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RE: Why I Packed Up My Family and Moved, Lock, Stock and Barrel to Panama, of All Places - Part 1
I hope one day when we have a family we are as courageous to pick up and move like that. What an adventurous life all your kids can say they had ( :
They have had adventure, that's for sure. It made it easier because they have been homeschooled all along. So we weren't taking them out of the school system, away from school friends, etc.
Really interested about the home schooling thing. What method or direction did you take with that? Any suggestions?
We were homeschooling in the States. I use a curriculum called Ambleside Online and we really like it. It involves reading a lot of classical literature with the kids and having them tell back to me what they've heard/learned. It's much better than worksheets and not to difficult to get into. There are also a ton of "box curriculums" which basically give you a box, you open it and follow the teacher's guide all the way through - do worksheet 1a, 2a, 3a and read these stories. There are tons of curriculum options out there. You just have to figure out what you're looking for and jump into it. Our curriculum says not to start until the child turns 6 (which I like)! I write about homeschooling every Saturday on my blog as well.
I'll have to take a look at your Saturday posts ( :
Part 2 of Panama move