I’ve been working on children’s curriculum for nearly a decade. I really enjoy discovering and crafting adventures for small minds. As I work through the current iteration I’m thinking it is time to publish, but how to publish? Homeschool curriculum publishers tend to be religious and conservative. While I don’t find my work outside of that realm I refuse to stay in the safe and simple world that is usually all children are presented with in such circles. I want to draw kids out and present them with opportunities to think for themselves. For this reason I’m going to pursue a secular publisher at least initially. The thing is there aren’t many secular homeschooling organizations period, so I’m worried I’ll run through my possibilities quickly without success. I think my curriculum could be amazing as an after-school club in traditional schools, but I don’t know of anyone publishing a niche item like that. Further research may solve my problems, but at the moment I think I might have to go find my audience myself.
Hence the thought of presenting my curriculum on You Tube within the Book Tube community. Most of the Book Tubes focus on adults, so that’s a concern. I am writing an adult version of my program that would seem similar enough to what Book Tube offers to fit in, but different enough to develop my own little corner. Once I have adults hooked I can start opening doors for children. It is an exciting yet daunting idea. I have always been a teacher, but the idea of teaching on film and for adults is different.
The only answer is to do more research on all of it, but one way or another this work will take flight.
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