Does this seem like enough, too much or just right for a 4th grader? Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills grade 4 (its the big thick workbook from American Education Publishing) it includes Math, Reading, Reading Comprehension, English and Writing. He would work through that big workbook throughout the year. But he will also be doing these.... 1st semester Literature- Together We Go Cursive Writing Workbook Social Studies- Quick Reads Workbook Series Level D Math- Kumon Workbook Multiplication grade 4 History- Ancient Civilizations Series Medieval Times work book and Rome work book 2nd semester continue with the comprehensive curriculum workbook and... Literature-HBJ Treasury of Literature Social Studies- Comprehensive Workbook of the Presidents of the United States with pull out map poster and stickers Also United States Maps to Color and Learn (It has a coloring page for each state as well as word finds, cross word puzzles, fill in the blanks puzzles etc.) Math- Kumon Workbook Division grade 4 More Cursive Writing Practice Workbook Of course we read chapter books and books about animals and nature etc. throughout the year. I also am planning on a few field trips this year... The Zoo The East Texas Forestry Museum A Camping/Fishing Trip to our nearest Texas State Park The Marine Aquarium of Houston Texas Museum of Natural Science Museum of Science and Industy I will of course either find online or make up my own worksheets to go along with the field trips. I'm just wondering if this sounds like enough or too much? I don't want to be too easy on him because he is very smart and eager to learn more but I don't want to give him too much and over whelm him so that he doesn't want to cooperate.
we have also been playing with the idea of possibly adding American Sign Language because he is interested in Sign Language.
Looks good to me. What is your science? The reading and the trips? They are great, just wanted to be sure I was understanding. We don't have those kinds of things here We use lots of videos for science... Bill Nye, Magic School Bus, Beakmans World (on netflix) and even old Mr Wizard.
oops I left that out. I also have a spectrum science work book for him. We also watch things on national geographic kids. I print worksheets off the internet for science and we have a few books with science experiments. We will be growing an herb garden this year also and keeping a journal for that.
and yes we do a lot of reading about animals, plants etc. Last year we read stuff about magnets and did different experiments with magnets. We also studied about how we can get power from the sun, the wind and the water. Then we studied about some of the different systems in the human body. I want to get more into biology with him next year.
Cool! Videos are great idea! My daughter has been using beestar science, but there are only 2 texts per week and I've been looking for more resources... Lisa
we also have a whole series of dvd's that I got from national geographic kids website called really wild animals. They have stuff about different animals and their habitats, where those animals live in the world etc. They include a quiz at the end of the dvd too. They are really cool and even I have learned a few things from them lol
Ohhhhh..... I also forgot another science resource for videos, www.thehappyscientist.com He is like my dream science teacher! You can get a year subscription for $10 through homeschoolbuyerscoop.
