I’ve been sharing a bit more about our homeschooling here on my blog. And I hope that’s okay with you. This won’t become a homeschool blog, but I want to share my family’s life as a whole. That includes how we spend a large portion of our days {and if you didn’t guess…that’s our schoolwork time}. I also get asked often on social media about our homeschooling and receive requests for more details. Including…what curriculum we use.
{Post contains affiliate links. You can read our disclosure here.}
I have already shared all about our first day of the school year, as well as our reasons for why we have choosen to homeschool. But what does that look like from a curriculum standpoint? This post is all about that. It is our eighth year schooling and each year looks slightly different. With a 10th, 8th, and 5th grader now, most of their subjects are done individually. {When they were all much younger, we could do quite a few subjects together, but that is no longer the case.}
Let’s get started with my oldest…in 10th grade:
History: A History of US
Grammar: Easy Grammar Ultimate Series Grade 10
Writing, Reading, & Vocabulary: All-in-One High School Literature and Composition
Vietnamese: Mango Languages and Dad is her tutor
Chemistry: Discovering Design with Chemistry and Lab
Arithmetic: Algebra 2
Bible & Apologetics: Videos from RightNow Media and family discussions
Now for my 8th grader…
Reading: List of books that I put together
Arithmetic: Algebra 1
American History: America the Beautiful
Grammar: Easy Grammar Ultimate Series 8
Writing, Reading, & Vocabulary: All-in-One High School 8 English
Science: Exploring Creation with Physical Science
World History: The Mystery of History I
Bible/Apologetics: Videos from RightNow Media and family discussions
Art: Artistic Pursuits Middle School
And then there is the 5th grader…
Reading: List of books that I put together.
Arithmetic: ABeka 4 (we are finishing up 4th first) and 5
Spelling: Building Spelling Skills
Grammar: Easy Grammar 5
Science: Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy and Physiology
World History: The Mystery of History II
American History/Government: Uncle Sam and You
Bible: Who Is God?
Art: Artistic Pursuits Elementary School
How do I keep it all organized and how do they know what to do each day? I was inspired by Sarah Mackenzie and her notebook assignment idea. For my 5th and 8th graders, I take an hour on Sunday afternoon and go through each subject and write out what to do each day of the upcoming week. Every day gets a new page in the notebook.
My 8th grader does most of his work independently, but my 5th grader does not, so I highlight which subjects he is to do on his own. And they both know that I need to correct their independent work before they can be done for the day.
My 10th grader writes out her own weekly subject list..and some motivation in her notebook. Most of her curriculum is self-checking, but I correct some subjects and evaluate her writing assignments. She does not list specific pages for each day, but instead, has a daily time limit for each subject .
This is our fourth year of homeschooling “year round”. What that means is we have 6 weeks of school, followed by 1 week off. If they get behind in any subjects {due to their own negligence} they may have school work to do on their week off. We use that week to evaluate how far they’ve come and whether they are on target to complete their assignments before the end of the school year at their current rate. But, especially, it is a week for me to take a break. Our year typically starts in August and is finished by Memorial Day weekend. The major benefit to this schedule is that I no longer become burned out. Plus…that week off usually gives me a chance to work on house projects. Woohoo!
Please feel free to reach out if you have questions about any of this curriculum. I would be happy to chat with you.
xo,
Leigh
Leave a Reply