Curriculum

Some of you have been asking me about the curriculum I'm using with Cailey next year so I thought I'd do a post on it. I have gotten lots of advice from a great homeschooling friend and done some research on my own. In the end I chose to follow the book The Well Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise. It's a classical approach to education which I love because subjects are taught as interrelated. Nothing is taught in isolation, but instead is braided together with everything else !! I highly recommend this book to anyone considering homeschooling as I've learned a great deal from it. Here's a few highlights of what I'm doing, but for more detail check out the book!

Math: Saxon
Reading: The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading
Handwriting: Zaner Bloser
Spelling: Spelling Workout A
Grammar: First Language Lessons
History and Geography: The Story of the World
Science: Focus on Life Science (Animals, Human Body, and Plants)...there's not really a text for this, instead we'll be using a couple of the Kingfisher First Encyclopedia's, etc.
Sign Language: No text...just me
Music: A study of classical music...just listening and discussing
Art: I plan on signing her up for an art class but if you know me, we'll be doing LOTS of art projects.