How does the format of your curriculum change over the years and where is the parent/teacher information?

How does the format of your curriculum change over the years and where is the parent/teacher information?

Parent Guidance Offered Across the Age Levels

In the Age 4-5, 5-7, and 6-8 curriculum, there is a separate parent and student book.  The intention is that the parent will be using the instructions to teach from their book while the child has their book open to the appropriate page. 

In the Age 7-9 and 8-10 levels, we are starting to transition students to working more independently.  At these two levels, the curriculum book is combined and addressed to both the parent and child.  The guidance, instructions, and worksheets are all integrated within one curriculum book. The intention is that the parent and child would sit down together, review what they will be working on that day, complete the readings, and look over the activities to be completed.  Then the student will be able to go work on their own with a parent available for questions.  Work should always be reviewed together at the end of a workday.

At the Age 9-11 level and above, the curriculum is addressed directly to the student.  At this level, most students should be able to work independently.  If you prefer to maintain a more teacher-centric homeschool during these age levels, you can still do so, but you shouldn't have to. In the back of each hard copy curriculum book is a Parent Overview section that tells you what to discuss with your student, answers to problems on the worksheets, and rubrics for evaluation of the papers and projects.  (Some parents find it convenient to remove these pages for their own reference). In the online version, the parent overview can be turned off or on using the toggle switch on the grey toolbar on the table of contents page.  It is important to remember that a parent/teacher should still be taking time to review and discuss the student's work even after they are working independently.