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As I mentioned before due to financial constraints we have a very eclectic curriculum this year. I figure though with it being only Kindergarten it won’t matter so much if I’m piecing things together as long as the basics get covered. I thought I would share what we’re doing (if only to see it written out and understand it myself). Bible Our Bible curriculum is fairly simple right now. We want the kids to learn catechism, so I found a website that has a simple catechism laid out year by year (one question each week). Buddy is also doing Awana Sparks, so that will be his memory verse each week. I want to do a Charlotte Mason memory program with him using those verses so that we will have lots of review. Phonics When Buddy turned 5 we purchased Hooked on Phonics because he was ready, we had friends who had good success with it, and Costco was carrying their entire Hooked on Kindergarten curriculum for a good price. I quickly discovered their rote memorization/ repetition, repetition, repetition did not work for my kinesthetic learner. Thankfully they included a workbook which used pencils, crayons and scissors. We also did a lot of spelling with fridge magnets. When I started looking at how to continue I came across a couple of websites (http://www.mes-english.com & http://www.schoolexpress.com) that have phonics printables for teachers. From these I was able to make some phonics blends flashcards and print some Kindergarten sight words work sheets. Right now we are working on recognizing one set of blends and sight words each week. When we are done with those I have a School Zone ‘Big Phonics’ workbook (also from Costco) that we will use. We will also make use of all the beginning readers that came with the Hooked on Phonics and play some of the reading games they suggested. Math Right now we are finishing up School Zone’s ‘Big Kindergarten’ workbook. Eventually I want to use Math-U-See, but I can’t afford the whole curriculum right now. I watched their demo on their website and figure I will try using the blocks with the School Zone ‘Big Math 1-2’ book that we already have. The blocks arrived yesterday and the kids had a great time checking them out. I will also make use of the Hooked on Math by using it as tests to double check our progress. Handwriting I have decided to go with the Getty-Dubay Italic handwriting. I agree with the ideas behind italic versus stick & ball/ traditional cursive handwriting. The teacher’s manual arrived the other day, but we are still waiting for the student workbook. I also read several articles on the websites for Peterson Directed Handwriting and Barchowsky Fluent Handwriting so I will try to incorporate those teaching styles. Science We’re not doing anything particular for science yet. I found some little books in the homeschooling section of the used book store that have little experiments you can do with young children. We will try to do those as we have time. That’s it for now; as I said, very eclectic. I’ve seen some neat looking stuff that I’m interested in for next year if the Lord provides the finances. One day at a time, one year at a time, right? |
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