I have finally completed outlining the curriculum for next year for my 8 and 6 year olds. If they were returning to public school they'd be in 3^rd and 1^st grades respectively. I have selected what I believe to be an eclectic combination of texts and resources to fit their learning styles and my 8’s dysgraphia. As you know it is sometimes a difficult task selecting the appropriate curriculum especially if homeschooling more than one.

      Sometimes I think it may be a bit daunting so I must continue reminding myself that my DS’s have always worked above grade level. They did begin learning to read and write at 2 1/2. Also, if need be, I do have the power to change or alter our curriculum.

      Below is our course of study for 2008/2009.

Language Arts (daily)

• Reading
  • McGuffey’s Readers
• Grammar/Composition
  • Harvey’s Elementary Grammar and Composition
• Spelling
  • McGuffey’s Progressive Speller

Math (daily)

• Ray’s New Primary Arithmetic
• Ray’s New Intellectual Arithmetic

Bible (daily)

• God’s Story

History (3 days)

• The Mystery of History: Vol. 1

Science (2 days)

• Living Learning Books: Life Science
• Usborne Science Encyclopedia
• Usborne Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Natural World

Latin (daily)

• Latin’s Not So Tough! Vol. 1 and 2

Fine Arts (2 days)

• Music, Drama, Art
  • The Art’s
  • A Child’s History of Art

Literature (daily)

• The Lion the Witch the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Edith Nesbit
• Pilgrim’s Progress
• Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
• The Horse and His Boy by CS Lewis
• Jataka Tales by Ellen C Babbit
• King Lear by Edith Nesbit
• Prince Caspian by CS Lewis
• Stories of Don Quixote by James Baldwin
• Romeo and Juliet by Edith Nesbit
• The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by CS Lewis
• Stories of Robin Hood by HE Marshall
• All’s Well That Ends Well by Edith Nesbit
• The Silver Chair by CS Lewis
• Gulliver’s Travels by John Lang
• The Last Battle by CS Lewis