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Is it designed for a MOM or DAD to use in the home? Is it designed to be "home-friendly" for the user? Is it written especially for the home? Is it written by parents or by “professionals?” What do you prefer? Make sure that the materials meet YOU where you are! Make sure that they are designed to be used around the demands that you face as a PARENT in REAL LIFE!
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Is it easy to use? Do you have to have a teacher’s manual or is the work easy to understand in the book itself?
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Are the lessons short and concise or does each lesson demand time that you do not have each day? Ideal situations do not work on Monday morning. In fact, for US they didn't work for a whole year! We needed something as our "helpers" that could work in the midst of our busy home.
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Does it encourage the children to learn on their own? To become interesting in the whole subject... possibly later as a profession??
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Would your children choose to study this in their free time? Would YOU? If this book is NOT tempting for you or your child, ya just might want to scrap it! There are SO many great resources! GO FOR THE BEST!
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Would this material give you a balance between the children working independently, alone with you, and with the rest of the family? Can your husband pick it up while you have the flu and teach?
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Does this curriculum equip the child to learn on their own or does it make them (and you) dependent upon only this curriculum sequence (except for Math which really needs to be on a sequence!)
