mnemom Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 My dd started kindergarten in public school this year. I am still working on dh to let me give homeschooling a try. But in the meantime I am afterschooling. She is doing Math Mammoth and we do a lot of reading together and she reads quite a bit on her own. I see so many threads about spelling curriculum, phonics curriculum, handwriting practice, science curriculum, literature, history, and more. I just don't have time to do a separate curriculum for each of these things. So I want to know what is most essential. She pretty much "gets" the whole phonics thing and is very good at language arts in general, so I feel like intensive spelling and phonics practice is probably not necessary. I often wonder how you all do it, fitting all these things into your homeschool day. I tried to do it over the summer and was just really overwhelmed (I have a toddler, too). So I'd like to know what you'd recommend as a core afterschooling curriculum, as well as how you manage to squeeze everything in as a full-time homeschooler. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 If you're afterschooling, I'd focus on the subjects where PS tends to be most lacking: math, grammar, and history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnemom Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 Thank you for your thoughts. Any specific suggestions on which curricula to use? I am very happy with Math Mammoth. I have been thinking about Son Light for history, since we already do a lot of reading aloud we could just use those books for our nightly reading. But what about grammar? Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 If you're afterschooling, I'd focus on the subjects where PS tends to be most lacking: math, grammar, and history. :iagree: At her age, I'd also have her read aloud to you daily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 At her age, I'd also have her read aloud to you daily. At her age, I'd read to her for up to 2 hours a day. I read until I was hoarse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 When I was after schooling I concentrated on math and biographies. And my younger child loved playing around with a little Latin, but I didn't try to accomplish anything significant. There just wasn't time. And people will probably think I'm nuts...but...I'd make time for a formal drawing curriculum, if I had it to do over. I read books about teaching writing, and taught writing by helping with their homework, not by having my own curriculum. Sometimes during the summer, we tackled a bit of writing. Math and biographies were the core of their after schooling. And we were conservative Christians at the time and did family devotions twice a day, that led to a lot of talking about a lot of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 At her age, lots of reading & math are what I'd focus on. If you're interested in Sonlight, the P 4/5 core would be easy to do after school. I'm using it for Sylvia's K year and it's delightful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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