My J will be in the fourth grade and these are our curriculum choices:
For Bible, we will be working through Telling God's Story Book 2. We finished Book 1 last school year and it was a good fit. We will also be continuing through The Virtue Bible that we began last school year as well. I am hoping to work in a sibling Bible study to aid the relationships of my youngers. I hope to find the time.
We have some family changes coming up this year...(more on that later) and I was debating on continuing with the Horizons Math program. I was looking for something that J could work on her own and I remembered Teaching Textbooks. My older children used these for pre-Algebra through Calculus. J will be using Math 4.
For Language Arts, J will be working through Learning Language Arts Through Literature - Orange book. I have always loved this program because it teaches Language Arts through actual passages in books - not just a simple worksheet on nouns etc...
Also, she will be finishing the Explode the Code book series by completing book 7 and 8 this year.
I added a formal spelling program called SpellWell. She will be completing book C and CC. I wanted J to work on her spelling but I also wanted it to be a program she could do on her own with exception of tests and such.
I added the fourth grade book of handwriting from Handwriting Without Tears series. I am hoping that cursive with take off before the school year is out.
We will also be finishing Sonlight's American History Core E. We were so excited when this came in the mail. We loved looking at all of the books that we will be reading this year! We have already started reading a few of the books!
We will also be working on our state study since she is in the fourth grade. We will do one lesson a week so she can learn about her home state. And we are continuing with our state notebook, hoping to finish the 50 states by the end of the year (we are half way there!). Our art program will also be the same as last year - Great American Artists to finish our second year in American history.
And last, but not least, The Prairie Primer along with all of The Little House books! I have always wanted to share this series with my older daughter but we never got around to it. This year, I was determined to do this with J. I struggled with this decision because I knew it was going to be a lot of work but I am all in....as always.
You may notice the lack of Science this year and that it for a good reason. I had planned up to a few weeks before the start of school to include a Science program for J. But I backed out - The Prairie Primer says that it is a full year of curriculum in all aspects of learning with the exception that of Math. I knew we have several changes coming up and I didn't want to become overwhelmed. (it is still a possibility;) So, I think for one year, she can forgo a formal Science program because of what we will be learning from The Little House. I think it will be a good trade and we will still be learning across the board.
We are excited at what this school year will bring as well as what we will be learning. I love that J and I will be reading/learning about Little House:) It will be a good year.
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