Every once in awhile I like to share with you the curriculum we are using in our homeschool. I do this mainly to show you what it is like to be an eclectic homeschooler. Many styles of homeschooling exist, and I am one of those who likes to pull from different sources and different resources depending on what meets the needs of my family. Picking and choosing for each subject and each student is doable and for me extremely freeing! I feel like I am in control of my children’s education, which as a parent, is important. Below is the list of grades for the four kids I am homeschooling this year and the curriculum I am using for each of them! Some of these classes are new to us in 2020 while others are tried and true ones that we have used for years!
Kindergarten
K5 ABeka Numbers, Phonics, and Reading
Schoolhouse Teachers Kindergarten Videos
Apologia Land Animals (Joint with Fourth Grader)
History Lapbook
Hoffman Academy Online Piano
ABC Mouse
Fourth Grade
ABeka Math
Apologia Land Animals (Joint with Kindergartener)
Schoolhouse Teachers History Unit Studies
Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans
Rod and Staff English
Rod and Staff Spelling
Hoffman Academy Online Piano
Burgess Bird Book for Reading
Schoolhouse Teachers Home Economics
Duolingo Spanish
Sixth Grade
ABeka Math
Apologia General Science (Joint with Eighth Grader)
Homemade History Unit Studies and Research Projects
Rod and Staff English
ABeka Reading
Online Violin through Schoolhouse Teachers
Duolingo Spanish
Scratch Coding
Fun with Cooking through Schoolhouse Teachers
Eighth Grade
Apologia General Science (Joint with Sixth Grader)
Homemade History Unit Studies and Research Projects
Rod and Staff English
Spelling Power
ABeka Reading
Hoffman Academy Online for Piano
Duolingo Spanish
Scratch Coding
Photography
As you can see I like to double up some of my kids on classes. Gone are the days of trying to do every single subject separately with every single student. Also, my older two are starting to get too old to sit in on the younger kids lessons so I basically split up the older ones from the younger ones and go from there. I also have been incorporating more online programs into our day which has helped tremendously. Have a wonderful 2020!
