Curriculum
This page contains link to various resources you may find helpful in researching, selecting or designing curricula. Some of the resources here are for full, 36- or 40-week programs that you can use free. If you are just starting out or homeschooling on a budget these are worth looking at. You can pretty much homeschool at no cost if you do a little mixing & matching.
Homeschooling in Quebec
The Quebec Education Act requires homeschoolers to offer an educational experience that is equivalent to public school. While your school board may or may not accept the curricula mentioned here at face value, they do pretty much cover all the same subjects studied in school. You can probably argue for their equivalence, but if you are negotiating with a board they may ask you to make some changes. Some of the curricula will ask you to add certain subjects such as phonics or grammar, foreign language, and math. These can all be found free of charge. The only thing you may have to cover on your own is physical education. If your kids are doing at least 2 hours of physical activity a week, they are getting the equivalent (timewise) of public school gym classes in Quebec. It is a good idea to be familiar with the Quebec Education Program (QEP.) Though law does not require you to duplicate it at home, it will help you to evaluate curricula in terms of being age-appropriate for your children, especially if they have come out of a Quebec public school recently. Here are the links you’ll want. The QEP is a free PDF format download.
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