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Our curriculum picks for 2nd grade and 1st grade
I love Back to School. I loved it when I was a teacher, and I still love it as a homeschooling Mom. When I was teaching I loved to read what everyone was doing in their classrooms and all of their tips and tricks. I can just imagine what I would have been like if I’d had blogs to read back then……..
I’m going to go through all of my kids together and make notes of where they are different.
Superman and Batman are in 2nd grade.
Princess is officially starting Kindergarten.
READING
Everyone will be using All About Reading level 1 and the boys will move on to All About Reading level 2 when it comes out. They are all at different points on their journey. We got it in January and sped through it during the traditional school year, but slowed down during the summer.
Superman is almost ready for level 2, Batman is a little over halfway, and Princess is still on the first book.
Former posts on All About Reading: How we organize All About Reading, Our spelling board, Making Games from the book, Adventures in Reading with ZigZag Zebra
Looking it over, I’ve never actually posted a review of the whole program. I need to remedy that, and will do so when I get level 2……….
MATH
We’ll continue with Math U See, it’s worked well and everyone enjoys it.
Princess is halfway through Alpha, we’re taking it super duper slow, she completes half a page.
The boys will be doing Beta, and continue to love it.
Anyone have suggestions for storing their blocks? Right now each child has their own pencil box of blocks, but that is not working as well as I’d like.
HISTORY
We’re going to continue with All American History, but this year it’s All American History 2! We very much enjoyed All American History Jr last year, and will continue to use that for our notebooking.
In addition we’re adding in Heritage History. I’ve had so much fun reading through a few of the books on my own, and I’m really trying very hard not to just throw 200 books at them. VERY very hard…….. I’ve figured out which books I’m using with each chapter, and will probably share that next week, along with a more full review of the program.
We’ll also continue our history coop with the other family and are adding in one more family. We’ll also add in some World history as we’re able, because both of us were missing world history.
GEOGRAPHY
We’ll be continuing through our study of the 50 states. We’re over halfway done. I don’t know if we’ll be continuing with the other family or not, because they’re moving up to Waco (sadness, much sadness).
I’ve got my book lists printed out for my next 10 states……. Now to get off my but and get going.
SCIENCE
We are continuing with Apologia, and will be using Exploring Creation with Zoology 3: Land Animals of the Sixth Day (Young Explorer Series)
I also want to figure out a way to make a more concentrated effort at nature study, we kinda sorta don’t really do it, at all. And I’d like to change that.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
We’re learning sign language while watching Signing Time. The kids enjoy it, it’s a fun format and they’re picking up a lot. I’m also remembering signs I’d forgotten since it’s been over 10 years since I was in college and at a deaf church.
ART
We’ll do something. Any suggestions? I’m thinking I might just use the stuff from Schoolhouse Teachers………
WRITING
Still figuring it out. For now I’m going to be using First Grade Writing Prompts for Holidays: A Creative Writing Workbook (Volume 1)
BIBLE
I’m halfway through our planned “Through the Bible in 2 years.” I’ll be writing more about that soon, as I’m in the process of switching to wordpress so I can share it all. More to come soon……. This is the cover art for 1 and 2 Samuel.
For now you’ll just get random posts as I get non-printable stuff ready…………
pictures taken with the help of my adorable dog (who mainly helped by making sure there are no bugs near my picture)
Now join me in seeing what everyone else is doing…………
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16 responses to “Our curriculum picks for 2nd grade and 1st grade”
OH, and thank you to Kelly from Little Wonder Days for giving me a few photo tips last night that I had heard before, but for whatever reason finally penetrated my thick brain last night.
Sounds like you know where you are going and have a great path to it! Great picks!
Great line up. I love Apologia's elementary series. For art you might want to check out Artistic Pursuits – it's excellent.
Sounds like you have a great year ahead of you!!!
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Goodness gracious Ticia-With all that free time you have why aren't you getting that Bible series done?!!!! 🙂
Looks like lots of great learning coming your way.
Blessings, DawnSeeing these posts popping up makes me realize that school year is really very close. Good luck to you all! I also got the same prompts book from Bryan Cohen to try out.
I love what you have planned. You are the link right before mine on the Blog Hop! So glad you joined in. I'm going to follow you and take some time later this week to check out the rest of your blog. I LOVE finding new homeschool blogs 🙂 I have a section in my post about art that you might find useful… It's easier to send you there than to type it all again here 🙂 https://www.littlelearninglovies.com/wordpress/2012/08/05/not-back-to-school-blog-hopcurriculum-week/
Hope to see you there and good luck on your 2012-2013 school year!
Great plans, Ticia! No suggestions for art curriculums here… we're pretty weak in that area, so if you find one, feel free to pass it along. 😉 We have used Erica's World's Greatest Artists {from COAH} and liked the simple format. We got side-tracked {big surprise!} and may pick it back up this year.
Looking forward to watching your progress. Have a great week!
Looks like a fun year! We use MUS too and I have a great and inexpensive way to store blocks. YOu can see it in this post on my blog way back in 2009, it's still going strong: https://ourbusyhomeschool.blogspot.com/2009/09/great-manipulative-solution.html
And here is our curriculum plan for this year with 7 little ones: https://ourbusyhomeschool.blogspot.com/2012/08/curriculum-for-seven-kids-2012-2013.html
We are using Math-U-See too, and right now our blocks are in a picnic basket–it works okay, but we only have one set and one student using them.
So fun to see your lists!
vanessa
If you are interested in connecting with other Apologia users, check out the Apologia Blog Roll that I host here:
https://myjoy-filledlife.blogspot.com/2012/07/apologia-blog-role-2012-2013.html
Blessings!
It sounds like you are fully prepared for the school year!
Land Animals of the Sixth Day looks like a great book!
Popped by from the “Not-Back-to-School” Blog Hop: Curriculum Week!
Hope that you have a happy homeschool year! Happy planning for 2012-2013!
Hope that you will pop by to say hello over at my blog and my Pinterest boards too!
Colleen a.k.a. Pinterest Mama
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Sunrise Learning Lab
https://sunriselearninglab.blogspot.com/2012/08/new-school-year-right-around-corner.htmlAbout storing your math u see blocks. I wouldn't recommend buying the wooden block box. It's nice to keep them organized and it looks beautiful on a shelf. But the down side is it's in 2 parts, I wooden box for 1-10 and the other for the 100s. They are a bit heavy for a young one as well. I didn't know there were 2 boxes and considering the cost, I'd stick with plastic cases or even one of those large plastic cases with separators or I've seen tackle boxes being used for math blocks too. I'm learning the hard way to keep it simple! Enjoy your year 😀
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