How to Create Your Own Unit Study [Paperback]

Valerie Bendt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1990

A do-it-yourself guide for putting together your own unit studies based on your goals and interests. Valerie Bendt defines unit studies, tells how they can be approached, instructs on keeping records, and talks about goal setting. Other topics include using the library, finishing projects, determining your educational philosophy and more. Sample units are presented. This book has an old cover, but the content is the same as the new color cover.

Product Details

• Paperback: 113 pages
• Publisher: Family Learning Center/Common; 2nd Revision edition (June 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1880892421
• ISBN-13: 978-1880892428
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,179,833 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Valerie and her husband Bruce have homeschooled their six children all of their school lives. With more than 25 years of homeschooling experience, Valerie offers wisdom and encouragement to help parents effectively teach their children. She has written a number of books of interest to homeschoolers including: Unit Studies Made Easy, Creating Books with Children, Reading Made Easy, and Making the Most of the Preschool Years. Valerie and Bruce's five oldest children have graduated from homeschooling, and the Bendts continue to homeschool their youngest son. Valerie holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Creative Writing from Eckerd College.

Customer Reviews

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable to our homeschool library, January 22, 2002

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"andi_hawke" (DeRidder, Louisiana United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Create Your Own Unit Study (Paperback)

I was dissatisfied with what I was seeing on the market in the expensive curriculum area. They were incomplete, wanting you to purchase the math seperately, the history seperately, going anywhere from 300-1000 for one child one year! This book helped me to create a full range curriculum, geared to the tastes and learning style of my two children, encompassing every aspect of what you get in those prepackaged things, including art, music, theatre, poetry, math, reading, creative writing, and an extensive history which is usually lacking in the ones we checked into. This one book saved us thousands of dollars. Pair it with one of the books that tell what your child should know by their grade level and those are all you need to make your own curriculum over theme units that will keep your kids loving to learn for a lifetime.

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Helpful whether you do unit studies or not, April 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: How to Create Your Own Unit Study (Paperback)

I've only done a few unit studies over the years ... they're a lot of work. But the ideas here are very helpful, whether you do unit studies or not, for integrating subjects to some degree. If you've toyed with the idea of using unit studies but aren't sure, this book will give you a clear idea of whether or not they're for you.

5.0 out of 5 stars create your own is much better than prepurchased!!!, May 19, 2009

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R. French "frenchtwistr" - See all my reviews
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create your own unit study is a great how to guide. I think it is better to create your own because you can use books already in your personal library and so you end up saving lots of money. and your kids can tell you what they want to learn about!!! Then you can incorporate all your subjects into that topic. The kids read better and want to read if it is something they are pationate about. If you are considering homeschooling or switching the way you do your homeschool i would recommend reading this book.