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For the past two weeks, I have been quite busy getting my stuff together. DH will be here one week from today to officially move us to West Virginia. He took off on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, so he can help paint. I was a little particular regarding paint colors, so he figured he should just wait. It was probably the right decision.
So, recently, I have been trying to plan out the first quarter of our year, as much as I can. There are still some sketchy parts. There are still some parts that need to be ordered. But, it will all get done. At least I know the general flow to our day and what we will be using. Here is what I have so far. I am writing this from memory. I will change anything that needs correction when I check my planning pages.
- History - This is Ginger's favorite subject. We will again be using Story of the World vol. 1 (The Ancients) for the first part of the year. We will be finished and into vol. 2 (The Middle Ages) by January. For Ginger's daily reading, to go along with SOTW, I got her Tales of Troy and Greece by Andrew Lang. I also picked up a Dover coloring book on Ulysses to go along with the novel. As another reader, I chose Don't Know Much About American History, by Kenneth C. Davis. I was feeling uncomfortable about not yet getting to American history. This is a nice compromise.
- Math - We will again be using Sadlier-Oxford's Progress in Mathematics.
- Spelling - Last year for $5 I picked up AVKO's Sequential Spelling. I will pick up where we left off. I absolutely love the program. At our last homeschool picnic, I also aquired AVKO's Individualized Keyboarding and will begin to work on typing skills.
- Grammar - We will continue using First Language Lessons by Jessie Wise. I did come across a used copy of A Beka's Language C. I will use this for exercises. Though I like FLL a lot, sometimes I wish there were just more exercises for practice. I also picked up a copy of Evan-Moor's Daily Grammar Practice. Again, it is just a five minute (if that) daily review.
- Science - We will be using Noeo Science Chemistry II: Atoms to Alloys and Beyond. This still needs to be purchased when I get to WV. We will supplement until this comes. We will continue a weekly, if not more, Nature Study and will be participating in the Outdoor Hour Challenge hosted by Barb at Handbook of Nature Study. the Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Comstock is our spine. As a weekly reading assignment, we will start to read Birds Every Child Should Know by Neltje Blanchan.
- Shakespeare - Using Charles and Mary Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare, we will start with Two Gentlemen of Verona.
- Writing - We will be using the Writing Strands program as well as journalling. We will be doing narrations and notebooking daily.
- Geography - Starting with Paddle to the Sea, by Holling C. Holling, we will be using the Beautiful Feet Geography Guide. We will also supplement with Highlights Top Secret 50 States and Countries packets.
- Enrichment - (weekly)
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Art / Music Study - We will be using the Harmony Fine Arts Curriculum, again by Barb. We will also use Mona Brooks' Drawing With Children. Ginger will continue with her piano lessons.
- Logic - We will utilize Critical Thinking Press's Building Thinking Skills, as well as those 200 Highlights Puzzlemania and Mathmania books we have.
- Free Reading - Ginger chose the seven books in C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia. I did pick up a Literature Unit Guide for The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe which I may use loosely.
- Nightly Read Aloud - We will continue with classics. We are reading Matilda by Roald Dahl currently. Heidi is currenlty on the list as well as the rest of the Little House books.
- Cooking - I think she would enjoy learning to prepare one meal a week.
- Handiwork - She wants to learn how to machine sew. "Sew", I still need to find an appropriate project.
- She will continue with Tae Kwon Do and possibly a second martial art (Hapkido).
- Ginger will be continuing with 4-H and Girl Scouts.
That's our list of roughly the first 9 weeks. I think it is a lot. There is also a possibility of a Waldorf style group co-op that we will be attending once a week. I'm intrigued and looking into it.
Tell me what you think.
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