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Choosing homeschool curriculum

Finding suitable curricular materialslocal college or university bookstore
can be frustrating as periodicals, innear the beginning of the semester and
general, do not review K-12 educationalhave a look around.
materials. Here are several suggestionsSome cities have stores that sell
that I hope will help in your search toteacher supplies. You may be able to
find K-12 materials. Note that this pagefind useful materials at one of these.
is geared more toward finding individualWhen I was a child, I visited one of
materials. There are other pages thatthese stores in Boston and purchased a
contain information on the many completebook on Algebra II. I taught myself
programs, such as Calvert.Algebra II in a few weeks. You might
Many Schools of Education havealso see if they have clearance sales.
Educational Resource Centers thatTo get an idea of the topics involved in
contain, among other things, curricularmath and science subjects, I'd suggest
materials and teacher traininglooking through an Encyclopedia
materials.Brittanica under mathematics and science
Locate a School of Education at a nearbyand their subtopics.
college or university and see if theyCurricular materials on a budget In
are open to the public. If they are,general, buying materials individually
then pay them a visit and browse throughcosts less than buying complete
their materials to help in your purchaseprograms, typically sold by grade. You
decision.also have more flexibility in that a
There are a few retail stores that caterstudent can work on materials at his own
to homeschoolers. If you are luckypace and ability level. Costs can go up
enough to have one of these nearby, then(more than double) if you have to buy
a visit might prove fruitful.the teachers guide though. Here are some
Abeka has roadshows in the Spring andsuggestions for finding materials
Summer where they display theirinexpensively.
materials.Libraries (public and private) are a
Your school district may have their owngood place to look. They are typically
curriculum library. Contact yourlimited in that you can only have
superintendent to see if you could lookmaterials for a fixed amount of time. In
though it.some cases, it might be useful to
Ask the members of your local supportpurchase a membership at a private
group if you could look through thelibrary.
materials that they use.School districts dispose of materials
Many vendors now have home pages on thefrom time-to-time for various reasons.
world-wide-web. Some provide very littleContact your local school district to
information, such as a picture, thesee when they do this, and, if you can
number of pages, and the price. A fewhave them or if you can buy them.
provide an overview along with the tableSome school districts dispose of their
of contents.materials by selling to a reseller. If
You can ask about specific materials inthis is the case in your district, then
one of the homeschooling newsgroups orcontact the reseller to see if he sells
on one of the mailing lists.the materials inexpensively.
You can ask vendors for catalogs. TheseYour school distract may lend materials
will give you pictures and prices butto homeschoolers in the district.
not much else.Contact your superintendent to see if
Various homeschooling groups put onthey do this.
curriculum fairs where you can viewThere are a few web pages where you can
materials. Contact your statebuy and sell used materials.
associations to see if there are any inLibraries dispose of materials from time
your area.to time. Ask them when they do this and
You may be able to preview materialshow they dispose of materials.
using interlibrary loan at your localOlder materials may be quite suitable
library. This is useful if you have afor certain subjects and can frequently
particular textbook in mind. Yoube had inexpensively at used bookstores.
typically need to fill out a form atYour parents may have textbooks that
your local library and then wait untilthey used when they were younger that
your request is filled.may be available to you.
If your child is interested inYou may find educational materials at
college-level materials, then visit yourgarage sales in your local area.



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