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  1. I will have a young 1st grader who turns 6 in July.

     

    Build Your Library 1

    For handwriting, just copywork from BYL

    First Language Lessons 1

    Explode the Code 3 & 4, Phonics Pathways, Phonics readers

    I wasn't going to add formal spelling or writing this year, but I'm leaning towards WriteShop Primary A. Still leaning towards waiting on formal spelling. If we do spelling it will probably be Spelling Workout A or B.

     

    Rightstart B

     

    Science is nature study as scheduled by BYL, but I'm considering adding RSO or an experiment kit. My daughter loves science!

     

    Home Art Studio

    Piano

  2. We are doing:

     

    Horizons K

    Mathseeds

     

    Bob Books

    Phonics Pathways

    Reading Eggs

     

    Zaner-Bloser K

     

    Build Your Library K

     

    Art at the library (once a week)

     

    My daughter loves workbooks, so we also have several she does whenever she wants, like Kumon.

  3. Phonics Pathways, Bob Books

    Big Bag of Science

    Zaner Bloser Handwriting K

    Horizons Math K (anyone used the manipulative sets from RR? Are they useful?)

    Kinderbach

     

    A variety of workbooks since my daughter likes them. Kumon, Developing the Early Learner, other random ones her Grandma gets for her. Maybe Beginning Geography.

     

    I'm also planning on splurging on the complete set of Geopuzzles.

  4. We are doing:

     

    Build Your Library K- Around the World. I'm really looking forward to starting this! It's an overview of people and animals around the world, and schedules art projects, read alouds, and recipes.

     

    Skills- lots of Kumon workbooks, art projects, and just life in general as others have mentioned

     

    When I decide she's ready to read, we will use Phonics Pathways. She knows all the letters and sounds, but hasn't made the leap to sounding out words yet.

     

    For math I haven't decided if I'm just going to be informal this year or use Mathematical Reasoning Beginning 2.

  5. Math: Miquon, Rightstart, Mathematical Reasoning, Singapore Earlybird, Saxon, Horizons,...I know I'm missing a bunch

     

    Phonics: Phonics Pathways, Progressive Phonics, The Reading Lesson, All About Reading, Logic of English Foundations,  Bob books... I know there's a bunch more here too

  6. I'm excited to be starting our first year. My son will be 5 in Nov, but is very eager to start.

     

    We are hoping to do the following:

     

    The Reading Lesson

    A Reason for Handwriting K

    CTC Mathematical Reasoning Level A for K

    Building Your Library K, Around the World  (Very excited for this)

    Developing the Early Learner

     

    We also have Inchimals, a science experiment kit, and Geopuzzles.

     

    Your K year looks very similar to my plan! My daughter is only 4, so we're doing a K4 year and then next year we will start most of the things on your list. We are doing BYL K this year, though. (It looks wonderful, doesn't it?!) I'm very excited! In fact I think the only differences are we will use Phonics Pathways and Zaner-Bloser. We are also going to start Kinderbach this year!

  7. All of them!
    I was pointed in the direction of homeschooling just under a year ago. Both DH and I are on board, but there is just one major problem. DD is only 2. All of this glorious curriculum is still a few years down the road (or as in the case of the Latin programs I drool over, several years down the road). I have a whole list of programs to keep my eye on and examine more closely in the years to come.

    I look up something homeschool related at least once a day.

    It is pure torture, but I can't help myself


    I absolutely feel your pain. My daughter is only 3 and I have been researching homeschool curriculum and devouring forums for quite some time. It IS self inflicted torture.
  8. These are general goals I set for my daughter this year, who is also 3. I am very relaxed about implementing it and it's amazing what they can learn from 'casual' teaching. I try to let her play play play, and usually at some point she asks to do her 'school books' or a science project. She loves her Kumon books; I am happy for the fine motor and pencil practice they provide.

     

    Math

    Counting and Number Recognition

    Classifying and Sorting (by color, size, etc)

    Patterns

    Measurement (longer than, shorter than, etc)

    Spatial Awareness (games and movement activities; words like on/off, over/under, etc)

     

    Science

    Nature Study

    Cooking

    Environmental Awareness (no littering, etc)

    Gardening

    Color Mixing

     

    Literacy

    Lots of Reading Aloud

    Letter Recognition (especially her name)

    Rhymes, Songs, Fingerplays

  9. Any suggestions for good picture books that carry a certain character all the way through several books? So far I have:

     

    Winnie the Pooh

    Toot and Puddle

    Elephant and Piggie

    Madeline

    Angelina Ballerina

    Corduroy

    Fancy Nancy

    Llama Llama

    Pete The Cat

    Curious George

    Amelia Bedelia

    Berenstain Bears

     

    I am planning to do a series of character books for bedtime read alouds this year, so ideas would be much appreciated! :)

    Thanks in advance!

  10. Mo Willems books are our favorites at the moment I think. We have so very many favorites - check the link to my blog for a full list. I rediscovered picture books when I had my daughter- there are a few I wouldn't mind keeping for me!

  11. Can she read her name?

    If not, can she recognize which is the first letter of her name?

    Many kids at one point think that all words which have the same first letter as their name, are their name. Ex: Jane's name starts with a J, so she thinks that jump, jelly, and joke are all the word Jane.

     

    There are a variety of fun activities for working on how to spell her name without writing it. Personally, I would not work on it until she begins trying to write it herself.

    She recognizes her name, and points out when other words begin with the first letter of her name. She writes letter-like shapes on paper (mostly c's and o's, neither of which are in her name) and proudly shows me her "name." So, she's interested in writing her name, but it seems she isn't quite there with the motor skills to form most of the letters. She loves it when I guide her hand with the pencil to write her name. She has a very good pencil grip too.

  12. My 3 kids have all done it at different times. My oldest didn't write his name until after he turned 5, just a couple months before he started K at a private school. The school taught him to write his letters. He could read independently and do math, but I wasn't concerned about writing. It came. He writes his name beautifully now, and as of this year (4th grade), even writes it nicely in cursive. ;)

     

    My middle son was a bit quicker with the pencil than my oldest. I think he was 4 or 4.5 when he started writing his name. He's been slower to learn to read though.

     

    My youngest has been writing his name since he was 3. He's the precocious writer in the family (and left handed to boot!). His fine motor skills in general are a bit crazy. At 3, he could button a button down shirt all by himself. My other kids couldn't do that until 5. My 6.5 year old STILL asks for help with one. Writing is part of that fine motor skill business though. It has nothing to do with intelligence.

     

    Be careful about comparing to other kids. Kids vary so widely, especially at this early stage. Also, sometimes other kids are going to be better/smarter/whatever in a certain area (or overall!) than your kid, and that's OK. Intelligence doesn't necessarily equal "great life". There are plenty of really depressed, highly intelligent people in the world. So instead of thinking, "That kid is writing his name... Oh no, my kid is stupid if she's not!", you should be thinking, "Wow, that's great that he's writing his name! I'm so happy for him." See the difference? Nothing to do with your kid. No comparison with your kid.

    Don't worry, I do not think my kid is stupid. Far from it!. I do try hard to avoid comparing my dd to other children, as I agree wholeheartedly as to the uselessness of it. I was simply surprised to see him writing him name so early and was curious what other parents had to say. That's all.

  13. Well, my philosophy is counter to most, so it might not be what you are looking for. I don't worry about teaching my kids to write their names until K. Nor do I worry about whether they can identify their letters or numbers. They know how to count, they sing their ABCs, but I don't formally teach them. (Though some of them have learned them just through playing with things we have around.)

     

    From my perspective, it is irrelevant. For others it is a really big deal. But from my perspective it is a simple skill easily mastered later and not reflective on any future level of achievement. For example, my 3 yr old dd uses words like photosynthesis, metamorphosis, and and internalizes info she hears from conversation and will later associate them with things in her own life. For example,my 11 yod is studying deserts. She and I were discussing various forms of plant life and how they survive with little water. A few days later when we were experiencing one of our daily thunderstorms which really scare my3 yr old, she cried that she wanted to live in the desert. I had no idea she was even listening to our conversation. Another example, the other day I took a detour from our normal route due to construction and she yelled from her carseat...."you were supposed to turn left there, not right." Am I worried that she can't write her name? Nope. I could careless. Do I think she is behind other kids bc of it? Definitely not. As a matter of fact, I know she is way ahead of the avg 3 yr old regardless of letter recognition or name writing.

     

    Basically I am saying that there isn't much of a correlation between it and future academic ability.

     

    I agree that I'm worrying unnecessarily. I just can't help it!! Lol

    I was the last in my K class to count to 100...the last to tie my shoes...etc, but I was an A-B student all through school and went to the State Spelling Bee. So, I know that the super early achievements don't really have a bearing on later academic success. It's just...my dd is my first one, and probably my only one, and I desperately need to make sure I'm doing everything right! Even though I know she's way ahead of other kids with her vocabulary, etc. The curse of the new parent is to worry too much. :)

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