We open our school~house Thursday when the Boo-man goes back, We generally spend our first week of school getting the place in order after a month of the menfolk being home. ;)
We are keeping 1st grade fairly simple too somewhat along Waldorf-Charlotte Mason lines.
We are keeping 1st grade fairly simple too somewhat along Waldorf-Charlotte Mason lines.
ABCs with the Flower Fairies and Beatrix Potter. Lots of storytelling and read-alouds too, of course.
123s with Gnomes and Gnumbers. Also Living Math for math history.
Copywork from a Christian copybook program.
History with A Child's History of the World (used by Calvert Christian Schools).
Art with Little Lambs (Christ-centered)..this along with the art activities from Waldorf which includes wet-on-wet watercolor, block crayon drawing, and modeling clay fun.
Music is penny whistle, ocarina, and violin (we got hooked up with a free violin lesson program.)
Foreign Language is some easy-peasy Latin booklets plus a preschooler French program (we'll be using Memoria Press Latin books and Hey Andrew! Greek in 2nd grade next year.
Phys Ed is yoga and a kids gym kit during the week and soccer on Saturdays in the fall and ballet on Sats in the Spring. (Twirly-Whirly has aged out of her weekday classes.) and potentially ice skating on 3rd Tues of the month....there is a homeschool skate day. Oh, and we may also be joining a kids ballroom dance class in the near future (or spring whichever occurs first....lol.)
Nature study/science is Friday Fun at the Marsh on alternate Fridays.
Handwork is finger knitting, hand-sewing, and chopstick needle felting.
Domestic Arts is cleaning our house, cooking, gardening, and keeping chickens (potentially..still not a done deal.)
Bible study is a girl's devotional.
Clubs: GEMS (Girls Everywhere Meeting the Savior) on Mon eves.
Awanas on Wed eves
Hearth Keepers at Home (1st Fri/3rd Thurs)...I may reduce this to once a month
all of the above are Christ-centered.
SpiralScouts...a non-exclusive alternative scouting program so she and her special
needs brother together can have a scouting experience.
We are making our own group so we can do it any
time we want...no day commitments! :)
Meet-ups: 3rd Tuesdays at the Botanical Gardens there is a homeschool meet-up.
That covers it pretty well. Sounds like a lot but it's actually less involved to do than to write out! Lol!
We are making our own group so we can do it any
time we want...no day commitments! :)
Meet-ups: 3rd Tuesdays at the Botanical Gardens there is a homeschool meet-up.
That covers it pretty well. Sounds like a lot but it's actually less involved to do than to write out! Lol!
Oh and I plan to use our CC materials for memory work. Almost completely forgot to mention that!
"It's never too late to have a happy childhood."
"It's never too late to have a happy childhood."
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