- Questions and Answers
- Some common
questions about the Study Starters system...
What grade levels would these
forms work with?
Ideally, the Study Starters system
is geared towards middle school children, into early high school.
The system does include a Kid Sheet to accompany older children,
so that younger siblings can learn along with the older children.
Will there be additional books
in the system?
At the moment, there are no plans
to add any additional books to the Study Starters system. We
have developed Study Starters to be a stand alone system, complete
and ready to use for just about any unit study you could imagine.
You can use Study Starters for hundreds of different topics.
What if I don't want to create
unit studies, does this work with exisiting unit studies?
If you don't want to actually
create unit studies for your children, you can certainly use
a large percentage of the system to help you with commercially
available unit studies. Forms such as the Resource Form will
give you a shopping list for to check off needed books, videos
and other materials you need for your study. All of the Study
Starter Report forms work well all sorts of study, not just unit
studies.
You might want to use, perhaps,
the State Report Form to create a day study of Idaho or Ohio,
or use any of the Report Forms to suppliment your day to day
studies.
Is it hard to use the Study
Starters system?
Not at all, the sytem was designed
to be very easy and comfortable to fit into your homeschooling
plans. One of the nice things about Study Starters is that if
helps to keep your studies consistant. By using the planning
forms for each and every study, you establish a routine that
help to cut your planning time down considerably. In all of our
testing, the Study Starters system made planning and prep work
so much easier and quicker.
Who created the Study Starter
system?
Study Starters was created by
a home school mother of two lovely daughters. A graphic artist
by training, Sherri Chekal is the creator and designer of many
wonderful home education publications such as The
Master Planner, Homeschooling Forms on CD; co-creator of
The History Scribe Books
and CDs and co-author of Creative
Writing for Kids. She has been involved in home education
as a support group editor and co-leader, and is a bit of a Renaissance
woman with her wide and varied talents and skills. She is Chief
Administrative Officer of Westvon Publishing, and handles most
of the web designing and graphic arts of the company. She is
also a banjo player, crafter, and accomplished author. You can
contact her online at : Sherri@Westvon.com
What else does Westvon Publishing
offer?
Westvon Publishing offers lots
of unique educational products such as the History
Scribe books that allow your children to drawn and learn
throughout history. We also offer a line of rock and mineral
kits for children to learn all about earth science and develop
their own rock collections. The
Master Planner is a CD of over 160 record keeping forms for
Homeschooling Lesson Plans and Recordkeeping. We are working
on a new project to help teach children creative writing that
should be ready by the first of the year. Please keep our websites
bookmarked and check out TheHomeschoolShop.com
for monthly specials.
If you have any questions about
Study Starters, please feel free to write and we'll answer them.
Thank you for your suggestions and comments.
Questions@StudyStarters.com
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