Monday, August 27, 2012

The Other Four Children's Curriculum

Julie:  10th Grade

  • Saxon Algebra 2
  • Notgrass World History (supplemented with selected books from Sonlight Cores 200 and 300)
  • Apologia Chemistry
  • Music Appreciation (Bob Jones)
  • Logic
  • The Elegant Essay (IEW)
  • Wordly Wise
  • Daily Grams 
  • Home Economics
  • Rosetta Stone Spanish, Year 1
I scheduled Julie's writing course to be worked 3-4 days a week for the school year.  Chemistry and Algebra 2 are taking the longest to complete each day.  This is Julie's first year to use Notgrass (and therefore her first year to have a history textbook), and she is liking it.  This is my first time to use an music appreciation course.  Olivia completed an art instruction and appreciation course when she was in the 10th grade.  Since I now have both courses, I will let Clay look them both over and choose which one he wants to do when he is in the 10th grade.

Clay:  8th Grade
  • Horizons Pre-Algebra
  • Apologia Physical Science
  • Logic
  • Wordly Wise
  • Daily Grams
  • Easy Grammar
  • Cursive writing
  • Sonlight Core W (language arts and world history)
  • Rosetta Stone Spanish, 2 days a week
Leah:  3rd Grade
  • Horizons Math Grade 3
  • Sonlight Science Core B
  • Logic
  • Sonlight Core C (language arts and world history, year 2)
  • Wordly Wise
  • Daily Grams
  • Easy Grammar
  • Cursive Writing
Sam:  1st Grade
  • Horizons Math Grade 1
  • Sonlight Science Core B
  • Logic
  • Sonlight Core A (language arts and general history)
  • Handwriting
For all of the children, I use products sold by The Crictical Thinking Company and Mindware as their Logic curriculum.  Both companies sell a variety of workbooks and hands on type puzzles than challenge the children.

Also for all of the children we are continuing to use The Bible Study Guide For All Ages 4 days each week for our Bible instruction.  I am also adding a new study called Our Spiritual Heritage.  I plan to conduct lessons from this study 5 days a week.  I only bought workbooks for Leah and Sam, but all of my children will benefit from the lessons centered around God's wisdom, as well as the weekly chronological review of Bible characters and events.

3 comments:

  1. I was just wondering, what made you leave Teaching Textbooks?

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  2. Can you tell me more about using The Bible Study Guide AND Our Spiritual Heritage? I have never heard of these and just spent a while reading about both of them. I can't see how I would fit both of these into my day, but I'm needing something more substantial for Bible. (My kids are 7, 5, 3, and 19 months). If I were to just pick one, which would you suggest?
    Thank you for your time, Shay Reed

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  3. I have a question about Horizons Pre-Algebra and Algebra. I have a younger son who is using Horizons and we really like it. My second oldest son has learning challenges. We have tried other Algebra curriculums but they are just not right for him. Does Horizons explain step by step how to complete the problem in the student's workbook? Do they also explain step by step in the teacher's manuel? Thank you very much for any help.

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