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Its that time of the year when homeschoolers in South Africa start thinking about their curriculum choices for the next school year. As the homeschooling movement has grown, so has the number of options to choose from and we find many parents are not sure about what all the options are and what the 'best' product on the market is.

We don't believe that any one product is the best homeschool curriculum. Each one will work and achieve its purpose as a tool to use to educate your child. However, each family will find that certain products suit them better than others.

As homeschooling parents become more informed about the options and more confident with experience, they seem to become more willing to venture away from the 'model' of curriculum with which they began and to try out different products, which may better suit their needs or style of homeschooling.

Advice & Encouragement

With homeschooling expo's scheduled for Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban in the next three months, be sure you have read Wendy's comprehensive article on Choosing Curriculum.

NEW! Free Email Course

We are delighted to offer you and other homeschoolers a free ecourse entitled Tips for Starting Homeschooling.
It was written in response to the many questions we get asked by prospective and existing homeschoolers.

When you sign up, you will begin a two week, FREE E-course, delivered in 7 parts, covering the following:

1. Bringing them home
2. Your first 6 weeks to three months
3. Learning to spend quality time together
4. Learning styles, philosophies and methods in the homeschooling movement
5. Choosing a homeschool curriculum
6. Organization 101
7. Preventing burnout

Please sign up and refer your friends or any homeschoolers who could benefit from the course.

Free Printables

This month we have added some free Bible copywork pages for you to download. They are taken from the Little Footprints programme but are suitable for all ages. Look for them on our Free Printable Worksheets page.

Websites

Take a look at Biographies of Famous South Africans for info about significant personalities, both past and present.

At this site, you can find Flags of the World with the countries listed alphabetically.

If you haven't yet, remember to take a look at some of the homeschooling and parenting books we have recommended on our book review page. Use some of them to equip yourself to do the best you can with the precious lives that God has entrusted to your care.

Footprints News

We'll be at the following curriculum expos:

Cape Town Homeschool Curriculum Expo, 15 September at Belville Civic Centre.

Johannesburg, Expo at Mosaik Theatre in Fairlands on 10 November.

There is also an expo planned for Durban. We will publish the details on the Homeschool Events page of our site when we have them.

We have also added some new pages to our site, offering a range of South African Recipes including traditional seafood recipes, Cape Malay, South African bread and braai recipes, which should add some flavour to your South African studies!

Till next month, we wish you every blessing

Wendy and Shirley

www.south-african-homeschool-curriculum.com

Footprints On Our Land - South African Homeschool Curriculum