Our 2016-2017 School Year – Homeschool Planning
Here is a glimpse of my homeschool planning for the new school year. We are trying some different things this year. First, our oldest will be attending another school, this year, for special ed students. This was a really hard decision, but one that (I hope) is for the best. If not, we plan to pull him right back out to continue homeschooling him. Our 4th little one is starting Kindergarten this Fall! Where did the time go? So, he has been added to our official homeschool lineup! It has been a while since we’ve had a Kindergartener in the house. We also have a preschooler, a toddler, and are expecting a new little one in December. Wooh!
I wanted to leave room for flexibility in my schedule. I also know that I want to be spending time on little guy who is starting Kindergarten and learning his letters! Honestly, I’ve been putting off this homeschool planning because I felt overwhelmed with the task of finding something we would be excited about but would be easy to implement.
I decided to go with the Charlotte Mason method of learning to keep the lessons short and simple.
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I used my new Homeschool Planner to write down our schedule.
Morning Basket Time:
Getting Started with French
Calendar Time for the littles
Acappella Singing
Kinder:
Phonics: Jolly Phonics
Math: Math-U-See
Science: Apologia Astronomy
Nature Study
Art: Artist Study
Literature: A bunch of books
4th Grader:
Geography: Visit to North America by Simply Charlotte Mason; 10 Days in the USA
History: World War II, Story of the World Vol. 4; Allies and Axis Board Game
Creative Writing: Creative Writing Journal
Math: CTC Math
Handwriting & LA: Copywork, Notebooking Pages
Grammar: Fix-It Grammar
Literature: A Variety of Literature listed below plus:
Paddle to the Sea, Minn of the Mississippi, Seabird, Tree in the Trail
Beautiful Feet Books Geography Literature Guide
Reading: The Borrowers, Around the World in 80 Days, Swiss Family Robinson, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,
The Door in the Wall, Founder of Modern Medicine Louis Pasteur, Pedro’s Journal,
Number the Stars, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, Snow Treasure
Independent Time: Fun Schooling for 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade
Bible: Veritas Press Bible
Art: Artist Study – Da Vinci, Monet, Van Gogh
Hobby/Handy Craft: Watercolor, Acrylic Painting, Polymer Clay, Knitting, Sewing, Crochet
Music: Singing, Chorus
Science: Apologia Botany, Nature Study
6th Grade
Geography: Visit to North America by Simply Charlotte Mason; 10 Days in the USA
History: World War II, Story of the World Vol. 4; Allies and Axis Board Game
Creative Writing: Creative Writing Journal
Math: CTC Math; Are you a Math Genius?
Handwriting & LA: Copywork, Notebooking Pages
Grammar: Fix-It Grammar
Literature: A Variety of Literature listed below plus:
Paddle to the Sea, Minn of the Mississippi, Seabird, Tree in the Trail
Beautiful Feet Books Geography Literature Guide
Reading: The Door in the Wall, Founder of Modern Medicine Louis Pasteur, Pedro’s Journal,
Number the Stars, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, Snow Treasure,
The Narnia Series
Typing: Talking Fingers
Spelling: Spelling Time (Master the Top 150 Misspelled Words), IEW Phonetic Zoo
Independent Work: Fun Schooling Journal for 6th, 7th, and 8th Grade
Bible: Veritas Press Bible
Art: Artist Study – Da Vinci, Monet, Van Gogh, Draw 50 People,
Hobby/Handy Craft: Drawing, Fine Art, Watercolor, Acrylic Painting, Polymer Clay
Music: Piano
Science: Apologia A&P, Nature Study
We are doing a Co-op again this year, one day a week. This provides plenty of social and learning activities for the kids. They will take classes like Apologia science (in whichever study we signed up for in their age appropriate classes), public speaking, engineering, language arts, and music theory. We are trying out Audible this year for our 6th grader. My goal is to have him reading for one hour each day and because of his struggle with dyslexia, that doesn’t come easily.
When are you starting your school year? Have you already done your homeschool planning this year?
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