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Lesson Plans

So you've pulled your child, have no idea about homeschooling, and want something schoolish for the child t do while you have your season of re-education.  These are suggestions for quick lesson plans until you can get your game plan together once you find your teaching style, philosophy of education and methods you want to use in your homeschool.

There are many places to find lesson plans online or even at the library or at home.  Have you ever looked at your children's encyclopedia, I mean really looked?  You will find that most children's encyclopedias have a set of lesson plans within their covers. 

Most school districts now have their scope and sequence and even some of their lesson plans online.  You could continue to follow your child's school lesson plans if you are concerned with not doing anything schoolish as you learn to homeschool.

PBS, Discovery Channel and the History Channel all have lesson plans that go with their programming. If your child really needs to de-school and un-program from school, but you still feel the need for structured learning, they could watch the programs and fill out the many worksheets these companies have for your children.

The Government also has great lesson plans to help you along.  There is the NASA site for lots of great science, biology, geography, earth science, and of course astronomy.  If you ever get a chance to visit any of the NASA bases, they have an education department with great things for teachers. 

We have a few pages here with lesson plans on the internet.  Some innovative places to find lesson plans are:

1. the Library has books with lesson plans

2. the FCC has lesson plans for a complete high school curriculum based on aerospace

3. your local PBS station probably has lesson plans on their site,

4. Barnes and Noble has a university with free classes that teens can take.

If your child decides they want to learn about horses, 4H has some great materials available to anyone about horses. Your child wants to be a sports announcer, you can set up a internet radio, and take online lessons on how to be a disc jockey.  In some parts of the country, community colleges have classes just for homeschoolers. So as you go on this homeschool adventure, look around you, learning is everywhere!

Finally, if you need textbooks, you can find them at the library, at library sales, and most used book stores.  Many new homeschoolers buy upward of $300 per child before they have analyzed what works for their children.  Within a few months, they set aside their first set of lessons plans and books and start again with new stuff.  So while you are doing a season of re-education, it's okay to allow your child to love to learn again without the pressure of regulated lessons at first.