Oak Meadow Giveaway: Back to School Week
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Welcome to Day 2 of Back to School Week here on Simple Homeschool!
Today I’m absolutely thrilled to introduce you to one of Simple Living Media’s sponsors, Oak Meadow Curriculum and School.
Oak Meadow offers two excellent choices for homeschooling families: PreK – Grade 12 curriculum packages you can purchase and use with your children, or the ability to actually enroll in their accredited school via distance learning, thereby receiving full academic credit and transcripts for your child’s work at home–as well as the support of an experienced teacher.
Oak Meadow has been in business for over 35 years, and their materials offer that wealth of educational experience to their customers. Their approach is simple: give children a safe, nurturing environment; provide creative activities for head, hands, and heart; offer each student respect and time to unfold naturally.
The staff at Oak Meadow are not just employees showing up to get a paycheck. Instead they are individuals who really embody the creative philosophy and passion for education that Oak Meadow stands for. This post, written by Heather at Beauty That Moves, describes her inspiring visit to the Oak Meadow offices in Vermont. Reading it gives a lovely glimpse into the ethos and values of this company.
Oak Meadow generously sent me an entire first grade package to review, and I’ve spent many happy hours exploring it!
The Heart of Learning, one of the foundational books in the K-3 curricula, is an inspiring read–and gives a fabulous, insightful overview into the heart of Oak Meadow’s philosophy. It covers setting up a learning environment in the home, mindful parenting, and creating an appropriate homeschooling schedule for the young child.
The first grade syllabus I received is divided into 36 weeks of lessons. The layout is professional, beautiful, and easy to follow. Each week contains information for circle time, language arts, mathematics, social studies, science, music, and crafts.
If the idea of imaginative, holistic home education appeals to you, but you don’t have time to piece it all together yourself, Oak Meadow may be the perfect solution for your family.
Today Oak Meadow is offering one lucky winner a complete grade level package of your choice, including all curriculum materials and readers (excluding the craft kit). This prize is valued at over $300!
How to Win
Everyone has three chances to win. Choose one or all three!
1. Comment on this post, and answer this question: Do you enjoy putting together your own homeschool plans or do you prefer a curriculum that simplifies that part of the process for you?
2. Follow @simpleschool on Twitter and tweet about the giveaway. Be sure to come back and leave a separate comment with the link to your tweet.
3. Subscribe to Simple Homeschool by email or in your feed reader. Leave a separate comment letting me know you’re subscribed.
This giveaway will end at noon EST on Saturday, August 21st and is open to commenters 18 years or older. The winner will be announced on Sunday–good luck!
This is my first year homeschooling so I prefer something simple & laid out for me to do. 🙂
I like to simplify the homeschooling process and have it planned out for me, especially from an artsy, nature-oriented curriculum. Thanks for the giveaway!
Subscribed to Simple Homeschool via email.
I’m planning on homeschooling my two toddler boys – this would be a great way to test drive curriculum!
I really enjoy the time I spend with my wife planning the next month’s curriculum for our children. That said, I really like the Oak Meadow format and structure. And, as our kids get older, I’ll probably want the help of a pre-made curriculum. I have a terrible habit of spending too much time to re-invent the wheel =)
I prefer to be able to buy one that simplifies it for me. We used Oak Meadow years ago and would love to be able to use it again!
I like a curriculum to give a sort of structure, but with enough flexibility that we can go off on our own tangents and trails whenever we please. 😉
I subscribe via Google Reader.
I subscribed via email. Great Site.
I sometimes need a ready to use curriculum to fit everything into the day and other times I need the freedom to joyfully go with the flow and what inspires my family at the time.
I like having things simplified for me, but I love a curriculum that allows me the flexibility to add things and explore deeper into topics as the kids see fit-much like Oak Meadow. I’ve used Oak Meadow for different subjects in different grades and love it!
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Subscribed by e-mail!
I prefer a curriculum and would LOVE to win this!
I also subscribed to Simple Homeschool by email!
I enjoy a curriculum that both simplifies and provides wiggle-room to create. 🙂
I subscribed through my Google feed reader… a couple weeks ago… *giggle* 🙂
I enjoy putting my own curriculum together, but with the time constraints of impending single motherhood and doing everything alone for a number of years, I would relish a curriculum put together based on my values which neatly dovetail with the Waldorf philosophy. Simplifying that part of the process would greatly simplify that area of my life that I so value…..homeschooling my son and raising him well…………and allow me that extra time to continue to work on generating income and developing a business out of my home. Cheers!
I just subscribed to Simple Homeschool by e-mail.
I am starting this year without a distance education program, and was hoping to take a relaxed approach to curriculum (or lack thereof) but would like something to guide us when we feel uninspired, and give us something concrete to accomplish. Oak Meadow looks like the direction I would like to head with guidance, and seems very age appropriate. Definitely something I would be interested in learning more about!
I have been following you on e-mail for a little while now. I have always pulled together my own curriculum, but now that my son is getting oplder, I feel we should be getting a little more structured!
I did it! I signed up on twitter and followed you. Tweeted and not sure if this is the link. Kind of unsure how this all works…..obviously don’t have a big network to tweet to yet. Computer is running extremely slowly and it is painstaking to figure it out. Here is the link??? https://twitter.com/kilbridesheehan
i prefer a set curriculum. it does make it easier for me, plus i get an idea what my son should be learning. thanks for the chance!
I just subscribed to Simple Homeschool by email! 🙂
We have used the history and science of oak meadow for two years, but we add lots to it and follow it in lurches. Helps keep our sanity and still allows freedom to tinker where we may! So we like both approaches at different times.