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Originally posted by tara
We're following an unschooling, child-led approach so we don't have a single curriculum. I would say that our biggest resource is the library.
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This is basically us too. I wouldn't recommend any curriculum for a child the age of your girls except maybe 5 in a row or before 5 in a row. It is a neat approach. we had it and never used it because it just didn't quite fit for our family. ds is a non-fiction boy and fiar and bfiar are based on fiction.
ds is 6 and has to be *encouraged* a bit more than he did at age 3 or 4. We basically unschool, but I do present a lot of information to him. By that, I mean I pick out books that I think he would like (ancient egypt, mythology, fossils, rocks, etc..) and we go with what he shows an interest in. Lately it is ancient Egypt. We read Ms Frizzle's adventure. I love that crazy woman.
He loves math so I just make up stuff based on the state standards. We play a lot of games.
He didn't learn to read by any one method. He just was ready and took a leap. We had done some phonics stuff though.
I try to keep him moving and playing games for learning. He is still just a baby at age 6. He needs to move first, be taught second.
If I had it to start over, I would have encouraged *thinking* more and book work less. When he was ages 3-5, he was a whiz at book work. He couldn't get enough of it. He has incredible memorization skills. Now that he has sort of leveled off on his learning, I'm discovering that he doesn't like to *think*, he likes to memorize. He would probably do very poorly on a standardized test right now--not that I care! He has to be tested next year in 2nd grade. He is exceptionally bright, but doesn't always use thought process to solve problems or questions.
We're working on it.
Gee, I wrote a book!