2013-14 Curriculum

Here is a run down of our curriculum choices for the up coming school year.

Elijah
3rd Grade

My Fathers World Adventures in U.S. History
          -U.S. History/ Geography
          -Science
          -Bible

Spelling- All About Spelling Level 3

Math- Math U See Beta

English- English For The Thoughtful Child

Handwriting- A Reason for Handwriting Transition Book

Latin- Song School Latin Level 1

Art- Draw, Write Now books 2 and 5 (using periodically throughout the year)

Typing- BBC Typing Online

Piano- Piano Is Easy 


Noah
Kindergarten

My Fathers World Kindergarten God's Creation from A-Z
           -Math
           -Bible
           -Science
           -Reading
       

History- Will join Elijah in studying U.S. History and Geography

Handwriting- A Reason for Handwriting Kindergarten

Latin- Song School Latin Level 1


Zach
Tot School

Last year I thought I would do more with Zach as far as directed learning, but that didn't happen.  This year he will be 2 so we will begin to add him into some of our lessons.  I am not quite sure how that will look at this point.  I also plan to use 1+1+1=1, and Confessions of a Homeschooler for their Tot School printable packets.  I am also planning on using Busy Bags/Boxes to keep him occupied.






 

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Homeschool Room Re Do

This weekend my hubby and I will be celebrating 13 years of marriage!!  For our anniversary we decided to take a shopping trip to Ikea and the Container Store!!  Yippeee!!!  Ok so really I decided that's what we were going to do.  He will get to go to the Apple store so he is happy!

All year I have been re working our homeschool room, mostly in my head.  Our room currently looks something like this...

My objective in redesigning the school room came down to two things, more storage and more storage out of the toddlers reach!  We currently have a small filing cabinet that holds most of my writing utensils, extra workbooks, paper, and various other items.  The toddler seems to think that is his playground!  It has made for some fun times here!  *sigh*

Here is what we hope to be purchasing at Ikea..

Expedit Shelving Unit 

Linnmon/Alex Table

The Expedit Shelving Unit will be used as a bookcase, toy shelf, and teacher supply shelf.  I am looking forward to having a nice spot, high up to store some things.  The Linnmon/Alex Table will be used as my desk.

I am really excited about these new additions to our room.   We recently inherited a round table that we will try using for the boys instead of desks.  I look forward to sharing with you all the finished room when its done.

Homeschool Binder

Last week I talked about my home management binder, this week will be the homeschool binder!!  Once again I went straight to Pinterest for some ideas, and once again I was over loaded with them!

What it came down to for me, was taking the best of every one that I found and making it work for me. So in the end this is what I came up with...

The front cover of my Homeschool Binder.

Divider page for the Homeschool Binder.

I chose these sections for my homeschool binder: this years plans, records, curriculum information, book lists, homeschool helps, art recipes, and notes.

Here is a run down of what is behind each section:

This Years Plans- an over view of our school year, each child will get their own page which will include books read, field trips and activities to do/completed.

Book Lists- books I would like to read to them, books I would like my kids to read, books that go along with a unit we are doing, books I'd like to own

Records- with drawl letters from school, HSLDA information, our state homeschool laws printed out from the HSLDA web site (our state doesn't require us to keep track of attendance or anything, but this would be a great spot for it if you need to)

Homeschool Helps- articles I have printed out, a list of web sites I frequent or might find useful in the future, notes taken from homeschool convention

Curriculum Info- receipts, purchase orders,  or catalogs from our current curriculum

Art Recipes- really this just holds ideas for art projects, or "recipes" for home made art materials

Notes- I put some lined notebook paper here to write down ideas that I come up with, or things I would like to purchase

To find out where I gathered my information you can look at my Homeschool Pinterest board.  Sorry my Pinterest board is kind of a mess!!  If you are looking for where I gathered the most information you can find it here at La Famille, she has an amazing homeschool binder filled with great information!!

I would love see what you are using as a homeschool or home management binder!!