How we built our own curriculum for our three year old

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The video offers practical, actionable insights into creating a personalized homeschool curriculum by drawing from diverse and respected educational philosophies. It appeals to parents seeking alternative education methods by presenting a well-researched and adaptable approach.

Summary

This video discusses how the creators built their own homeschool curriculum for their toddler by drawing inspiration from various educational philosophies and systems. They highlight approaches from Singapore (CPA method), Montessori (fostering independence), Reggio Emilia (child-led learning), Finland (play-based early education), and the UK's EYFS framework, emphasizing mastery and joy in learning.

Structure

1Introduction to building a custom curriculum
2Singapore's CPA math method
3Montessori's focus on independence
4Reggio Emilia's child-led research approach
5Finland's play-based early education
6UK's EYFS framework and its flexibility
7Core principles: mastery and joy in learning

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We built our own homeschool curriculum for our three year old and stole some of the best parts of the world's education system. From Singapore, we still how they teach math. They use a system called CPA: concrete, pictorial, and abstract. Instead of just teaching them about numbers, they first feel the numbers, then they start to see the numbers on a piece of paper before we start teaching them subtraction, addition. It's all about true mastery before you move on. From the Montessori pedagogy that we absolutely love, we are fostering independence. This was done from very young age, like having their clothes to be accessible to them, and it looks like having child-sized knives in the kitchen. And from Italy, we leaned on Reggio Emilia's idea that a child is a researcher. We have long projects that are led by her fascination. And with kids, the reality is that those fascinations can change week to week. One week it's focused on insects, the next week it's focused on types of trees. But the idea is that you're letting the child lead based on their interests. From Finland, we absolutely love that they start their children at school by age seven. And before that, it's absolutely focused on play and only play outdoors. So, we have a rule in our household: if it is raining, if it is sunny, if it is too hot, she's still going to be outside. If you're not new here, you know that we literally follow a guy called Laszlo Polgar. Now he was an educational psychologist and raised exceptional young children from his teaching philosophy about taking small doses of deliberate practice done every day over an extended period of time. You don't want to keep teaching a kid throughout the day. Instead, it's better to keep it fun and engaging by only doing small doses each day. And from our own UK EYFS curriculum, we absolutely love how it just gives us guidance and milestones to meet. So we're not super strict on it, but we do take parts of the EYFS curriculum. There's a lot of philosophies that lean ultimately to two things. The first one is mastery over credentials. For us, what we want to make sure is that our child really understands the principles before she goes on to learn the next thing. The second thing is joy. We want to make sure that our priorities, making sure we're setting her up for a lifetime of learning. And the best way to do that is by only doing small doses each day.