My oldest is 6.5 and last year for kindergarten, although we had a great year, it was a little too all over the place for me and the way I think. I didn't really have a direction. I was new to the whole homeschooling thing so instead of dishing out TONS of money, which was incredibly tempting... I grabbed from sources here and there.
I believe everything we do good and not so good is a learning experience. So taking notes at what my she enjoyed most last year I decided to search out different methods of homeschooling. The method I kept coming back to was Charlotte Mason and the literature based approach. So this year we are going more of this route. We are by no means Charlotte Mason purists, since we are "testing the waters"with this method. So far so good!
So here we go here's what's lined up for my 1st Grader:
Bible: Heart of Dakota- Little Hearts for His Glory. I have seen great fruit from utilizing this curriculum. We do not use this curriculum in its entirety but rather focus only on the bible and history portion which is great
Math: Math Lessons for a Living Education Level 2. I cannot say enough good about this curriculum! Maybe I'll do I separate post on this curriculum
Language Arts: The Good and The Beautiful Level K
Additional Phonics: Alpha phonics
Additional Reading: We have tons of readers that she will go through
Handwriting: Draw Write Now and a copy work journal
Geography: (once a week) A Charlotte Mason Geography and Beginning Geography
Nature Study: Nature Anatomy by Julia Rothman and Nature Journaling
Five in a Row Literature Units
Literature / Living Books: I have a list of all our readings in this post.
Friday, November 3, 2017
When I Was Young in the Mountains
This week we are started our 2nd row, When I was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant. My kids love science so I like to to kick off the unit with a science project, which was all about snakes (blah, personally not my favorite subject ha!) We learned about snakes in our DK pocket animal encyclopedia and did a vinegar and egg science experiment which was a big hit!
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