Thursday, August 5, 2010

New School Year

This is our second year of homeschooling and here is our new curriculum:

Bible: Karen Henley's Day by Day Bible and Devotion

Math: Saxon Math 2

Reading: A-Z Reading Level J-Q (Includes reading stradegies & comprehension quizes)

Grammer: Evan Moor Grammar and Punctuation Grade 2
Evan Moor Daily Language Review Grade 2

Writing: Draw Write Now

Geography: Evan Moor Daily Geography
Evan Moor Landforms

History: Story of the World Vol. 2 by Susan Bauer Wise
+ United States Government and Laws.

Science: Various Earth and Physical Science Topics

Art: How to Teach Art to Children Age K-6

Music: Beginning Recorder

Reading List:

As many Magic Tree House Mysteries and Biographies that Ben can read for silent reading time, plus this list:

A Child’s Garden of Verse, by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum
Socks, by Beverly Cleary
Little House on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, by Roger Lancelyn Green
The Wind in the Willows, b Kenneth Grahame
Doctor Dolittle, by Hugh Lofting
The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling
Pippi Longstocking, by Astrid Lindgren
The 101 Dalmations, by Dodie Smith
Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan
Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, by Robert C. O’Brien
The Pied Piper of Hamelin, by Robert Browning
Fifty Famous People, by James Baldwin
Five Children and It, by Edith Nesbit
The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks, by Nancy McArthur
Moominland Midwinter, by Tove Jeansson
Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales
The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery, by Deborah Howe
Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, by Betty MacDonald
The Borrowers, by Mary Norton
Misty of Chinoteague, by Marguerite Henry
Ginger Pye, by Eleanor Estes
The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling
Nurse Matilda, by Christianna Brand
The Mouse and the Motorcycle, by Beverly Cleary
Tales from Far and Near, by Arthur Guy
The Elephant’s Child, by Rudyard Kipling
The Magic of Oz, by L. Frank Baum
The Story of the Greeks, by H. A. Guerber
A Child’s Geography of the World, by V. M. Hillyer