DIY Homeschooler

When you are pulling together an individualized education for each child, you need an organizing framework. You need a method of evaluating where your child is, and a resource to help you develop guidelines to meet his needs. What Your Child Needs to Know When by Robin Sampson, author of the Heart of Wisdom unit studies, accomplishes just that.

The checklists are here; evaluation checklists for:

• Bible
• Language arts.
• Mathematics.
• Science.
• Social science.
• State history.

These checklists reflect what is typically taught in each grade from K–8 for each subject.

A scope and sequence at its most useful provides stepping stones from one skill to the next. Typical sequences today visit a subject, scratch the surface, and wait until the next year to scratch a bit more.  As a tutor, you have the advantage of knowing when your child may be ready for a particular level of study. Children can learn at their own pace. This means waiting until they are ready to start and delving in until the topic is exhausted.

Using the information and checklists provided in this book, you can easily determine where your child is and where he needs to go next.

The best part is you are not only buying checklists, but pages and pages of helpful information. The book covers the history of education and worldviews. It also takes a look at state achievement tests, and incorporating “heart” into your educational pursuits.

Perfect resource for the homeschool mom pulling together her own studies and providing a personalized education.