Yes, it's time! Back to schedules and lots of activities. This year, I am so ready to get back to our normal schedule. I'm excited to start teaching again . . . I've been slacking with my kids this summer. I'm excited about the things we're going to learn! Here are some things that we plan on using:
Sequential Spelling - This has been great for my non-readers. It helps with learning how to decode words. I'm hoping this will inspire them to write more and to feel more confident with their reading!
To Be a Princess - This is our whole history cirriculum for the year. Yes, we will supplement with other books and throw in some US history as we go along, but for the most part it's all about royalty at our house this year! When my girls said they wanted to learn about royalty, I went on a hunt for something that taught about the "real" princesses in history. I stumbled upon this book on Amazon and instantly fell in love with it. It's just short biographies of twelve princesses: Elizabeth, Marie Antoinette, the last Hawaiian princess and others. Each princess will lead us on a journey into their country, their culture and more. I'm really excited about this one!
Singapore Math - This will be used for my younger children (K & 2nd). I wasn't planning on getting anything for my K child but when looking at math books for the other kids he asked, "What math book am I going to use?" I told him I wasn't going to get him anything and he didn't like that answer. I asked if he wanted to just finish the K workbook I'd gotten him for last year and his response was, "No, I don't like that one. It's too easy!" And then when his book came in the mail I have never seen someone so excited about math! I'm also hoping this will be more appealing to my 2nd because she needs a little more nudging. I will be using Saxon with my 4th.
That's ALL the "cirriculum" I'm using this year. But we've got a LONG list of read aloud books that I hope to get through. That is one thing this summer that was so successful. We read and read and read! We're almost done with our third read aloud book this summer. That may be nothing for some families, but that's a big deal for ours! What did we read? The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall, How to Train Your Dragon by Clarissa Cowell, and Summer of the Monkeys.
Oh, and science we're going to do lots more nature studies, kitchen chemistry and some human body unit studies.
I hope everyone's summer went well and that your year is all ready to get started! Good luck!
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