Wildly, wildly open to change at current date!
Math: Saxon 7/6
Life of Fred
Time estimate: hour daily
Reading: book list to be separate post
Time estimate: hour to two hours daily
Writing: Writing Tales 2
Or
Classical Writing
Or??
Time estimate: hour daily
Science: Chemistry. I think.
Time estimate: an hour twice a week
History: Roughly thinking 1900- present. Focus on or tie in C.S. Lewis and Tolkien.
Time estimate: an hour three times a week
Foreign language: Latin and Spanish. Latina Christiana?
Time estimate: half hour daily
Art: art work of time period for history?
Time estimate: half hour once a week
Music: piano. Composer studies.
Time estimate: half hour daily
PE: daily workout with mom.
Time estimate: half hour daily
Religion: Bible, catechism, Lutheranism 101 for kids.
Time estimate: half hour daily
The "Gravy": mythology - Norse and Greek. Poetry. Shakespeare.
Time estimate: an hour a week
Weekly time total: 23 hours for the week or 5.3 hours a day. Yikes!
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
First grade book list
I reserve the right to revise and alter thioos as needed. I'm pulling from many sites and lists.
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
Peter Pan (or, Peter Pan and Wendy) by James M. Barrie
Harp and Laurel Wreath by Laura Berquist
Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
Peter Pan (or, Peter Pan and Wendy) by James M. Barrie
Harp and Laurel Wreath by Laura Berquist
Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
Benjamin Franklin by Ingri D'Aulairie
George Washington by Ingri D'Aulaire
Buffalo Bill by Ingri D'Aulaire
Pocahontas by Ingri D'Aulaire
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
Language of Flowers by Kate Greenaway
Parables from Nature by Margaret Gatty
St. George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges
Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
St. George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges
Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
Red Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
Yellow Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
Now We Are Six/When We Were Very Young by A.A. Milne
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit
Complete Tales of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Margaret and Margarita: Margarita y Margaret by Lynn Reiser
King of the Golden River by John Ruskin
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Now We Are Six/When We Were Very Young by A.A. Milne
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit
Complete Tales of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Margaret and Margarita: Margarita y Margaret by Lynn Reiser
King of the Golden River by John Ruskin
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
The Aesop for Children by Milo Winter
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
The Aesop for Children by Milo Winter
Anyone have any must have reads for first grade I'm missing?
First grade, second run through
I'm a planner. This lets me change my mind and tweak at will. It also means I start early.
In the fall Little Bird will be in first grade. I'm looking at what I already have and what I want to try.
Math: Saxon 1-2, depending on where she is
Life of Fred
Manipulatives to cement concepts
The only thing I need to buy here are new workbooks for the Saxon.
Reading: We are making great progress through my Hooked on Phonics set. She has nine pages remaining in the 1st grade kit, and then we start the 2nd grade kit. After that I will switch to the Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading, with supplements from McGuffey's readers. All of this I already have.
Writing: We are currently using Cursive First. I had this already, as well. After she finishes that we will start copy work, but I'm not quite sure what to use yet.
Science- Sweet Pea wants to do chemistry next. Little Bird won't be ready for that, so we will probably do plants or something. I don't know. I have all the books I need here, though.
History: I think I'm doing European next year with my biggest. I will probably let her follow along.
Art: I already have everything I need for art appreciation.
Music: I'd really like her to try piano again. We will see if her fine motor is up to it.
PE: Comtinue Irish dance. Easy!
Foreign Language: switching to Spanish. Probably need to post about that.
Religion: The Story Bible, catechism, Lutheranism 101 for kids. I already have all of this.
I'm compiling a book list, but that will be a stand alone post.
In the fall Little Bird will be in first grade. I'm looking at what I already have and what I want to try.
Math: Saxon 1-2, depending on where she is
Life of Fred
Manipulatives to cement concepts
The only thing I need to buy here are new workbooks for the Saxon.
Reading: We are making great progress through my Hooked on Phonics set. She has nine pages remaining in the 1st grade kit, and then we start the 2nd grade kit. After that I will switch to the Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading, with supplements from McGuffey's readers. All of this I already have.
Writing: We are currently using Cursive First. I had this already, as well. After she finishes that we will start copy work, but I'm not quite sure what to use yet.
Science- Sweet Pea wants to do chemistry next. Little Bird won't be ready for that, so we will probably do plants or something. I don't know. I have all the books I need here, though.
History: I think I'm doing European next year with my biggest. I will probably let her follow along.
Art: I already have everything I need for art appreciation.
Music: I'd really like her to try piano again. We will see if her fine motor is up to it.
PE: Comtinue Irish dance. Easy!
Foreign Language: switching to Spanish. Probably need to post about that.
Religion: The Story Bible, catechism, Lutheranism 101 for kids. I already have all of this.
I'm compiling a book list, but that will be a stand alone post.
Friday, January 11, 2013
Deafening Echoes and thoughts on planning
I promise I am still around. I am! My newest baby is now an ancient two months old and sanity is beginning to reign here once more.
I have been reading and digesting a lot of material from CiRCE. Good stuff. It's altering what I thought we were doing here and why.
And the number of students in my little homeschool! Moose is turning three in a matter of weeks. Three! How did we get here, so fast? This fall I will have Sweet Pea in fourth grade, Little Bird in first grade, and Moose in preschool, with my sweet baby boy along for the ride. Yikes!
I'm reading books for the hundredth time and scouring web sites and discussions. I'm trying to take an honest look at each child where they are right now and where I want them by the end of the year..l and where we want to go next year.
Anyone else having similar thoughts?
I have been reading and digesting a lot of material from CiRCE. Good stuff. It's altering what I thought we were doing here and why.
And the number of students in my little homeschool! Moose is turning three in a matter of weeks. Three! How did we get here, so fast? This fall I will have Sweet Pea in fourth grade, Little Bird in first grade, and Moose in preschool, with my sweet baby boy along for the ride. Yikes!
I'm reading books for the hundredth time and scouring web sites and discussions. I'm trying to take an honest look at each child where they are right now and where I want them by the end of the year..l and where we want to go next year.
Anyone else having similar thoughts?
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Progress? What's that?
Oh, wait, it's what seems to be happening here!
Sweet Pea finished her Classical Writing Primer and no longer turns every writing assignment into a battle. I ordered her Writing Tales 1 to work through next and I hope she loves it. I think we are finally about ready to move on from the constitution and the Revolutionary War. I'm glad that we have the time to linger and dig deeper. I'm just ready for a change.
Little Bird finished the K level of Hooked on Phonics! She's not about 10% through the 1st grade box. Once we get through that I will add in the Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading (OPG). I've just found the pacing and presentation of OPG seems to go better for us once we have a good handle on blending and sitting and tracking words across the page. She's also in love with Fred- as in Life of Fred math. We are doing Apples together and I think it is the perfect introduction to more formal math.
This year I finally feel like we have found of rhythm and the way I teach and the way the kids learn.
Sweet Pea finished her Classical Writing Primer and no longer turns every writing assignment into a battle. I ordered her Writing Tales 1 to work through next and I hope she loves it. I think we are finally about ready to move on from the constitution and the Revolutionary War. I'm glad that we have the time to linger and dig deeper. I'm just ready for a change.
Little Bird finished the K level of Hooked on Phonics! She's not about 10% through the 1st grade box. Once we get through that I will add in the Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading (OPG). I've just found the pacing and presentation of OPG seems to go better for us once we have a good handle on blending and sitting and tracking words across the page. She's also in love with Fred- as in Life of Fred math. We are doing Apples together and I think it is the perfect introduction to more formal math.
This year I finally feel like we have found of rhythm and the way I teach and the way the kids learn.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Week 3
If I can figure out how to post pictures from the iPad without them being huge and grainy, I'll start adding more pics again. If not, I will still add pics but less frequently because then I have to steal my husband's laptop to manage it.
This week Sweet Pea daily worked on math, writing, science, and we added the Sonlight Core E back in. She does this by herself with help as needed, then I correct with her and she fixes her mistakes.
Little Bird is working on handwriting with Cursive First. She is still perfecting her numbers, then we embark on the exciting world of cursive letters. Once she can easily make all the numbers, I plan to add math in daily. She's also doing phonics daily and has almost completed the kindy phonics program from Hooked on Phonics. After she does we will move sideways into the Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading. She's also having time with me daily for Sonlight Core A. We are currently using their Language Arts as well, but I will drop that once she can write well and then we will do copy work.
We start the school day together with religion, both girls and my little boy following along as they are able. Right now we start with Egermeier's Bible Storybook. We then sing a hymn from LSB together a few times, working on the same one until we all know it. I then read any applicable Arch Books from Cph that go along with the Bible storybook reading, we recite the three chief parts of the Catechism, I read a section from My First Catechism from Cph, and then we sing the hymn again. We close with Luther's morning prayer.
After this my two year old is ready to wander away to play with blocks, color, or do playdoh.
Both girls stay at the table so I can work closely with Little Bird and help Sweet Pea as needed.
So far, this has worked really well! I'm hoping it continues.
This week Sweet Pea daily worked on math, writing, science, and we added the Sonlight Core E back in. She does this by herself with help as needed, then I correct with her and she fixes her mistakes.
Little Bird is working on handwriting with Cursive First. She is still perfecting her numbers, then we embark on the exciting world of cursive letters. Once she can easily make all the numbers, I plan to add math in daily. She's also doing phonics daily and has almost completed the kindy phonics program from Hooked on Phonics. After she does we will move sideways into the Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading. She's also having time with me daily for Sonlight Core A. We are currently using their Language Arts as well, but I will drop that once she can write well and then we will do copy work.
We start the school day together with religion, both girls and my little boy following along as they are able. Right now we start with Egermeier's Bible Storybook. We then sing a hymn from LSB together a few times, working on the same one until we all know it. I then read any applicable Arch Books from Cph that go along with the Bible storybook reading, we recite the three chief parts of the Catechism, I read a section from My First Catechism from Cph, and then we sing the hymn again. We close with Luther's morning prayer.
After this my two year old is ready to wander away to play with blocks, color, or do playdoh.
Both girls stay at the table so I can work closely with Little Bird and help Sweet Pea as needed.
So far, this has worked really well! I'm hoping it continues.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Week 2
Sweet Pea is now daily doing math- Saxon, and writing- Classical Writing. She enjoys the writing and tolerates the math. She's also reading through, "...if you were there when they signed the constitution".
Little Bird has been working on phonics- HOP K, and coloring to increase her fine motor control and hand strength. I think we are going to try handwriting again next week. Every day she has me read her a book about being a big sister since we are having another baby soon.
My little Moose at two can count to twenty. He's also perfecting his coloring skills.
Little Bird has been working on phonics- HOP K, and coloring to increase her fine motor control and hand strength. I think we are going to try handwriting again next week. Every day she has me read her a book about being a big sister since we are having another baby soon.
My little Moose at two can count to twenty. He's also perfecting his coloring skills.
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