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Our 2012-2013 Curriculum

July 16, 2012 By: amyswandering17 Comments

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! 😉

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Homeschool for Free: Bible

July 5, 2012 By: amyswandering1 Comment

FREE Homeschool Bible Curriculum

It is so important to instill the word of God in our children’s hearts! This list a free Bible curriculum has something for the whole family.

Updated 08/12/22

Joyful Heart  preschool

Bible Classbooks study guides

Calvary Chapel lessons, quizzes, puzzles, coloring

Garden of Praise  lessons, quizzes, puzzles, songs

eBibleTeacher  lessons, activity books, story books

Teaching with God’s Heart for the World  one-year unit study

Highland Hitcho  studies, notebooking pages

Colour and Know the Bible  lessons, detailed coloring pages

Mission Arlington  several different sets & languages

Desiring God Resource Library  online books

Kids of Integrity  lessons, activities

Preschool Post  lessons, activities

Journey Through the Bible  year-long overview

KidExplorers Answers in Genesis  lessons & handouts

Calvary Curriculum  several ages

DLTK  lessons, crafts, printables

Raising Rock Stars  weekly units

God’s Hand in Our Lives  Sunday School series

Sunday School Sources  lessons, activities, trading cards

Exploring God’s Word  4-year study

Find more Bible activities on my Homeschool Bible Pinterest Board

See all of my Homeschool for FREE! posts

Free Homeschool Bible Curriculum

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Homeschool for Free: Writing

June 8, 2012 By: amyswanderingcomment

Free Homeschool Writing Curriculum

There is seemingly no end to the great writing resources available! I am linking to ones that offer large or complete courses.

Language Arts at PPPST  PowerPoint presentations & games

Paradigm  (upper) online writing assistant

ABCs of the Writing Process

ReadWriteThink

Storytelling Lesson Plans & Activities

NaNoWriMo  young novelist workbooks

Teaching That Makes Sense!  free writing workbooks

Creative Writing Class

A Year of Mini Lessons for Growing Writers

Busy Teacher   337 free worksheets

News Writing

Tikatok Across the Curriculum

10 Universities Offering Free Writing Courses Online

See all of my Homeschool for FREE! posts HERE

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Teaching with Nursery Rhymes

May 1, 2012 By: amyswandering2 Comments

teaching with nursery rhymes

Nursery rhymes are an easy way to teach young children. They naturally love the playful rhythms and songs.

Nursery rhymes make a great co-op class too! I taught a preschool class and each week we would read the rhyme, act it out, and do a craft.

Here are some handy FREE resources:

Kiz Club  word cards & clip art

A Rhyme a Week  30 weeks of lesson plans

First-School  coloring pages, activities, crafts, seasonal themes

Nursery Rhyme ABCs  find & circle the letters

DLTK  worksheets, crafts, felt board

Virtual Vine  unit studies

St. Aiden’s Activity Packs  copywork

SparkleBox  posters, masks, sequencing & more

Hubbard’s Cupboard  Letter & Rhyme a Day units

Apples 4 the Teacher  sorted by topic

Kindergarten Rhyme Time

PreKinders  rhyme cards

Nursery Rhymes Tot Series

Read and Sing Little Books

Nursery Rhymes – Kids Camp  youtube channel

Pre-K Literacy  activities, printables, & diplomas

Nursery Rhyme Units  1st grade

Circle Time Cards

Rhymes Printables

Pick Your Word  colorful story cards for games

Printable Mini Books

Sense in Nonsense  math & science activities

Nursery Rhymes Pocket Chart

Coloring Pages

Coloring Pages

Coloring Pages

The Secret History of Nursery Rhymes  for curiosity’s sake

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Homeschool for Free: Learn to Read

April 27, 2012 By: amyswandering8 Comments

Free Phonics & Reading Curriculum

Teaching your child to read is one of the most important parts of homeshooling, and it can sometimes be one of the hardest. These FREE Phonics and Reading curriculum resources offer lots of great ideas.

Starfall   a fun interactive site for learning letter sounds – don’t miss the Download Center, the Scope & Sequence, and the Site Map

Progressive Phonics  books and activity sheets

Literactive  lessons, activities, books, & worksheets

Kids Learning Station  phonics worksheets

Student Center Activities   (K-5) phonics; also covers reading strategies, parts of a book, etc.

First 55 Come Alive!  Montessori lessons for the first 55 words a child will read

Striveney  1000 interactive online exercises (British)

Reading Lessons  step-by-step lessons & books

ABC The Key  online video lessons

Fun Fonix  worksheets (great stuff if you can get past the crazy spelling LOL)

Blend Phonics  by Don Potter – based on the work of a master teacher born in 1902

Reading for Primary Teachers  this site is a bit overwhelming to navigate, but has so much to offer

ABC Fast Phonics   phonics tutorials with sound & cartoons

Reading Bear  beginning vocabulary & phonics

Stairway to Reading  help for the struggling reader

FreeReading  open-source reading intervention program

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