AimeeM Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Do we have a thread for this yet? If so, I'm not going to bother asking for feedback here - I'll just go there, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strange_girl Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 I don't see one! DS5 will be 6 in June and will start 1st grade in August. *cry*. I have a 3rd grader, 1st grader, and a 3-year-old sort of preschooler (if he's interested) next year. First grade plans: CLE Language Arts 1 CLE Math 1-2 CLE Reading 1 Real Science 4 Kids Chemistry (and maybe Physics) Story of the World 1 w/ activity guide Writing With Ease 1 Explode the Code 4, 5, 6 Music, art, and PE without a set curriculum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoolC Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 I've been lurking for about a year but have decided to join in the discussion! My 5 year old will be 6 in July and we'll begin first grade then. Our plans: Miquon math and education unboxed: continuing on from where we finish up kindergarten Progressive phonics: also continuing on from wherever we end up this spring BFSU and handbook of nature study for science Ambleside year 1 for history, literature, geography, art, music, copy work, etc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AimeeM Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 Yay! Welcome to the board (actively), Woolsey! Nico will be 6 in May. Math - Miquon... we'll continue where we leave off; some days he does several sheets, but I know he'll hit a wall at some point. We'll continue with CLE's flash card system. English Studies - Dancing Bears B phonics, CHC Spelling 1, CHC handwriting/copy work 1, Lepanto/VIE grammar 1, readers, literature History - literature based prehistory Science - literature based weather, astronomy, and physics; OLVS' nature readers Religion - Living in God's Love 1; lots of saint stories and crafts Recitation - Mom compiled lists pulling from Classically Catholic Memory, Living Memory, and religion Geography - Legends and Leagues Latin - Song School Latin ETA: It looks like a lot, but we do not do everything every day. The only things we'll do every day are Latin, spelling, handwriting, phonics, math, recitation, and religion; since science and history are literature based, they are just read alouds daily; grammar is only twice weekly, while geography and history/science enrichment is once weekly (on Fridays - our light/enrichment day). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotherGoose Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Horizons 1 (we're in it now so will just keep on and get as far as we get) CLE LA 100 probably--love it with her older sister MCP Phonics (but will need to look at CLE LA may not need this with CLE) OPGTR from wherever we get Read alouds with sister and from Ambleside list appropriate to age Nancy Larson Science 3 (tagging along with sister) History through coop--Modern History Would like her to learn some basic US geography. ETA now that I have CLE I'm doing cle reading and la, and dropping OPG and MCP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tawlas Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 My little man will be in grade 1 officially next year, although he's currently blowing my socks off right now and doing grade 1 work. He mostly does stuff with his older sibs, but I guess next year we might bump our our one-on-one time to 45-60 minutes. . . maybe. He's a silly heart so we'll see how it goes. So much can change in a few months with these little ones! As of now, my plan is: Math: continue MM1, maybe move into MM2. Or go "sideways" and do a lot of living math and games Reading: ETC 1 & 2 and AAR 2 - or OPGTR? see how this year ends. . . Printing: HWOT 1 Beginning Geography 1? Considering so he can join in our geography studies with the bigs . . . Possibly joining in with older siblings for our group work (modified to suit him - unsure how to do this yet, or what to require him to do): FLL3 WWE3? CAP W&R Fable? Killgallon Sentence Composing for Elementary? SOTW3 with activity guide Courage and Conquest and/or Modern History Through Canadian Eyes RSO Chemistry 1 Artisitic Pursuits K-3 Book 2 Ecoutez Parlez French 3&4 Swimming Lessons, occasional rec centre classes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carriede Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 I haven't had a chance to hammer out how this will all fit together, but here are the resources I plan on using: Reading: Spalding, Phonics Pathways Math: Math Mammoth 1b-2a maybe 2b, Miquon maybe (haven't been using it as much as I thought we would, but we still use C rods with MM) Writing: Spalding, the old FLL1/2, WWE instructor's guide using history and science read alouds History and Geography: SOTW1 with activity guide for the coloring and map pages Science: continuing BFSU Religon: Our Heavenly Father as a read aloud Memory: Classically Catholic Memory which covers topics in poetry, science, religon, history, math, Latin prayers, geography Spanish maybe? Art something: I'm looking at ARTistic Pursuits or Drawing with Children or basic picture study I need a few weekends to get my head on straight. I have so many ideas on what to do, but no time to sort through them. ETA: DS5 will be 6 in June too! Lots of summer birthdays so far. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RKWAcademy Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 My twins will be in first grade this fall (6th b-day in April). Here are my plans so far: Reading - finish AAR2, move to AAR3 Spelling - AAS1 - maybe Other LA - WWE1, FLL1/2 Handwriting - must I? Math - Singapore Primary Math 1B, 2A, probably some of RightStart B over the summer Science - ???? everyone's favorite History/Geography - Adventures in America, lots of library books for Early American time period - my kids LOVE this! Others - Spanish? Extras DD - Gymnastics, Dance DS - Gymnastics (??), Cub Scouts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirstenhill Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 These are my tentative plans...they may change depending on how much progress DS6 makes between now and next fall. Logic of English Foundations D (this should be fairly complete language arts for him) Miquon - continuing from where ever we leave off at the end of this school year (we are using both orange and red right now) Listening in to lit selections with older brother (who will be in 3rd) Listening in to science and history with older sibs - not sure at all what we are doing for science and history will be Dark ages/Middle Ages/early renaissance with Parts of MOH 2 and 3 as our spine, but adding in my own list of lit and library books to go along. That is the main gist of it. We do gym, art and science at co-op. He will be old enough for our public speaking club next year and will probably do one other outside activity. He has done Tae Kwon Do for the past year with DS7, but DS6 is ready to be done, and is interested in trying some kind of dance class next. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonflyer Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Captain McSillyPants will start 1st grade in July (because I like to take all of December off) Bible: Exodus-Deut Math: MM2 Spelling: AAS3 Handwriting: Copywork custom made using Startwrite Reading: Books Read-Aloud: Ambleside Year 1 Language: Song School Latin 1 History: SOTW2 (listen in the car) Geography (2 days): Expedition Earth by COAH Science (2 days): Mammal studies Art (1 day): R&S Artpac 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upennmama Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 I am not definite on these, but so far I am thinking: Bible: Read/listen along with Who Is God with my olders, and do Junior notebooking journal History/Social Studies: Tapestry of Grace with the older kids Math: Singapore 1 Grammar: FLL1 Writing: WWE1 Spelling: Just going to make lists of harder words from her reading and have her copy them a few times a week Handwriting: A Reason for Handwriting Science: Magic School Bus kits, along with videos and nature study Reading/Lit- TOG books, plus adding good books and some reading response activities. She will also love doing a lot of the TOG projects with my 5th grader. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kharisma Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 English: Phonics Pathways, ZB 1st handwriting, Climbing Higher to Good English, Read Alouds Math: Mc Ruffy 1st Science: Mc Ruffy 1st and library books History: U.S. Holiday studies Geography: Beginning Geography Music and Art: coop, MP Enrichment, at home projects Gym: coop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertflower Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Tentatively, 1. Bible, memory scriptures 2. Phonics pathways with readers 3. FLL 2, WWE 1 4. SM 2B, 3A, CWP 1; BA 3A; Zaccaro 5. Pentime 6. SOTW 1 7. Song school Spanish . 8. CTC books - mindbenders, mr 2, bts1 9. Bfsu, rs4k, rso (depending on interest); you be a chemist 10. CC songs 11. AAS 1 Nature walks, interest led projects, lego building, and plenty of read alouds. Looking at other replies I may have to look into artistic pursuit and a geography course. We start first grade now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmseB Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 My guy will be 6 in March, so when we start school next year he'll be doing: Math: CLE. We're switching from Saxon (which I like, but I don't feel like I'll be able to keep up with next year) and so I'll test him over the summer and see what placement we need. LA: Probably McRuffy 1st grade and WWE level 1. Bible and History will be done with big brother on VP self-paced. That's all I have for him so far. Honestly, I'm feeling a little overwhelmed schooling him and his brother, plus having a baby and toddler in the mix. So a lot of our school will probably be added on as we go and I feel capable of projects and more "stuff". But I also really enjoy them having plenty of time for free reading (which he is just getting into) and playing out back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smarson Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Ahh! I was just looking for this topic yesterday as I begin to think about 1st grade. This is what I tentatively have planned: Horizons Math 1 Logic of English Foundations C & D TOG Y1 or primer or CC Song School Latin 1 Drawing with Children Sassafrass Science Stories of the Great Composers I also have a 4 yr old who will turn 5 in November who is showing quite an interest in school. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with him yet. I'll probably just have him follow along with big sister. I'm considering getting him MUS Primer that he can do when he feels like it but not force any school on him yet. He wouldn't be allowed to start public school (if he were to go to ps) for another year anyway, so I don't want to rush him. And he's a boy... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggie Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Digby will be in first in the fall. All we have are reading (OPGTR), writing (HWOT), and math (MUS Alpha). He's not ready for more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverFamily Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Can't believe how old she is getting! My plans so far for my Dd5... Math: Singapore Math 1a/1b, and Miquon Reading/Phonics: AAR Spelling: AAS 1/2 Grammar: FLL 1 Writing/Handwriting: Practice sheets made with Startwrite, and WWE 1 History: SL Core A (with Dd7) Science: Probably SL Science A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rutheart Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 For my first grader, here's what I have planned, assuming I have to buy all curriculum new: Phonics: continue with Phonics Pathways, Bob books, etc. Math: continue with Saxon 1 Literature: Mon, Tues chapter book, Wed poetry, Thurs, Fri picture books (most will be library books, but I'll definitely do Little House on the Prairie and Prince Caspian) Art: variety of projects from Deep Space Sparkle and other blogs, Usborne Big Drawing Book History: SOTW 4, supplementing with How People Lived and Living Long Ago when my library doesn't have anything age appropriate for SOTW Science: weekly unit themes revolving around list in What Your First Grader Needs to Know, supplemented with projects/experiments in Lesson Pathways and watching her sister's labs PE: I need to plan something, since she is content to sit all day, especially if a lap is available Spanish: weekly exposure to a video in Spanish Handwriting: HWOT Writing: rotation of picture-based journal, special notebook to pass notes to Mom back and forth, dictating stories, projects like a letter mailed to Grandma, etc. Life Skills: anti-drug unit, learning to make her own pb&J instead of relying on older sister, adding more things as I think of them Our local co-op classes will likely include crafts and drama, and we'll continue with Girl Scouts. Also, she'll finally be old enough to attend our local library's weekly homeschool program. I'll have one hour, kid-free, every Thursday to hunt down all the library books I'll need for the next week and then sit and read a book just for me. It's going to be glorious. I do plan to go to a used curriculum sale in May, so I may pick up some things for science, Spanish, and writing there. Most of my new curriculum budget is going to my 5th grader. Ruth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Wow, I hadn't thought it through. Poor baby, silk getting overlooked. I guess I'm planning - Math: continue with Miquon and using MM to supplement Grammar: continue with FLL 1 Writing: WWE 1 History: SOTW 1 Science: BFSU Spanish: gentle introduction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeacefulChaos Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Pink will be a first-grader next year. Yay!! :) continue/finish OPG Grammar - First Language Lessons 1 Writing - WWE, maybe. We'll try it out, and see how it goes. Handwriting - Zaner Bloser 1 Spelling - I'm not convinced she should start a spelling program next year. We may wait until 2nd or 3rd grade for one. Math - MUS Alpha History - SOTW 1 Science - WTM 1st grade science Art/Music/PE - meh. We go to art class. The other two things aren't planned - she's exposed to all sorts of music, and she plays outside all the time. That's good enough. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy_of_4 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 DD just started 1st grade material and is usingAAR 2Abeka math 1FLL 1WWE 1BJU science 1BJU heritage studies 1We might add in a spelling soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomOfABunch Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 DS2 will be 6 in May...how did that happen? I guess I'll have to start thinking about this! ETA: after thinking about it: Singapore 1 FLL 1 WWE 1 AAR STW 1 Tag along with DS1 for science SSL 1 Arabic - learn to read and write the alphabet + some kids videos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stm4him Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 We are doing first grade right now with two kiddos but they are going at different paces because the older of the two is really in second grade but wasn't familiar with all the terms and hadn't been introduced to some of the math topics so we are double timing it for him. The younger of the two is a semester behind but should be caught up by fall. CLE 100 for Math, LA, Learning to Read/Reading, Bible, Science, and Social Studies Hey Andrew 1 Latin's Not So Tough 1 CLE I Can Write Manuscript Artpac 1 CLE Music Theory 1 Helping Yourself (for fun....cutting and pasting, dot maps, extra phonics/handwriting reinforcement) Home library and memory work currently: American history and literature, anatomy, chemistry, and origins (CC Cycle 3) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondeviolin Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 I will have my third first-grader this fall. Math: Singapore OR MEP. It'll depend on how much number sense she's developed in the fall. Right now, it looks like MEP. Spelling: finish up LOE Foundations, move up to LOE Essentiald MAYBE Reading: we'll have to see where she is by fall Writing: WWE 1 Science: tagging along with our physical science...whatever that will be She's gonna skip history and do more FIAR, maybe some unit studies on continents and oceans. Art: HAS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momof3 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 My 2nd time through first grade... We school through the year (probably will take June off, though). Math: Wherever we leave off...somewhere in MM1B? and maybe finish 2A...or maybe just take things nice & slow. Goal is to keep math fun. Dd5 isn't a mathy person, but she's loving math so far. :) Language: R&S Grammar 2, Alphaphonics Spelling Lists, reading lots of good books Piano lessons Joining big bro (2nd grade) for: Memory Work: too lazy to list it all right now :) Bible: Bible Road Trip, Yr2 (Job--Malachi) History: SOTW2 Science: Earth & Space (variety of resources) Art: Home Art Studio, Grade 2 Spanish: Little Pim, Salsa Spanish videos, grammar book, Speaking Spanish with Miss Mason, etc. Music listening, read alouds from good literature, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacus2 Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Wow, I can't believe my baby will really be first grade next year. Here are tentative plans: Math: Math Mammoth 1 Music: Continue local music class Art: Home Art Studio DVD First grade PE: Not sure. Language Arts: Sonlight LA 1 2006 version 4 day schedule Handwriting: HWOT yellow book Social Studies: Continue MFW K/ Sonlight P4/5 read alouds, skipping any phonics work she is beyond, then starting Sonlight Core A Science: NOEO Chemistry 1 with her older sister 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Mine will be 6 in May. We start the new year toward the end of June. Math: CLE Math 200 LA: CLE LA 100/200 (he places in 200 now, but I'm starting him in 100 next week to keep things fun and easy) History: MOH2 Science: TBD We'll have mobile baby at some point next year, so I'm keeping it simple! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThursdayNext Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 My Dd will be 7 in November. We will start 1st in September, or maybe August like the school system. I have no clue and am freaking out a little! This is the first year I'll need to send a letter of intent too. Hymns and prayer time: sounds lovely, but always results in chaos and acting out. 4 year old in time out every morning. Math: Singapore 1b (started 1a in fall, but going too slow to finish) History: Story of the World (will we get around to the activities, or just audio?) Science: Noeo chemistry1 (will we actually do it, or just have good intentions and feel terrible? We aren't even doing the preschool science experiment book we had planned for this year.) Phonics/spelling/reading: maybe keep going with WRTR spelling list and phonogram cards, plus having her read random books aloud English/writing/grammar/language arts: no idea, so lost Handwriting: is a spelling list plus writing a letter once a week enough? Probably not. Scripture memory: memorizing longer passages is going well. Romans 8 this year? Will try to stay ahead of kids so we can practice while driving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WistfulRidge Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 DS1 will be 6 in June and we start our new school year in August. Math: Continue with Math Mammoth - 1B and 2A; Singapore Challenging Word Problems 1 Handwriting: Copy work taken from science, history, literature/read alouds, scripture study etc Writing: Mostly doing my own thing WWE style - wanting to integrate it with our science and history Grammar: FLL1 Spelling: Rod & Staff 2 History: SOTW 1 w/ activity book/ supplemental topic books/ occasional fun activity Science: I haven't found anything I love science wise so I'm pulling together my own Biology schedule based off a few encyclopedias, experiments, and episodes of Magic School Bus. We'll see how that goes... Art/Music: I'm liking the looks of Harmony Fine Arts - any opinions? I'll also probably pick up something Lollipop Logic just for fun and he has been hardcore begging to learn Spanish so I'm on the hunt for a fun/ relatively simple Spanish program. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minerva Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 LA: LOE D Math: Miquon, Right Start, Games Spanish: Audiobooks, conversation History: Sotw 4 with older sibling Art Science: Tops with older sibling Lots and lots of books! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourisenough Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 DD4 will be 6 in May, and she will begin first grade in September (though we school year-round-ish, so we'll just pick up where we left off before our August vacation). Phonics/Spelling: Finish Phonics Pathways, continue with ETC (currently in book 4), maybe AAS 1/2 Grammar/Writing: FLL 1, WWE 1, MP StoryTime Treasures, begin cursive Math: Math Mammoth 1A/B Everything Else: Possibly CC Foundations, MP First Grade Enrichment, MP First Grade Recitation, What Your First Grader Needs To Know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS Mom in NC Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 A note to people using SOTW1 for the first time, be aware than some parents and some kids find the strict chronological approach that moves quickly between one people group to another frustrating and disorienting. If you find that to be true in your particular situation, don't assume SOTW isn't a good fit for you. Some people just organize the readings by region and read chronologically within each region before moving to the next region. Typically they do the "What is History?" and "How Do we Know?" chapters first, then they go to Mesopotamia and other locations very nearby. After that you can choose your next regions as you like, but I suggest ending with the Romans because the book ends with what the Romans left Western Culture and SOTW 2 begins with a recap of the Fall of the Roman Empire. Also, I highly recommend using the Activity Guide that goes with SOTW 1. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calihil Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Not sure yet. My daughter just turned 6 in December. I have a baby due in July soooo we might not really start anything other than the 3 R's until January. We'll see. Phonics - Explode the Code 4, 5, 6 or All About Spelling Reading - hopefully her reading will take off soon and she'll be reading chapter books Bible - CLE Bible 1, Leading Little Ones to God, Bible verse memory Math - Using Horizons K now, might use Horizons again or go with CLE 100, not sure Handwriting - copywork from AO Year 1 Art - Artistic Pursuits...maybe We will be doing AO Year 1, so copywork, history, science, hymns, art study, etc will all come from that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I decided last year that this current year would be my dd's 1st grade year, because her birthday was right on the cutoff, but I have since reevaluated and decided that this year will be more of a 1st/2nd grade. That said, here's my plans for her: Math: Finish CLE Math 1, start CLE Math 2 Reading: Mensa Reading list and reading time from library basket Writing: WWE2 Spelling: AAS2 Grammar: FLL2 History: SOTW1 with activity book, audiobook, and extra readings Geography: Evan Moor Beginning Geography Science: BFSU, nature studies, and science museums Memory Work: Memory list of my own design, with poetry, facts, and scripture. Also work on the CC Timeline. Piano: Hoffman Academy with Mom I'm sort of disappointed because this is mostly a continuation of what we're already doing, so there was very little to research, although a lot to put together, like BFSU, if I'm going to make it work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyroo Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Peter will be turning 6 in a few weeks. Most subjects we will just continue doing the next thing through the summer and move to the "first grade materials" whenever he finishes the "kindergarten materials". The only subjects we will be adding for first grade are writing (once he is done with handwriting) and spelling. Singapore 3 Explode the Code 5, 6, 7? AAS1 FLL2 WWE 1 Mr. Q Biology SOTW 1 Down to Earth Geography Atelier Art La Clase Divertida and Teach Then Spanish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 CLE Math and K12....I need simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivka Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Colin turned 6 in February and will be starting first grade in June. (We school year-round, June-May.) Morning time: Together with his sister, who will be in 5th. I read aloud from two different novels and read a poem. Thinking of changing to a novel, a nonfiction article of some kind (I have a stack of old Cricket magazines with really good short nonfiction), and a poem. The kids have been asking to do singing during morning time as well, so maybe "song of the week" alternating hymns from the Unitarian-Universalist hymnal and folk songs. Reading: Living books. He'll read aloud to me daily, and also read silently for pleasure. Math: MEP 2a and 2b. Social Studies: Tagging along with SOTW4, and he'll also do the Intellego unit study "Continents and Cultures." Science: Intellego core curriculum units "Living Things" and "The Animal Kingdom." Writing: HWT until he knows all of his letters, and then WWE1. This kid might need extra easy copywork before he gets to WWE, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjffkj Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Ds will be in first next year. I will no longer be homeschooling my nephew after this year so i can switch to year round schooling again! Math: we use no curriculum. I pick the topic to teach and using living books, games, and manipulatives to teach it. I'll be compiling the list of what I'd like covered next school year in May since we'll start school in July. Spelling: I use phonics pathways to teach spelling rules. We'll just pick up where we leave off after this year and will likely work from that book the entire year. Grammar: I do my own thing in this regard also. We'll continue to learn parts of speech, punctuation, proper sentence structure, etc through discussion and games I make up. Reading: he will read to me daily and to himself from appropriatly leveled books. Discussion will be up to him Literature: we'll pick the chapter books, short stories, and poems we read and discuss together. I'll also implement some sort of vocab workwith each box. Science: his choice is cooking/ baking in the kitchen with me once a week, nature hikes during good weather months, and any tangents he becomes interested in. History: he wants to learn the ancients so we'll do a lot of reading and kid run projects/note booking. Writing: not sure how I want to handle this yet Religion: faith and life 1 Art/music: not sure yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I also have a 4 yr old who will turn 5 in November who is showing quite an interest in school. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with him yet. I'll probably just have him follow along with big sister. I'm considering getting him MUS Primer that he can do when he feels like it but not force any school on him yet. He wouldn't be allowed to start public school (if he were to go to ps) for another year anyway, so I don't want to rush him. And he's a boy... ;) My youngest is the same age as yours then (born mid-November, currently 4yo). Our district's cutoff is Dec 1st, so he would be old enough for K next year. If your son wants to do academics, he's definitely old enough to gradually introduce him to some of it. I'd just try to keep lessons short and playful. This year I've got my 4yo in homeschool swim&gym at the Y (their youngest group is 3-4yo, because a lot of the older homeschool kids have younger siblings), which is also wonderful socialization time, as the kids play when the older siblings are doing their swim&gym. I also have him in taekwondo (he's been doing that for almost a year now). But anyhow, since this is the 1st grade planning thread: My plans for next year: continue homeschool swim&gym (just not sure if he's going to be in the 3-4 or in the 5-6 age group, because they're doing the cut-offs differently than the school district, but his best friend is going to be in the 5-6 group next year, so who knows - depends on how he's doing at the end of this year, I suppose). I'm also planning on signing him up for homeschool science at the science museum (for which the youngest group is K-2). Other than that, just continuing what I've been doing... gradually making things harder. He's currently reading Frog and Toad, so we'll keep reading books like that and then gradually harder ones. I have no clue how people predict what their kids will be doing a full year later. I'm hoping for maybe Magic Tree House type books by the end of next school year, but I don't know... that may be a pipe dream or may be reached by winter break or whenever. Same thing with math... I want to see him solidify his addition, subtraction and skip counting skills, get better at understanding place value and start to add/subtract 2-digit numbers. I'd also like him to memorize his times tables by the end of next school year - his older brother had them memorized before he was 6, but I can't plan that that far ahead - he may or may not be ready at some point within the next year. Writing is the R that I am the most clueless about. I'd like him to write, yes. Just not sure how wise it is to push a kid this age. He likes to write though - I'm thinking maybe doing copywork (he currently traces words and writes the occasional thing on his own, asking me for spelling), and trying to get him to memorize the spelling of some common words *other* than his own name (he knows how to write his first and last name). I'd probably call 2015-2016 1st grade for my son (since I don't feel that the above describes K), but we don't have to report for this coming school year yet for him - we'd first have to report him for the 2016-2017 school year when he'd be in 1st grade according to the school district. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdventuresinHomeschooling Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Well, we took some time off for a cross country move, so we will have a shorter summer break, but I am looking at the following for first grade: Math: A Beka 1 (he really is loving A Beka math...so happy we switched from Saxon for him.) History: Bede's History of US and following along with some state and US history with big brother Science: finishing Elemental Science Biology and probably looking at some Science in a Nutshell. Considering of doing more hands-on science in the summer as my boys love it so I don't feel guilty when it goes undone in school year. Art: Artistic Pursuits Music appreciation with Dad (composers) Health Pentime SSRW Level 1 WWE Grammar: big fat ??? Still. Decided not to do Shurley with him. Thinking of The Sentence Family and then Rod and Staff or possibly FLL even though it looks so dry to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arliemaria Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Ladybug will be 7 and in first grade. Memory work: Mama created (or rather to be created) Religion: St. Joseph First Communion Catechism and CHC Devotional Stories for Little Folks Math: Russian Math and Miquon English: New American Cursive for cursive. The first volume of Journeys Through Bookland will be our spine for school read alouds and we'll use it for narrations, dictations and copy work to cover spelling and grammar. Latin: Prima Latina Science and history via living books. Continue with the recorder (Penny Gardner's Nine Note Recorder Method), Home Art Studio and ballet. I just looked this up on Google Books. Could you tell me a bit more about how you plan to use this? Looks like a very nice resource. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TX Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 This is my 9th time teaching a 1st grader and I like to keep it simple: Phonics: Explode the Code, Beginning Steps to Reading Penmanship: Pentime Math: CLE 100 Susan in TX 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My4arrows Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 I have a 3rd grader to be and preker along with my 1st grader to be for school next year For math we are using math mammoth for him. And we may be adding in beast academy mid year if he wants. He's advanced in math so he works quickly and ahead in this area. Our core will be MFW CTG so that will cover Bible, history, science, art, music and some of our read alouds. I'll also add in HomeArt studios for some extra fun art, who is God for worldview, PE through co-op They will continue with learning German too For LA hell continue with FLL2 and 3 supplementing with some scholastic things for hands on. And Writeshop C for writing. We have some extras that we do too like critical thinking and geography. And then whatever classes they are doing for co-op. My first grader to be is the one who loves learning and is always asking to do more s although this seems like more than enough he is still wanting to do more school! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparrowsNest Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 I pulled my current kindergartener out of PS at Christmas. My plan for next year is... Math: Finish up Horizons K, move onto Horizons 1 Reading: AAR 1 LA: ELtL Literature: The Selections from ELtL plus MP 1st Grade Enrichment Science: Building Blocks of Science plus all those 'Let's Read and Find Out' books She'll also join us for Morning Time and Tea Time, where we do Bible, poetry, memory work, folk songs, Shakespeare, and our read aloud selections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymonster Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 DS will be 6 soon. He's not interested in school, and is pretty sure he should be ruling the universe any day now. I'm not sure this will actually work with his plans, but my plans for school include the following: Math: McRuffy 2 Reading: OPGTR and Star Wars Reading Writing and Handwriting: Copywork taken from literature, with an emphasis in puns and knock-knock jokes. Science: Inventions and Physics :coolgleamA: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebbyribs Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 My twins turn 6 in August, and this is my first time teaching first grade. Language Arts: Continue Bravewriter The Wand and move into A Quiver of Arrows finish Zaner-Bloser Grade 1 handwriting AAS 1 GWG 1st grade Math: Singapore 1B & 2A Xtramath addition and subtraction History: SOTW 3 Science: Exploration Education physics BFSU physics-related topics library books Art: Harmony Fine Arts 3rd grade Artistic Pursuits book 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Monica_in_Switzerland Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Did is 6 and here's our fall plans: (Bilingual French/English) BW Partnership Writing, copy work Dictation for spelling in French French reader with daddy McGuffey 1st Reader Literature with focus on fairy tales Either SM or MM 2. I have both, and after trying SM 1 this year, I found she did better withMM. World history overview with A Little History of the World and picture books BFSU1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I'm so busy planning 9th grade :svengo: :ohmy: that I kind of forget my youngest is going to be 1st grade. We'll continue LOE Foundations and Right Start math. He really enjoys MEP math as well so I'll throw that in a few days a week like I do now. I suppose I'll start SOTW with the activity book. We'll do FLL1 and WWE1 (it seems like my older boys *just* did those....how did they get so old?). I'm not sure about AAS 1 because we're doing LOE. Science.....um, yeah. Maybe Mr. Q Life or REAL Science Odyssey Life. Loved REAL with my older boys so probably that one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5LittleMonkeys Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 T turned 6 in December but we've had some delays so had a very, very light K year, but I think the extra time not doing anything formal has been good for her and I'm starting to see those signs of readiness. So, this will be our attempt at a very easy 1st grade: Math - Math Mammoth 1A along with lots of manipulative work and living math. We may just get through 1A for the year. Language Arts - English Lessons through Literature 1 at half pace alternated with WWE1 at half pace (because I can not choose between the two) Primary Arts of Language - Reading Explode the Code 1 and 2 with Beyond the Code 1 and 2 staggered. Art \Artist study - Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists - Rembrandt, Degas, VanGogh, Monet, Michelangelo, and DaVinci. We will spend 6 weeks on each artist, reading the book, doing picture studies of their art, art museum visits, and reproducing certain pieces. Music\Composer study - Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers - Beethoven, Bach, Handel, Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Brahms, Chopin. 6 weeks on each, reading the book, listening to selections, field trip to the symphony a couple times, and using some activities from classicsforkids .com. Science - Whatever science we do at co-op (I'm leaning towards a biome\habitat study for this age level), and if she's up for it, and I have time, I may do a few lapbooks to go with her nature study - bugs and birds for the fall\winter, then botany and amphibians for the spring\summer. Or we might just mix that all up and have her do the lapbook elements for each of the topics in her nature journal as we come across them during the year. She L.O.V.E.S. cutting, coloring and pasting. History - Tagalong with whatever peaks her interest with SOTW3 that ds is doing. I'm looking forward to starting over with Ancients for her when she's in 3rd grade so I'm not pushing any history on her at this point if she's not interested. Geography - Map skills, memorize and locate continents and oceans, and distinguish between continent, country, state, county, and city\town for the U.S. She'll likely do a Spanish class at co-op every week - just basic vocab memorization, and I'm looking at a possible TKD class once a week for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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