ANyone else still adding on? Working my lessons out after two months of searching! ??

WOw, I can't believe I am still working out what books from whom, but our plans are slowly evolving.
SOS English11 _have
SOS H/G11- Have
SOS Spanish _Have
Sos Science11 need to order
MUS Geometry _Need to order
Life Pak Hs Health -have
thats for dd , oh and art, which is need to order , on the list waiting to be done.

for 6th grade
English 6 bju- have
Science CGC +SOS Science have
need everything else! LOL
SOTW-Blue set ( pending) ( + Note booking )

we will be sharing the spanish,
Art lessons -- need to order


It seems I am missing something.... I wish we could have just ordered right away but we have been putting floors in and painting and moving furniture and organising rooms etc.

 

I have my books, and pretty much know what we are doing, but I keep leaning more and more towards unschooling the first year.

 

I'm adding/changing still, too. But at least I can say that I have a good excuse, having taken the summer off without really planning to do so. LOL I'll update with my list....

 

I think I have everything but I'm debating whether to get my son Horizons Spelling & Vocab 1 or not. I have a 1st grade Vocab Puzzles book from Barnes & Noble and I own All About Spelling level 1 that I plan to use......I'll probably see how these go and maybe order it at Christmas if we need a bit more. We do have a small curriculum expo in early August about 25 mins away and Alpha Omega will be there. I may head down and eyeball it plus I'm interested in Horizons Reading/Phonics for 2nd grade (since he should finish HOP level 3,4,5 in 1st grade....or at least by the next fall).

Can't ponder it now....we're leaving to drive 15 hours in the AM. We're packed and hubby called and has to work late so I mowed the yard for him (even though I'm super allergic so now I've popped Bendryl so I'm sure I'll be asleep soon).

 

I have been changing mine, over and over, but I think I almost am done figuring out what I want to do next year. I will post the completed list once I get the last few things figured out.

 

I have finally finished (for the week)...

Actually - I decided to switch to OldFashionedEducation which is a C. Mason approach and I ordered the last of the books of which I couldn't deal with the online version of them (I was having problems with formatting and my stress was up from it).

I'm finally feeling comfortable with it - I seem to have lost the pressure that I was feeling with curriculum choices. Granted we are using Rod and Staff for Grammar & Math - but otherwise we are switching slowly over to living books. I think even my husband liked the idea (though he has yet to admit it to me).

It's now the extra curricular stuff that's costing with all the fees due the next 2 months.

 

I have almost everything. As far as subjects go, I have to get math. Everything else I would like to get is supplemental or it is something I can get later.

 

I have science figured out, and reading. I need to find something for math.

It would probably be nice if I would figure out how I want to homeschool. Living books, workbooks etc. There is a battle inside of me, I want living books, and real books, but the side of me that "knows" me desires workbooks, box circ. etc.

Oh well at least it is just kindy this year I really don't have to make up my mind just yet.

 

I'm ready to sit down and write it all up to send in! Though it won't get sent in until the second week of August. Don't want it to arrive so early that they are bored and look at it VERY closely to keep themselves busy, lol!!!

 

I think I finally have mine nailed down. I really had to pair it down quite a bit but I think this schedule will work.

Spelling both boys- Spelling Workout

Grammar both boys- Scott Foresman Grammar

Penmanship both boys- Make my own copywork from Zaner Blossers web site

Vocabulary both boys- Wordly wise

Writing both boys- IEW

Art- Free how to draw books from the Library (they have a million of them).

Math- Saxon 54 for one boy and Life Pac math for the other

Science- Apologia Astronomy

Language Arts- SOS Language Arts for one boy, Life Pac Language Arts for the other

History both boys- SOTW

Bible both boys- MOH and Bible studies from the internet.
Yes I know MOH is a history program but I wanted to fit the Bible into the timeline that we are going to do. MOH has a lot of Bible in it so it should work well.

Logic- Building Thinking Skills

Latin- Latin Primer 1

Life Skills- That's Life! Life Skills from linguisystems

 

Aggie, I hear you! I go back and forth, I have recently decided I am an ecclectic homeschooler!
I teach a bit from lesson books, videos from library, literature from library some that are just stories and some that are nonfiction instruction books, I use some work books and a little ( adding to this this year) writing in notebooks.. we use computer research and study plus printable worksheets and lessons, we use dvd games and programs to teach as well..... yep thats ecclectic!

 

I'm finally finished. I got my last book in the mail yesterday (digital photography). It looks like this will be our list:
English - Rod and Staff

Math - Saxon

Decisions for Health - Holt

Spelling - Rod and Staff

History of our world People, Places, Ideas The
ancient world - Steck-Vaughn

World Geography and you - Steck-Vaughn

Science (we're using two books)
Plant Life - Steck-Vaughn
Water Life - Steck-Vaughn

Reading (classics and poetry)

Art ( did our own curriculum)
Nature Art
Tribal Art
Scrapbooking
Digital Scrapbooking

The Textbook of Digital Photography- A Short courses Book

 

wow sounds great! I lost my list of what I was using for ds that we have not ordered yet, I have to find it! Yikes!
dh cleaned the desk and well.... it has to be here some where....

 

WOW!!! The book came in fast! It seems like you just ordered it!

 

I did! Took me by surprise that's for sure. I got it in 3 business days and I paid for the cheapest shipping. Go figure... but I'm not complaining:lol:

 

Well, my planning has been insane this year. First of all, when we decided to pull my oldest ds out of school for this year, I immediately chose the Calvert grade 4 curriculum. However, I originally chose Horizons Math...but went with grade 3 because I wanted him to be on 4th grade level by the time summer was over. HA. HA. I also had him take a placement test from Calvert and realized his spelling, grammar, and writing were in need of some major help. So...this summer, I bought the following and had him work on it:

Writing Strands 3
Horizons 3 Math
Winston Grammar

That went along fine and then I decided that he needed Bible, so I bought that. Then I decided that the Winston Grammar wasn't working, so I sold it. Then I decided he needed the following:

A Reason for Handwriting
Spelling Power

LOL - Then we dropped writing strands for now and started reading chapter books. Then, I decided that I couldn't teach the Horizon's math properly once he did get to the 4th grade level (there are a lot of complaints about the Horizons Teaching Manual not being helpful, and boy, do I agree!) so I switched to Calvert Math 4.

Oldest DS curriculum is now this and I *think* I am done!

~Calvert 4th Grade - Scholastic
~Calvert Math 4
~Explorer Bible Lessons
~maybe some Calvert Script "Writing Fun" to help him learn Calvert Script which I like better than most forms of cursive
~Spelling Power (in addition to Calvert since his spelling is so poor right now).

Now for Youngest DS (LOL...this one is pretty crazy too. The credit card is looking pretty rough too!)

With him, for K, I started with

ETC Book 1,
Horizons K Math,
Berenstain Bears Big Book of Science and Nature, 100 EL

Then decided I needed a "real" Science and bought BJU Grade 1. Of course when older DS got Bible lesson, younger DS had to get his own too. (they are 4 years apart so levels of understanding are totally different here).

Well, I now have him sounding out lots of words, he is almost finished with ETC 1 and we are about to start ETC 2, and so on when I decided I just wasn't doing something right. He didn't like 100 EL and CRIED when I would get out the book, so I decided to put it away. We got Bob Books instead.

No wait...LOL Let's order Calvert for him too.

So, now we will start TOMORROW with:

~Calvert K
~Keep Horizon's K math (switch to Calvert Math next yr)
~Supplement with ETC since he loves it and already know the letters and their sounds that the first part of Calvert K teachers
~And continue with Bible Lessons

~WHEW!~ DH is SO GLAD I have stopped buying things now..... *or have I......*

 

Okay, at the risk of sounding completely nuts- here is what is planned for this year. Keep in mind- we are completely ecclectic too, and if something grabs us we put other things on hold and go after that subject. We are part of a Charlotte Mason group, and are trying to add more living books in to the program too.

DS- 8th grade
SOS Math, Bible, Hist & Geo, Science, LArts
Building Spelling Skills book 5 (country & capitols, etc)
Latin- Ecce Romani 2 reader and Latin Primer 2
State of Texas SOS
Home Ec- SOS ?

DS- 6th grade
SOS Math, Bible, Hist & Geo (5), Science (also Nature Reader #5), LArts
Building Spelling Skills book 3 (4?)
Latin- Prima Christiana
Health- Rod & Staff

DS- 3rd grade
Math- undecided, as he finished his 3rd grade already, but I don't feel he's ready for SOS 4- review for now.
Bible- CLP
Hist & Geo- lifepacks grade 3; CLP reader
Science- SOS 3; Nature Reader #3
LArts- Adv in Phonics, Building Spelling book 1, McGuffey Readers, Language bk 3
Latin- Prima Christiana
Health- Rod & Staff

All- SOS Elementary Spanish, Christian Kids Explore Biology, Mystery of History, some Writing Strands, Drawing Basics with Thomas Kinkaide (with another family)

I'm also hoping to "host" a nature writing workshop over the school year. We will walk along the Greenbelt and the kids can write, draw, collect, etc the things they see in Sept. Then we will do it again in November, March and May (is the plan). That way the kids get an idea of the changes of the seasons with the same landscape, and can keep a nature journal.

We also are trying to start a MATHCOUNTS group for 6th-8th graders. I'm waiting for all of the information, but we seem to have about a dozen kids interested already.


Okay, so that is us so far. We worked on Christian Kids-Biology this spring, and do a unit a month or so. I hope to add MOH in the same way- not every week quite yet. My kids are the ones asking for two languages (DS #1 wants to finish high school with at least two years of Latin, two of Spanish, and two of French). We will see how that goes.

Now I am trying to "plan" out our read-alouds and their "assigned" books for the year.

MT3

 

We're starting back tomorrow and I'm ready!

Here's what we're doing for 2nd grade:

~My Father's World Exploring Countries and Cultures
~Language Lessons for Little Ones by Queen Homeschool
~Sequential Spelling
~Worldly Wise 3000, book 2
~Singapore math 2A/B
~The Easy Spanish Jr. and The Fun Spanish

In a once a week co-op:

~Exploring Creation with Astronomy/Rocks and Minerals
~General Music
~Drama
~Art

Should be a fantastic year!

 

We decided on Oak Meadow for everything this year. I am really liking what I have seen in it thus far. I do think it is a bit weak in math for the middle grades, so I am looking for something with which to supplement. It will probably just be some workbook type thing like: http://www.schoolspecialtypublishing.com/store/item.aspx?DepartmentId=79&f1=12&ItemId=1450 We used those last year for grades 3 and 5 and did well with them.

 

I'm pretty relaxed.

1st grade

*Unit Studies- FIAR Volume IV + HSS Units + Delight Directed Studies (including lapbooks/notebooks & timeline)
Handwriting- Draw Right Now (matching unit studies) + *HWOT (My Printing Book), Copywork (matching unit studies)
*Rightstart Math Level B
*Picture Study (CM style)
*Read alouds (at bedtime)

Once per week
Co-op (kicks off unit study)/Field Trip
Tea Time (with poetry)
Natural Walk/Journal

Ds does a lot of things on his own, too. He reads 10-20 books each day. He likes to do the Draw Write Now books, Mad Libs, and really likes to read the Words are Categorical books. He's learning grammar on his own free will.