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Im trying to pin down resources for 1st grade this fall. Im thinking of sticking with Singapore for math and ETC for phonics. Im thinking of maybe trying SOTW for history. I would love suggestions for 1st grade history, science, spelling, handwiting and if Im missing anything, lo.

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We'll be doing 1st grade next year, and so far I've selected Pandia Press's history and science, and All About Spelling. I'd heard really good things about Wordly Wise, and I like the Kindergarten curriculum for that. I think we'll also do Winning With Writing for composition. I've already made a mess of handwriting: we started with Zaner-Bloser, but I thought she'd prefer D'Nealian so halfway through the year I switched to that. She really doesn't like the D'Nealian book (which I agree is kind of boring), but does like the handwriting. I think we're going to switch back to Zaner-Bloser next year.

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DS will be first next year our plans are:

 

Math:

Singapore

Life of Fred

Math Mammoth for any concept that needs reinforcement

 

History:

SOTW 1 with the activity book

 

Language Arts:

FLL1

AAR 2 - 3 (hoping 3 comes out next fall)

AAS 1 - 2

Lots of Good Literature

 

Handwriting:

HWOT K and Occupational Therapy

 

Science:

4 Unit Studies by me we're doing: Plants and Animals, The Human Body (doubles as Health), Space, and 4th subject not decided on yet

 

 

We'll add in some art projects and such that line up with History and he'll do Gymnastics, Swimming and Karate for PE, plus general running around.

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SOTW is awesome. Either just listening to the audio CDs or actually reading it aloud. For 1st grade we read Christian Liberty Press nature readers; that's all we do for science. Though going through the Kingfisher Animal and Human Body encyclopedias like it outlines in the WTM is also good.

 

I'd look into Logic of English. It would take care of phonics (written like ETC) and spelling and handwriting. Good luck :)

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FWIW, dd2 is presently doing first and here is our curric:

 

Math: MUS Alpha, Learning Wrap-ups (+ and -)

LA: Zaner-Bloser Handwriting; FLL with copywork (we used WWE 1 copywork suggestions until it showed up in FLL); OPGTR at first, moving to McGuffy's 2nd and 3rd Eclectic Readers; Spelling Power; various memory pieces

Hist: SOTW 4, State History, and US States and Capitals (all with dd1)

Science: WTM-style biology

Art/Music Appreciation: Bellerophon Coloring books of Great Composers, library resources

Art: Drawing with Children

 

We wouldn't be doing quite so much if she was the oldest child.

 

Mama Anna

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I have a first grader. She's doing Singapore math, Bravewriter style writing, All About Spelling, Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding, and history with living books and the Usborne Encyclopedia or World History. We also do Salsa Spanish and Artistic Pursuits. We used Handwriting without Tears, but we no longer use a separate program for penmanship.

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We are in the midst of first grade.

 

OPGTR and Explode the code for review

Writing with Ease 1

First Language Lessons 1

All About Spelling 1 & 2

HWOT 2

Read alouds from the library

Singapore Math and Life of Fred once a week

Story of the World with a lot of library books

BFSU and even more library books

Artistic Pursuits K-3 book 1

Telling God's Story 1

 

It has been a fun year so far. The only curriculum that hasn't worked for us was Spelling Workout.

 

 

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This is what I recommend, partially based on what we did that year:

English: Writing with Ease 1, SL Readers 1 or 2 - you don't have to buy the books or schedule from Sonlight, but they have good choices for those reading levels. I like the literature and poetry lists from AO Year 1. I wouldn't worry about spelling if you're doing ETC. Otherwise, I recommend WRTR for both spelling and phonics.

Handwriting (if needed, WWE includes copywork): Zaner-Bloser Manuscript 1

History: SOTW Ancient Times with AG

Science: Sonlight B if you need everything all put together for you. BFSU if you want to organize everything yourself. GEMS is somewhere in the middle, and mostly hands-on.

Extras, if you want them:

Music: DD loved Discoveries in Music (expensive, but enjoyable) and Kinderbach.

Art: Meet the Masters or Atelier

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