Curriculum

We are what you might call an “eclectic” homeschool. I pick & choose curriculum to fit each kid. My oldest hates to write, but started to love to read in late fall of 2008. She is pretty good at math but struggles in spelling. My #2 child loves to draw and write. After much time not being interested in learning to read, she is starting to pick up some reading skills using her budding phonics decoding ability (Fall 2009).  They both love to be read to, so we use a loose “Charlotte Mason”-inspired approach to history and science.  We use a LOT of living books that are not reflected on this list. Many come from our rather limited local public library, but we have also started supplementing from the great public library system 60 miles away (with a one year paid out-of-area subscription – Fall 2009).

2009-2010

3rd Grade:
Spell to Write & Read
Growing With Grammar 3
Writing With Ease 2
A Beka Arithmetic 3
Story of the World II
God’s Design for Chemistry
Geography
Baltimore Catechism No. 1 (Section 2) & Bible
Poetry memorization

1st Grade
Spell to Write & Read
A Beka Arithmetic 1
History, Science, Religion, & Poetry same as 3rd grade

2008-2009

2nd grade
Spell to Write and Read
A Beka Arithmetic 2
Story of the World 1
Apologia’s Astronomy 1st semester / my own Earth Science 2nd semester
Baltimore Catechism No 1 (1st section) & Saints Stories
Poetry memorization
Cursive First

Kindergarten
Learn to Read in 100 Easy Lessons / learn phonograms for SWR
Singapore Earlybird 1B & 2A, Horizons K bk 1
Artpac 1
History, Science, Religion, Poetry, & Cursive First with 2nd grader