotte Mason Approach
Examples: Charlotte Mason Study Guide, Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola,
www.SimplyCharlotteMason.com, www.amblesideonline.org, Educating the Whole-Hearted Child by Sally
Clarkson, Doorposts, www.doorposts.net, Progeny Press, www.progenypress.com, Learnables
www.learnables.com, Sonlight, www.sonlight.com
Unit Study Approach
Examples: KONOS, www.konos.com, Five in a Row www.fiar.com, Tapestry of Grace
www.tapestryofgrace.com, Cornerstone Curriculum Project’s Worldviews of the Western World by David
Quine
Unschooling Approach
Christian Unschooling by Teri J. Brown and Elissa Wahl, The Unschooling Handbook by Mary Griffith, Growing
Without Schooling Magazine, The Relaxed Home School by Mary Hood, How Children Learn by John Holt.
Extra Suggestions
A. Strong Math Program: Traditional Textbook references above all sell good math programs. Teaching
Textbooks www.teachingtextbooks.com, Math U See www.mathusee.com, Videotext Interactive
Algebra www.videotext.com, Saxon Math, but only if you use them with Dive Into Math supplements.
B. Composition: Excellence in Writing by Andrew Pudewa www.excellenceinwriting.com, Writing for 100
Days, Picture Prompts for Young Writers, McGraw Hill’s Conquering the New SAT Writing/Essay.
Writing Aids by Marcia Somerville, Word Power Made Easy by Normal Lewis, A Writer’s Guide to
Powerful Paragraphs by Victor Pellegrino, Critical Thinking workbooks.
C. Foreign Language: Rosetta Stone, Artes Latinae, Latina Christiana, Greek & Stuff, Traditional Textbook
curriculum mentioned above. College level-101 textbooks with a tutor.
D. Strong Science: Apologia Science www.apologia.com, Traditional textbook curriculum mentioned
above.
E. Music, Art, PE: swimming, skiing, karate, ballet… let their interests be your guide.
Family suggestions
The Young Peacemaker’s Series www.peacemakers.net, English from the Roots Up, Fallacy Detective by Hans
Bluedorn, 75 Picture Prompts for Young Writers by Rick Brown. Reading good books aloud!
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