I confess that by nature I am a planner. I like to know what I am doing in advance. I start planning my next school year in January of my current year. I look at curriculum. I read reviews. Then I walk away from it for a while. In a week or two, I come back, pick it up again, and plan some more. I do this until about March. By then I am ready to order, and the tax return has been deposited. So, what I am going to share with you now is the culmination of about 2-3 months of work.
Jonathan - 10th grade
History: History Odyssey Level 2 Middle Ages
Science: Biology class taught by a high school science teacher...taken outside of our home
Math: Teaching Textbooks Algebra 2
English: CLE English 1 and Writer's Jungle plus other books that I will give him through the year
Health: Total Health (He is required to have a half a credit of health)
Foreign Language: Tell Me More French
Natalie - 8th grade
History: History Odyssey Level 2 Middle Ages
Science: This is still up in the air. She could take the same bio class as Jonathan or do Real Science 4 Kids Chemistry
Math: CLE 600 and 700
English: CLE Language Arts 800 and Writer's Jungle
Reading: CLE Reading 800
Foreign Language: Tell Me More French
Carolyn - 5th grade
History: History Odyssey Level 2 Middle Ages
Science: Real Science 4 Kids: Level 1 Biology, Chemistry and Physics
Math: CLE 400 and 500
English: CLE 400 and Writer's Jungle
Reading: CLE 500 plus full length books
Spelling: All About Spelling Level 2 and 3
Brianna - 5th grade
History: History Odyssey Level 2 Middle Ages
Science: Real Science 4 Kids: Level 1 Biology, Chemistry and Physics
Math: CLE 300 and 400
English: CLE 300 and Writer's Jungle
Reading: CLE 400 and 500
Spelling All About Spelling Level 2 and 3
If you are interested in looking at any of these programs, I will include links to their websites.
CLE is Christian Light Education.
All About Spelling
Real Science 4 Kids
Writer's Jungle (Bravewriter)
History Odyssey
Also, as a disclaimer, I just wanted to mention that I did not actually buy Real Science 4 Kids from the publisher. It is crazy expensive. I found Amazon had the best price plus I found some items used.
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6 comments:
I plan like crazy too, but I think I am in a slump. Usually by this time I would be franticly searching for what I think is the best curric. for the kids for the next school year. Although it is in the back of my mind, I am just not that worried about it this year. (people who know me must think I have stepped off the deep end! !) Maybe I have the Homeschool Blues, who knows....
By the way... I LOVE Amazon. There is no better place to get used books, unless you have a great friend.
good work girlie! i love planning too... but then i do and redo over and over and over. sometimes i think i spend more time planning than actually *doing!* lol.
looks like you've got a good line-up there☺
Hi there, we use and LOVE CLE as well. I am just curious what you are doing to complete two years of math in one year. I would like to hear how you are accomplishing that. Are you doing it back to back, at the same time, are you doubling up on lessons, skipping lessons....? I need to get my kiddos caught up a bit and was just curious.
Thanks!
Well, I don't know if I will compete two years in one, but I am hoping to get my to-be 8th grader through 600 and 700. I will skip 601 and 701 because they are review. Also I told her that she will be doing the quiz and the next lesson on the same day. She admitted that she was getting away fairly lightly with math. I told her that by 8th grade she should be putting in about 45 minutes per day. I reminded her that her 9th grade broth does math for about an hour a day. We will see how this goes. Jennie
i struggle with planning, and although my kids are young i feel with out a plan we dont do as much as we should.
I am in the planning stage we are getting ready to move to a state that has very strict homeschool law compared to texas so i need to be ready,
All that to say. reading your plan has been so encouraging and helpful to me , it seemed so compliceted then i see your and wow its not that bad ! thank you so much for this post.
ps i found your blog throught family homestead.
We are using CLE for LA also.
I am very tempted to use Brave Writer as well after hearing the creator of it at a local convention. Just repeaked my interest seeing that you use both. Any thoughts on Brave Writer you'd like to share (or have time to :)
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