The Lesson Book

The Lesson Book is meant to be something that brings peace and rest to moms while giving children more freedom and enjoyment in learning. This is not a workbook. Workbooks ask specific questions and require specific answers. This one is not about specifics, just about giving a framework so that you, the teacher, have less work to do. YOU decide what needs to be copied and dictated. Your child decides what is important enough to be recorded. In this way it becomes less of a "schoolbook" and more of a memory-keeper for actual learning. This level is for those children who are confident readers and writers but need to be challenged in fluidity, complexity, and higher vocabulary. I love to use this one with the McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader (revised version), but you could also use it with a challenging book such as Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. (Don't be afraid to mix things up and use this book for both at the same time.) For more on me, Sherry Hayes, and what I consider to be most important, visit my blog, Mom Delights (momdelights.com).