We just picked up our kids from a two week vacation at Grandma and Grandpa's. Kaleb came home with his two front teeth missing! He is starting first grade this year and here is what I have planned for him :)
For Bible, he will join J and work through Our 24 Family Ways as well as Telling God's Story Year 2. We will also be reading Bible Devotions about Animals to compliment our Science program.
In Math, he will continue with Horizons Math Book 1 and 2 for First Grade. This worked well for him last year.
He will work through Explode the Code Books 1, 1 1/2, and 2.
I did something different this year, I added Learning Language Arts Through Literature - The Blue Book. This will be the first year that I am trying this. I felt that it would add some reinforcement to his reading lessons.
We are back at trying to learn to read. He will be using All About Reading Level 1. If this doesn't click then I will be trying a another reading program. I will not stress though - he will learn to read before he graduates high school. :)
He is practicing his handwriting with Handwriting Without Tears My Printing Book. Hopefully this will help with the look of his handwriting. He is a boy!
And since my passion is literature, we will be working through the books of Five in a Row. We will row a book every two to three weeks as to no overwhelm Kaleb with a ton of work. He still is trying to find the value in school right now and I don't want to crush it. Our first row will be The Night of the Moonjellies by Mark Shasha. It may not look like a lot of work but when you add in a fifth grader, a tot, and a grand baby ....I am overwhelmed. It will be a great year, I just know it.
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