Hey, Bostonian,
Thanks for the post. Hopefully this isn't too OT, but DD and I did a trial run for home schooling in the Fall today (she was home recovering from stomach flu) and I am thinking because she likes to read so much that for history/ literature (English) it might work well to have her do reading on her own but in order to ensure even coverage as well as 'mastery' of a particular subject area I was wondering if we could combine some kind of self-reading program with worksheets/workbooks/checklists from either some kind of common core curriculum or some commercial product. Has anyone heard of something like this?
I must admit one of my concerns about homeschooling is that it might be too patchy to really be a good education. But I think some combination of rotating areas of concentration (e.g., this month it's Africa history/culture/cuisine; next month Australia), along with the worksheet etc. approach above, might work well to provide balance. Any thoughts?
