Math: We will continue with Math-U-See because it works so well for us. The nice man gives the lesson on DVD, the children do the practice exercises. It's great. Dandy will also participate in MathUSee's online once-a-week tutorial. We will continue with the very charming Life of Fred series, which pairs nicely with MathUSee.
Language Arts:
- We will continue Chickadee with the homey Amish curriculum Pathways Readers and Workbook.
- We are enjoying learning poems through IEW's Linguistic Development Through Poetry Memorization. Both kids can rattle of 20+ poems and counting.
- For Spelling we will continue with the highly successful Sequential Spelling. Love this. Ten minutes a day and they can do it without me.
- For Vocabulary we use Wordly Wise: a lesson a week.
Writing: Both children will take the Institute for Excellence in Writing's once-a-week online tutorial.
Geography: Maps, Graphs and Globes from Steck-Vaughn.
Dandy will also take a once-a-week science class with ZLO (Zacchaeus Learning Opportunities).
Bible: The children and I will all attend Bible Study Fellowship's Study of Genesis in the fall.
Art/Music: Chickadee will take once a week art/music classes at ZLO (Zacchaeus Learning Opportunities).
How about you? What are you using this year?
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We are making us of Japan’s every present Kumon workbooks to motivate Olive to practice fine motor skills and prepare her for handwriting. It seems a little silly to purchase something that pretty much gets your kid to draw lines and cut and glue paper, but the format of writing in the name and date, completing the full worksheet, and then choosing a sticker and adding it to the chart are good for instilling the basic school format. After she finishes the book she has a full sticker chart and certificate of completion.
With my down time during the summer I’ll probably put together some Montessori inspired learning activities. I’d like to recreate the trademark Montessori sandpaper letters with cardboard and maybe some simple counting math blocks.
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