We had a fun and full summer and almost hated for it to end. At the same time, returning to routine is also so sweet! And so we started our 7th home school year on August 9th.
Sweet little Faith is in Kindergarten this year! Her first real year of school! One of the questions I get asked most frequently when people learn that we home school is what curriculum I use, so here is a list of the curriculum we will use this year for each kid:
Kindergarten curriculum:
Handwriting: A Reason for Handwriting level K
Math: Singapore Math Kindergarten
Language Arts: The Good and the Beautiful by Jenny Phillips level K
History: Mystery of History book 3
Science: Science in the Scientific Revolution by Dr. Wile
Mig is in 2nd Grade this year!
Second Grade Curriculum:
Handwriting: A Reason for Handwriting level B
Math: Saxon Math 2
Language Arts: The Good and the Beautiful level 1
Writing: Just Write book 1
History: Mystery of History book 3
Science: Science in the Scientific Revolution by Dr. Wile
Spanish: Salsa Videos
Selah is in the 5th Grade!
Our 5th Grade Curriculum:
Handwriting: Journal prompts and Bible Verse copywork
Math: Saxon 6/5 on Virtual Homeschool Group
Language Arts: The Good and the Beautiful level 4
Writing: Writing and Rhetoric book 3
History: Mystery of History book 3
Science: Science in the Scientific Revolution by Dr. Wile
Spanish: Excelerate! Spanish
Logic: The Thinking Toolbox
Gabe is in 7th Grade this year! How can he be so big?!?
Our 7th Grade Curriculum:
Handwriting: Journal prompts and Bible Verse copywork
Math: Saxon 8/7
Language Arts: The Good and the Beautiful level 7
Writing: Writing and Rhetoric book 5
History: Mystery of History book 3
Science: Science in the Scientific Revolution by Dr. Wile
Spanish: Excelerate! Spanish
Logic: The Thinking Toolbox
We made a few curriculum changes this year and so far we are loving them! Selah is doing math online with the Virtual Homeschool Group. This has been a good change for her because she gets immediate feedback on each math problem. It has been good for me because it means one less math lesson for me to teach each day and because it is a free class! We were doing First Language Lessons (which I loved) and then switching to Rod and Staff at 5th grade because First Language Lessons stops at 4th. Rod and Staff is good, but is very dry and repetitive. I found The Good and the Beautiful this spring. It has grammar, geography, art and writing all in one program, but is just as challenging as First Language Lessons and Rod and Staff. It also has the kids from 5th grade and up doing a lot of self-directed learning (they have checklists to complete, but read the lessons and do them on their own). This is so helpful with a room full of different leveled learners. Excelerate! Spanish has been another great addition to our day. It is a program based on TPR (Total Physical Response) so the kids are up an moving and speaking. We do Spanish class almost entirely in Spanish now and the kids are having fun with it!
We are ready for another year full of learning and having fun doing it together!
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