excellent resources here as well...

http://www.asa.com/index.php

http://www.asa.com/learn/getting_started.html

I heartily recommend using a certified instructor/school for the BKB
course.. makes further certifications and training much easier..
If you want to "roll your own" ASA has excellent books and resources...


"OldguySails"
Kemah, TX ASA 105


"Sal's Dad" wrote in message
...
I am looking for a curriculum or instructor's guide, for teaching sailing
and general boating skills to 9-year-olds.

We have invited a few of my daughter's friends to join us for a "camp" at
our waterfront home, with a variety of boats - paddle, row, sail,
outboard. It would be nice to have some structure for the time on the
water, especially for kids who didn't grow up in boats. Instructors will
be a college-student cousin (very experienced on the water in all types of
craft, from kayaks to square-riggers) and me (it's been a long time since
sailing lessons as a 12-year-old...)

US Sailing has a coursebook http://www.ussailing.org/sailingsmart/, and
the Canadian Yacht Association has a series of "checklists" online
http://www.sailing.ca/cbet/. Any other suggestions or resources?

Thanks,

--
Sal's Dad