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Date Posted: 14:09:48 06/12/02 Wed
Author: Sharon
Subject: Let's see...
In reply to: Liann 's message, "Sharon, lots of questions for you on PP" on 22:38:31 06/11/02 Tue

Liann,

You are Mrs. Wright. I'm Mrs. Edison. That's why I wrote volume 2 because my daughter is obsessed with inventions, inventors, and science. It's not easy homeschooling a future inventor because they like to do things their own way and not follow really structured curriculums. You need the freedom to go off in creative directions without feeling tied down to your curriclum. Patchwork Primers gives you that freedom.

My daughter isn't exactly hyper, but she does not do well sitting still for longer than a few minutes. She wants to do things and she especially wants to do them together. Patchworks works with that need also.

Patchworks has been described by some as relaxed schooling as well as structured unschooling. If you've looked at the sample lessons on the website, you'll see that it's more of a guideline and you determine the exact way to cover the information.

You can put as much or as little prep work as you want. The easiest way is to plan for a couple of weeks, noting any materials you may need, any books you might want to check out. I've set it up so that for any topic covered, you can get all the information you need from a set of encyclopedias. This doesn't have to be a new set. It can also be a cd. But every topic covered can be found in an encyclopedia, which means if you're not feeling well, all you have to do is get your son to go grab the right encyclopedia volume.If you have more time and want to get more into it, you can check out library books or do an online search. The supplies are almost always general things you'd already have. If not, they're easily purchased at a grocery store or Wal-mart. The only expensive purchase I can think of is a microscope and it would be possible to work without one, but if you have an inventive son, you'd probably want one anyway. Microscopes are readily and inexpensively available around Christmas time, so that might be a good gift item.

You don't have to start with volume 1. The books are similar in format but not dependent on each other. They can be done in any order, although the math and language are a little more advanced in volume 2.

Whenever I've included material that you would have to know in order to do the lesson, I've included that information. Much of the science is discovery oriented where the student figures out the concept by doing the experiments. You don't have to know it ahead of time to do the experiments.

Like Kris said, you can certainly use your own math, or for that matter, any other subject. Although the subjects all tie together, you can eliminate any you want without taking away from the other subjects.

I specifically didn't include a book list for several reasons. Because I live in a small town with a small library, it's frustrating to not be able to find books that you need. It's a lot easier to be able to just pick out whatever books my library does have on the topic. That way you can pick out ones that you know would interest your own kids. And like I said before, you could do the whole study without ever using a library book.

If you look at the sample lesson plan on the site and the Benjamin Franklin lesson at www.betterhomeschool.com you can get a good feel for what the lessons are like. As you can see, there's not a lot of detail, but there's enough to get you going. These are both from Volume 1 and Volume 2 is actually a little more detailed than the first volume. I'll try tomorrow to post a sample lesson from volume 2 on the patchworks site. I've been meaning to do that, but this month has been really crazy at our house.

Volume 2 is a brand new study. It just came out a week and a half ago, so that's why you haven't seen it before. Volume 1 came out this past February.

Well, I think that about covers everything. Let me know if you think of anything else, and I'll try to get to work on the sample lesson. Would you like me to do the lesson on flight?

Happy Homeschooling!
Sharon

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