9 Things to Love About Timberdoodle Curriculum Kits
Are you thinking of switching up your curriculum this year? Whether you're looking to order now or you're plotting out options for the next school year, we'd love to help!
Timberdoodle's Curriculum Kits are scheduled to launch in April again this year. The core of the kits will stay the same, but we're always tinkering! Get ready for some exciting new additions, fond farewells to retired favorites, and, of course, the same meticulous curation of amazing resources for each grade level.
1. Customizable Kits
Adjust the math to your child's level, remove the game you already own, or even swap the carving kit to the animal your child loves.
Our online customizer lets you make your child's curriculum kit exactly what you need. (Psst! The scheduler even imports your changes!)
2. Easy to Teach
Life's a whirlwind! Between juggling family, work, and everything in between, who has time for complicated or rigid homeschooling?
Timberdoodle is different. We focus on independent learning from the start.
Our simple Handbook and customizable schedule let you get going quickly. No more hours of weekly planning! Just grab your handbook, print your schedule, and you're pretty much ready to go. We even select items based on teacher prep - very few need more than grab-and-go!
3. Hands-On Approach
Learning stationary at a screen for 27 hours a week is not ideal. We prefer raising children proficient at tinkering, painting, wiring, puzzling, and so much more.
Yes, you'll utilize a computer for typing lessons and focused math instruction, but you'll also use blocks to solve those math problems, read real books, learn cursive, and more. There's a lot more to learning than screens and workbooks!
4. Multiple Learning Styles
What is your child's preferred learning style? A visual child learns best by seeing things, either in pictures or by reading. This child is so easy to accomodate!
Auditory children need to hear and talk about everything they learn. Audiobooks are superb tools, as are reading with your child and allowing extra time for discussion.
Kinesthetic or hands-on learners are most often failed by public school systems. They learn their math facts while bouncing on a trampoline, never do their work seated, and remember best the projects they participate in with their whole body.
Timberdoodle is designed to work well for all three learners. Books are visually engaging, information packed, and often available on audio. Math and reading courses are hands-on with auditory and visual components. Hurrah for active learning!
5. Flexible Schedule
We're not fans of the highly scripted "It's 8:49AM on Tuesday, January 7th; you need to be completing page 47 now" approach. It works really well for a few families, but many of us find that approach burdensome.
Timberdoodle kits allow your child to start the day with something that appeals to him, whether he woke up itching to get his math done or feeling bleary-eyed and looking for a low-impact assignment first.
It also allows you to get to the dentist on Thursday, while still staying on track for the week with no extra stress!
And for those of us teaching with ADHD, you'll finally be able to manage everyone's list with ease.
6. Independent Learning
As homeschoolers, we are eager for our children to become interested learners, each with the skills to figure out whatever he needs to know throughout his life.
Most of us also need our children to be able to work independently at times while we field an urgent email, rock the baby to sleep, or help a sibling learn to read.
Timberdoodle kits specifically target both skills by introducing independent learning at a young age and scaffolding to competency.
7. All-in-One Kits
Reading, writing, and arithmetic, but what about emotional intelligence, thinking skills, STEM, art, history, science, and more?
Using Timberdoodle kits, you'll not only teach all of that but also life skills like:
- designing a website
- flying a plane
- coding a robot
- creating gorgeous art like this painting
- understanding personal finance
...and so much more!
8. STEM Rich
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math = STEM. (Some places include Art and change the acronym to STEAM.)
Most of us know that each of these subjects is so rich with learning and practical application for our students. But have you also considered what a boost it is for a child who isn't naturally academically inclined to have his favorite things integrated into the school days? Win-win!
9. Weekly Checklist
It's one thing to say Timberdoodle is flexible. It's another to explain how.
Once you've ordered your kit you'll receive access to our online scheduler, where your particular kit will be loaded and waiting for you. You'll add in your start, stop, and vacation days and the scheduler will calculate how much you should get done in each course.
Print off the weekly or daily checklist, then cross things off as you get them done. Finished your list? Congratulations! You're done!