Our Curriculum Picks (1st, 4th, 6th grade)

Since I love seeing what curriculum everyone else is using, I thought I'd give you a peak of our homeschool curriculum picks and plan for 2017-2018 school year.

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 First Grade, 4th Grade, and 6th 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

First Grade Curriculum

• Daily Calendar  (so much great learning here and it's FREE!)


• READING/GRAMMAR/HANDWRITING/SPELLING -Sing Spell Read & Write - 1st  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 1st Grade [sight word worksheets, games, readers, and more]


• MATH: Singapore Math 1A & 1B plus daily math drills: 1st 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.


• SCIENCE - Young Explorer Series: Exploring Creation with Zoology 3: Land Animals of the Sixth Day (see completed science lesson here)


• SOCIAL STUDIES - We are studying Old Testament Times, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient and Africa (see completed social studies lessons here)


• ART - we are continuing to use 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 

4th Grade Curriculum 

• MATH; Singapore Math 4A & 4B plus daily math drills: 4th 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.


• GRAMMAR; Bob Jones English 4 (We are also using a variety of my free language arts games & activities)


• SPELLING: A Reason for Spelling Level D (great for multi sensory learners and Bible based)


• HANDWRITING: A Reason for Handwriting Level D 


• VOCABULARY: Wordly Wise 4 (fantastic vocabulary builder)


• BIBLE: Who is God along with student workbook and I Witness Biblical Archeology


• SPANISH:  Spanish for You  and Rosetta Stone Spain Spanish - Level 2


• SCIENCE - Young Explorer Series: Exploring Creation with Zoology 3: Land Animals of the Sixth Day (see completed science lesson here)


• SOCIAL STUDIES - We are studying Old Testament Times, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient and Africa (see completed social studies lessons here)


• Art - we are continuing to use 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 with piano lessons

In addition to reading lots of book from this 4th Grade Book List there will be weekly Reading Comprehension Bookmarks completed on one book red and monthly book reports on a book of Mom's choice: Medallion, Mountain Born, Charlotte's Web, 3 missionary stories, and 1 famous person.

6th Grade Curriculum

• MATH: Singapore Math 6A & 6B plus daily math drills: (plus 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.


• GRAMMAR: Bob Jones English 6 (We are also using a variety of my free language arts games & activities)


• SPELLING: A Reason for Spelling Level E (great for multi sensory learners and Bible based)


• HANDWRITTING: Handwriting 6 by Bob Jones


• VOCABULARY: Wordly Wise 6 (fantastic vocabulary builder)


• BIBLE: Who is God along with student workbook and I Witness Biblical Archeology


• SPANISH:  Spanish for You  and Rosetta Stone Spain Spanish - Level 2


• SCIENCE- Young Explorer Series: Exploring Creation with Zoology 3: Land Animals of the Sixth Day (see completed science lesson here)


• SOCIAL STUDIES - Bob Jones Heritage Studies along with hands on fun activities to go along with studying Old Testament Times, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient and Africa (see completed social studies lessons here)


• ART - we are continuing to use 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 with piano lessons.

In addition to reading lots of book from this 6th Grade Book List there will be weekly Reading Comprehension Bookmarks completed on one book red and monthly book reports on a book of Mom's choice: Silver Pines Inn, Children of the Storm, A Father's Promise, 3 Missionary Reports, and 1 Famous Person Report.

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