Some of this selection keeps changing as the children's learning abilities shift and change ☺
Includes mid Sept 2012 updates in red. We have approx 3 months left, before our scheduled learning year finishes. I always find it interesting to see what others have dropped/stepped side ways from so thought I'd include those details too.
Scroll down this post for our History/Reading schedules for this year, found under History: Literature
Choices selected for:
Bobs 12
Daisy 10
Bible:
Bible - Together
Bible time hymns Detailed here along with
40 Day Bible Adventure (to complete over a year) false start & never continued
Various Missionary/ Heroes of the Faith biographies by Janet and Geoff Benge
Bible - Bobs
Indepth bible study with Dn
Scripture Memorisation and Copywork/Dictation
Bible -Daisy
Continuing bible time with mum
Scripture Memorisation, using some songs from Sing The Word ,
Bible Copywork/Dictation
History:
Includes mid Sept 2012 updates in red. We have approx 3 months left, before our scheduled learning year finishes. I always find it interesting to see what others have dropped/stepped side ways from so thought I'd include those details too.
Scroll down this post for our History/Reading schedules for this year, found under History: Literature
Choices selected for:
Bobs 12
Daisy 10
Bible:
Bible - Together
Bible time hymns Detailed here along with
Various Missionary/ Heroes of the Faith biographies by Janet and Geoff Benge
Bible - Bobs
Indepth bible study with Dn
Scripture Memorisation and Copywork/Dictation
Bible -Daisy
Continuing bible time with mum
Scripture Memorisation, using some songs from Sing The Word ,
Bible Copywork/Dictation
History:
History - New Zealand History:
NZ Spine: Builders of New Zealand: An Illustrated History for Young People by A.W Reed
Illustrated History of New Zealand by Marcia Stenson
The New Zealand Wars by Ross Calman
http://www.nzetc.org/
History - Kingfisher History Encyclopedia - Bobs
History - Usborne History of the World History Encyclopedia - Daisy
Literature
Which includes a selection of living history books, audio titles:
(Sonlight titles were selected from the 2010 Catalogue)
1: Sonlight Core 4 (select books) - Daisy (10 yrs old) (Initial Schedule)
2: Sonlight Core 7 (2nd part of) - Bobs (12 yrs old) (Final Schedule here)
Literature
Which includes a selection of living history books, audio titles:
(Sonlight titles were selected from the 2010 Catalogue)
1: Sonlight Core 4 (select books) - Daisy (10 yrs old) (Initial Schedule)
2: Sonlight Core 7 (2nd part of) - Bobs (12 yrs old) (Final Schedule here)
3: Other Sonlight Cores (portions of with some geography focus)
4: NZ literature
5: Other Literature (including some Ambleside Online (AOL) titles)
Language Arts:
L/A - Both4: NZ literature
5: Other Literature (including some Ambleside Online (AOL) titles)
Language Arts:
All About Spelling (as prescribed for Daisy, just the rules for Bobs) NZ Supplier ~ Engaging Minds
Italics Handwriting - Both (using Startwrite to create scripture memory pages in cursive)
Poems for Memorization - Rod and Staff (different grade selections)
Rod and Staff (English books, just for the grammar) Both - different levels & speeds☺
L/A - Daisy
Writing With Ease
L/A - Bobs
The Walker Book of Classic Poetry and Poets (Using 2011 and 2012)
Writing With Skill
Math - Using a mix of:
Math - Both (at different levels)
Khan Academy
Also using lots of games and math based literature for both.
Math - Daisy
Life of Fred, elementary bks 5-8 (she just loved the first 4 books in this series!)
Making Math Meaningful
Math - Bobs
Life of Fred
New Zealand Investments (game)
Science:
NZ Based Nature Studies (referring to: Nature Study by D. Beggs)
Interest led books and DvD's
Breeding guinea pigs, and hand raising lambs :-)
Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy this is hardly getting done. Using it as a science reader :-)
Art:
Interest led books and DvD's
Breeding guinea pigs, and hand raising lambs :-)
Art:
Mark Kistler's Online Art Lessons hit and miss this year :-/
Other books and items of interest
Music:
Music:
Plus other, random, items of interest.
Music lessons.
Other Languages:
Visual Latin we've only managed to complete 1 term of this curric. I need to schedule it in differently, as it is the program we want to use for Latin.
Logic Puzzles:
Perplexors - Both, different levels. Only Daisy has carried on with this, Bobs is NOT interested!
Chess
Various Logic Games
Music lessons.
Other Languages:
Visual Latin we've only managed to complete 1 term of this curric. I need to schedule it in differently, as it is the program we want to use for Latin.
Logic Puzzles:
Perplexors - Both, different levels. Only Daisy has carried on with this, Bobs is NOT interested!
Chess
Various Logic Games
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