I’m currently using Fruit Full in our homeschool devotion time. It is open and go, and the kids take turns leading. It’s excellent! https://a.co/d/5VDIZdm

My little guy will be 5 in November, so this is really a PreK year. I think he'll be ready for K work, though. Kindergarten Math with Confidence Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons Reason for Handwriting K Around the World with Picture Books (Beautiful Feet) He's #10, and we've been homeschooling for a really really long time! I wish I had more littles coming up to plan for!

Math: CLE 4th grade English: First Language Lessons 4, Wordsmith Apprentice, Building Spelling Skills 3, BJU Handwriting 4 Geography: World Geography and Ecology (Beautiful Feet), just listening; we may add in Around the World with Picture Books (BF) Science: Abeka 4th grade Music: Trumpet, piano, choir, orchestra FLL Robotics

Math: CLE (Finishing 6 and doing 7) English: Cover Story writing, Easy Grammar plus, Building Spelling Skills 6, one Progeny Press Lit. guide after finishing Cover Story World Geography and Ecology (Beautiful Feet) - with siblings French: First Start French 2, MP Science: BJU 6th grade He requested his own textbook science, not group science Tech Essentials (Compuscholar) First Lego League robotics Music: Trumpet, trombone, piano, choir, orchestra

Math: Geometry Probably Teaching Textbooks, but maybe Jacobs. She's a strong student, so I hesitate to have her do TT, but I really don't want math to take up too much of her time English: LLATL World Literature and Essentials in Writing 10th Health and Nutrition (Apologia): We're going to take the year off from formal science. World Geography and Ecology (Beautiful Feet Books) : This will be with younger siblings. Web Design (Compuscholar) French: First Start French 2 (Memoria Press) Music: Violin (mega hours of practice), piano, two choirs, orchestra, hand chimes, music theory FTC Robotics : I'm not sure if this will show up as a class on her transcript or as an extracurricular. Her involvement is mostly in soft skills areas.

This is for a future engineer: Math: Calculus I and II at the community college English: Random credit for college essays, etc.; also Speech at the community college FTC Robotics (I'll probably give him credit for something related to this. It monopolizes his life.) Two choirs and orchestra (cello) Health and Nutrition (Apologia) We'll firm up spring when he gets closer to a college decision. He may do a CLEP or two if the school he chooses accepts CLEPS. I'd planned to have him take Engineering Chemistry at the community college, but they won't accept his homeschool Chemistry credit as a prerequisite (they accept high school chemistry from public and private schools). He really doesn't want to spend a whole year on AP Chem, so we'll just wait until college for this one.

Home Science Adventures has enjoyable curriculum packaged as complete kits. It’s not a new program, so it’s not as pretty as some, but the material is excellent! https://www.rainbowresource.com/category/2796/Home-Science-Adventures.html

Ds is #6, and I’m outsourcing more than any of the older kids. He needs outside accountability! Precalculus - Derek Owens Physics - Derek Owens English- Wordsmith Craftsman, Easy Grammar 11, AP English Composition exam 2 humanities courses through Cedarville University online dual enrollment (one each semester) cello, orchestra, choirs, chimes FTC robotics

CLE Math 3 Apologia Land Animals First Language Lessons 3, Building Spelling Skills 2, 1 MP Lit guide, TGTB typing, Cheerful Cursive SOTW 4 with Claritas memory work trumpet, piano, orchestra, choir FLL robotics

CLE math 5/6 Apologia Land Animals IEW Wonders of Science, Daily Grams 6, Building Spelling Skills 6, One PP lit study SOTW 4 with Claritas memory work and MP Geography 1 First Start French trumpet, piano, orchestra, choir FLL robotics

CLE Algebra Apologia Physical Science One Year Adventure Novel, Applications of Grammar 2, Building Spelling Skills 8 First Start French SOTW 4 with Claritas memory work and MP Geography 1 violin, piano, orchestra, choirs, hand chimes FTC robotics

I’ve been so intimidated by AP exams! CLEPs seem much easier. I’m slowly trying to learn how APs work so I can coach dc through them. I did have two dc take one exam each this year. Ds 15 got a 3 on English Lit. For “prep” (if you want to call it that), we did 3 Progeny Press literature guides over the school year, and he halfheartedly went through parts of the Barrons prep book. Based on our “success,” he’ll try one or two more. Dd 17 got a 4 on Music Theory. A year ago we worked through Julie Johnson’s Guide to AP Music Theory and she did the practice tests in the Barrons prep book right before the exam. Now she’ll enter college with credit for Theory 1!

I’m chiming in with another recommendation of Compuscholar’s AP Computer Science A (Java). I’ve had two sons do the course, both of whom wanted clear instruction rather than entertaining fluff. Both found it extremely valuable. An older son (who’s starting his PhD in computer engineering) looked at the course and agreed it covered the material in his first undergraduate CS course.

One Year Adventure Novel

Captain Kidd’s Cat by Robert Lawson