When I first started homeschooling, I was constantly researching and reading reviews about the best curriculum to use with students. I was utterly consumed by this topic and often second-guessed any decision that I made about the curriculum that we were planning to use.
After several years of schooling my learners at home, I have definitely learned many things about choosing the right curriculum, for both my kids and for me. It took time to study how my children learn best and it took me realizing that certain curriculum is better suited for my personality. I can now say that the whole process is much easier now. I don't stress out over curriculum every year anymore, which is a HUGE blessing. There are things that we have LOVED using this year, things we will abandon and things that we may even add to our daily schedule, but through it all, I find myself much more relaxed as I gear up to plan for another year of learning with my children. I love the ease that our summer schedule brings. We started schooling year round this year, but still have a lighter schedule once our co-op is finished for the year. My kids continue to do math and language arts each day and we add in any fun art, science or history topics that we want to do or learn more about during the summer. We still take chunks of time off to visit family and to just enjoy the summer, but we do use a few hours in the morning to continue with our math and language arts studies. Below, you'll find a list of what we're planning on using this fall when we are back to our regular schedule: 5th grader: Bible: Who is God by Apologia Math: Teaching Textbooks Spelling: Spelling Workout Handwriting: Handwriting without tears-Cursive Reader's Workshop: living books-book list found here, Mini-lessons based on the needs of my reader and skills for his grade/reading level Writing/Grammar: IEW/Essentials History: Classical conversations Science: Classical conversations/Van Cleave experiments Fine Arts: classical conversations/piano lessons PE: tennis lessons 2nd grader: Bible: Who is God by Apologia Math: Everyday Math (Singapore) U.S Edition Spelling: All about Spelling Handwriting: Handwriting without tears-cursive Reader's Workshop: living books-book list found here, Mini-lessons based on the needs of my reader and skills for her grade/reading level Writing/Grammar: First Language Lessons History: Classical conversations Science: Classical conversations/Van Cleave experiments Fine Arts: Classical Conversations/ piano lessons PE: Gymnastics class
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I could literally spend all summer creating a book list of treasures that I want to use during our next school year. I love perusing books to see which ones that my kiddos will love and which ones coordinate well with the Classical Conversations cycle that we happen to be on. That being said, I feel like my book list is always a "work in progress." I just never know when I might find another gem that HAS to be added to the list. For those of you that have inquired, though, I've posted my current list below. The books are arranged in several categories, including the books that I'd like each of my kids to read on their own and some that we may use for other subject area reading. There are also some listed that I discovered that we may use and we may not. I wanted them in one location though, so that when life gets crazy busy..... I don't forget about them. What favorites are on your book list for the next school year? I'd love for you to share them below:)
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