Our New School Year

We have been home schooling in our family for years. We have done "school" since J was able to talk. We did what some call tot school, activities that aided coordination and thinking skills. We learned our letters and numbers. We did a year of Winter's Promise pre-k, BFIAR, and FIAR (Before Five in a Row and Five in a Row). This is year where we have a more structured curriculum. We are doing Sonlight Core K. It is Sonlight's core for Kindergarten. Here is the break down of what J will be learning this year.

J - Kindergarten

Sonlight Core K - tons of books and resources, it is the backbone of our school day

Bible: Positive Action Learning About God

Math: Horizons K books 1 and 2

Language Arts: Reading Made Easy by Valerie Bendt

Handwriting Without Tears K

Scholastic Sight Word Readers

Bob Books, set 1 and 2

Explode the Code books 1,2, and 3

Literature units prepared by me

Science: Sonlight

Social Studies: Sonlight

Art:

projects from Handle on the Arts - Introductions to World Cultures (a book that incorporates various projects into Core A)

Various Art projects incorporated by me, found on the Internet

Music: piano instruction at my husband's school

P.E.: playgroup, running around after her baby brother

Life Skills: tying shoes, helping Keke with dishes, set the table at night, making her bed, cleaning her toys, quiet time (love this!), being responsible

I look at this list and it looks like a lot of work. Hopefully it will be challenging enough to keep her attention but not be overwhelming to the point of frustration. I am nervous to a point because of the level of books in the Sonlight Core K program. We are starting off with chapter books but J has always loved reading. So we will see how this goes. I will keep everything open and if it isn't working for us, I will adjust accordingly. Hope your new school year has started well.