I get asked quite frequently what curriculum we use for our homeschool, why did we pull our kids out of public school, what you do all day, etc. Today I am going to be answering the curriculum question.
This is the first year I've bought curriculum for all four kids! Yes, it can be expensive. It can also be cheap, but I prefer to pay the extra to have it all (or most of it) planned out for me. It saves me A LOT of time, and time is a precious commodity to me! Here are our picks for this school year.
Jacob (6th grade)
Math- A Beka Arithmetic 6
Language Arts- A Beka Language 6
Spelling- Sequential Spelling 4 and 5 (we had a few tests to finish up from book 4 before we started level 5. I purchased the DVD for level 5 and absolutely LOVE it! He does it on the computer himself and it works on his typing as well.)
Reading/Literature- A Beka Read and Think Skill Sheets 6 and Classical Literature Unit Studies from Confessions of a Homeschooler (We are currently reading Dr. Dolittle and have Charlotte's Web scheduled next.)
History/Geography- A Beka 5 Old Word History and Geography (We did unit studies last year for history and science so we didn't use A Beka. I didn't want to use the 6th grade curriculum and have him jump to New World History without having studied Old World history. The work level is pretty much the same, just different topics. We liked unit studies, but Jacob really liked A Beka history and science in 4th grade so we decided to go back to them this year.)
Science- A Beka Science 5 Investigating God's World
Art- World's Greatest Artists (also from Confession of a Homeschooler) We only do Art on Thursdays so we'll most likely only get through half of it this year.
Music- We're studying the composer Johannes Brahms (Confessions of a Homeschooler)
Bible- We're reading Sticky Situations in the mornings together and they are active in AWANA at church, as well as church on Sunday mornings. Sticky Situations gives the kids different scenarios and asks them what they would do and then gives scriptures from the Bible showing how God wants us to respond to those situations.
Evelyn (3rd Grade)
Math- A Beka Arithmetic 3
Language Arts- Abeka Language 3
Spelling- Sequential Spelling 2 DVD
Reading/ Literature- A Beka Read and Think Skill Sheets 3 and the same Classical Literature Unit Studies as Jacob
History/ Geography- A Beka 3 Our America
Science- A Beka 3 Exploring God's World
Art- World's Greastest Artists (taught with Jacob too)
Music- studying Johannes Brahms (with Jacob too) and involved with Liberty Kidz choir at church
Bible- Sticky Situations, AWANA (she spends time memorizing her AWANA verses each day)
Aiden (Kindergarten)
He is using the K4 curriculum from Confessions of a Homeschooler. This has all of his lessons planned out for the year. It is a complete curriculum. I just add fun little activities as I see fit. It even includes scripture memorization as well!!
Claire- (Pre-K)
Claire is using Confessions of a Homeschooler Letter of the Week Curriculum. She loves it!! It is so bright and colorful. The littles will sit in the older kids lessons occasionally as well.
I always hear of all these neat different curricula that sound fun, but these work for our family and I know the grass isn't always greener on the other side. We've been happy with A Beka so far. It has a reputation for being a rigorous/lots of book work curriculum, but the kids don't seem to mind...except for the occasional complaint about some assignments. I also love that there are lots of references to God in there, and that the History/Science are biblically based. There you have it! That's our list (it's always possible it could get tweaked a little here and there as we see fit).
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