Should You Buy Homeschool Books Or Make Your Own?

Posted by Kayley Kenzie on March 28, 2008
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It is not necessary to spend a lot of money on homeschooling curriculum or homeschool books. Just by doing a little bit of research, you will be able to locate many resources to help build your own curriculum without making you broke.

In my opinion, it is better to create your own curriculum because you can quickly change or adapt a lesson to fit the needs of your child. If you find something at the last minute that works better for you and your child, you can incorporate it very easily.

One of the first things we do as a family is choose literature selections for the semester. We like to try and finish five to seven books per semester. We don’t have to buy specialized homeschool books for spelling or vocabulary. We use the literature that we have chosen to do this.

Just as an example, my kids will keep notebooks where they write down words and definitions they’re working on. These same words will be their spelling words for the following week.

For our history lessons, we focus on the time period of the literature we are reading. We then implement science lessons by researching the scientific discoveries of each time period.

When we format our homeschooling like this, it leads to some fascinating discussions at mealtimes.

When you approach learning this way, you have the flexibility to make adjustments according to your child’s interest: You can study a work of literature in-depth, or you can just cover the basic facts. Unlike the hard rules of homeschool books, you can freely make changes when you create your own curriculum.

One thing we do use regular homeschool books is for math. However, we try to turn the standard math worksheets into something more interesting that will help the children incorporate the math skills into everyday life. For example, when we work on fractions, we do a lot of cooking.

It’s important to understand your child’s interests and needs, since this is a key component in creating curriculum for your child. When you build your own curriculum, you are better able to help your child in ways that the public school system couldn’t.

Don’t worry about forking over a fortune just to buy homeschool books. You can build the curriculum your family needs by basing it around great literature.

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