Homeschool Curriculum Glossary (Spencerian-Systematic)

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03 May 2007 06:00 AM

Spencerian Penmanship (also called Spencerian Sript Penmanship) teaches a fluid graceful form of script handwriting. Using Spencerian Penmanship the students write rhythmically as the teacher counts.

Streams of Civilization teaches history in the order that it occurred. This is a Christian approach to history meant to be used in the high school level. There is also a teachers manual available.

Stories of the Great Composers is a music appreciation course that teaches about the lives of the people behind the music. This is a 12-unit book with an accompanying CD.

Story of the World is a classical approach to teaching history to be used for grades 1-4. It is written by Susan Wise Bauer, author of The Well Trained Mind.

Student of the Word (SOW) is a full K-12, Bible centered homeschool curriculum with discipline at its core. Summer Bridge workbooks are used for public schools to keep a child learning during the summer. The purpose of the workbooks is to review what the child learned during the school year, and to then give them a head start on the following year. Homeschoolers can use it to ensure that children have learned everything they have needed to learn during the school year and to prepare for standardized exams.

Summer Bridge Activities for Young Christians is a Christian based version of Summer Bridge Workbooks.

Sunrise Math is a K-8 math program that teaches math using a spiral approach. A spiral approach to learning gets the student interested, builds their interest and challenges them, leaving them feeling accomplished; this is repeated for deeper and deeper understanding. This program is similar to the Saxon Program.

Switched on Schoolhouse (SOS) by Alpha Omega Publications, is a full complete homeschool curriculum. Students first take free diagnostic tests, placing in the most ideal levels for them. SOS provides interactive online bible based learning, and is SOS teachers support the homeschooler.

Sycamore Tree offers homeschool curriculum for grades K-9. Sycamore Academy, their online or text bases "homeschool", is Accredited by Northwest Association of Academic Schools. "The Sycamore Tree, Inc. has been incorporated in California since 1982, and provides homeschool educational services to students in grades K-12 all over the world."

Systematic Math sets aside the failed and failing traditional math programs and takes a different approach to teaching mathematics. Systematic Math teaches math like it was taught in 1950, and is DVD driven. It requires no more than 2 hours of "homework". It helps the student to learn math, and not memorize it.

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*Homeschool Curriculum Glossary index here

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