MATH:
She finished Math Lessons for a Living Education 6, and I'm going to continue with Masterbooks. She will use Principles of Mathematics Book 1 this year, and she will use Book 2 next year. Mikaela and Eli both used this curriculum and we really enjoyed it.
She used Learning Language Arts Through Literature, the Tan book this year. We decided to continue in this series, and she will be using Learning Language Arts Through Literature, the Green book. The books she will be reading with this course are "The Star of Light" by Patricia Saint John, "Much Ado About Nothing" by Shakespeare, and "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart.
Her science course this year will be done independently. She will be using Apologia's General Science course for middle school.
We will be doing history as a together subject with her 5th and 3rd grade brothers using Mystery of History Volume 1. I've been through this with her older siblings, and it's such a good, solid Bible-based ancient history. We will be using the notebooking pages and challenge cards with it.
She is using Artistic Pursuits right now and loving it (review coming soon). She will continue in this book until she is finished, and I'll order her another one in the series.
I'm going to bring our Morning Basket back into our homeschool day! We slowly quit doing it because I had a baby and we were in survival mode! It really does add so much to our lives, though, that I find it very important to bring back.
We will be using Road Trip USA by Confessions of a Homeschooler each morning to gently cover each of the 50 states. I am ordering every state book in the States Alphabet series to read during this time, as well as having map drills, states and capitals drills, and a few hands-on activities.
We will work on scripture memory, memorizing chunks and chapters of scripture.
We will also have a poem a week, like we used to do. The kids loved reading the poem aloud and memorizing it. I usually choose poems based on the seasons or interests of the kids.
I'm also planning to have a read aloud each morning that corresponds with our history lessons. Mystery of History has tons of book suggestions that I will choose from.
Our Morning Basket will probably take around an hour each morning to do.
I'll share what I'm using with my 5th and 3rd graders in a few days!
That sounds like a wonderful year!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to hear about the Apologia course. We are using one of their's for our younger son and I really like how their courses are set up.
ReplyDeleteI'm excited to go through the pages! The samples looked really great. My senior will be using the Advanced Biology course by Apologia, and I'm anxious to see it in person, too.
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