What We're Doing
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2025-2026 Edition – What We’re Doing for 3rd, 4th, and 6th Grades
No, really, what are we doing? I’m combining these grades for this post this year because so much of what I’m using is just different levels of the same thing. I still need to put together my pacing guides. I need to finalize things… It’s a mess, but a somewhat organized mess? Part of it is that I decided to change up some things last-minute and add some other things in. English Language Arts I decided to use Logic of English Essentials with all 3. The 3rd and 4th graders will be starting at level A, and the 6th grader will start with level C. They’re all very solid –…
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2025-2026 Edition: What We’re Doing for Pre-K
It’s that time of year again – when everyone’s making last-minute tweaks to their curriculum choices, and I’m no different. I have my pacing guides just about ready for starting up next week (and what I haven’t finished, I’ll finish up in the next week or so as we do our soft start. Miss 4 will be attending Pre-Kindergarten (also known as Transitional Kindergarten, K4, or Junior Kindergarten) this year. Here’s what we’re doing. Our Main Curricula: I’ll be using Torchlight Pre-K “Curiosity and Character” and Blossom and Root’s Early Years 2 for many of our subjects this year. Supplementary Curricula: I’ll be adding in bits and pieces (namely, the…
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What We’re Doing for 5th Grade for the 2024-2025 School Year
I’ve saved Miss 10 for last because I’ve been writing these in grade order. If you’d like to see what I’m doing with my other kids, check out our preschool, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade plans. Miss 10 loves science and art and spends hours of her time every day reading about science and drawing. So this year, we’re science-heavy and art-heavy to follow her interests. We’re especially excited to use our microscope and telescope a lot this year. Without further ado, here’s what we’re doing for 5th grade. Language Arts Spelling and Word Study We aim to finish Spelling Workout E and start Spelling Workout F this year. We…
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What We’re Doing for Third Grade Homeschool for 2024-2025
Mr 8’s third grade year share some curriclum with the second grader, so some of the curricula choices will look the same. Mr. 8 wanted to do Japanese this year, and we start Latin in third grade, so I’ll share some of those choices as well. Language Arts Mr. 8 is already a fluent reader, so we won’t be doing phonics for grade 3. Spelling We’re using MCP Spelling Workout again this year, and we’ll be aiming to finish up Spelling Workout C and make it about halfway through Spelling Workout D if we keep on pace with what we’ve been doing. Grammar We’re using First Langauge Lessons, and our…
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What We’re Doing for 2nd Grade for the 2024-2025 School Year
Now that I’ve shared what we’re doing for preschool, it’s time to share what we’ll be doing for 2nd Grade for the 2024-2025 school year. Some of this will be the same for my 3rd grader, as I combined some of the subjects for Mr. 8 and Miss 7 to make life a little easier, but also because they’re so close in age. Language Arts Phonics Miss 7 is the only one still working through phonics. Our goal is to complete All About Reading through Level 4 this year. Spelling We’ll continue to use MCP’s Spelling Workout this year. Our goal is to finish Level B and start Level C.…
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What We’re Doing for Preschool for the 2024-2025 School Year
I have the school year for each of my kiddos planned out for next year, so I figured it was time to go ahead and share what we’re doing. I know many people don’t use anything for the early years, but Miss Three cannot wait to be part of the studying crew. As it is, I often keep extra crayons and pens and paper nearby so she can “do school” while her older siblings work. That said, I still want to keep preschool gentle, especially since Miss Three already knows her alphabet, can count to 20 accurately with and without objects, knows her colors, recognizes numbers, and is starting to…
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What We’re Using for First Grade 2020-2021
First grade is approaching. We decided, after a strange end to kindergarten, that we would indeed homeschool next year – so we’ll have a 1st grader, a pre-kindergartner, and a preschooler at home. I’ve already gathered most of what we’ll use for next year. We won’t do every subject every day – and for some subjects, I’m patching in additional resources/topics that should be covered but aren’t by the main resource or spine we’re using. For this post, I’ll just be focusing on the main resource. (Note: some of these links are affiliate links, and if you click on them and make a purchase, I will receive a small percentage…
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April 5th Accountability Post
Last week was a bit of a dumpster fire. We’d all had enough of being indoors. Miss 6 completed her school’s packet, 43 lessons in Dreambox and a bunch of lessons in Lexia. In addition she did: Penmanship – ZB Kindergarten p. 131Spelling – Lesson 15 “Short Vowel I”Read & discussed “The Grasshopper and the Ant” drew a pictureWrote cookie thank you cardsCompleted Singapore Math p. 104-112Completed Kumon Differentiation p. 6-42Morning starters 5-7Watched 2 Cincinnati Zoo videosEarned her Girl Scouts Board Game Design Challenge BadgeWorked on learning to fold clothes using the “Marie Kondo” methodRead about kitchen safety in Williams Sonoma Kids CookingRead 20-30 minutes every dayWatched videos on magnetic…
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March 29th Weekly Accountability Post
This is what Miss 6 did this past week: We wound up not doing school on Friday. Each day, we spent about 2 hours on these things, and some more time reading, watching educational videos, and playing with purpose. All About Reading Level 1 Lessons 10 & 11 (review)Zanner Blosser Handwriting K p. 127-130Spelling Workout A Lesson 14 “short A”What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know – FablesCookie thank you cardsSingapore Math Essentials of Math K B p. 90-103What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know “Plants Are All Around Us” and “Plant Parts and 180 Days of Science pages 49-58 – on animal habitatsWhat Your Kindergartner Needs to Know “What a Ball:…
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How I’m Teaching My Preschooler
I don't know about your kids, but my 3 year oldĀ has to do whatever his sister is doing, so we've been at this homeschooling thing for a bit.
