2013-2014 Homeschool Curriculum

5th Annual Not Back-to-School Blog Hop Curriculum Week

Kindergarten (4 year old D)

• I will be using The Noah Plan Lessons Kindergarten for:
• Bible
• Reading and English (includes using Rigg's Writing Road to Reading)
• Literature
• History
• Geography
• Science
• Math
• A Primary Arithmetic and Teacher's Manual by Edward Olney (1875)
• Art
• Kumon
• More Let's Color
• More Let's Fold
• Let's Sticker & Paste Amazing Animals
• More Let's Cut Paper
• Let's Cut Paper Food Fun
• Let's Cut Paper Amazing Animals
• More if we finish before the end of the school year.
• Possibly some Artist Study from The Noah Plan Lessons Kindergarten Art Overview
• Fra Angelico (1400-1458)
• Michelangelo (1475-1564)
• Albrecht Durer (1471-1528)
• John J Audobon (1785-1851)
• Claude Monet (1840-1926)
• Walt Disney (1901-1966)
• Music
• Piano (maybe)
• Recorder (probably)

2nd Grade (14 year old S, has learning disabilities)

• I will be using The Noah Plan Lessons 2nd Grade for:
• Bible
• Bible as Reader
• English (includes using Rigg's Writing Road to Reading)
• Literature
• History
• Geography
• Science
• Reading
• Pathway Readers Days Go By & More Days Go By (1st Grade)
• Math
• Miquon Math Yellow & Purple (3rd Grade)
• Saxon Math 54 (if finished with Miquon Math before end of school year)
• Art
• Art with a Purpose Artpac 2
• Artist Study
• Christian Cathedrals
• Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
• Jan Vermeer (1632-1675)
• Benjamin West (1738-1827)
• Renoir (1841-1919)
• Norman Rockwell (1894-1978)
• Music
• Piano
• Recorder

5th Annual Not Back-to-School Blog Hop

School week 6-10 August 2012

We did not get much schoolwork done this week due to the heat, the boys going to VBS in the evenings, and the late nights because of this.

I was able to do the first lesson with the McGuffey Readers with S & B and I worked on counting and learning the numbers with D; S also did a page in his Miquon book.

2012-2013 School Curriculum

Our curriculum this year for Pre-School, 1st Grade, & 5th Grade. I plan on using an eclectic approach that incorporates parts of the Principle Approach, Charlotte Mason, Classical, and other methods in our school year.

Math

• Saxon Math 5/4 2nd Edition.
• Miquon Math Red, Blue, & Green Books.
• Ray's Primary Arithmetic 1857(1885) & 1877.

Literacy

     Reading

• McGuffey's Eclectic Second Reader 1836.
• McGuffey's New First Eclectic Reader for Little Children Stereotype Edition 1857.

     Spelling

• Rigg's Writing Road to Reading and Spelling.
• McGuffey's New Eclectic Spelling-book Electrotype Edition 1865, (might use, not sure yet).

     Writing

• Copywork.
• Some type of writing for most subjects.

     Grammar

• Easy Grammar.
• Bullion's Common School Grammar 1862(1871) , (might use, not sure yet).  
• Bullion's Introduction to the Analytical and Practical Grammar of the English Language 1862 , (might use, not sure yet).

Science

• Apologia's Exploring Creation with Astronomy.

Art

• Art with a Purpose Artpac 1.

Bible

• Bible Memory, using the Scripture Memory method shown on Simply Charlotte Mason, we will be using Sunday School verses & The Two-Edged Sword Memory Plan Book 2 - Character.
• Days of Praise.
• A Hive of Busy Bees.
• Wisdom and the Millers Proverbs for Children.
• Adventure at Hidden Haven Ranch Learning About Prayer as a Family.

Basic Skills for Pre-Schooler (Dominick, 3)

• Kumon  Let's Color!,  More Let's Color!
• Kumon  Let's Fold!,  More Let's Fold!
• Kumon  Let's Sticker & Paste!,  More Let's Sticker & Paste!,  Let's Sticker and Paste! Amazing Animals,  Let's Sticker and Paste! Food Fun
• Kumon  Let's Cut Paper!,  More Let's Cut Paper!,  Let's Cut Paper! Amazing Animals,  Let's Cut Paper! Food Fun

Geography

• Guyot's Elementary Geography for Primary Classes 1868(1875).
• Guyot's Introduction to the Study of Geography 1866(1868).

History

• Greenleaf Guide to Old Testament History History for a Thoughtful Child.
• Greenleaf Guide to Ancient Egypt History for a Thoughtful Child.

Foreign Language

     Greek

• Hey, Andrew! Teach Me Some Greek! Levels 1 & 2.

     Spanish

• Not sure yet.

     Hebrew

• How to read/write/pronounce the alphabet.

     Latin

• Not sure yet.

     American Sign Language (ASL)

• Possibly Signing Time!.

Music

• How to read music.
• Piano Lessons.

Literature

• I have yet to decide what to use for this subject, but am leaning towards using The Robinson Curriculum.

Schoolwork 02 August 2012

B's Schoolwork

S's Schoolwork

D's Math

More of D's Math

D's Schoolwork

Schoolwork 01 August 2012

B's Schoolwork

S's Schoolwork

D's Math

D's Phonics

D's Schoolwork

I tested B on the 26 phonograms of the alphabet + 4 multi-letter phonograms. He missed at least one sound for 'g', 's', 'i', 'u', & 'y'.  I also tested S on the 26 phonograms of the alphabet. He missed at least one sound for 'g', 's', 'qu', 'u', & 'y'.
D surprised me when I went to tell him the sounds for 'c' and before I could he said /c/, /s/, which are the two sounds that C makes. He is also learning the four sounds of A, which are /ă/, /ā/, /ah/, & /aw/.

Schoolwork 31 July 2012

B's Schoolwork

S's Schoolwork

D's Schoolwork

More of D's Schoolwork

The boys started Language Arts this week, in addition to their math. I am using Rigg's Writing Road to Reading for their Phonics/Spelling instruction and McGuffey's Readers for their Reading instruction. B will be in McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader 1836 and S will be using McGuffey's Pictorial Primer (New First Eclectic Reader for Little Children 1857).

Schoolwork 30 July 2012

B's Schoolwork

S's Schoolwork

D's Schoolwork

I gave B & S a Phonics and Reading level test and they are at the level/grade that they should be in.

Schoolwork 27 July 2012

B's Math

S's Math

D's Schoolwork

D surprised me this morning by being able to draw a line from the picture to the number in his math. I didn't know that he could do that, but I have to say that he doesn't understand the concept of drawing a circle yet. He was particularly cute when he took his time to put each bug sticker onto a leaf and then we spent almost ten minutes on his folding project, because he would open it and I would say "sad/crying" and then he would fold it and I would say "happy/laughing". Even though he drew the lines from the pictures to the numbers in his math, when it came time to draw water coming from the hose in his coloring, he just drew water on each of the children and around the hose.

Schoolwork 26 July 2012

B's Math

S's Math

Yesterday only S & B did schoolwork, and in the afternoon we went to our sister's house so that the boys could play with their cousin in the pool.

Schoolwork 25 July 2012

B's Math

S's Math

D's Schoolwork

B is in Saxon Math 54, 2nd Edition; S is in Miquon Math, The Red Book; D is using Ray's Primary Arithmetic, editions 1857/1885 & 1877, & Kumon First Steps workbooks.

Schoolwork 24 July 2012

B's Math

S's Math

D's Schoolwork