Mary Joyce has some helpful advice for choosing lesson plans…

Homeschool Lesson Plans
by Mary Joyce

Homeschool families have an abundance of homeschool lesson plans and programs
to choose from. As a homeschooling parent, whether you want a tightly knitted
curriculum package or prefer to be able to modify and develop as your personal
circumstances dictate, you will find a wide variety of homeschool lesson plans
no matter what your preferences.

Regardless of the direction you take, don’t get tied to the hip with your educational
program. Seek out hands on real life learning experiences to supplement your
homeschool curriculum. Keep your lesson plans as full of real life as you possibly
can!

Field trips that involve places and businesses in your hometown are outstanding
supplements to any homeschool program. Does you hometown have a park, a bridge,
a road, or building named after some one? Who was this person and why did the
town name this park after this person?

Get out of the four walls of your home now and again… Get some fresh air and
learn something about whatever you just drove or walked by. Taking time to
do this is both a wonderful child education tool and it offers a great break
from the homeschool classroom.

Taking the homeschool education outside of the house offers
a variety of experiences that you simply cannot teach at home. The community
in which you live (large or small) has an almost endless supply of educational
opportunity for the homeschooler.

Mary Joyce is a former educator, successful homeschool parent, and has written many articles on teaching your child at home for the Homeschool-Curriculum-4u website.