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Excellent book!!! Highly recommend for both those families just starting their homeschooling journey to anyone like me who's a few years in but continue to want to check that I'm still on the path we want to be on Excellent book!!! Highly recommend for both those families just starting their homeschooling journey to anyone like me who's a few years in but continue to want to check that I'm still on the path we want to be on ...more
From my review on The Curriculum Choice:...
Homeschooling parents inevitably waste money—and often their children's time and patience—on curriculum mistakes. Investing in 102 Top Picks will reduce that problem. Not only that, but 102 Top Picks is full of helpful homeschooling ideas that become more profound the more you think about them, as I have discussed in "Quotations from 102 Top Picks". It is truly one of the most helpful homeschooling books available.
In fact, whenever people ask me for hom
From my review on The Curriculum Choice:...
Homeschooling parents inevitably waste money—and often their children's time and patience—on curriculum mistakes. Investing in 102 Top Picks will reduce that problem. Not only that, but 102 Top Picks is full of helpful homeschooling ideas that become more profound the more you think about them, as I have discussed in "Quotations from 102 Top Picks". It is truly one of the most helpful homeschooling books available.
In fact, whenever people ask me for homeschooling advice, I refer them to the current Top Picks book. What is more, even though I have two decades of homeschooling experience, whenever I need a fresh perspective on our current homeschooling situation, I go through the first chapters of the latest Top Picks book. Cathy's wisdom always helps and occasionally leads to new curriculum directions even for our family after all these years.
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This book is an invaluable resource for homeschoolers and those thinking about homeschooling. Not only does it contain detailed reviews of the different homeschooling curriculum on the market, it includes charts and questionnaires to help parents determine their own educational philosophies and their children's learning styles so that appropriate curriculum can be chosen. The only caveat is that Cathy Duffy is overtly Christian and her bias towards Christian curriculum is obvious. That said, she This book is an invaluable resource for homeschoolers and those thinking about homeschooling. Not only does it contain detailed reviews of the different homeschooling curriculum on the market, it includes charts and questionnaires to help parents determine their own educational philosophies and their children's learning styles so that appropriate curriculum can be chosen. The only caveat is that Cathy Duffy is overtly Christian and her bias towards Christian curriculum is obvious. That said, she does distinguish the different curriculum as "secular," "Christian," or "secular by Christian friendly." ...more
This book was insanely helpful for me in helping me understand my teaching style and my son's learning style - and then suggesting what curriculums might match those two. Highly, highly recommend!
A friend recommended this book to me and I am SO happy we bought a copy of our own. I will definitely be referring back to it over these next few years. It seemed a bit overwhelming with all of the resources provided, but it's very thorough. This book also helped me to better understand our learning/teaching styles and that it's absolutely OK to combine methods...after all, homeschooling is about the child and what works best! Highly recommend it to any parent considering homeschooling or even p A friend recommended this book to me and I am SO happy we bought a copy of our own. I will definitely be referring back to it over these next few years. It seemed a bit overwhelming with all of the resources provided, but it's very thorough. This book also helped me to better understand our learning/teaching styles and that it's absolutely OK to combine methods...after all, homeschooling is about the child and what works best! Highly recommend it to any parent considering homeschooling or even parents in the midst of this adventure! ...more
An excellent curriculum resource. 4.5. I'm very comfortable with evaluating, using, and creating curriculum. I've been periodically reading Ms. Duffy's review website for years and found the information to be valuable and thorough. So, I decided to read her book in print. Same great reviews featuring her favorites for homeschool curriculum. I did notice in her introductions to each chapter her Christian focus, but while she made her worldview clear - her reviews seemed to be straight forward as An excellent curriculum resource. 4.5. I'm very comfortable with evaluating, using, and creating curriculum. I've been periodically reading Ms. Duffy's review website for years and found the information to be valuable and thorough. So, I decided to read her book in print. Same great reviews featuring her favorites for homeschool curriculum. I did notice in her introductions to each chapter her Christian focus, but while she made her worldview clear - her reviews seemed to be straight forward as she points out which curriculums have a protestant and/or Catholic worldview and which are secular.She is a thorough reviewer and can really help people trying to make curriculum choices that our best for their child. She covers learning styles and gives ideas about the best age ranges for varies levels within curriculum choices. A valuable book.
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Great resource, especially the first couple of sections that did a good job helping my wife and I clarify what we wanted from homeschooling our children. Also the chapter on learning styles - nothing earth-shattering, but helpful guides to identify your children's preferences (as well as your own). The matrix of reviews then helps winnow the choices to those that best fit your goals and learning style needs.
The reviews themselves are short, but focused on what I wanted to know - what material w
Great resource, especially the first couple of sections that did a good job helping my wife and I clarify what we wanted from homeschooling our children. Also the chapter on learning styles - nothing earth-shattering, but helpful guides to identify your children's preferences (as well as your own). The matrix of reviews then helps winnow the choices to those that best fit your goals and learning style needs.
The reviews themselves are short, but focused on what I wanted to know - what material was covered, along with possible pitfalls. Duffy's reviews clearly identify secular and religious content (including identifying Protestant or Catholic) - I'm aiming secular, and found it useful to have worldview clearly identified. I'd expect it to work for this with different preferences as well.
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I think I would have rated this higher if I read it a year ago. I have done extensive research on my own and come up with curriculum options to consider, only some of which were included here. But when I read about courses I was familiar with, it seemed a good and accurate summary. Many choices that I thought were more "mainstream" or at least popular were not included. Perhaps they are too new?
Also, she continually said that unit studies were essentially a form of Charlotte Mason homeschooling,
I think I would have rated this higher if I read it a year ago. I have done extensive research on my own and come up with curriculum options to consider, only some of which were included here. But when I read about courses I was familiar with, it seemed a good and accurate summary. Many choices that I thought were more "mainstream" or at least popular were not included. Perhaps they are too new?
Also, she continually said that unit studies were essentially a form of Charlotte Mason homeschooling, which from my research seems to be very false. Because of this, I didn't feel there was a good CM option given.
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This book is by far the most helpful resource I have come across for homeschooling. It helps parents develop their philosophy of teaching, identify their teaching style, and, most importantly, the learning styles of their children. Each curriculum reviewed is rated based on the different learning and teaching styles as well as many other criteria such as prep time and ease of use. An empowering read for those considering homeschooling.
sure wish I would have read this book earlier. Really good! I think I thought this book was just a list of different curriculum, but it's much more than that. It gets you thinking about your kids learning styles and my own teaching styles. Really good! sure wish I would have read this book earlier. Really good! I think I thought this book was just a list of different curriculum, but it's much more than that. It gets you thinking about your kids learning styles and my own teaching styles. Really good! ...more
This book is a must have in your library of homeschool books. It has helped me so much with matching my children to the right curriculum by learning what their learning style is, but it also lets me keep my teaching style I want as well.
A little out of date, but lots of useful information about teaching and learning styles, homeschooling philosophies and priorities and how to apply all of that to choosing a curriculum.
A must read for all homeschooling parents! The only suggestion I could possibly make would be to provide pictures of the curriculum in the book.
This is a super reference guide for anyone thinking about homeschooling or even wanting to look more deeply at how their children learn and how to guide them where you'd like them to ideally be with opportunities and enrichment. Not only does it guide you in terms of curriculum (or even in terms of no curriculum, if that's your persuasion), it helps you figure out your educational philosophy and pinpoint what you think you (and your child) can get out of homeschooling, even if you think you have This is a super reference guide for anyone thinking about homeschooling or even wanting to look more deeply at how their children learn and how to guide them where you'd like them to ideally be with opportunities and enrichment. Not only does it guide you in terms of curriculum (or even in terms of no curriculum, if that's your persuasion), it helps you figure out your educational philosophy and pinpoint what you think you (and your child) can get out of homeschooling, even if you think you have no idea at all and are uncertain where to start. It addresses learning styles and ways to meet those styles most advantageously for the homeschooling experience ideally suited to your child(ren) and family. Note that author Cathy Duffy is Christian and does have a Christian bias in the text, which she addresses with some thoughtful questions about spiritual guidance in curriculum. I think this guide is certainly usable by those who are not Christian or secular (Duffy denotes secular texts in her top picks guides) and I think her own bias helps you discover yours or define it better.With her vast experience and thoughts about homeschooling, Duffy also gave me confidence that this is something I could easily do and do well on my own terms. At this time, my first child is enrolled to attend a public charter school this Fall, but thanks to this guide and my own intuition and instinct (important! critical!), we are already charting our own path to a love of learning, which is the natural inclination of all humans.
I checked this book out from the library and spent a long time carefully going through the questions and the reviews, but I plan to go back to it from time to time to get more ideas as my children grow and having your own copy would be a worthwhile investment.
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Cannot express how much time and sanity this book has saved me! It's a wonderful collection of homeschooling curriculum with great descriptions so you at least have an idea of where to start looking for your particular kid and their needs. Cannot express how much time and sanity this book has saved me! It's a wonderful collection of homeschooling curriculum with great descriptions so you at least have an idea of where to start looking for your particular kid and their needs. ...more
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