Many households discover themselves in the position of teaching multiple children at home.  Very rare is the homeschool family that has only a single child.  This means many families look to unit studies as not only a great way to learn, but also self-defense against a monsterous stack of books that are never completed.

In order to really get the most benefit out of a set of unit studies you need to understand that these are specialized units of study that are based upon a topic.  The topic can be anything you like.  It could be a place, a thing or even a person.

Once you have selected your topic, you then work on finding activites that relate to the topic, while teaching all of the necessary skills such as spelling, writing, reading, mathematics, science and history.

While many people are unsure how to make this work, there are some great resources that are available online if you are interested in getting started but have no idea how.  In further posts I will dive deeper into how you can create your own unit studies and how to make them work for your personal needs and the ages of your children.

Tags: curriculum, getting started, unusual learning, web resources