Share your curriculum ideas

[mother of faith]

msocorro,
in regards of teaching children together you can however you need to deligate things to do individually, for example I have a 4 a 3 and 15 month old. I have made a curriculum that fits all three but rolled into one curriculum so I am actually teaching 3 levels in one lesson. I first set the older child on the computer, then give him his worksheet to complete then comes the second child on the computer then I give him his worksheet, then I go back to the oldest with a hands on game for him to play then I go to the third child on the computer, etc. etc. I have different centers set up in my home for them to travel each day once they have traveled all of the centers come drama, music, or play time for all three. We started with the recorder and a small child's size piano then we moved to the xylophone. Their fav is the recorder. Then it is back to the centers again to finish the day then it is story time with a book or electronic educational toys that reads, then to the computer for educational game time or an educational tv show. We also delicate days say Monday is reading, phonics, vocabulary Tues is Math, hand on games, etc.
Teaching several children can be very hard at one time but having the right curriculum that can be versatile is the key and ofcourse cost effecient. I myslef have taught 20 children from ages 5-12 in one class room it was difficult but if you allow the older child to assist the smaller child then social skills and peer interaction occurs as well.
One tip when teaching children who can't sit in a childs chair yet is to have them in highchairs. I started all of my children out in high chairs, so now they automatically go to their chairs when I say it is time for school. Of course the 15 month old is still in the highchair and the other 2 have their own table and chairs all throughout the house for our centers.For example the fridge makes a great place for magnetic alphabet.

[Tanikit]

Hi, it is harder with a second one I find as the one-on-one attention just isn't there. I find doing the babies things with the older one works well even if she interrupts her sister and takes things away from her. I show the younger (she's 9 months old) LR and give her various toys to play with which my older (who is 4) can also play with - I find watching the ways her older sister plays with toys also teaches her a fair amount that I wouldn't have thought to teach her. My younger also sits in on everything the older one does even if she is just playing in the room while we do it and I think she picks up a lot of the language that way (at least I hope so). I get one-on-one time with my older child when the baby is sleeping and I get one-on-one time with the baby when my eldest watches TV in the late afternoon and I am cleaning the house - I take her from room to room with me pointing out things and when each room is done I spend a few minutes talking to her showing her things, singing and playing to stimulate her. I am not sure what will happen as she reaches the toddler years and needs more attention and stimulation that is more direct.

The more you can combine things the easier it is on you - and the smaller the age gap the easier that is to do, but it is still possible even with large age gaps. I have not yet started teaching my eldest music and would also like to start with the recorder as it is fairly easy - we have one which she does play sometimes but I have not taught her to read the music yet.

[msocorro]

mother of faith,
can you give me an exaple of one day, exacly what activities do you do?what would be a computer leson for the 3 year old?what would be a work set? what game would you give the older one?what game would you give the junger one?do you have one computer only? does you baby use the computer? when do you start the day? when do you finish it? when do you have time for housework?
great tip the chair one, I started doing that with the junger one and event the older one when i was trying flash cards....I might have to go back...
does you kid like siting in it?
20 kids!!!! that is..... puf! I can even´t get it to work with two...

tnks for the help

[Latreia]

Hi，
I have thought of homeschooling my 14m/o bb, but here in Malaysia, it is not the norm.
Moreover, it is not easy to get the resources & what curiculum to follow exactly i dont know.
My girl picks up pretty fast & to go to Grade 1 at 7 y/o, i think it's too late for her, also becos
i had started her on LR,LM,LC 2 months alrdy.
Anyone who has used books no longer to be used, for toddlers/young kids (h.school subjects),
pls PM me ok. Thx 

[Tanikit]

Before deciding to homeschool you need to know what the laws regarding it in your country are - however there is a documentary coming out about a family in Germany who homeschools even though there it is illegal to do so there - I however would not like to go through what thta family has just to keep my children at home so finding out will help you know what you up against and also what the legal requirements are to prove you are teaching your child. There is usually an age at which a child must be registered as a homeschooler and this is usually not before they are 5-7 years old depending where you live.

As to what curriculum to follow - if you have very young children almost anything goes as it is not compulsory to teach them anything so whatever you do is fine. Most people try to do the three R's (reading, writing and arithmetic) when they first start and they rest you can add in whatever you feel like teaching your child.

msocorro my day varies greatly depending on my own mood and that of my children and what needs to be done. Since they are still young (the eldest is 4) I can skip days when need be, but usually if we need to go somewhere I will turn that into part of the homeschooling - so my eldest learnt about nurses and vaccinations the day I had to take my baby for a vaccination. We also spoke about all the different occupations you could find in a hospital. My baby usually watches LR while my eldest is around so that she can watch it too if she wants to. My eldest spends time playing games on the computer and I also teach her how to navigate around both the computer and the android tablet so that she can get into the things she likes to use by herself - unfortunately she uses her skills to put movies on most of the time. My baby gets in the way a lot - she is climbing and pulling up, tearing papers constantly and trying to snatch worksheets and there is very little I can do about it yet though I do plan on making her tot trays when she is a bit older. I do often give her toys to play with that are educational before turning to the oldest to teach her, but it seldom works as the youngest wants to be part of the action and the more adult the item seems to be the more she wants it.

We start with breakfast at about 08:00 then getting everyone dressed. My 4 year old then does a math worksheet and then we move to our theme of the week and either play a game, do an experiment or read a book about it. Later we do reading and phonics with the elder and LR with the baby before doing another activity related to our theme for the week. After lunch we usually do a craft or art activity depending how tired everyone is or we have a rest. Later in the afternoon we do physical activity - often swimming since it is summer here now and then there is free time for a while after that. Depending how time goes I also play other games with my elder (often card games or folder games or just let her build with blocks or play with cars or dolls and we also have imaginery play quite often. I wind down about 16:00 and clean the house with the baby while my elder watches TV or plays by herself and then my DH comes home. So while it is essentially all day school, there is a lot of free time and a lot of playing. The themes we do each week involve reading, history, science, geography and art and anything else that fits into it so she is getting quite a broad education, but I do try to stick to doing some reading, writing and math with her every day.

[msocorro]

 tnks,Tanikit,

I am really gretful for all that you have said, with one kid it is just much easyer....I am so sad I didn´t know about all of this a lot sooner, it would have done a great diference, because my older would have been very a head, and I would be a bit more in practice.... but well, I´m glad I know about it now.

In Spain homeschooling is not legal, but I intend to keep it up until he is 6 and has to go to school, I see no need to put him in a school at the adge of 3, wich is the comun thing now... I will fight it ;-). so yes, better find out what is legal and what isn´t, you don´t want to get in to truble.

tnks again!!

[mother of faith]

http://www.hslda.org/hs/international/Spain/default.asp
this article will help you in Spain. You with your community can pull together to go to your government with the help of HSLDA. contact them so they can help you with the right to homeschool in Spain.

[Latreia]

Thx everyone for all the ideas & links 

[wardjacke]

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[KeriBerry]

We have a 10 and 5 year old in our lil homeschool

We use : Unit Studies ( home made, Currclick, and Amanda Bennitt )
               Time4Learning
               Learning Games For Kids
               Spelling City
               School Zone work books ( Wal-mart sells them )
               Story of the World series
               

[evachong]

I love this topic very much... I am working mother and I am now concern on my 2 year little bao bao... (  a baby girl ) she is now under my roof as I am her teacher... hahahaha.... but my programm is a little bit combine montessori, shichida and doman method. But my curriculum ideas is all written in my blog. hopefully is help you all.....

have a visit :http://littlemommy2012.blogspot.com/

PS : sharing .... practice ... make perfect 

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