I still have some tweaking to do to our curriculum plan, but getting it down in print will hopefully help me get the loose ends tied up!

We will also be doing a Theme of the Day activity. I created this last year (see this post), and am now working on this year’s plan based on what did/didn’t work.

Here is our Theme of the Day schedule for this year:

• Monday with the Masters
• Creativity Tuesday
• Writer’s Workshop Wednesday
• Poetry Tea Thursday
• Nature Fun Friday

Our students: dd15 (10th), dd13 (8th), ds9 (4th), dd7 (2nd), dd3 (PreK)

Because we overlap our curriculum into several age groups, I am listing by subjects instead of by grades.

~Bible~

• Bible Road Trip  (FREE)
• Through the Bible with My Child   (FREE)
• Virtue Lessons  (FREE)
• 100 Creative Ways to Learn Memory Verses  (FREE)
  
• Heart of Wisdom  (FREE)

~World History~

• Truthquest
• The Notebooking Publisher

~Geography~

• Window on the World
• Stories to Grow By  (FREE)

~Science~

•  Chemistry 101
  
• Chemistry Study Resources  (FREE)
• Awesome Science Teacher Resources  (FREE)
• Exploring Creation with Zoology 1
• Zoology 1 Course Notebook  (FREE)
  
• Giant Science Resource Book
• 4 2 eXplore Science   (FREE)

~Math~

• Teaching Textbooks Algebra 1 
• Teaching Textbooks Pre-Algebra
  
• Horizons Math, Grade 4
• Saxon Math 2

~Writing~

• The Complete Writing Program
• Writing Fix  (FREE)
• Creative Writing Class  (FREE)
• Writing Lessons  (FREE)
• Composition Enrichment workbook  (FREE)
• Journal Pages  (FREE)
• Letter Writing Center  (FREE)

~Poetry~

(We have a weekly Poetry Tea – more on that later!)

• 10-Week Poetry Course for Kids  (FREE)
• What Rhymes with Squirrel?  (FREE)
• The Poetry Page  (FREE)
• Poetry Primer  (FREE)
• Poems Every Child Should Know  (FREE)

~Grammar~

• McGraw-Hill workbooks  (FREE)
• Treasure workbooks  (FREE)
• The Child’s Own English Book  (FREE)

~Reading/Literature~

(books still to be determined)

• College-Bound Reading List  (FREE)
• Book Adventure  (FREE)
• Reading Treasures workbooks  (FREE)
• The Ordinary Parent’s Guide to Teaching Reading
  

~Spelling~

(undecided for older kids)

• Phonics Pathways
• Read! Build! Write!  (FREE)

~Handwriting~

• HWT Printing Power
  
• HWT Cursive Handwriting
  
• Handwriting Workbooks  (FREE)

~Art~

• Art History: A Century of Modern Art  (FREE)
• Smart Art: Learning to Classify & Critique Art
• Drawing Lessons  (FREE)

~Preschool~

• Alphabet Lap~n~Play  (FREE)
• KidsSparkz Theme-a-Pedia  (FREE)
• Magnet Board Stories  (FREE)
• Alphabet Animal Puppets  (FREE)
• Building Up to Alphabet  (FREE)
• Pre-K Packs  (FREE)

~Nature~

• Nature Projects  (FREE)
• Notebooking  (FREE)
• various activities  (FREE)

Note: We don’t use all of these free lessons. I pick & choose whatever goes with our studies. Didn’t want you to think we homeschool 24/7!