2018/2019 Homeschool Round-Up
The Italian Mama
June 03, 2018
0 Comments
Each year homeschool moms and dads lose their minds trying to sort out what their children will use for school. Some parents struggle to come up with a plan, some struggle with a curriculum they like, and others go day-by-day and just let learning happen organically. We are not those last people.
How I homeschool:
I am a Classical Education lover. I adore the liberal arts and fully feel they allow children to grow into solid and well-educated adults. I like a good solid Charlotte Mason approach where I can (and yes, CM is definitely Classical).
We have a pretty set schedule. One day a week is set aside for religion, my children seem to enjoy doing religion reading in one day. They usually do this on Sundays. Yeah, yeah, I know Sundays are weekends, but isn't the day we attend mass ideal for religious education? So, there is that. Fridays are set aside for tests and quizzes. Finally, my youngest is now taking classes with Memoria Press Cottage School.
This leads me into what curriculum I chose for this school year:
Pre-K: Jimmy is using Memoria Press Pre-K. He is using the full curriculum and may even do co-op with Nani.
1st Grade: Memoria Press for phonics, spelling, enrichment, art, and music. Math-U-See Beta, and a lot of board games, little readers, and card games. I also added in geography from Kolbe Academy as well as religion from Kolbe. One saint will be the focus each week as well.
Both littles will also be using MP's Myself & Others program. We will run through two, or maybe even three, sets this year.
8th Grade: Moving Beyond the Page is still name of the game for my Bear...science, history, and language arts are all included in this set. Totally secular, totally amazing. I am back and forth between Teaching Textbooks and Aleks for Algebra 1. Religion, Bible History, and grammar are all being done via Kolbe Academy. Latin is Second Form Latin by Memoria Press (I have yet to find a better program for Latin), Greek through Kolbe, and ASL is done online with Right Start ASL. For writing, Bear will be using IEW level B.
10th Grade: Kolbe Academy...classes include Ancient Roman History, Ancient Roman Lit, Honors Theology, Honors English, Honors Geometry, Honors Chemistry, and Latin II. French 1 is through BJU since Boo really likes the text approach. And finally, Memoria Press, Logic II.
Both bigs will be using
