Homeschool 2008-2009

I'm still working on this but here's my list of approaches and curriculum we're considering for this school year. The bottom list is where I started. The top list is the more "narrowed down" list.


This is where we are now:
The list includes all of what we'll use. Some will be only for Kitty (first grade) and The Pupster will kind of tag along with. Everything else we'll do all together and all the kids will glean from it.


Discipline - The Bible, The Rod of Correction

Phonics & Early Reading: Letter of the Week (FREE), and TATRAS - Teach America to Read and Spell

Multiple Subjects: Five in a Row by Jane Lambert.  I love this because we'll be reading books that were already on my list of books to read this year (and learn through reading), and the Five in a Row lesson plans cover a number of subjects such as Social Studies, Language Arts, Math, Art and Science.

The bulk of our homeschool day will be focused on the areas above (1) reading - to enrich the mind, build vocabulary, broaden their view of the world, (2) writing (3) work & service ethic, (4) discipline, and (5) honoring God & parents ... we will pull from the areas below as well but these five are of primary concern.  We follow the Trivum Method of Classical Homeschooling. 

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Additional Literature: Veritas Press First Favorites - Volume 1, Billy Blaze Books, James Herriot's, Literature Pockets, Treasury for Children and other Classic Children's Books, A Child's Garden of Verses, The Children's Book of Virtues -- for reading aloud, memorization, copywork and narration

History: Diana Waring's History Alive - Audio plus activity book and read-alouds
Capyboppy -- for reading aloud, copywork and narration

Bible & Godly Character: Big Truths for Little Kids (Catechism), My ABC Bible Verses, For Instruction in Righteousness by Doorposts -- for memorization

Writing: ReadyWriter -- for writing practice

Spelling: Spelling Workout A & B

Geography: How to Use a Map, Land Forms and Bodies -- we'll do narration with these to test comprehension

Science: Things Outdoors, Science With Water, Science With Plants -- we'll do narration with these to test comprehension

Math: Developmental Math, Living Math books, Calculadder, The Complete Book of Math,Wedgits & Cuisenaire Rods

P.E. - Homeschool Family Fitness

Art: How to Teach Art to Children, Drawing with Children, Come Look with Me: Enjoying Art with Children, Come Look with Me: Exploring Landscape Art with Children,

Music: Piano Lessons, Introduction to the Orchestra

Foreign Language: Hebrew & Greek - Little Bitty Baby Learns Hebrew by Johanna Bluedorn, Greek - A Greek Hupogrammon -- memorization

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This is where we started:

Letter of the Week (FREE)
Lapbook Lessons (FREE)
Homeschool Share Free Unit Studies & More Free Lapbooking
Typing
Veritas Press - First Favorites
Wedgits
Cuisenaire Rods
Timberdoodle
Little Bitty Baby Learns Hebrew by Johanna Bluedorn
Big Truths for Little Kids
ABC Bible Verses
Teach Your Child to Read
Basic Phonics Skills B and C
Spelling Workout A, B and/or C
Italic Handwriting A and B
Shurley English 1 - Grammar - 1st grade
How to Use a Map
Land Forms and Bodies..
Literature Pockets: Nursery Rhymes
Literature Pockets: Caldecott Winners - 1st grade
A Child's Garden of Verses
A Treasury of Children's Literature
20th Century Children's Fables
Where the Wild Things Are
Homeschool Family Fitness
How to Teach Art to Children

Books for Parents
The Well-Trained Mind
Shepherding a Child's Heart
Say Goodbye to Whining...
Easy Classical
Choreganizers