It's hard for me to think of my baby being in second grade, but he is.
History
Thane and Magnus (4th grade) will continue doing this subject together. We're going to continue with US History focusing on the people and events after the Revolutionary War but before the Civil War. We'll be using the Time Traveler Early 19th Century cd from Homeschool in the Woods as our spine. The boys really enjoyed the projects as we worked through the Colonial Times and The Revolutionary War cds last year. I am sure this one will not disappoint either. We're going to stretch it out to last the whole year by adding in lots of books and videos and by doing more in-depth studies on American Indians, Lewis and Clark, the Pioneers, and CA State history.
Science
Thane and Magnus will continue doing this subject together. We're finally going to get to the Human Body unit I put together a couple of years ago. I'm in the middle of planning an Earth science unit that will include a large amount of geology.
Math
The boys will also be working on this subject together. We're going to continue with the Math Mammoth Blue Series. I had thrown around the idea of using Right Start Level D, but I think I am going to give Teaching Textbooks 3 a try. It won't be our "main math", but will be a nice change from worksheets. We will also continue reading books from the large list of books from Living Math and playing lots of games for reinforcement.
Language Arts
This gets tricky with Thane. Towards the end of last year, I suspected some of his reading troubles were due to dyslexia. After much research and speaking to a couple of ladies who specialize (as in are educated) in dyslexia, I am convinced that to be the case, but only mild. I've decided to abandon all of our curricula that teaches phonics with rules and use ABeCeDarian.
We're also going to be using the ARI 1 Level of the I See Sam readers.
He is also going to be learning cursive through the Handwriting Without Tears program to aid in the many letter reversals he does.
Once he is reading fluently, we'll continue with All About Spelling and Explode the Code.
Art
We started using the Atelier Art dvd program last year and the boys really enjoyed it. They liked seeing the work the kids did as they were working through their lessons. We'll also include art lessons from Artistic Pursuits and Discovering Great Artists.
I haven't decided which artists we are going to study this year, but we'll continue with our picture study too.
Other Stuff
Mindbenders, Building Thinking Skills, and Typing.
Activities
Gymnastics, Swimming, and AWANA.
Science
Thane and Magnus will continue doing this subject together. We're finally going to get to the Human Body unit I put together a couple of years ago. I'm in the middle of planning an Earth science unit that will include a large amount of geology.
Math
The boys will also be working on this subject together. We're going to continue with the Math Mammoth Blue Series. I had thrown around the idea of using Right Start Level D, but I think I am going to give Teaching Textbooks 3 a try. It won't be our "main math", but will be a nice change from worksheets. We will also continue reading books from the large list of books from Living Math and playing lots of games for reinforcement.
Language Arts
This gets tricky with Thane. Towards the end of last year, I suspected some of his reading troubles were due to dyslexia. After much research and speaking to a couple of ladies who specialize (as in are educated) in dyslexia, I am convinced that to be the case, but only mild. I've decided to abandon all of our curricula that teaches phonics with rules and use ABeCeDarian.
Here are some of it's key features:
- Explicit, comprehensive multisensory phonics instruction
- Sound blending and segmenting explicitly taught and practiced
- Letter/Sound correspondences taught in the context of reading and spelling words
- Letter sounds taught before letter names
- Code knowledge organized by sounds with engaging sorting activities
- No rules!
- Precise practice routines and error correction procedures
- Integrated handwriting and spelling instruction
- Expert oral reading fluency practice
We're also going to be using the ARI 1 Level of the I See Sam readers.
He is also going to be learning cursive through the Handwriting Without Tears program to aid in the many letter reversals he does.Once he is reading fluently, we'll continue with All About Spelling and Explode the Code.
Art
We started using the Atelier Art dvd program last year and the boys really enjoyed it. They liked seeing the work the kids did as they were working through their lessons. We'll also include art lessons from Artistic Pursuits and Discovering Great Artists.
I haven't decided which artists we are going to study this year, but we'll continue with our picture study too.
Other Stuff
Mindbenders, Building Thinking Skills, and Typing.
Activities
Gymnastics, Swimming, and AWANA.
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