As usual for this time of year, my thoughts have turned towards the next school year. With the arrival of all those catalogs and the scheduling of home school conventions, I can fight the will to plan, plan, plan for next year! Someone stop me!In Georgia, we have a virtual academy that is available and I have been seriously considering giving it a try. It uses the K12 curriculum, but you have to deal with school control. You oversee the education, but have to abide by the school schedule, rules, etc... I am not sure that I can do that! That said, this is what I have planned for our homeschool staying as is. A HOME school.
What I am thinking:
Our 2009/2010 School Year
C-Sunshine – Fourth Grade
Language Arts
Language lessons for the Elementary Child – Book 1
Handwriting without Tears – Can Do Cursive
or Copywork
Explode the Code – Book 8
Math
Saxon Math 5/4 with Dive CD, moving into 6/5
Geography/History
Mapskills – Book D
American History – Read A Alouds with Mom
History Notebooking
Science
Apologia – Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day (includes notebooking) or Switched On Schoolhouse 4th Grade
My Nature Journal with lots of nature study outside
Art
Picture Art Study - one artist each six weeks – picture study once a week, read about artist’s life briefly during the study.
Music
Piano Lessons
Composer study – one each six weeks – daily exposure, read about the composer life’s briefly during the study.
Foreign Language
Spanish – Power-Glide Junior
K-Doodle – Age 6
Language Arts
Language lessons for the Young Child – Book 2
Phonics Pathways
My First Pets – Phonetic Reader Series
Handwriting without Tears – My Printing Book
Math
Saxon Math 1
Geography/History
Serendipity Unit Study - Countries
The Peachy Georgia Coloring Book – GA History
American History – Read A Alouds with Mom
History Notebooking
Science
Apologia – Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day (includes notebooking)
Nature Drawing Notebook with lots of nature study outside
Art
Picture Art Study - one artist each six weeks – picture study once a week, read about artist’s life briefly during the study. (Using schedule by amblesideonline.org)
Music
Pianimals with Mom
Composer study – one each six weeks – daily exposure, read about the composer life’s briefly during the study. (Using schedule by amblesideonline.org)
Foreign Language
Spanish – Power-Glide Junior
Dance Lessons or Homeschool Gymnastic's Class
Homeschool Girl Scouts
Explorers Home school Coop
Please let me know what you think?
I still think you should check out IEW (Institute for Excellence in Writing) ; )
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It would be crazy. But no we are more North up by Palm Coast. I love it here. We have missed rain so much that I had to take a picture of it as my picture thought. Thank you for visiting my blog today hope to see you again.
ReplyDeleteHi! i finally made it to your blog site! Very nice! I don't know how you find time to do it, but I like it. Your time at your mom's looks fun!
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