My 4yr old really wants to do “school” like the big kids so I have some time set aside to work with her every morning this year!

So this year I will be teaching two 7th graders, two 2nd graders, and one PreK.

We school year-round.

PREK

These are the workbooks I got for my PreK girl.

“My First School Book” is from Handwriting without Tears(which I have used for all of my kids).

The “Montessori Method” workbooks are from Target(online) but I have heard you can get them at Zulily sometimes also.

The “Geography” workbook I got because I was needing something easy to give me ideas on what to do for geography.

Most of these are to help me find a good jumping off place for our lesson that day.

With 5 kids I just feel like I go blank sometimes!

Typically with my 4yr old I do one subject a day.

Science, Social Studies, Handwriting, Reading, Math.

I then work with her for about 10-15mins with a workbook, lesson, or reading a book.

Next I set up some learning play activity, like sensory bins, puzzles, or playdough that goes with what we are learning. I have some other workbooks that she can do with her brothers also. I love these Montessori board books!

2nd grade

For my twins that are in 2nd grade I am using a lot of the same things from last year.

Spelling

We are about half-way through All About Spelling Level 1 so we will probably start Level 2 after Christmas.

I have used this program with 4 children now and I still really like it.

Spelling with the tiles seems to make it easier for the younger ones.

Instead of doing it all on paper.

I love that it teaches the rules for phonics and spelling also!

Grammar

I really liked “First Language Lessons” for my boys but have not liked it as much for my twins.

It is still a good program but since a lot of the teaching talks about kids having one mom and one dad and so forth, it does not pertain to our family anymore now that we have adopted.

I might be switching to something else after we finish this book.

Math

“RightStart Mathematics Level C“ it is a VERY hands on program so if you have one that is a kinesthetic learner this might work well for them.

Reading

I have found that most readers move up too quickly for my twins so I bought(I did not buy the bridge book that was one my used for us) several in the same grade and we switch between them.

From the left;

“The Good and the Beauitful Level One“

Abeka “Strong and True“

Abeka “Aesop’s Fables” (love the stories in this)

Abeka “The bridge book”

History & Science

We are starting our timeline study over at the beginning so creation!

If you want to know more about how I teach by timeline click here.

I will be using books we have, the bible, and books from the library for these subjects.

 

7th grade

Math

videotextonline.com(this is not hands on at all)

Grammar

Brave Writer(I buy the individual boomerangs)

Programming

Khan Acadamy(a free educational site)

Typing

typing.com

Spelling

All About Spelling Level 7(the last one, the boys will have done the whole program!)
Science

This is our first year using a science curriculum!

I needed something that would help me with testing and records so I am trying this series this year.

Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology Pack, 7th-8th Grade, 3 Volumes

History, Science, Literature

The boys will be studying Ancient History as well again with my girls.

They already have a science curriculum but I think I will still get them some books in what we are studying.

They will start out going through this book “The Genius of Ancient Man” as well as the study guides that go with it(bought seperately).

It covers ancient man from a creation standpoint and I am super excited that they are finally old enough to read it!

I tried to introduce it the last time(5yrs ago) we studied Ancient History but they were two young.

Literature

Books that go with the time period we are studying.

That was a long post!!!

If you got through all of that and have any questions let me know!

Since we are doing year-round school now grades are a little less clear-cut than normal.

So this is the curriculum I will be using for my twins that are in 1st-2nd grade.

RightStart Math Level C (we are actually still finishing up level B right now)

All About Spelling Level 1

For Handwriting, I am making my own worksheets for the twins.

They have been doing Handwriting Without Tears but they need more repetition and practice.

So I made my own worksheets that still follow the same approach as the program.

For Grammar, I am trying to work on a Montessori approach.

I bought these stencils and made the shapes out of felt.

I am hoping that this more hands-on approach will make it easier for them.

For History, I get picture books that are in the same time period the boys are learning.

I am using easy readers like Bob books and other phonics based books for the twins reading.

Science is similar to the boys, I just get books that cover the time period or place we are learning about.

I do try to get hands on things to go with it if possible though.

The boys are both in 6th grade.

The boy’s math is not pictured here because it is all online.

They do VideoText.com and Khan Acadamy for math.

We have been doing both of those since last year and like it so far.

They also do;

All About Spelling Level 6(we started at level 1 and still really like it).

I am having them work through Spectrum Language Arts workbook this year for grammar.

I suppliment their history with Draw and Write through history and World Empires, World Missions, World Wars Activity Book with History Revealed.

We use the Draw and Write through History more than the other.

This is what the inside of the two books look like.

The History Revealed book has activity and books suggestions.

I mean to use it more than I do.

I just don’t seem to get around to it.

I have really liked the Draw and Write through History series.

It is a little too advanced for the girls yet though.

I liked the series called Draw Write Now for them but only have one book so far.

This is the inside of the Language Arts book and Spelling book.

I found this book filled with fact sheets on World War 1 for a really good deal and have really liked it.

I usually find free quizzes or crosswords online for the boys but this was so cheap and easy I could not pass it up.

I have some of these Professor Noggins quiz games to help the boys review what they have learned.

This is an example of how many books I bought for our current study.

I rely heavily on library books for the boy’s History, Science, and Geography.

I also bought a few ebooks to go with our current study.

 

For handwriting practice, I have the boys do copywork from our current study.

For example, speeches from World War 1 or poetry from that time period.

I tie the different subjects together by timeline and keep track of it on a spreadsheet.

September	The Industrial Revolution , Cotton Gin	USA	French and Indian Wars, and American Revolution	The Runaway’s Revenge, The Chimney Sweep’s Ransom(ebooks). G.A Henty Novels	1700’s Mid-Late	Beethovan	US Supreme court
October	The Locomotive, Steam Engines		Napoleon, French Revolution, William Carey, Lewis and Clark	Alexandre Dumas		Beethovan
November	Steam Boat, Erie canal		War of 1812, Francis Scott Key, Peter Cartwright, William Carey	The Broken Blade and The Wintering ~The Sign of the Beaver, Mark Twain, Abandoned on the Wild Frontier, “William Wordsworth ” ,Cooper	Early 1800’s	Beethovan
December	James Audubon, Samuel F. B. Morse	Africa	Battle of the Alamo, David Livingston, Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone	Jules Verne	Mid 1800’s
January	Gold, Thomas Edison, Joseph Lister, Ferdinand Cohn, Microbes		California Gold Rush, Oregon Trail
February	Cells		Irish Potato Famine
March	Bacteria
April
May	Alfred Nobel(Dynamite), Louis Pasteur, Robert Koch, Viruses		Clara Barton, Pre-Civil War, Lincoln, Crimean War		Mid 1800’s
	Elevator, Transcontinental Railroad	Eastern USA, Mexico	Civil War, Clara Barton, Cinco de Mayo
	Gregor Mendel, Genetics	Western USA	Oregon Trail, Westward Expansion
June	Nikola Tesla, Bell, Electricty	Germany, France	Franco-Prussian War, the statue of liberty, Eiffel tower	The Young Franc Tireurs And Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War, Lamplighter	1870
	George Washington Carver, Marie Curie		William Booth, Van Gough, Paris Expo	Sherlock Holmes,	1880
August	Wright Brothers, Flying	Antarctica	Russo-Japanese War, Entente Cordiale, Leading up to WW1, Roosevelt, Panama Canal, Antarctic Exped.	Brighty	1900’s
September	Albert Einstein	Europe	WW1	The west point story(ebook), Spies of World War 1(ebook), one of ours (ebook). Sergeant York (ebook)	1914
			Amelia Earhart, The Great Depression,
	Atomic bomb		WW2, Winston Churchill, Chuck Yeager	Sound of Music, Winged Watchman(ebook), Lost Squardron	1939

 

This is what we covered over the last year.

It is constantly changing.

If I see something interesting I would like to cover than I find a place to add it in.

I like that I can just add in things we maybe missed to catch the next time around.

I don’t stick to a set schedule on how long each study will take.

It mostly depends on interest level and amount of materials to cover.