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 ExplorationThis 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:
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
Tot-School
Kindergarten
3rd Grade
