Our Curriculum 2011-2012

Choosing a curriculum tailored to your child's needs and interests in one of the reasons I love homeschooling.  There is no other form of education that can offer an education based on the uniqueness of the individual.  I am continually amazed at the selection of products available to homeschool families. I am eternally grateful for the friends I have met in this "blogland" who have given their opinions, insight, advice and critique of many of the programs I have purchased.  


Here's to a wonderful year of learning!

Language Arts:

Writing: Artist/Writer's Workshop to be taught by me to my children and several more! We will also use the Girl Scout Junior Badge Book as the source of our writing assignments.

Reading: What they are interested in so long as they cover many genres, audio books for listening in the car.

Cursive/Poetry Study:  Poetry copywork


Blogging when the girls desire.


Math:

Simply Charlotte Mason Business Math Series:
Sports Store and Book Store.  This will cover October through January.
Horizons Text Level 4
Key To Math Series

Art:

Artist Writer's Workshop
Pottery Class
Artist Studies
Museum Trips 

Music:

Outside Classes and Composer Studies, Maestro Classics

Science:

Apologia Flying Creatures
Nature Journaling
Meteorology Class at local University (Grace)

History:

Story of the World: Vol 2 plus Activity Book
Book of Centuries

Geography:

Picture This!  A time travel activity book of our town

Co-op Classes:
Grace: Fall: Digital Photography, Rube Goldberg Physics, Geometric Constructions, and Theater. Winter: Felting, Woodworking, Pottery.
Lilah: Fall: Newspaper, Cartooning, Theater and Gymnastics. Winter: tile mosaics, woodworking, pottery.

Typing/Keyboarding Skills:

BBC Dance Mat Typing

Foreign Language:

Rosetta Stone Spanish

Activities:

Girl Scouts
weekly ice skating/swimming

basketball/tennis
horseback riding
co-op
dog walking job
Destination Imagination