July 2012- May 2013:
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Preston, 6 years old |
2nd Grade, using
Adventures in My Father's World, Deluxe Edition (most of it anyway). I am very excited to be continuing with My Father's World. Preston and I really enjoyed it last year and it seems like a great fit for us! So, starting July 9th, 2012, we'll be diving into...
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History, Bible & Science |
Pictured here is the core of the curriculum... the history, science, Bible and read-alouds that came with the set. We will be learning American History, including detailed 50 state lessons, and the Names of Jesus as our main focus. Not pictured, but have to give props to MamaJenn and her wonderful
memory verse printables we'll be using along with our program again this year!
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Extra reading & study |
These are read-aloud and other specially themed books I have collected so far to go along with our studies... lots of American history as well as some science that I know Preston will enjoy. Some of these books are from my
Usborne collection:
Sing, Nightingale, Sing!, The Story of Inventions, From Pie Town to Yum Yum, Who Were The Vikings?, Who Were the First North Americans? and
Who Came Down That Road? These are just the books we already own... we, of course, will be making our bi-weekly trips to the library to stock up on even more reading material. Love the literature-based learning! I also have a ton of additional supplements downloaded and ready to go if I find that we need them. I do plan to do several American History type lapbooks through the year... and we'll see what else we can find to go along with our curriculum as we go!
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Language Arts |
As suggested by MFW, we will be using the first half of Primary Language Lessons for language usage, composition and dictation and Spelling By Sound and Structure to cover vocabulary. And yes, we'll be reading, reading, reading!
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Math |
While MFW suggests using Singapore Math, I have decided to use
Math Mammoth. I didn't really like the way Singapore was set up, and preferred the laid-back approach these worktexts use. We'll also be using
Wrap-Ups and Usborne Activity Cards, like
Math Puzzles.
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Fine Arts |
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Foreign Language: Spanish |
I originally planned to take Spanish
really easy this year, and, honestly, not do much of it at all. BUT... I was blessed with La Clase Divertida, Level 1 curriculum (for free at a book swap, OMGosh!) and am now so excited to use it! So, each lesson is spaced out over two weeks, and there are 15 lessons. We'll also be watching
Salsa videos on a weekly basis, as well as working through
First Thousand Words in Spanish and using the
Spanish Words and Phrases Flashcards as needed/wanted Also, I purchased a used audio lesson pack on cassette a while back and have yet to try it out. I plan on popping that into the car every so often... hope it works, lol!
Continuing from last year we will be using our workbox system and Morning Board. I'll provide a photo of those when we have them all ready!
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Callen, 2 years old |
We will be working through the
1+1+1=1 Tot School Pack, which goes from A-Z and focuses on various vocabulary development themes, colors, shapes and more! I also won a
membership to
MamaJenn's Education Cubes
and am excited to use those with him and Preston this year! We do lots of Dry-Erase books and activities, he LOVES them. He enjoys "writing" and coloring a lot, and adores any chance to use the Discovery Toys Giant Peg Board... he's doing great recognizing the colors and different shapes on that thing. Love it! Hopefully
we can get Callen to cooperate more during "school time" by getting him involved, giving him his own lessons to do or otherwise keep him out of brother's hair! Lol.
Previous Curriculum used:
My Father's World First Grade, 2011-2012
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