Yesterday I went through all the old school books and took them out of the kid's totes and put the new books in. I LOVE new books! Later, the kids came to me and asked if they could have their old workbooks. They still have about 15 lessons worth of work in them and they said they might want to do a little work so they "don't get behind too much". I couldn't believe it - We've only been through with school about 3 weeks and already they are wanting to start again. This really makes me glad I had already decided to change our school year around this time. We will start in early July and pretty much do year-round schooling.
I am so excited about the new curriculum we are using this year! It is from a company I just found called WinterPromise. They have awesome themed programs that are literature based. In case you are interested, our curriculum this year looks like this...
Bible - Make It Stick Devotions(both) and WinterPromise Character Traits for Kids(Rayhan)
Math - A Beka(Jadon) and Christian Light Education(Rayhan)
Reading - WinterPromise “living books” (both - different books at their own levels)
Phonics - A Beka Phonics 1(Jadon)
Language - A Beka God’s Gift of Language(Rayhan) and A Beka Language 1(Jadon)
Writing - A Beka Writing with Phonics(Jadon) and WinterPromise Make Your Own History Book(Jadon) and WinterPromise Timelines in History Notebooking(Rayhan)
Spelling - A Beka Spelling 1(Jadon) and SpellWell D&DD(Rayhan)
History - WinterPromise All American 1(both) and WinterPromise Timelines in History Notebook(Rayhan)
Geography - WinterPromise Make Your Own State Notebook(Rayhan)
Science - Apologia Exploring Creation with Astronomy(both)
Art - WinterPromise Early American Artists(both) and Homeschool in the Woods Time Travelers Activities(both)
Music - Music Made Easy(both) and possibly God Made Music(both)
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