Homeschool Curriculum Glossary (Hakim-Henle)

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31 Mar 2007 07:00 AM

Hakim's History of the US (written by Joy Hakim) is as set of 11 instructional books by Oxford University Press that teaches the history of the United States of America. PBS has made accompanying DVD's and Webisodes. The Series I includes The First Americans, Making 13 Colonies, The New Nation, From Colonies to Country, and more. Teachers guides for Elementary and upper grades have been written to accompany the series.

Hands on Homeschooling is a full curriculum program for children in the toddler and preschool years (age 2-5). The set includes a 3-ring binder with preparation and planning materials, lesson plans, Alternate activities, patterns, worksheets, and more.

Handwriting Without Tears is a much acclaimed handwriting curriculum. "The curriculum uses multi-sensory techniques and consistent habits for letter formation to teach handwriting to all students-Pre-K through Cursive. In addition, HWT provides parents and teachers the instructional techniques and activities to help improve a child's self-confidence, pencil grip, body awareness, posture and so much more!"

Happy Handwriting from Mastery Publications helps children develop fine motor skills while using "logical developmental sequence to teach letter formation, combining the simplest to hardest strokes into letters. This method reduces frustration and reversals."

Happy Phonics uses games to teach children to read. There is a money back guarantee that you will love it, and your child will have pain free fast results.

Headsprout Reading Basics is an online interactive program that enables your child to learn to read in 100 quick lessons. It is designed for grades k-2 or older struggling readers. (I used this program personally some years ago and taught my daughter to read during the summer before first grade. It was more like playing than working and we had great success with this program.

Heart of Wisdom curriculum is a combination of numerous homeschool styles and philosophies including Charlotte Mason, Ruth Beechick, Far Above Rubies, and The Principle approach. "The Heart of Wisdom teaching approach is a combination of several teaching methods organized around a two-sided curriculum base: God's Word and God's World. This method is specifically designed for multilevel teaching. This approach includes a four-year suggested course of study designed to be repeated every four years through three cycles."

Henle Latin is a set of Latin texts from 1945 that teaches Latin in a traditional way. This program is recommended for 5th grade and up (if your student has a background in Latin, otherwise it is recommended for grade 7 and up).

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