2016 Curriculum

When I decided on a whole new vision for what our daily lives would look like I had a curriculum plan all laid out that was with free resources around the internet.

We have decided to join a public school charter school. Yes, there is still testing involved. No, we don't mind the testing. It doesn't have any weight on my children and we don't use it as a measure of intelligence. Read about our top 5 reasons a public school charter works for us!

We will still be pulling from several free resources but not as heavily as i had originally planned. With the available funds I was able to buy a boxed curriculum that i'm praying works for us!

Our Morning Basket

This year I have decided to put together a morning basket that will be gone through every morning over breakfast. Some we will read every day, and some will be on a loop schedule.

• Lifepac Bible
• Various poems
• Trial and Triumph
• Parables of Nature
• Burgess Animal Book
• Pilgrim's Progress
• Plutarch

History/Geography

Trail Guide to Learning, Paths of Exploration

This is a unit study, Charlotte Mason based curriculum. We will be covering the following units:

• Christopher Columbus
• Jamestown
• Pilgrims
• Daniel Boone
• Lewis & Clark
• Trails West

Science

This is also included in the Trail Guide to Learning package we purchased, but I will be adding in these resources:

• Ant Farm
• Butterfly Garden
• LEGO Engineering kits
• Easy Peasy All In One Homeschool

Art

Again, this subject is included in the Trail Guide to Learning package, but we will be supplementing with these resources:

• Easy peasy Art - Early American
• Art for Kids Hub

Music/Poetry

We will be using the Ambleside Online schedules for the following:

Composer Study

• Johannes Brahms
• Franz Schubert
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Poetry

• William Blake
• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• Sara Teasdale 
• Hilda Conkling

Hymns

• A Charge to Keep Have I
• Praise, My Soul, The King of Heaven
• Jesus, The Very Thought of Thee
• come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy
• Purer In Heart, O God
• Take My Life and Let It Be

Folksongs

• When the Iceworm Nests Again
• Sown by the Salley Gardens
• I've Been Working On the Railroad
• Tom Dooley
• Skye Boat Song

For individual work, please see these links:

Tot-School
Kindergarten
3rd Grade