I used library books to teach my kids to read, and it worked beautifully. Raymond Moore published some books back in the 80's (when my kids were little) saying that before the age of 8-10 children's bodies and minds aren't ready for much sit down school. (School Can Wait and Better Late than Early) I realize that the books are dated, but they were well documented, and my optometrist regularly screened kindergarteners and could tell teachers who were their good students and who were the bad ones based purely on how their eyes were focusing--some just hadn't developed good focus yet. Mykidsrock is right about knowing what you need to teach. With the criteria and a little creativity you can do everything you need to do with library books and stuff around the house. No need to get uptight about curriculum at this point.
JenniferZ, I'm not 'uptight' about finding curriculum for him. I just know that he NEEDS something. He has finished Pre-K and K work and he is incessantly telling me that he's bored, and wants more. Am I wary about giving him too much? Of Course. But do I want to keep this educational ball rolling, keep him interested, and challenged? Yea! We use alot around the house for teaching. Our reading curriculum is a few 1941 Dick and Jane books (which, by the way, he went to bed last night reading ALL BY HIMSELF!), Math is a trip to walmart and file foldewr games, and science class is heading outside for a few hours and looking at nature! I just want some subjects to be a little more concrete.
Looks like you have a great start!! On another thread I mentioned guest hollow- but mainly for history (and she has some science) http://www.guesthollow.com/homeschool/curriculum.html one for free life science: http://eequalsmcq.com/ClassicScienceLife.htm free review with math facts: https://www.xtramath.org/ more for nature study: http://handbookofnaturestudy.blogspot.com/ Other wise the other ones I'd suggest were already listed I think! Good luck!
Agreed-I found all the 1st grade books listed at old fashioned education for free on my kindle/kindle fire.
YAY!! I am so glad you like it! It has been such a HUGE blessing for me. Who would have thought Shakespeare would turn out to be my kids absolute favorite subject?! I never could have taught that or several other things without that site.
We have been using beestar. Maybe it helps you. It combines all the syllabus from P1 to P8... It is an online way and the math worksheets are free all year. The honor roll, ranking, award programs are effective. My child loves and supports it. I think it is nice and easy to use. Lisa
If it's of any use, we've been using "World History for Us All" since grade 1. It's completely free and has lesson plans, extensions, assignments, powerpoint presentations, worksheets, all of that. I can't post links yet but if you Google it you'll find it immediately. For science, in kinder we mostly watched nature documentaries to learn about as many animals and plants as we could. Anything with David Attenborough's name on it was a must. Since my son loves dinosaurs, we also used the dinosaur fact sheets and worksheets at EnchantedLearning (again, Google). Paleoworld and Walking with Dinosaurs are both documentary series that were really good in this area. For English, the level might be a bit high here but I'll still mention it, since all children advance at different rates. We used Composition-Rhetoric by Stratton D. Brooks, available free at the Gutenberg site. It's probably best to use at a 2nd or 3rd grade level (at least), but there are plenty of easy exercises for younger students in it.
