Getting Started with Homeschooling
Practical Considerations for Parents of School-Aged Children
© Beverley Paine
Index
Homeschool
Australia
Learning Centres
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Language Development Centre
A small bookshelf with a variety of books, both fiction, non-fiction, magazines, comics, etc.
Cassette player with headphones for taped recordings of stories (commercial or home made) and books to read along to.
Drama box of dress ups relating to some of the stories, and box of various puppets, including finger puppets.
Close to computer for interactive stories on disk, word processing and language related computer programs and games.
Table or desk for writing materials; variety of papers, exercise books, pens, pencils, textas, etc.
Book making materials; tape, stapler, cardboard, paper of varying sizes.
In containers (recycled boxes); alphabet and word/picture flash cards, creative writing ideas (unfinished sentences, artefacts, photographs, music, etc.), crossword puzzles, scrabble and other language based board and card games; Dictionary, picture dictionary (can be made by children), and thesaurus.
Science CentreSmall bookshelf containing space for display of work in progress, or collections of finished products and outcomes.
Natural history collection, rock collection.
Magnetism tray (with different size, shape and strength magnets, metal and non metal materials, instructions).
Electronics box with batteries and light bulbs (Dick Smith Electronic kits are an excellent starting base).
Books on scientific subjects (plants, animals, geology, biology, weather, astronomy, electricity, famous scientists, inventions and discoveries, etc.).
Terrarium, aquarium.
Liquid and dry measuring containers, thermometer, barometer, compass, posters and charts, binoculars, slinky springs, microscopes and magnifying glasses, various glass prisms and lenses.
Mathematics CentreStore on a shelf or table: abacus, mathematics board and card games (commercial or home made), peg boards, play dough, junk materials for construction, wooden blocks (showing different attributes), assorted materials for counting, construction toys.
Task cards relating to individual learning programs.
Paper money, coins, calculator, adding machine, price tags & stickers.
Rulers, set squares, geoliners, protractors, stencils showing regular polygons and circles of various sizes.
Access to computer for mathematical games and activities.
Measuring tape, liquid and dry measuring containers, scales, clock, egg timer, stop watch.
Posters and charts, graph paper, exercise books and paper (including various coloured paper), cardboard. Shopping catalogues and magazines. Maths dictionary and text books
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Excerpt from Getting Started with Homeschooling, Practical Considerations
© Beverley Paine, 1997
