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“Next Year’s” Plan
Posted by Coral on October 13, 2009Since we do school year around our new “school year” will begin in January. I am becoming more and more eclectic in my curriculum choices. I am very draw to Charlotte Mason and Classical ideas. Next years plan is like this:
For our family subjects
History & Geography–
The Story of the World Vol. 1 by Susan Wise Bauer w/ some of the activity guide
The books we will use along with this are these from Sonlight’s Core 1 :
The Usborne book of World History
The Usborne Time Traveler
Archaeologist Dig for Clues
The Great Wall of China
(And some library books thrown in.)
Science– All of SL Science 1 ( I might stretch this into 2 years), and Nature Journals
Read-alouds– (from SL Core 1)
Charlotte’s Web
Henry Huggins
The Wheels on the School
The Year of Miss Agnes
Homer Price
Greek Myths for Young Children
Mr. Popper’s Penguins
Mountain Born
Understood Betsy
Detectives in Togas
A Grain of Rice (Core K)
(I might stick to these. I might choose others at times. This is just a rough idea of what we’ll be reading.)
Poetry– (read from once a week & memorize one a month)
When We Were Very Young
Favorite Poems of Childhood
Composers– (listen to in the car at least once a week, and discuss)
Strauss
Vivaldi
Beethoven
Handel
Rossini
Picture Study– (once a week)
Mary Cassatt
Monet
Van Gogh
Homer
Da Vinci
Bible– (during breakfast)
Read one week from the O.T. The next week from the N.T.
The Scripture Memory System from SCM
http://simplycharlottemason.com/timesavers/memorysys/
with their list of Scriptures
http://simplycharlottemason.com/timesavers/memorysys/verseslist/
Singing/Drama-
Choral Group
Spanish– (once or twice a week)
Rosetta Stone & Teach Them Spanish workbooks
Literature– books that they will both read separately (connected to our history study)
Tut’s Mummy Lost & Found
Pompeii : Buried Alive
The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth
Fa Mulan: the Story of a Woman Warrior
Ms. Frizzle’s Adventures: Ancient Egypt
P’s Core Subjects
Math– Math-u-see (Beta), & math games
English-Rod & Staff English 3
Copywork/Spelling- Simply Spelling
Cursive– A Reason For Handwriting C
Literature– (look above and whatever else they wish to read from the library or home 
.)
Handy Craft– crocheting
R’s Core Subjects
Math– Math-u-see (Alpha), & math games
Copywork/Handwriting– Draw Write Now
Phonics/English– finish Phonics Pathways, then start Language Smarts Level B ( Critical Thinking Co.)
Literature– (look above, and whatever else they wish to read from the library or home )
Handy Craft– loop and loom weaving
I used SCM’s “Planning Your Charlotte Mason Education”
http://simplycharlottemason.com/books/planning-your-charlotte-mason-education/ to plan this all out. I think it is going to be a great “year”.
Thank you for posting about your curriculum! I pulled my son out of preschool last month and began homeschooling. He just turned 5 so I am starting to introduce kindergarten concepts to him. I am trying to sort through all the different options (and there are so many for each subject)! So it’s helpful to see what different families are using. I may stop back in from time to time.
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