I have twins turning 6 in July. This is my first attempt at creating an entire curriculum. I thought I was going overboard, but I'm a little more confidant now since reading the posts. We will be doing scool 4 days a week with one day free for catch-up and outings. Here's what we got going on next year:
Our Morning Time:
Daily devotion
Scripture memorization
Poem memorization from FFL
Laying Down the Rails
Hero Tales
Read aloud chapter book
Possibly working in some classical music study of great composers
Lessons Include:
Phonics: Phonics Pathways Daily
Reading: One twin will be reading Bob books and work towards easy readers, the other is more advanced and will be reading easy readers level 3 & 4 type books and work towards easy chapter books. I will also be reading aloud chapter books. Daily
Writing: WWE 1 3x/week
Handwriting: HWT First Grade Daily-One of my twins has Cerebral Palsy and this program has been awesome!
Grammar: FFL 1 3x/week
Math: Math u See Alpha Daily
History: SOTW 2x/week
Science: TWTM Animals, Human body, and Botany. 2x/week Also using Usborne's 365 Science Activities. Lots of trips to zoo, science museums and nature trails
Art: I compiled and list of art videos on YouTube. Some of them are of famous artists, most are just fun! 2x/week
Logic: Can You Find Me? 1x/week
Foreign Language: Duolingo Spanish Daily