The homeschool curriculum you follow is essentially a guideline to help you teach your children. Do not make the mistake of following it so rigidly that you lose the advantage of teaching your children at home at the pace that they are comfortable with. Each child is different. Just because your first child enjoyed coloring it does not follow that your second child will also like it as much.
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Change the way you teach to suit each child individually
As the parent you need to adapt the homeschool curriculum to suit the learning patterns of each individual child. Sure you can use the same material and resources, but you will have to tweak it a bit to ensure that each child gains from it in the best possible way. For instance some children are very visual, they need to see pictures and videos to understand a topic. On the other hand other children are more likely to listen and learn if you let them close their eyes and hear your voice.
The homeschool curriculum is not rigid, so don’t make it so
Just because the lessons are given in a certain order in the resource book is no reason to teach them in the same order. It would make much more sense to teach them about things that they know a little bit about and are interested in first. Then you can always follow that up with introducing totally new concepts. Tailor make the class to suit the needs of the child that you are teaching. Who but you would know what suits your child best.
Use unit studies to comprehensively cover a topic
In case your child is interested in a specific topic it would be a good idea to browse the internet and check what free unit resources are available for that topic. Pick up a unit which includes audio, video and written material. That way no matter how your child processes data there will be some part of the unit that will cater to it. Watching movies, reading lapbooks and even creating your own models are a great and composite way to learn about a specific topic.
Article Inspiration: About Homeschooling
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