Starting School soon!

We will soon be starting back to school  soon and hopefully blogging again in a couple of weeks. Here is what I plan to use for this year:

Boys K & 1st:

Little Hearts to Heaven (Heart of Dakota) for History, Science, Bible, Poetry, rhymes and various activities

Italic Handwriting (Getty-Duval K & Penny Gardener's Handwriting for Children 1st)

Singapore Math or some other math workbook(K), Math U See (1st)

Phonics:  Hooked on Phonics

Grammar will be light just teaching the basics of nouns & verbs

Girls - 3rd & 5th

Preparing Hearts to Heaven (Heart of Dakota) includes history (CHOW, life in the great ice age, hero tales, grandpa's box), science (one small square books, find the constellations, who was leonardo davinci?, CFA Albert Einstein, Beverly Birch's Louis Pasteur, Great Dinosaur Mystery), Bible (Psalms),  Poetry, dictation, copywork, spelling (through copywork)

Grammar - Primary Language Lessons, Intermediate Language Lessons, Simply Grammar

Handwriting - Penny Gardener's Beautiful Handwriting for Children

Math - Math U See

Since PHFHG is only scheduled for 4 days a week it leaves 1 day a week open for doing Home Economics for Homeschoolers (includes health), Nature Studies, Flying Creatures of the 5th Day (Apologia), PE, Field Trips & not having to figure out how to cover that 5th that is planned when those pesky 1 day holidays mess up my week

I am really excited about using the Heart of Dakota curriculum this year, usually I try to put together my own so it will be nice to have something already planned that is just open and go and easy to implement.

I hope everyone has been enjoying their summer!

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5:35 PM, August 31, 2008 .. Posted by hugs4Him

How's your little one doing? Hope all is well!

HOD Preparing

8:40 AM, October 18, 2008 .. Posted by wdworkman

I'm also using Preparing with a 5th grader this year. How's it going so far?