Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
skip to main |
skip to sidebar
Our Current Read-Aloud
- Canadian History for Dummies
About Me
- Alana in Canada
- Hey there! I'm a home-loving introvert in a small house with my hubby, our two teenagers and his Beagle. From cleaning, to organizing to decorating, I love creating a better home for us all..
The Dad
The Mom
The Boy
The Girl
The Weekly Reporters
How Many?
Labels
- accomplishments (1)
- art (3)
- article (1)
- audio books (1)
- book review (1)
- Canada (2)
- celebration (1)
- Charlotte Mason (3)
- Curriculum (3)
- day to day (8)
- dictation (2)
- discipline (4)
- fairy tales (1)
- finances (1)
- games (1)
- heart (1)
- History (6)
- Latin (1)
- Latin Centered Curriculum (1)
- lcc (1)
- literature (1)
- math (2)
- motivation (3)
- music (2)
- Philosophy (4)
- philsophy of homeschooling (1)
- poetry (3)
- preparation and planning (5)
- reading (8)
- schedule (3)
- Science (6)
- Today's Blackboard (2)
- vocabulary (1)
- weekly report (17)
- Wordless Wednesday (2)
- Writing (9)
Sacred Cows?
Harl R. Douglass, a prominent progressive educator in the 1950's, disapargingly referred to the study of academic subjects as the "Sacred Cow" curriculum in Secondary Education for Life Adjustment of American Youth. From Left Back, p.352 by Diane Ravitch. (Simon and Shuster, 2000)
Art
- 5th Grade Art Lessons
- Approaching a City by Edward Hopper
- Art Projects for Kids
- Art resources on the web
- Artworks On-line
- Free Art Appreciation curriculum from Garden of Praise
- Masterpiece Art Instruction Free lessons and projects
- Meet the Masters Curriculum K-5 (pdf file)
- Raphael --Marriage of the Virgin Mary
- Renaissance Art Lessons
- Renaissance Art Lessons
- Sunny Side of the Street by Phillip Evergood
- Van Eyck --The Aronolfini Marriage
- WikiMedia
Canadian History
Literature Study
Poetry
Science
- Bones: Lesson plan
- Cool Crypsis
- Earth Science Curriculum (free)
- Free book on experiments (pdf file)
- Human Body Colouring pages
- Human Body from Nat'l Geographic
- Human Body links to sites
- Nature Study from Green Hour
- Outreach from U of A
- Science Experiments
- Singing Science (free)
- Timeline of Scientists
Spanish
Writing
Games
Practical Things
Worksheets
General Resources
On Audio
Charlotte Mason
Book List Sites
Must-Reads
Curriculum for a 11 year old boy (Older) and an 8 year old girl (younger).
Morning Subjects: (4-5x/wk)
Bible Study: Explorer's Bible Study. Discovery: Words of Wisdom: Job, Psalms and Proverbs.
Latin: Lively Latin, Big Book 1
Math:
Older: Singapore Math, Level 4B
Younger: Singapore Math, Level 3A.
Spelling: Spell to Write and Read and related materials by Wanda Sanseri
Grammar:
Older: Rod and Staff 4: Building with Diligence
Younger: Rod and Staff3: Beginning Wisely
Dictation:
from Classical Writing and History
Writing:
Older: Classical Writing Homer A
Younger: Classical Writing: Aesop A
Typing: Mavis Beacon
Afternoon Subjects (1x/wk)
History: The Story of the World Series by Susan Wise Bauer. Currently working through Vol. 3: Early Modern. Library books and videos.
Supplemented with:
The Kingfisher History Enyclopedia, Child's History of the World by Hillyer and Famous Men of the Modern Times by John Haaren. Selections from various books by M. B. Synge as well.
Canadian History: Meghan's Reading Plan (see above). See this if you're particularily interested.
Science: Singapore, i-science, Primary 4.
Literature:
Coming Soon.
Music: Beautiful Feet Guide to the History of Classical Music
Art: Artistic Pursuits
Read Aloud for 9 year old: Little Women.
Read Aloud for 10 year old: Haven't a clue!
Other: The Young Peacemaker series for conflict resolution by Corlette Sande.
Bible Study: Explorer's Bible Study. Discovery: Words of Wisdom: Job, Psalms and Proverbs.
Latin: Lively Latin, Big Book 1
Math:
Older: Singapore Math, Level 4B
Younger: Singapore Math, Level 3A.
Spelling: Spell to Write and Read and related materials by Wanda Sanseri
Grammar:
Older: Rod and Staff 4: Building with Diligence
Younger: Rod and Staff3: Beginning Wisely
Dictation:
from Classical Writing and History
Writing:
Older: Classical Writing Homer A
Younger: Classical Writing: Aesop A
Typing: Mavis Beacon
Afternoon Subjects (1x/wk)
History: The Story of the World Series by Susan Wise Bauer. Currently working through Vol. 3: Early Modern. Library books and videos.
Supplemented with:
The Kingfisher History Enyclopedia, Child's History of the World by Hillyer and Famous Men of the Modern Times by John Haaren. Selections from various books by M. B. Synge as well.
Canadian History: Meghan's Reading Plan (see above). See this if you're particularily interested.
Science: Singapore, i-science, Primary 4.
Literature:
Coming Soon.
Music: Beautiful Feet Guide to the History of Classical Music
Art: Artistic Pursuits
Read Aloud for 9 year old: Little Women.
Read Aloud for 10 year old: Haven't a clue!
Other: The Young Peacemaker series for conflict resolution by Corlette Sande.
5 comments:
Looks like they are having fun! Welcome to the world of WW!
Gotta love it when they all read and it is quiet.
So very studious.
I really like to see kids relaxed and reading.
Great to see reading happening! My comment on Wordless Wednesday is going to be exceedingly wordy, but, oh well... I happened to be emailing my teacher-cousin, and asked her about book recommendations for your son's age and your daughter's age. Here's her response, quoted verbatim. Well, actually cut-and-pasted from her email to me...
"at about 11, [her son] discovered the Redwall series which is animal fantasy by Brian Jacques. It seemed to hold him entranced for a couple of years. For 8 year old girls, one of my favourites is Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (about a widowed midwestern farmer with two children, and a new "mail order bride" that arrives to join the family). I use a lot of annotated guides when I'm browsing for books. David Bouchard's got a good one (For the Love of Reading: Books to Build Lifelong Readers) and I appreciate his passion as a late-developing reader himself (didn't read until he was an adult). A more academic and involved producer of annotated guides is Charlotte Huck, of Ohio State University, and any of her past volumes could be helpful."
Hope this gives you some leads. I had also asked her about poetry, but she didn't make any suggestions on that front.
Post a Comment