So, anyway, here are my choices for Aaron's 1st grade year:
- Language Arts: First Language Lessons, part 1, finish OPG, Sonlight Readers (grade 2), Spelling Workout A, Explode the Code, Handwriting Without Tears
- Math: RightStart Math B, MathTacular DVD
- History & Geography: Sonlight Core K - Introduction to World Cultures (Core K makes it sound like it is for Kindergarten, but it is for K, 1, or 2 - or ages 5-7)
- Bible: Read through Egermeier's Bible, AWANA
- Science: Sonlight Science K, The Story of Me
- German: Power Glide, Jr. German
- Art: Rod & Staff Art grade 1, Drawing With Children, Rod & Staff scripture memorization coloring books
- Music: piano lessons, Great Composers
Ethan is still only interested in school some of the time, which is fine with me. I am in no hurry to rush him into it since he has the rest of his life to learn and work. I'll let him play while he can! But, he does like to do some workbooks and math. On an ideal day, he would do these things, but it is all pretty much optional!
Ethan's K-4 year:
- General Readiness: Rod & Staff Preschool Workbook ABC series
- Bible: listen in with Aaron, AWANA
- Reading: OPG (when he is ready - he isn't interested yet, though)
- Handwriting: Handwriting Without Tears
- Math: RightStart Math A
I have everything either ordered or in house already! Most of it is in transit. I love, love, love when boxes of books come in the mail. My total cost isn't as low as yours since my Sonlight uses lots of living books rather than one text book, but hey, that is why I like it! For the two of them, we came in around $760. I'm going to have to clean out my bookshelf now so I have room to keep everything in an organized manner!
6 comments:
This looks fantastic! Great choices, and makes me wish I was using some of this in the fall too. Next year...
Enjoy your boxes, and enjoy rearranging.
So do you have the new Well Trained Mind? I've got that on hold at the library, trying to decide whether I should splurge on a revised book or not. Decisions, decisions, decisions...
Excellent! So glad you shared. It is the best to get new books in the mail. Woohoo!
May this be your best year yet (and MathTacular is great... not that I'm biased or anything [laughing]).
~Luke
Thanks for posting this! I've been having trouble figuring out what to do with Caleb for the next year. I tried to start him on OPG about two months ago, but he's not responding well to the poem it starts off with. So, I think I'll look into the math program you are doing. He does know the sounds that all the letters make, I think he just needs some time to get into the more regimented stuff with reading. ? But, then again, I have no idea what I'm doing at this point. So, it's nice that you guys talk about this stuff.
Okay... so, my son is 4. He's in the Early Childhood Program at our local Elementary school. He'll start kindergarten in the fall of 2010 (yep, not this fall, but NEXT fall).
So, I'm starting to think really hard about my first year homeschooling him, because it's only like a year away now.
Based on what you posted, it seems as if you simply order and use items from whatever curriculum best fits your family. Is that correct?
So, for example, you mentioned not caring for Sonlight's L.A. and Math that much, and you listed other sources for your curriculum in those subjects. So do you tend to just use whatever you feel is the best fit for your child(ren) in a particular subject? Kind of like the perfect mix of available curriculums, tailored specifically to your family?
Those sounds good :) I am no where near that organized, of course, but I went to a book sale the other day and found this really cool OLD Biology book. We are using it for science next year. And I may have found a good Algebra and Geometry curriculum too. But I am looking into a different one first and I got the lady's number so if my first idea falls through I can call her and get hers! :)
My curricula cost no where NEAR the amount you paid. But I buy used for the most part :) Plus Rod and Staff are really cheap even new :)
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