Jul. 22, 2008 - Almost Done Planning
Whoo Hoo! I have my planner complete, minus our choices to deal with Big Man's (8) Auditory Processing problems. Those choices may take a couple more weeks, there is a whole lot to read thru and many, many choices to mull over. Everything else is ready to go, including my beloved binder. Can you see my bad dancing going on? Here is our curriculum for this year:
Big Man (8) - 3rd Grade:
- Barton Reading & Spelling (a program designed for dyslexics)
- Great Leaps Reading (a fluency building program)
- Literacy Leaders (phonological awareness program)
- Abeka Math - 3rd grade
- First Language Lessons - 3rd grade
- Handwriting Without Tears, Cursive
- Earobics (an auditory discrimination program)
- Tapestry of Grace (finish up year 2 and go thru Year 3, Unit 3)
- Real Science 4 Kids Chemistry, Pre-Level 1
- Artistic Pursuits (Trying this again! We did not schedule this well last year)
- Themes to Remember (Trying this again as well!)
- One Minute Readers (a fluency building program)
- Leading Little Ones to God & Childrens Story Bible
- Auditory Processing programs -- yet to be determined
Little Monkey (6) - 1st Grade:
- Ordinary Parents Guide to Reading (picking up at about lesson 120)
- Great Leaps Reading (figured it wouldn't hurt Little Monkey to do this too!)
- Literacy Leaders (ditto from above!)
- Abeka Math - 1st & 2nd Grade (finish up 1st grade left over from last year, will probably complete 2nd grade this year as well)
- First Language Lessons - 1st Grade
- Explode the Code (starting where we left off last year, end of book 3)
- Handwriting Without Tears - 2nd Grade
- Earobics (it would be good for him to go thru this program too!)
- Tapestry of Grace (finish up year 2 and go thru Year 3, Unit 3)
- Real Science 4 Kids Chemistry, Pre-Level 1
- Artistic Pursuits (Trying this again)
- Themes to Remember (Trying this again)
- Leading Little Ones to God & Childrens Story Bible
- Will be in on some Auditory Processing games with Big Man
Peanut (3) - Preschool:
As you can see, both Big Man and Little Monkey will be doing some of the same things thru the day. The fluency building and phonological awareness programs are short things that will only take a few minutes each. Little Monkey doesn't "officially" need these things like Big Man, yet it certainly won't hurt him to have the practice. We see some red flags with Little Monkey when it comes to dyslexia, we will probably get him tested by the end of the schoolyear. In the meantime, we'll watch him closely and let him join in on some of the things Big Man will be doing. It could all be developmental, but the chances for a sibling of a dyslexic to be one too is much higher than in a family with no problems.
The Auditory Processing recommendations are many, many, many. I have two looooong reports to muddle my way thru. It isn't leisurly reading for sure! In fact, it makes my brain hurt every time I sit down with it. I'll be relieved to have those choices made so I can figure out how to get everything in our days. I'm glad we had a few weeks between the tests. It gave me time to research, choose, and get comfortable with the dyslexia choices.
Now to try and figure out how I can fit it all in our days! I may crawl under a table and be in the fetal position for a while.
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