After teaching first grade in public school for 5 years and homeschooling her own 10 children, Penney Douglas has experience with children of multiple ages and abilities and has learned many basic principles of teaching and learning. She has also studied how children learn and best practices for teaching.You will learn about: -readiness-stages of development-learning styles-teaching styles-how to choose and use curriculum-scheduling-teaching children with learning differences-tips and tricks that veteran homeschool moms figure out along the wayWe are basically giving you a headstart in your homeschooling journey!In this book you will find action steps for applying what you learn in each chapter. You will be challenged to take a closer look at your child, to study them and find out what works best for them so that you can provide the optimal learning environment and tools for them. You will also find suggestions of resources to use for further study, so that you can pinpoint your child's learning needs and possible obstacles to learning and how to overcome them.If you need help in getting started or feel unsure that you have the knowledge or expertise to teach your children at home, you will find lots of help and encouragement in this book that will erase that fear.And you will gain reassurance that this is a wonderful way to educate your children while bonding with them and meeting their needs in ways that an institutional setting would never be able to. You will gain confidence in your decision to homeschool and in your ability to do it well. You will discover that homeschooling can and should be a delightful experience for you and your children. It doesn't have to be difficult, expensive, or full of drudgery. It can be the opposite. You will find out that you have the freedom to make of it whatever you want your homeschool experience to be. You will be motivated to try new approaches and think outside of the school classroom box. Learn the basics, apply them, build on them and erase fear and anxiety. Then move into homeschool freedom and enjoyment. Your family will thank you, and you will thank me
