Hi, I'm new. I am feeling frazzled because I need to put my plan together quite soon as our intent to home school notice is due in less than two weeks.
We did Christian Light (think ACE-like) last year. I loved it; DS hated it. He loves to read living books so I'm trying to piece something together for him that will be suitable for both of us.
My son will be starting third grade.
I plan to do our regular schedule 3-4 days a week. This will consist of:
-Math U See (DH vetoed Saxon)
-Writing (a la Robinson style meaning he can do dictation, copywork, etc.)
-a solid language arts curriculum that would include: grammar, spelling, and penmanship (any suggestions? I was thinking Rod and Staff or Christian Light which would be fine to do for only one subject)
-memory work
-reading (This is our CM streak. I plan to pull books from Ambleside, Robinson, Sonlight, etc.) Books would cover literature, science, history and more.
Then the 5th day I want to do classical conversations at home which would include art, music, a science experiment and memory work (Veritas history timeline, following CC's curriculum here), etc. I am not able to join a CC class at this time so this is the best I can do right now.
What do you think? :) What should I add, delete, tweak?
I really appreciate recommendations for the language arts curriculum. TIA