I am working up a new school plan for the school year. I do have better things to do, but this is what I'm doing.
CC - Second Trimester Second Grade
Daily
Copywork - Poems
Grammar - Growing with Grammar, 1 lesson
Math - Singapore 3A, 1 Lesson
Sonlight LA 2 adv. (after we get the grammar going for a week or two)
Rotating Subjects
Literature - Veritas Press Study Guides, Alice in Wonderland thin Fairy Tales
Science - RS4K - Physics
History - TOG y2u1
LB - Not Preschool. I am going to teach her to read!
Sonlight LA with K readers
RS A math or Singapore Earlybird.
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Saturday, December 20, 2008
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Second Grade for LB (2012-2013)
Daily
Singapore Primary Math 3A & 3B
Second Grade Reading List
Lively Latin
3 Times a week
Writing With Ease
First Language Lessons 3
2 Times a Week
TOG Year 1 Ancient History
Sonlight Level 2 Science DVDs and kit
Artistic Pursuits
Singapore Primary Math 3A & 3B
Second Grade Reading List
Lively Latin
3 Times a week
Writing With Ease
First Language Lessons 3
2 Times a Week
TOG Year 1 Ancient History
Sonlight Level 2 Science DVDs and kit
Artistic Pursuits
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Preschool for LB (2008-2010)
I have decided to call it Not-K this year
Revised Dec 12, 2009
everything but math
We are doing Sonlight LA K without the readers since we have plenty of those little things.
Newly 5, LB sits with us to do copywork, practice the word cards from the SL K book, and then I do an activity with her and read her a story which she draws a picture of. It is simple and easy so far.
I'm still not trying teach her to read - which she is doing anyway. I just want her to participate with us for a few minutes each day. She's been proudly putting her work on the fridge before she runs off to play.
Math -
RS A - its been sitting around for years. I'm going to open it up and use it.
Revised Aug 9,2009
I guess this year it is K4 or is that still PreK
Explode the Code workbooks
Starfall.com for additional word play and their books are great readers
MEP 1 math
Rays New Primary Math done orally
Singapore CWP 1 done slowly and orally. I love word problems.
Lots of reading, playing and exploring. I'm keeping school to just one page a day three days a week of work. My primary goal is to get her reading fluently and ready for easy chapters by this time next year. She has started reading CVC and CCVC words already. She'll join us for our geology hikes and history lessons. She's also old enough to take art classes this year and wants ballet.
Older versions of this to see how my planning has evolved.
Revised Feb 7,2009
Singapore Early Bird Math
BJU K5 Math
Handwriting Without Tears Pre-K
Stories
Celebrating Art
I realized that RS A just wasn't getting done so we started BJU K5 math. It is a simple workbook but does a great job so far of introducing math. She loves doing her math and gets lots of praise for joining us at the school table and doing her work. She also gets lots of prasie for being smart at math. So far we are just introducing numbers and doing pattern recognition which is plenty for her age. I love Celebrating Art. It helps me to remember to do art at the little-one level at least once a week. It even incorporates a story every few lessons. And speaking of stories - DOH. I had been forgetting to read things like Goldilocks and other classic stories to the little one. I am purposely doing those weekly now. Doing work at the table is voluntary still, but the stories and art are now a part of our routine which is really good.
Original
Singapore Early Bird Math
Right Start Level A
Handwriting Without Tears Pre-K
Earlybird Start-Up Science
Lots of Play, Stories, and Cuddles
In case you noticed it missing, I don't teach my kids to read. The oldest two learned to read despite my best efforts to teach them. I refuse to try to teach this one. She will have to learn it like the others did.
Right now she is 4 and her participation is voluntary. She gets "lessons" on the days that she wants them which is about once a week right now. She gets daily stories of her choice and lots of free play. She has chores and helps out around the house. She loves to play with the dog, hamster, and chickens. She loves to go to the zoo and on nature walks. She is looking forward to starting ballet when she is older. Play is the best teacher for the young.
Fifth Grade Plans for CC (2011-2012)
Chalkdust Basic Math
Sonlight Level 5 Readers
Galore Park Latin Prep
Galore Park French 2
Classical Writing Homer A
IEW History Based Writing Lessons
Figuratively Speaking Literary Analysis
TOG Year 4 covers the 1900's
Sonlight Level 5 Science Human Anatomy
Artistic Pursuits
Sonlight Level 5 Readers
Galore Park Latin Prep
Galore Park French 2
Classical Writing Homer A
IEW History Based Writing Lessons
Figuratively Speaking Literary Analysis
TOG Year 4 covers the 1900's
Sonlight Level 5 Science Human Anatomy
Artistic Pursuits
Third Grade Plans for CC (2009-2010)
What we are currently using as of December 12, 2009
Math
Saxon 5/4 with Life of Fred Fractions once a week
English
Sonlight 3+4 LA
in this we are doing the copywork, writing, reading and vocabulary
Reading
I don't assign reading - CC reads about an hour a day in addition to her SL reading.
Languages
Lively Latin isn't working well for us, I'm just not in the swing with it.
Rosetta Stone French is a new arrival thanks to the school disctric. We'll see how that goes.
Science
Is mainly done at the enrichment school. They do a unit study with those big, expensive science kits and field trips. She reads lots of non-fiction science books and enjoys watching shows like Mythbusters, Popular Mechanics for Kids, and Discovery's Ultimate Guide to the Awesome. We also take frequent trips to the zoo, the natural history museum and the aquarium and lots of nature walks.
History
CC lives and breathes Roman history so I don't schedule that. She does it after school for fun. I have a big shelf of American history books that we are working through in roughly chronological order. She is also reading Take Me Back on her own, for fun.
Memory
We do work on memorizing poetry and lots of it.
That's all of school at this point. She does science, world cultures, art, music, p.e. and chess at her enrichment school once a week and plays, takes care of animals, reads, cooks, helps around the house and does art in her spare time.
Plans as of August 9, 2009
These were finalized about two weeks before school began.
Math
MEP 3b moving through 4
Finish Singapore CWP 3 then 4
Ray's New Intellectual Math for oral review.
English
We'll start with copywork and dictation using selections from J.H. Ewing.
Literature
In Search of a Homeland by Penelope Lively
I'll need to add more after this, but I'll wait before I decide what to add.
There will again be lots of poetry read and memorized.
Foreign Language
Lively Latin
plus we listen to a cd of French songs in the car, and BB is teaching the girls some basic Japanese
Science
We are starting the year by continuing my current obsession with the rocks and geology of or area. We'll be using Hiking Colorado's Geology as our guide. We'll move inside to physical science and mechanics (as opposed to physics which you can't teach without a great deal more math than even an advanced third grader knows) when it gets cold.
History
Story of the World 3 with a liberal dose of early American history. I'm only planning to get to the Revolutionary War this year. I have a list of the other books we are using on the side of my main blog. I'm not using them all, but I'll put them in as we find topics that interest us.
That is all. I don't schedule reading because she does a lot of that. I don't schedule handwriting because hers is beautiful. I don't schedule art because she takes classes at the local art school. And I am hoping that grammar is covered by Latin and copywork and dictation.
My original plans for third grade.
Singapore Math 4
Sonlight Level 3 Readers These are early American History
Lively Latin or Latin for Children
First Language Lesson 4
Classical Writing Aesop
TOG Year 2 Units 3 and 4 at half pace
Sonlight Level 3 Science DVDs and kit
Artistic Pursuits
What about changing everything and doing OakMeadow 5 next year? I had thought of doing Sonlight 3 for third grade for many years, but recently I realized that she had already read most of the books on the reading list. I like the OM secular history approach. I like that it is integrated with the English. I like that it is artistic. I even like the environmental science. I would keep a writing program because I am firmly committed to a classical writing path. OM would be our art, history, grammar, science, and literature. We would only need OM, math, and writing, plus Latin if we choose.
Math
Saxon 5/4 with Life of Fred Fractions once a week
English
Sonlight 3+4 LA
in this we are doing the copywork, writing, reading and vocabulary
Reading
I don't assign reading - CC reads about an hour a day in addition to her SL reading.
Languages
Lively Latin isn't working well for us, I'm just not in the swing with it.
Rosetta Stone French is a new arrival thanks to the school disctric. We'll see how that goes.
Science
Is mainly done at the enrichment school. They do a unit study with those big, expensive science kits and field trips. She reads lots of non-fiction science books and enjoys watching shows like Mythbusters, Popular Mechanics for Kids, and Discovery's Ultimate Guide to the Awesome. We also take frequent trips to the zoo, the natural history museum and the aquarium and lots of nature walks.
History
CC lives and breathes Roman history so I don't schedule that. She does it after school for fun. I have a big shelf of American history books that we are working through in roughly chronological order. She is also reading Take Me Back on her own, for fun.
Memory
We do work on memorizing poetry and lots of it.
That's all of school at this point. She does science, world cultures, art, music, p.e. and chess at her enrichment school once a week and plays, takes care of animals, reads, cooks, helps around the house and does art in her spare time.
Plans as of August 9, 2009
These were finalized about two weeks before school began.
Math
MEP 3b moving through 4
Finish Singapore CWP 3 then 4
Ray's New Intellectual Math for oral review.
English
We'll start with copywork and dictation using selections from J.H. Ewing.
Literature
In Search of a Homeland by Penelope Lively
I'll need to add more after this, but I'll wait before I decide what to add.
There will again be lots of poetry read and memorized.
Foreign Language
Lively Latin
plus we listen to a cd of French songs in the car, and BB is teaching the girls some basic Japanese
Science
We are starting the year by continuing my current obsession with the rocks and geology of or area. We'll be using Hiking Colorado's Geology as our guide. We'll move inside to physical science and mechanics (as opposed to physics which you can't teach without a great deal more math than even an advanced third grader knows) when it gets cold.
History
Story of the World 3 with a liberal dose of early American history. I'm only planning to get to the Revolutionary War this year. I have a list of the other books we are using on the side of my main blog. I'm not using them all, but I'll put them in as we find topics that interest us.
That is all. I don't schedule reading because she does a lot of that. I don't schedule handwriting because hers is beautiful. I don't schedule art because she takes classes at the local art school. And I am hoping that grammar is covered by Latin and copywork and dictation.
My original plans for third grade.
Singapore Math 4
Sonlight Level 3 Readers These are early American History
Lively Latin or Latin for Children
First Language Lesson 4
Classical Writing Aesop
TOG Year 2 Units 3 and 4 at half pace
Sonlight Level 3 Science DVDs and kit
Artistic Pursuits
What about changing everything and doing OakMeadow 5 next year? I had thought of doing Sonlight 3 for third grade for many years, but recently I realized that she had already read most of the books on the reading list. I like the OM secular history approach. I like that it is integrated with the English. I like that it is artistic. I even like the environmental science. I would keep a writing program because I am firmly committed to a classical writing path. OM would be our art, history, grammar, science, and literature. We would only need OM, math, and writing, plus Latin if we choose.
First Grade Plans for LB (2011-2012)
Daily
Singapore Primary Math 2A & 2B
Handwriting
Readers
Once or twice a week
Lively Latin
TOG Year 4 LG
Artistic Pursuits
Explode the Code
Our own Animals Lessons
Short Lessons. Lots of stories and time to play.
Singapore Primary Math 2A & 2B
Handwriting
Readers
Once or twice a week
Lively Latin
TOG Year 4 LG
Artistic Pursuits
Explode the Code
Our own Animals Lessons
Short Lessons. Lots of stories and time to play.
Kindergarten Plans for LB (2010-2011)
Singapore Early Bird Math
Right Start Level A
Handwriting Without Tears Pre-K
Earlybird Start-Up Science
Lots of Play, Stories, and Cuddles
Right Start Level A
Handwriting Without Tears Pre-K
Earlybird Start-Up Science
Lots of Play, Stories, and Cuddles
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