Thursday, August 11, 2011

2011-2012 Curriculum Choices

Haven't posted here in a long while :) We officially started back to school this week so my brain is 100% in school mode. I have our school choices nailed down (for now, things always change a bit throughout the year). I'm feeling good about almost everything except maybe Frankie's Latin but time will tell with that. So here's this year's plan.... I'm going to link to everything if I can. I'm going to come back throughout the next week and explain all the choices and curriculum in more details.

Frankie - 6th Grade
Math: Saxon 7/6 with Dive CD supplemented by Life of Fred Fractions and Decimals
Bible: Explorer's Bible Study –
Quest: Promises
R&S Reading (Bible) 4 (he loves it an is insisting he finishes it so whatever lol)
• Daily family reading and Memorization
• LONG memorization passage (Romans 12 is first though now Clay says he wants him to do Romans 8)
Science: Life Science task cards
History: Geography and Culture Cards
Literature: Potters School Online course literature selections, some readings from the cards and choices from mom
Writing:
Potters School Online Writing Course - writers workshop
• Geography & Science writings
English: finishing Rod and Staff 5 & and doing Rod and Staff 6
Language: First Form Latin and Rosetta Stone Spanish
Logic: Finish Logic Liftoff, Orbiting with Logic and move towards Fallacy Detective and Thinking Toolbox
Cursive – New American Cursive II
Typing: BBC Typing
Art: Picture and Artist study
Music:
• Classical music "survey"
• Recorder
• piano
Scouts, etc.

Cassie - 4th grade
Math: Finishing Math U See Gamma and doing MathUSee Delta
Bible: Explorer's Bible Study – Discovery Promises Fulfilled
R&S Reading (Bible) 3
• Daily family reading and Memorization
Science: Life Science task cards
History: Geography and Culture Cards
Literature: some readings from the cards and choices from mom (she devours books)
Writing:
• Daily journal entries
Writing With Ease daily (narration, dictation, etc.)
• Geography & Science writings
English: finished Christian Light Education Language Arts 3 and doing CLE 4
Language: Prima Latina and Rosetta Stone Spanish
Logic: Logic Countdown and Logic Liftoff
Cursive – New American Cursive II
Typing: BBC Typing
Art: Picture and Artist study
Music:
• Classical music "survey"
• Recorder
• piano
American Heritage Girls, etc.

Adric - 2nd grade
Language arts - First Language Lessons, narrations, copywork, etc.
Math - MUS Beta
Penmanship - printing copywork and New American Cursive I
Science: Life Science task cards
History: Geography and Culture Cards
Reading lots of books
Language - Prima Latina
Logic - Mind Benders Warm-ups
Bible - Rod and Staff Reading 1 & family reading and memorization
Typing: BBC Typing
Art: Picture and Artist study
Music:
• Classical music "survey"
• Recorder
• piano
Scouts, etc.

Garrison - Pre-K
Lots of fun file folder games, 100 easy lessons, etc.

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