I made my own (inexpensive) planning book and set to work. I researched and looked online. I read reviews and blogs to find out what others were doing.
Mostly, though, I found throughout the year the things that I wanted my kids to learn...the things I wanted them to love and enjoy. And that is exactly what helped shape our plans for next year.
There are a few things we will all be doing together - history, science and Bible.
The rest, by necessity, will be separate. I love the togetherness that homeschool provides, and I'm determined to make the most of our moments together.
It all begins with two, big, white binders for the older two, and one, big, white binder for Superman.
Homerun Kid will be in 6th grade. He will be using:
- Easy Grammar
- Math-U-See
- a selection of 18 books for his reading journal
Wonder Woman will be in 3rd grade. She will use:
- Easy Grammar
- Math-U-See
- a selection of 18 books for her reading journal
Superman will be in kindergarten! Kindergarten! My baby. A kindergartener! He will be using mainly the K curriculum from Confessions of a Homeschooler along with some other customized items I have come up with.
- Math-U-See
- various readers from the library
The curriculum we will all use for history, science and Bible are:
- Mystery of History Volume 1 (cannot wait to start this!)
- Apologia Science Exploring Creation with Anatomy & Physiology
- Bible - we will be studying Proverbs and other specific books of the Bible each six weeks. Each day we will read the Proverb of the day, month after month. We will also continue memorizing a new verse each week.
I simply couldn't be more excited about this year! What a gift to be able to teach our children...
So thankful for this freedom.
Along with all of this...we are using the following worksheets that I created...one was inspired by someone else's idea which you can see here. I just created my own, added a background, a different font and a dotted border.
We will be studying the Word of the Week as well as the Character Trait of the Week. Additionally, as we study our verses for each week, I am asking the kids to think about the meaning of the verse and how they can apply it using a SOAP sheet.
I just like to dress things up on my own and have things look similar, so we will be using this color scheme a lot.
Along with all of this...we are using the following worksheets that I created...one was inspired by someone else's idea which you can see here. I just created my own, added a background, a different font and a dotted border.
I just like to dress things up on my own and have things look similar, so we will be using this color scheme a lot.
We will be adopting a different scheduled for next year as well where we go six weeks on, take a week off and then six weeks on again. In December we will take three weeks off and then in the summer about six weeks off. I just feel like we need more breaks throughout the year. I think it will work beautifully. I can't wait to see the Lord's hand at work throughout the year.
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