Selecting your child's curriculum

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Martie du Plessis of Dynamis, a homeschool consultant who has counselled homeschooling parents for over 25 years, reports that after two years, most homeschooling families are stressed out or burnt out and either put their children back into school or decide that they need to change the curriculum that they use. Why?

Because when they start homeschooling they choose something that is familiar to them because they feel insecure and a curriculum package that covers ‘everything’ and the accountability gives them a sense of security.

We call these programmes ‘canned curriculums’ – some even offer different coloured boxes for each grade!

• a textbook for every subject
•  a time-table to stick to in order to get through the syllabus for each subject in a prescribed time
•  assignments
•  tests
•  constant assessment and
•  examination services

With todays culture of achievement, our youth can feel pressure to succeed in ways previous generations did not. A survey done every year by Higher Education Research asks new tertiary students if they feel overwhelmed by all they have to do. 80% of students in another express feelings of stress and anxiety. Yet another poll showed found that psychological illnesses are on the rise in higher education institutes.

We've seen an increase in anxiety in young tweens and teens since CAPS with all the standardised testing, subjects, assessments and exams. We do consultations with parents who say their young children cannot cope with the pressure and stress in school. Many of them are already on medication for anxiety.

Today's children and teens are constantly connected to social media. It's not surprising that their self-esteem - and worldview - becomes connected to responses to social media posts. It's hard for them not to compare their life and social connections to what they see others posting on social media.

This livestream is about doing something DIFFERENT. Its an encouragement to step off the beaten track as we show you how to put together a tailor made hand picked curriculum for your children that will ignite a LOVE for learning, REDUCE stress levels and SIMPLIFY your life.