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Curriculum Planning 2014-2015

I am willing to bet that curriculum line up is on the mind of many homeschoolers at the moment. I am no exception. I have been meaning to sit down and draw up a tentative plan for the up coming school year. I finally get to do it, and decided to share it here.


The boys will be officially in grade 4 and 6. Wow, the years are mounting up!

For the 2014-2015 year I am hoping to still be on the crew, through which I am getting a lot of curriculum to try, so I am trying to not buy too much stuff.

So here we go: (The ones with asterisks will be new acquisitions)

Both of them will be working on these curriculum:

CTC Math (online): Both of them are liking this program so we will stick with it for now. You can read my review.

Math on the Level: our go to curriculum.

Tapestry of Grace year 1: We are looking forward to starting our cycle back again to Ancient Time.

****Writing and Rhetoric Book 2: Narrative 1: We are all liking this book.

Spelling lists from The Logic of English

**** Poetry for Beginner from Classical Writing 


 Basher Science books: The boys love reading these books.

Visual Learning Systems (online): review here

Michael Clay Thompson Grammar Voyage

Family Time Fitness4Homeschool


Zach:

Latina Christina II: I am hoping to finish up Latina Christina I by June, and pick up with II in the fall.

French? Duolingo

Orbiting with Logic: which Zach started this year but has not completed yet.

An Ilustrated Book of Bad Arguments

***** Roots of English  Dropped
Joho:

 French: Getting Started with French -  really liking this

  ****Perplexors: Expert Level : Joho loves doing those logic puzzles. He's gone through levels A through D.

 *****Handwriting Without Tears Cursive : HWT has been a success in our homeschooling. I love their curriculum.

 Skills for Success: World Geography: Started this year, but not completed.

 Simply Grammar, which  we started last year, but dropped mid-year.

***** Latin for Children Primer A

I am also planning to implement this Morning Basket concept with a combination of the following:

 There you have it, our tentative line up for the next school year.



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Chestnut Grove Academy said…
Looks great! Best of luck in the coming year :D Thanks for linking up!!
July 21, 2014 at 8:54 PM
Tristan said…
It is neat seeing what works for different families! We spent 2 years with the Crew and it was a good thing, we tried many new items and it really helped me refine what worked for us and what didn't. Enjoy the new year and thanks for linking up!
July 22, 2014 at 7:13 AM
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