How to choose the best home school curriculum for your family. - Education - Homeschooling

One of the most frequently asked question by home schoolers is: "What home school curriculum should I buy?"

It definitely is a hard question and perhaps you are asking that question right now.

However, I will not be giving you a simple answer so that you can purchase the correct home school curriculum for your family. Instead I will give you the tools and questions you need to ask in order to make a good choice.

Firstly, to choose home school curriculum that will suit your family, you need to work out what your goals are for your family. I speak more about this in Step One: The Goals in my website. Goals help you to set out the plan for your family, working within your family's value system, and take into consideration your children's needs and special interests.

When you have decided where your family is headed, it will be easier to make a decision about what sort of home school curriculum you need and also what you do not need.

Here are some important things to consider when choosing curriculum:

As you read about different home school curriculum, it is a good idea to weigh the curriculum against others with these factors in mind. One terrific tool which would help you do this, and which I have used is Choose It. Use this tool and in 5 easy steps you will be able to choose curriculum according to factors which you consider important.

In Step One you write the question your are answering (What history home school curriculum should I choose?)In Step Two, you list the names of home school curriculum which you are interested in.In Step Three, you list factors which need to be considered and how important each factor is to you.In Step Four, you judge each curriculum according to your above factors.In Step Five - you have your answer! The computer gives each curriculum a percentage which indicates the best choice which fits the factors you have chosen. Of course, you may not choose to go along with the decision, but this step by step decision making software helps you to work out what is really important to you. Give it a go. Below are some factors you may wish to consider when using Choose It.

When choosing history home school curriculum - these may be some factors to consider:

When choosing Math Home school curriculum - these may be some factors to consider:

More questions to ask when considering different home school curriculum can be found here.

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