Have you picked out your homeschool curriculum yet? I love the start of a new year - getting everything organized and starting fresh!
Since I know I am always interested in what curriculum everyone is using, here is our Kindergarten, 3rd grade, and fifth grade curriculum choices for the upcoming year.
You can also take a peak at our past homeschool curriculum choices.
Homeschool Curriculum
I started off printing off my lesson plans, our field trip log, extra curricular log, and the kids checklists. [get these homeschool forms FREE]. The kids will “check off” their work on our school punchcards.
We all "do school" together at our dining room table. We start at 8am (my crazy kids are up by 6:30 every morning). SEE HOW WE DO SCHOOL IN 15 HOURS A WEEK
My 3rd grader starts by practicing piano while I go through my 5th graders work for the day, then he plows through asking me any questions as he goes. Then my 5th grader practices piano and I go through my 3rd graders work for the day. Meanwhile my Kindergartner usually starts with an educal game or Ap while she waits. Now it is her turn and I sit with her for the next 45 minutes give or take until she is done.
It is usually about 11am by the time everyone is done with their independent school work and we will do either science, art, social studies, or music all together. We have lunch at noon and the kids will spend time reading in the afternoon, playing independently, and doing any extra curriculars like gymnastics or piano lessons.
Kindergarten Curriculum
- Kindergarten Daily Calendar (so much great learning here and it's FREE!)
- Sing Spell Read & Write - K My kids have responded really well to this fun, multi sensory approach of this outstanding complete language arts curriculum. [read why we use Sing Spell Read & Write] We supplement it with Reading the Easy Way Kindergarten [sight word worksheets, games, readers, and more]
- Bob Jones Kindergarten Math
- Plus she will join in with her big brother and sister as we study science, art, music, and social studies
- It takes us about 1-2 hours a day to do everything above
3rd Grade Curriculum
- Daily Calendar (so much great learning here and it's FREE!)
- Singapore Math 3A & 3B plus daily math drills: 3rd Grade Mad Minutes & other free printable games for reinforcement We love the low cost, ease of use, creative teaching methods, and accelerated pace of Singapore Math! We buy it through My Father's World.
- Bob Jones English 3 (We are also using a variety of my free language arts games & activities)
- A Reason for Spelling Level C (great for multi sensory learners and Bible based)
- A Reason for Handwriting Level C
- Wordly Wise 3 (fantastic vocabulary builder)
- Bob Jones Bible Truths 3
- Rosetta Stone Spain Spanish - Level 2 [read why we use Rosetta Stone in our homeschool]
- Science - We are studying the human body (see completed science lesson here)
- Social Studies - We are studying US Government , 50 States, and US Presidents (see completed social studies lessons here)
- Art - we are using Mike Venezia books and art projects from Discovering Famous Artists to learn about famous artists and make art.
- Music - we are using Color the Classics to learn about famous composers and their music along kids choir and piano lessons
