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Incorporating too much into your homeschool is very similar to over-eating.

A couple of years ago, while engaged in a conversation with a fellow homeschooler, I made a fairly extreme declaration: “I would never send my children to public school.”

There are many things to consider when choosing a curriculum, among them cost, availability, how long your family will use them, and others.

“You can’t prepare for the SAT.” Educational Testing Service, the company that writes the SAT, has worked hard to convince people that they cannot improve their scores by studying for the test.

It is critical that children receive not only the 3 R’s of education, but also the skills that enable them to become productive and responsible adults.

Many homeschoolers live a lifestyle of learning all through the year and never consider what month it is. They are free to work at their own pace and not be bound by the calendar year. But other homeschool moms may have very good reasons to be concerned about finishing their school work by June.

Early on in the homeschool movement, virtually all academic instruction took place at home. After all, if you just took your kids out of school, where else would they be learning? This worked fine for all of us for awhile, and then a strange thing happened.

Why this family chose to follow the Classical Education Model of Education, which cycles three times through History as the basis for instruction.

Leadership education is a method of bringing up your kids to become respected future leaders, businessmen, church leaders and statesmen in the community.

Since 1905 Calvert School has been offering homeschoolers a complete package- one year of curriculum covering all subjects. Classical education curriculum is usually pieced together under the direction of a parent’s research. Which one is right for your family?