Creative Play Bilingual Homeschool

Aug. 28, 2008

Official 3rd grade curriculum line-up for 2008-2009

Notice the changes I've made since March . Thankfully, there weren't many. In English: Bible- Yes, I moved this from the Spanish. I have too many scriptures committed to memory to continue this in Spanish. She usually does private devotion reading in Spanish, though. MFW ECC is a study of the great commission, going through Matthew Explorer's Bible Study, Beginnings II- Jesus, My Shepherd (for young readers, since she's still learning phonics) History Complete Adventures (Intro to American History) in the afternoons Exploring Countries and Cultures-  I do have atlases and such in Spanish as well. We'll be starting this on 9/08 as I want to correlate the Mexico celebration with my husband's birthday. Shhhh, don't tell . Language Arts Complete MFW phonics -Then start Spelling by Sound and Structure Sonlight reading schedules, starting with 1 Practice with Hooked on Phonics during independent time Fine Arts Music and Art from ECC- mostly correlated with the countries we're studying Abeka - Art Projects 3, will be done independently Health Abeka - Health, Safety, & Manners 3 Foreign Language- as there is time German Japanese In Spanish: Math Mundo Matematico 3 Language Arts Classical Writing Aesop with Spanish models Grammar- will be correlated with CW instead of translating PLL (Primary Language Lessons) and using Espanol 3 Spelling- Practica Ortografia 3 Reading- I put together a reading list based on level, and some correlation with countries studied. Maybe I'll post the list someday. In both languages: Science topics (habitats, biomes) Read-alouds - We have 5 of the 6 missionary biographies in Spanish. Will be read in English in the day, and Spanish at night with husband. Book Basket Extracurricular: One, yes, just one dance class this year (last year there were three) 4-H Awana- this is up in the air, as I would need to go to a different church for this Power Reading program at the library, twice a week Science at the Library program- 8 week afternoon program, once a week

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Sep. 24, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

Thanks for sharing your curriculum for the year! I don't know where to start...I'm planning on homeschooling bilingually officially next year when my oldest will be in kinder. What are you using for Spanish science books? Where do you get mundo matematico? Will be checking your site again...often :) www.teachinggeneration.blogspot.com

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Sep. 24, 2008 - Congratulations

Posted by Renai

on teaching your child bilingually. We actually did the K year in Spanish, almost exclusively, except for some science videos. I used notecards to teach her to read. I taught the vowels using this poem http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/creativeplay/306464/. I wrote it out on a large sheet of paper and put it on the wall. After she learned the vowels, I used this chart http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/creativeplay/555728/ to introduce the consonants one at a time. I describe different things I did in this post http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/creativeplay/285282/. Mundo Matematico is now out of print. Santillana USA now sells Serie Amigo, but I don't know the series. I didn't use a curriculum in K. We counted, wrote numbers, used concrete items to learn simple addition and subtraction. I got a lot of ideas from Family Math, that I checked out of the library. For science, I also did not use a curriculum in K. My daughter wanted to learn about plants, so I checked out everything I could from the library- in English and Spanish- about plants. We talked, walked, and breathed plants for almost 18 months (yes, 2 school years). Well, the 2nd year we talked about other things too :). So, I would check the library for books your child is interested in before buying a curriculum. Enjoy your K year! It should be a nice, gentle, fun year for you and your child!

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