Homeschool Curriculum Choices: Pre-K, 2nd, 4th
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Summer is coming to a close and I know all of us homeschoolers are on the hunt for the best homeschool curriculum for our families. I will be sharing our curriculum choices with you below. I feel like as the years go on it is getting easier for me to choose my homeschool curriculum. We are very eclectic in what we choose for our homeschool curriculum. I am just not the kind of person that fits into a box, so neither should our homeschool. This year in our homeschool I will have a preschooler, a 2nd grader and a 4th grader (and a baby).
Not everything is pictured in each of the images because we are not completely finished collecting it all. We ted to do it a little at a time through the summer as expenses allow.
Homeschool Preschool Curriculum:
We just discovered The Amazing Action Alphabet and will be using that to help him learn his letters. We will be doing a letter of the week at our house this year. I will continue on with the About Me book we started a while back (review here). I also found a fun Star Wars preschool set that we’ll use. I will be using Pinterest for letter crafts and projects, read a lot of stories and songs and keeping it pretty simple. I think the first year of preschool should really be low-key. I just want him to feel included and get him loving school. He is ready and anxious to start!! I will also be pulling ideas from some of the great FREE preschool curriculum options that I pulled together on THIS post. He will also be part of a once a week preschool class at our homeschool co-op on Fridays.
2nd Grade Homeschool Curriculum Choices:
Language Arts: All About Spelling & Explode the Code
Growing with Grammar level 2
Handwriting: Zaner-Bloser Grade 2M & 2 C (intro to cursive)
Draw, Write Now
Math: Christian Light as well as some Life of Fred
Science: Nancy Larson Science (See my review) & the Christian Liberty Nature Readers
Critical Thinking: Building Thinking Skills Level 1
4th Grade Homeschool Curriculum Choices:
Language Arts:
IEW Student Writing Intensive Level A (My Review)
Zaner-Bloser Handwriting Grade 4 (cursive)
Write From History (See my review)
Growing With Grammar Level 4
Math: Horions Math grade 4 (trying this for a review that will be coming next month) Life of Fred Intermediate books & Beast Academy (review coming soon)
Science: Noeo Science Chemistry Level 2 & also the Sasafrass Science books from Elemental. I have them doing separate Science programs for the first time this year because my son is very advanced in Science and I want something that will really stretch him.
Critical Thinking: Building Thinking Skills Level 2
Courses We Will Do Together:
Music Appreciation: Zeezok Music Appreciation Set 1 (See my review)
History & Geography: Trail Guide to Learning: Paths of Exploration for History & Geography. We may also finish off our 4th year of Story of the World without any of the extras- we just enjoy reading it together. We are also reviewing Heroes & Heroines of the Past American History & will be using some of that as well this year. (My Review) Kinda a lot now that I write it all out… we’ll see.
Foreign Language: Flip Flop Spanish & Latin for Children
Art: Home Art Studio (See my review) & Artistic Pursuits (Another Review!) We switch between the two of these because my 2 kids each like a different one. 🙂
Literature: We always have a stack of books we read together as a family including poems, fables, great classics, etc… Lately we have been working through some Shel Silverstein poems, Everyday Graces, Fifty Famous Stories retold, Sassafras Science Adventures.
Other Extras:
Devotional & scripture memory work daily, Piano lessons, Co-op group every Friday with a variety of classes.
Here is a list of my Essential Homeschool Supplies…
