Our 2016-17 Curriculum

Because of our big country-to-country, across-the-Atlantic move last summer, I never did get around to posting our curriculum for this school year!  To make this quick and easy, I'm going to briefly list what each child is using on this one post.

3rd Grade

1.  Bible:  Wisdom With the Millers (book and activity book)--studying the book of Proverbs
2.  Reading:  Doors to Discovery
3.  Seatwork:  Spectrum Test Practice, Grade 3
4.  Math:  Primary Mathematics 3 (Singapore)
5.  Storytime:  We're doing lapbooks along with each of the following books (I stopped lapbooks after grade 3 because they were too much work; however, each of the kids has wanted to do them, so I'm back to lapbooks again!):

• Abraham Lincoln (Anne Colver)
• Stone Fox (John Reynolds Gardiner)
• Door in the Wall (Marguerite de Angeli)
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)
• Key to the Treasure (Peggy Parish)
• Horse Heroes: True Stories of Amazing Horses (Kate Petty)
• Mr. Popper's Penguins (Richard Atwater)
• Justin Morgan Had a Horse (Marguerite Henry)
• The Apple and the Arrow (Conrad Buff)

6.  Language:  Language Lessons for the Elementary Child, Volumes 1 and 2 (we're finishing Volume 1 from last year)

7.  Spelling:  All About Spelling, Level 3

8.  Science:  Christian Kids Explore Earth & Space (unfortunately for my sanity, we do lapbooks for each science unit, too!  At least this is my last year doing lapbooks.)

9.  History:  The Story of the World, Volume 2: The Middle Ages (we use the CDs, the activity book, and other supplements)

10.  Geography:  I make my own geography units.  This year, we are studying the following countries:

• United Kingdom (sad that we moved from the UK just before starting this one)
• Saudi Arabia
• France
• Norway
• New Zealand
• Australia
• Netherlands
• Japan
• Russia
• Spain
• Mexico
• Germany

11.  Extracurricular:  We do these as we have time:

• Art
• Spanish--Teach Them Spanish 1
• Music--Singing Made Easy and piano
• P.E.--Right now, we're making use of our small town's basketball and tennis courts
• Health--Heath, Safety & Manners 3 (A Beka)

7th Grade

1.  History:  British History (I made my own course using a number of books--click link to view)
2.  Reading:  She's reading the following books and doing book reports on them:

• George Muller: The Guardian of Bristol's Orphans (Benge)
• Swiss Holiday (Yates)
• The Bronze Bow (Speare)
• Watership Down (Adamas)
• The Windy Hill (Meigs)
• The Hound of the Baskersville (Doyle)
• Tales of the Greek Heroes (Green)
• Full Steam Ahead: The Race to Build a Transcontinental Railroad (Blumberg)
• Stories of Don Quixote Written Anew for Children (Baldwin)
• Old Yeller (Gipson)

3.  Math:  Teaching Textbooks 7

4.  Bible:  Explorers Bible Study Quest: Faith at Work

5.  Science:  Interactive Science: Earth Science

6.  Language:  Easy Grammar 6 and Easy Grammar Plus (finishing last year's first)

7.  Spelling:  All About Spelling, Level 7

8.  Extracurricular:  P.E., Typing (Typing Instructor), Ancient Music and Ancient Art (Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool), and guitar (instruction from her grandma)

10th Grade

*Coming Soon*