Tips for Choosing Curriculum and Aptitude Testing
Added by Heather Idoni
Monday, May 26, 2014
========================================================== Vol. 15 No. 8, May 26, 2014, ISSN: 1536-2035 ========================================================== (c) 2014, Mary Beth Akers and Heather Idoni ========================================================== Welcome to The Homeschooler's Notebook! If you enjoy our newsletter, please share it with a friend! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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"What advice do you have for attendees of a homeschool conference?"
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"Organization is KEY! It's hard, truly hard, to find the time to review the conference schedule, review material listings, review books on our shelves, etc., but without that reviewing I've lost time during the conference -- either in not knowing which speaker to attend, not finding the right room in time (so missing part of the discussion) or wandering in the vendor hall too long! And speaking of vendor halls -- KNOW what you're looking for! In the past, I've re-purchased terrific materials. How do I know they were terrific materials? Because I purchased the same book(s) more than once!
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"Hello -- I wonder if anyone can help me with this. I have a 13 year old homeschooled boy with autism. Reading and language in general is very, very difficult for him. He can read the words, but has real trouble getting much meaning out of passages. His reading is only on about a 2nd grade level, while he is generally working on 4th-6th grade curriculum. I am wanting to teach history -- any history (world or US) -- but every curriculum I check into is very heavy on reading, which isn't going to work for him, even if I read it to him. Ideally I'd love something that is online, with the computer reading him stories or showing him videos, with a workbook or printable pages to go with it. Does anyone know of any history courses like that?
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