Medieval Mom Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Is anyone starting a new program or implementing something new and fresh in January? :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithr Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I am! We are going to start WWE this January. We'll also be working on a science fair project and hopefully doing a science unit study called Universe in my Hand. We've done very little science and writing this fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama25angels Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Well, we be implementing workboxes, but it will be before January! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 We will be starting MPH and MCT in January. I have been designing our LA and science, and dd has been taking lots of outside science classes. I decided it was time to step up to something that's all laid out for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanaTron Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I want to start my 4th grader on MCT language arts (or go back to FLL with him--he really hates GWG). And I want to get RS4K Chemistry II for my middle schoolers. I just don't know if I'll have the $$, so I'm in wait and see mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmichigan Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 We will be adding AAS in January, when I can afford it. ;) My DD will be starting MCT in February. We will also be starting a combined science day with hands on from RS4K with the kids using their respective texts for chemistry and physics, and then coming together for a "lab day" once or twice a month. We are doing this as something new for the youngers and a review for my older. They are all doing Life Science/Biology as their main science this year so this is a fun extra. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narrow Gate Academy Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 My current plans are... to start LfC A with my 3rd grader at a slower pace, to have my 5th grader add in The Greek Alphabet Code Cracker from CAP, to slowly start increasing the amount of time I do phonics with the Ker, and to start fresh with a new science topic for the semester (I'm leaning towards chemistry but haven't made a final decision yet). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faithr Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 My kids love The Greek Alphabet Code Cracker! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudreyTN Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Well, we've JUST started using Famous Men of Greece and we'll finish the school year with FMO Rome. We're going to start Prima Latina. I'm hoping that since my kids have a little Latin already that they'll be finished by June or July. I've had plans to use the Greek Alphabet Code Cracker as part of our Greek studies, but we'll probably wait til January. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Closeacademy Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 We always kind of start dropping subjects and such starting in October and do the bare minimums in December then get a nice fresh start in January when they seem ready to focus again. We pretty much get the bulk of our learning done January to April and then get another good go-around June-September. As far as starting a specific "new" to us curriculum--no. But last year we started out the year with Lively Latin.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauracolumbus Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 The plan is to start Elementary Greek, RS4K, and Around the World in 180 Days (which I hope to get soon). I'm also planning on doing a little FIAR w/my youngest. We're also going to try FFL after my 2 oldest finish their LC books. I'm hoping to get into a really good routine in January. It seems like Jan-April is our best time as well. Fall sports are our craziest. Laura Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catherine Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Galore Park Latin too-taking a break from Cambridge. Rightstart D starts for third grader December or January-but he is just finishing up level C, it's not a change of curriculum for him. I agree it's a good time to start something fresh, especially if what you are doing isn't working-that's the case here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyable Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 (edited) We are -- we were using Oak Meadow 6th, 4th, and 1st. It really bombed for my 4th grader and was just way too easy for my advanced 1st grader. It's working OK for my 12yo , but I feel like it's not teaching her the skills she needs (i.e. it asks her to write, but doesn't TEACH her to write). So we are going to pick up some new things this January - Prima Latina for my 1st grader (who will most likely also listen in to everything the 4th and 6th graders do), Latina Christiana I, Famous Men of Rome and/or Greece and CW Aesop for the 4th/6th. I'm also going to try to up our science study, which has been negligible this year. Probably with Apologia Land Animals, since it's on the shelf.:) Math (TT) will stay the same! ETA: I forgot to say we already added some extra LA pracitce for my dyslexic 12yo recently - Apples and Pears and How to Teach Spelling. Edited November 29, 2009 by amyable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 the school year starts in January and ends in December here in Australia. So we will be starting our new school year then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine State Sue Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 We do grammar first semester and writing/spelling 2nd semester. We just finished Analytical Grammar and will be picking up Write Shop and Megawords again. I have to admit that I'd much rather work on grammar than on writing. Ds feels the same way. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 Yes. January is a big breaking point in our year round hs, so we'll have lots of new things. Dd is ready to move on to a 2nd grade LA program and I'm trying to decide between SL, Pathway/Climbing to Good English or VP First Favorites and ETC. Ds will be starting DITHOR and the VP 2nd grade comprehension guides. Dd will be finishing up Math Mammoth Subtraction 1 and some Miquon in December and we'll start SM 1B in January. We'll also be finishing up our World History through Ren/Ref in December and starting American History loosely following WP's 1-3rd grade level. I'm also trying to finish the last 3 FIAR books we have left (we've done 52 of 55 from Vols. 1-3). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle T Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 We will be starting some sort of new writing curriculum to accompany the tweaked version of IEW I use. Teaching Textbooks 6. Finishing up our U.S. history studies, and then starting some sort of world history. Starting up a year or two of religious studies, Judaism in our case. Michelle T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I am hoping for a fresh new start in January. My cancer (I found out in Sept.) put a gaping hole on all of my plans. The cancer is gone now but I am having difficulty in getting my sea legs back. I have no desire nor energy to go back to my original plans. I recently read Chasing Vermeer and thought it would make a great unit study. I think we are going to do this for the month of Dec. If this works out well, I just might do these kinds of unit studies for the rest of the year. If not, and I am still feeling exhausted, then I guess we will continue with the survival mode of teaching that have gotten us through the last three months. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura W. Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 We're starting The Elements chemistry. My oldest just finished the Prentice Hall Astronomy, so we're moving on to something new before January. I'll also be starting Before FIAR with my youngest. Blessings, Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristiana Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 We'll be adding a baby to the family sometime between now and New Year's so I imagine January's goal will just be to adjust to homeschooling with a newborn! Actually, if we really work hard for the next three weeks, we'll be up to the American Revolution and I plan to take it easy and just read lots of history books, maybe do a few projects, and immerse ourselves in that time period for a month or so while we work our way back to our normal schedule (which is really going quite well) in February. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted November 29, 2009 Share Posted November 29, 2009 I am going to use Christmas break to plan out our African study more thoroughly, since we are blowing it off way too many Fridays. I also have not really started Latin! Want to get that going this week. And, I think I need to do more science--field-based sounds great, and our bird study was fun, but I think we may actually need a curriculum. I'm looking thru Rainbow R for something we will actually do--tried Apologia, but I don't want it that heavy--I want something that contains the text and doesn't use a spine, and is hands-on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meet me in paris Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Yes! I *love* January! :001_smile: We're starting back over with How to Introduce Your Child to Classical Music in 52 Easy Lessons (which I have been failing miserably to implement this year). I figure if we start this one in January it will work out well since it's 52 wks instead of 36, like the rest of our school schedule. Wish me luck. M is starting on Fairy Tales for the 2nd half of the year using the comp guide from VP. I'm planning on doing the full VP program for her next year, so this will help ease her in. And I'm hemming and hawing over re-starting Prima Latina in January... it was a bust this fall and I put it to the side. I don't know if PL just isn't for her, if they're latin-ed out from CC, or what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 We'll be doing a unit study on baseball - my son's true love. Shh! It's a surprise! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moniksca Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I hope to add in french which I haven't gotten to yet - L'art de lire 1. We're finishing our study of ancient Egypt and will be doing ancient Greece in Jan. Can't wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudreyTN Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I hope to add in french which I haven't gotten to yet Same here. I forgot to add that I'm going to play around with HOD's Little Hands to Heaven with my 3yo. (He'll be 3 in Dec.) Experiment a little and see if he's interested. If not then we'll wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 Austin and Ceilidh will start hey andrew level 1 now that my backorder has finally shipped, they will also start mission monde 1 which I had planned to start in sept and didn't. By February I want to be starting their sonlight cores, we just started an explorers unit that we will finish up in January. Hunter will start his sonlight core and science in January. Thie first term I focused on basic math and opgtr so now it is time to start the rest of his stuff. Isabelle will start B4FIAR as part of her totschool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastforward Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 We always kind of start dropping subjects and such starting in October and do the bare minimums in December then get a nice fresh start in January when they seem ready to focus again. We pretty much get the bulk of our learning done January to April and then get another good go-around June-September. As far as starting a specific "new" to us curriculum--no. But last year we started out the year with Lively Latin.:001_smile: How does this work out for you? Do your children ever forget things over their "break"? Do you feel fresher as a teacher when you've taken that time off? I'm considering taking off the month of December, as my plate has become very full recently, but I'm worried about my K'er forgetting things and my 7 year old losing her math abilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mom-ninja. Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 I will be starting MPH 3/4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 (edited) Well, we've JUST started using Famous Men of Greece and we'll finish the school year with FMO Rome. We love FMO Greece! We're using it to supplement SOTW, and it is working really well. We'll use FMO Rome the same way, starting in January. Other than that, not much is changing! Oh except we'll be doing Meet the Great Composers! And ds will start cursive writing (he's doing d'nealian now). Edited November 30, 2009 by momto2Cs spelling, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in TX Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 We're adding CLE Reading. I haven't followed through with TOG literature like I should have, so I'm going to go with CLE for the rest of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemongoose Posted November 30, 2009 Share Posted November 30, 2009 We school year round... DD will be starting- Apologia Astronomy, Portraits of American Girlhood unit study, and LLATL Red. DS will move on to FIAR from b4FIAR, LLATL Blue at a slow pace, and Singapore Earlybird A. We are in the middle of our other subjects, so they won't be changing over yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renai Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 How does this work out for you? Do your children ever forget things over their "break"? Do you feel fresher as a teacher when you've taken that time off? I'm considering taking off the month of December, as my plate has become very full recently, but I'm worried about my K'er forgetting things and my 7 year old losing her math abilities. In our case (I know you didn't ask me, but...:tongue_smilie:), "bare minimum" in December means math and reading. I'll drop other other stuff, maybe do a unit study like Christmas around the world. But math and reading to me stays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 We will be adding KISS Grammar to our Sheldon's Primary Language Lessons grammar. Tara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Year Round Mom Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 I'm excited to add Navigating the Social World for my K aspie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastforward Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 In our case (I know you didn't ask me, but...:tongue_smilie:), "bare minimum" in December means math and reading. I'll drop other other stuff, maybe do a unit study like Christmas around the world. But math and reading to me stays. We've decided to drop down a bit and I've decided this is a comfortable bare minimum for us, as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapbookbuzz Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 We're starting "anew" in January, too! (Sort of.) We're still using the same curriculum (Sonlight) but starting a different Core. So, I'm still looking for a few (alot?) of the books we need. Bought our Core 6 IG used so I need to put the reader package together myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love2read Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 We've had a lot of illness this fall, so things will need to be streamlined for the winter. I'm still trying to determine what changes will we will make and will follow this thread with interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 I'm considering several things and *trying* to be realistic about time and money considerations. --MCT-how could I not be considering this at this point? It's the hive's fault.:001_smile: --Elemental Science Earth studies --Meet the Masters --Math Made Meaningful all are just in the maybe stage right now.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyBee Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 We love FMO Greece! We're using it to supplement SOTW, and it is working really well. We'll use FMO Rome the same way, starting in January. momto2Cs, how do you schedule this in? I have FMO Greece, but I can't seem to make it fit. (I know it shouldn't be that hard, but for some reason I'm struggling. Lame, I know.) Thanks! Holly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satori Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 We'll be starting SOTW, which I've been dying to use since last spring. :) We'll be easing into FLL/WWE, we've done a few lessons this summer and they went well, but I wanted to wait to get further into OPG. Finally, I would love to start either Song School Latin or La Clase Divertida, but not both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momling Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 We'll be moving from afterschooling my older daughter to homeschooling in January... We'll be moving up in levels in Math Mammoth and continuing with history (Galore Park Jr. History). We'll have finished our chemistry book and I think we'll start biology. Plus I'll add in some language arts (maybe MCT... still thinking). This website is an awesome resource for the new homeschooler! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfside Academy Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 I'm taking the plunge and starting Tapestry of Grace. I'm starting small; Year 2, Unit 4 which should flow nicely into what we've alrady done w/ MFW and also keep my 4 year history cycle on track. I've been wanting to switch for awhile so the new year seemed like a good time to start. I'm also adding CLE Reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairProspects Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 We will be moving to the HWOT K book in January, which is HUGE progress for ds with fine motor delays! I am so proud of him :)!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam101 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 We are starting Dr. Q's Life science, FFL-2, WWE-2 and SWO-B. We will have met our goal to finish first grade language by Christmas. This means I should have him fulling up to Grade level by the end of 3rd grade at least! I have no delusions that we'll finish 2nd grade by June, but we should be able to finish it and 3rd grade by the end of next year and I'll have him caught up in Language! Yay!! Our language program was weak last year, a lot of FLL1 he already knew, but there was enough to build on that I'm glad we did it and he definitely needed SWO-A(which we have been working on since summer). Next year I'm going to put him in the recommended level of science and I'll be happy if we can finish all four book STOW by the end of elementary school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pageta Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 We will be switching from animals (we've been doing all fall) over to the human body for science (following WTM plan for science and SOTW). We will be starting Ambleside year 1 after the new year. We've been using the methods with the materials we have and tweaking our schedule to work with Ambleside. Now it's time to do the real thing using their reading list, and I think we're ready for it. Things we'll be continuing as is are our core - reading, spelling, handwriting & math. We've already implemented the littles from CM - composer study, art, artist study, music, poetry and such so we will be continuing that as well. We actually started homeschooling last January. I did a half year "kindergarten" and started first grade. Actually, it was more like we started various subjects one by one and were up to full speed by the time we officially began first grade in July. So it's kind of a fun time of reflection for us right now, thinking of all the things we've accomplished in the past year. We'll transition to 2nd year history and science in the summer with WTM so that will give us a fresh start then as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 This is our first year and we started from the beginning. We've finished up FLL 1 and will be getting into FLL 2 for real in January. Starting Singapore 2b (it's in the mail). Finishing up WWE1 and starting on WWE2. We're behind in history even though we all like STOW so more of that. Adding Prima Latina. Working through Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding by Nebel. Looks cool. We need more reading. He used to come home from school and read. Now that he's home he's not inclined to read much on his own. The real change needs to be mine; finding a schedule that allows uninterrupted school time. And I need to decide if I want (well I want to but should I) purchase IEW and Teaching the classics. I want to do too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 My timed schedule I bought at B&N starts in Jan so I'm hoping to be more organized :lol: and I'm starting MFW K, Recorder Express, NOEO Biology 1, and Hooked On French. And hopefully MUS Primer, AAS 1, and maybe SOTW1. Woot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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