Here is a run down of what all the kids will be doing this year.
Brittany: 9th grade
History and Literature: Middle Ages British History (focus on the royalty of the time period) with studies of Shakespeare's "Julius Ceasar", "Hamlet" and also "A Tale of Two Cities". She'll also read various biographies and research on the kings and queens of that time.
Science: Abeka biology (I tweaked this around a bit to fit what we needed.)
Math: Math U See
Fallacy Detectives: One chapter per week
Writing: One Year Adventure Novel
Bible: Kay Arthur's "How to Study Your Bible" intro. to Inductive study; A series of lessons on the book of Mark that I created for a college class I was taking a few years ago
Tyler: 7th grade
History: study of the 1800's American History
Science: Astronomy and Geology
Math: Math U See
Writing: Institute for Excellence in Writing
Liturature: Reading/completeing study guides for "Across Five Aprils", The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", "The Red Badge of Courage" and "With Lee in Virginia"
Spelling: Spelling Workout G
Bible: Kay Arthur Inductive Studies for Kids
Timothy: 4th Grade
History: study of 1800's American History
Science: Astronomy and Geology
Math: Math U See
Writing: Institute for Excellence in Writing
Literature: Reading/study activities for Chronicle of Narnia books
Spelling: Spelling Workout D
Bible: Kay Arthur Inductive Studies for Kids
Bethany: 2nd grade and Brooke: 1st Grade
History: Little House on the Praire Books and activities
Science: activities for Astronomy and Geology (with the older boys)
Spelling: Spelling Workout B, Brooke will be in book A
Literature: various book based activities-we'll do one per week
Math: Math U See (with some Abeka on the side. We started with Abeka last year, and I need to get into Math U See and really figure out where they are because Math U See is different from most programs.
Bible: scripture memory, songs, worksheets, etc. from the New Testament-put together by me.
Tristan and Thomas: Preschool
Bible: will do the same with Bethany and Brooke
Preschool time: 45 minutes of fun activities based on books
Various worksheets and color sheets with the correlating subjects the older kids are studying during history and science times.
Fridays: All Together Time
On Fridays, all the kids will be doing school together.
In the mornings: Bible, Manners, Spanish, and on a rotating basis poetry, art and music.
In the afternoons, Geography: an Africa unit the first half of the year; an Alaska/Iditarod study the second half.
I know this sounds like a lot, it is.
Wow! Sounds like you have a busy but productive year ahead!!
ReplyDeleteI would love to hear a bit about how you schedule homeschooling multiple children at a time. If you have a previous post on this that you can find easily, will you please send me the link?
I'm most curious about your history (and some of your science). It looks like each of your kids is doing something different. How do you find the time each day?
I've put together Bible memory lists in previous years, and have one for the little ones, but for some reason I'm stuck this year for the older ones. Where did you get the memory lists for your older ones? Send me an email, message via Facebook, or something like that - when you get a chance, that is! It sounds like you're happily busy.
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