[Are You a Curriculum Junkie?]

I am a total curriculum junkie... :thumbup: I cant stop. The rainbow resource catalog is my fix, along with my huge and growing stacks of others! My poor husband gets to read all my finds!

[If you don't school year round...]

We do math all year long but during school breaks we take a break from our regular math curriculum and do real life or real world math. We do alot of nature hikes in the summer & the kids compile a nature notebook, learning about local plants, animal, insects, trees & leaves and dont realize we are doing "school work" because they are having fun! We go rock climbing and talk about geology. Make summer a fun time of learning! :)

[kindergarten]

What are some history and language arts ideas for kindergarten? :confused:We are doing OPG for phonics but should I do more? What are some good phonetic readers? :confused:We have our math, science, and a whole list of others we will be doing (sequencing, following directions, phonics hot dots, and on and on) Thanks for your advice!

[Math advice please]

You can go to www.coolmath.com and get extra problems free. Also I would consider the key to series to fill in the gaps (fractions) and whatever other gaps there may be.:)

[writing numbers backwards?]

That is developmentally a common problem until around age 8 however can go longer than that. To combat this use a fine grain of sandpaper and help the child write with their first finger the letter/ number correctly. That engrains correct formation into multiple areas of their brain at once. Hope this helps.:)

[What are some basic skills my kindergartener needs to know?]

If you go to world book encyclopedia's website they have typical course study scope and sequences from preschool through 12th grade. Here is the link http://www.worldbook.com/wb/Students?curriculum:)