Perhaps the this first post should’ve been about why we decided to homeschool this year but that’ll have to come later. At the beginning of this year we knew we’d be be switching schools and I never felt right about any of our choices. I was plagued with indecision and worried that no school felt like the right school. Little did we know a mere 6 weeks after registering at a new school, the world would drastically change after being hit with the you-know-what.
When beginning to plan for homeschool, the best way that made sense to me was to use the curriculum used at our last school as the starting point. I could add and subtract from that while trusting that it would be the right challenge for my 3rd grader who had been thriving at school. The only piece of curriculum I changed for my 3rd grader was the writing and rhetoric course (sadly the online version of this course is for 4-5 grades) and science. My kindergartner has no school history so I changed up the phonics/reading program.
Our homeschool method will be part classical and part traditional. This is my first and last year of homeschooling so I think we’ll just have to see how things works out. I must say it has been quite exciting receiving all of the packages filled with curriculum books these past couple of weeks. Even though I thought I was ahead of the game when I ordered everything I needed the first week of August, turns out I may not have been as several items are on back order. As long as I get everything by the end of September, I figure I’m still on track.
The next phase has been reviewing the material and mapping out the plan. In my next post, I’ll share the weekly academic planner that I made and how I’m using that to map out our daily academic activities.
3rd Grade:
| Grammar & Writing | Online course at Veritas Press |
| Handwriting | D’Nealian Handwriting Workbook level 4 |
| Spelling | Spell to Write and Read Wise Guide for Spelling Black Learning Log |
| Math | Math in Focus Homeschool Package – 3 Math in Focus Manipulative Kit Calculadder Timed Math Drills |
| History | Online Self-paced course at Veritas Press: New Testament, Greece & Rome |
| Bible | Online Self-paced course at Veritas Press: Gospels |
| Science | The Sassafras Science Adventures: Anatomy + SCIDAT Logbook |
| Language | Rosetta Stone Unlimited – Latin |
Kindergarten:
| Handwriting | D’Nealian Handwriting Workbook level 4 |
| Spelling | Spell to Write and Read Wise Guide for Spelling |
| Math | Math in Focus Homeschool Package – K Math in Focus Manipulative Kit Calculadder Timed Math Drills |
| Bible | The Child’s Story Bible |
| Phonics | The Phonics Museum Combo Kit – Veritas Press |
The Emerald Girl 