Where we are in homeschooling.

I needed to think this through and get it all written down. Now, next, and then what. We've been doing fine all fall and early winter, but it's very much time for stepping it up and making sure the boys are ready for the next thing, and the next, and what's after that. So, here's where we are right now.

= Math =

    Son1: Kinetic Books Algebra I, parallel with Singapore Math 6B textbook (nearly completed).
    To use next:  Singapore Math 6B Intensive Practice, weekly use (have it). Then possibly geometry study (Euclid's Elements?) and then Zome Geometry (have it).

    Son2: Singapore Math 3B textbook, nearly completed.
    Add:  Singapore Math 3A Intensive Practice, weekly use (have it),
    To use next:  Singapore Math 4A textbook (have it). Later, Singapore Math 4A, 4B, & 5A textbooks, and 3B Intensive Practice (have them all).

= Composition & related =

    Son1:  Get back to History Odyssey and its writing projects. Routinely writes Boy Scout patrol minutes; occasional emails and thank you notes.
    Add back in:  Classical Composition/Chreia (have it) lessons for progymnasmata exercises on days with little HO composition work. Occasional copywork from history, literature, the Bible, and Latin.
    Then add:  Spelling words, Son1's request; use National Spelling Bee resources. Later, possibly do a block of Analytical Grammar.

    Son2:  Writing Tales Level One, including grammar, editing, progymnasmata exercises, spelling. Thank you notes.
    Add back in:  Copywork from history, literature, the Bible, and Latin.
    Then add:  Spelling words, Son2's request; use National Spelling Bee resources and Spalding-style phoneme fundamentals.

= Latin =

    Son1:  Latin Book One, 2 lessons/week.
    Add:  Memorization of conjugations & declensions; consider chants or example sentences. Introduce Latin dictionary. Study short Latin prayers & Bible texts. Begin free composition in Latin.

    Son2:  Decide! Lively Latin ($$) or Latin Prep. ORDER & begin.

= History =

Renaissance, explorers, Reformation & Counter-Reformation. Next, "early Modern" -- late Renaissance, colonization of Americas, slavery, revolutions (agricultural, industrial, American, etc.), nationalism.

    Using:  The Story of the World vol.2/Middle Ages text & activity book -- Son2, History Odyssey Middle Ages II -- Son1, and parallel reading in This Country of Ours (the USA), Our Island Story (Britain), History Lives 2/Monks & Mystics (church history).

    Needed next:  SOTW3/Early Modern text & activity book, History Odyssey Early Modern II and related books, History Lives 3/Courage & Conviction & then History Lives 4/Hearts & Hands (church history). Continue with TCoO & OIS.

= Science =

    Son1:  Periodic table/elements exploration and Real Science 4 Kids Chemistry I, weekly. Read The Mystery of the Periodic Table.

    Son2:  The Elements (a periodic table exploration), weekly.

= Literature =

    Son1:  Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. History Odyssey assigned books. Greek Myths (Coolidge); In Search of a Homeland (the story of The Aeneid, by Penelope Lively); The Classic Fairy Tales (Opie & Opie).
    Add:  Midsummer Night's Dream study guide/overview. Poetry.

    Son2:  Favorite Greek Myths, Favorite Norse Myths (Osborne); Viking Tales (Hall); fairy tales; American folk tales; Oscar Wilde's Stories for Children; The Children's Book of Virtues.
    Add:  Poetry.

= Piano =

Back to daily piano practice and music theory with the Schaum books.

= Bible literacy =

Bible Study Guide for All Ages, 2x/week.

= Scouts =

    Son1: merit badges -- Citizenship in the Community, Communications, Environmental Science, Camping.

= Later =

    Geography