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Home Learning Year by Year: How to Design a Homeschool Curriculum from Preschool Through High School

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I agree with the previous reviewers - this book is a great little resource. It begins by telling you that all kids are different and how that one of the great things about homeschooling is that you can adapt to your child's personal needs. That being said, for those of us interested in a guide to what types of things are generally covered at what ages, this is very helpful. I appreciate several things about this book - it does cover all ages preschool through grade 12. It gives some specific comments about what is expected - for example: identify pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, and dollar bills; recognize dollar and cent signs under money and measurement for kindergartners. It also gives information about books and resources to help the parent and student. It does not, however, dictate how the child should be taught (ie Grade 3 month 2 do the following, the progress to X in month 3). As the children progress (mine are only 4 and 2 at this point, but I look ahead of course!) this infomation gives you broad headings to cover as ideas - for example in Grade 10 History: Western Europe in the nineteenth century. Topics include the Napoleonic Wars, the Congress of Vienna, the growth of democracy, the Revolution of 1848 and the British Reform Laws, the unification of Germany under Bismark, and the unification of Italy under Garibaldi. Subjects covered include math, history, literature, grammar, art, music, foreign language, health and physical education, sciences geography (this is not necessarily an all inclusive list).

This book was suggested to me by a home school group and I'm so glad I bought it. It is worded simply (unlike the official curriculum books of my province), and it breaks what you need to achieve with your children. It is direct, simple and to the point. No grey area. I liked the fact that there are even suggestions of appropriate books, websites etc to look at to aid their understanding on that topic.

The only thing that could make it better was if there was a Canadian version. I know that our curriculum is a little different here, and our expectations are different for each grade as well. However, I have the Canadian Curriculum workbooks from Popular Books, which should help fill in those blanks.

I am so happy I bought this book, it is a huge help.
With grade-by-grade goals to reach it provides a good guideline for homeschooling and even if your children are schooled 'out', this book would be helpful in ensuring they are on track.
Of course not all schools are the same, and there is a lot of flexibility in 'what to teach when', but I find this book to be a good checklist of learning goals.

I purchased this book with great intentions to homeschool. My kids are in public school but I fill in the blanks with the help of this book. There are lots of listed resources. It is a must for anyone considering homeschool or enriching their childs public school education.

It's great to have this much information all in one place. Lots of resource ideas and concepts as they are typicaly presented. What should your third grader know about math?? It's in this book.

Very helpful info about art, music, science, and history too.

Great book. A have to have for every homeschooler.

Fabulous resource! I was able to use this book along with the standards of learning for my state to create a curriculum to homeschool my daughter. This book helped me know exactly what she needed to learn and gave many excellent resources.

This book is a must have for all homeschoolers and would be a definite plus for those who don't homeschool, but want to enrich their child's learning.

As a homeschool mom as well as author of homeschool materials, I feel it is important to make sure that I cover all the bases and don't leave anything out. I've seen a lot of scope and sequences, but most of them are so vague, they don't tell me anything. Home Learning, on the other hand, is extremely detailed. It also has high standards, rather than being watered down education. I know that if we cover what is listed in Home Learning, that we'll be right where we should be and doing even better than what is expected in the public schools.

It's not the kind of book you read once and pack away. It's a book that you keep pulling out again and again.

Whether you home school or not this book will help you identify what your child should be learning and how you can help.

This book gives you general guidelines of what is taught and more importantly the skills they should have, for example by the end of kindergarten they should be able to recognize and repeat simple patterns and they should be able to throw, catch and kick a ball; by the end of 1st grade they should be able to listen to, repeat and follow two step directions and they should be able to throw and catch a beanbag.

This book is well-written, it is easy to find what your looking for and assess if your on track.

I cannot say enough about this book. I got the cue that my children were not learning proper civics or religious differentiation. This is a "must have" whether your children are in public school or are home schooled. Mrs. Rupp doesn't miss a beat.

I have been homeschooling for two years and this book has really help me. I can look up information on each grade level to see just what each grade should or could be learning for their level.
If putting together your only curriculm this is a very helpful book.