Just today I was looking through my huge Rainbow Resource catalog and the home economics section is great, with detailed descriptions of some of the programs. I think it's around page 113. Rainbow Resource catalog is free in case you don't have it. Excellent resource! :)

Formally 36 weeks (for the state), then another 7 weeks for enrichment, field trips, more books, practice during the summer.. So 42 total. September 3 - July 3, roughly 180 days. We're starting "official" Kindergarten this year!

Wow, I had the same question. A labor of love. Thank you!

I heard/read that Spelling Power only takes 15 minutes a day -- and that's the student in later years.

Hello there! Just joined. I've started homeschooling (mostly unschooling) my ds since last year, but very little stuff. We're doing more this year, and I decided to join this really cool forum. My son is going to be 5 on September 2. In my neck of the woods, September 1 is the cut-off date so everyone laments that he won't be able to go to Kindergarten until next year. The truth is, we've already been doing K for a while now, and he's definitely on target, if not ahead in most areas. He's known his colors, shapes, letters and numbers for a long time now, and he's very interested in writing letters and forming words with letters. Here's what we're doing for our more official Kindergarten: Book of Time (DK) Poems for the Very Young Science Factory Chemicals and Reactions MCP Math K (we're finishing it, so perhaps will either go to MCP Math Level A or Singapore EarlyBird Math or 1A -- he's taking the placement test today) Peak with Books My World and Globe Italic Handwriting Book A Tanglewood's Really Reading Program Tanglewood's recommended readers anything else will keep you posted. I love designing our own curriculum so far! :001_smile: I also have a daughter who's 11 months old. She loves to imitate her brother, for better or worse. I've known and have been dating my husband for almost 12 years, and have been happily married for eight of those years. I'm 31, but most people think I look like I'm 21. I have a passion for learning, look forward to homeschooling my children and plan on getting my graduate degree (not sure Master's or PhD yet) in Developmental Psychology when the my eldest is a teenager most likely.