The Start

We have started, later than usual, but we are in a year of reforming. We have moved to a new home, new city, and new school! I have picked less curriculum this year to leave room for exploration, projects, and learning new ways of doing things, along with all of BC schools. Here are some of our resources. I am still tweaking things as we find our groove.

Aiden's English

 

 

Gemma's English

 

Keiran's English

 

Math-U-See is our favorite!

 

 Gemma's is finishing up Alpha this year and will move on to Beta.

 

Aiden is half way through Gamma.

 

 Keiran has just begun Alpha this year.

Socials Studies.... always Donna Ward living resources. Read-a-louds and exploring our country in a different way this year.

 

 

In science we are diving deep into the world of plants. We will supplement other science subjects as we go.

 

 

This year our school requires bible as an actual class (we joined up with Heritage Christian Online School) and so we are trying to structure our faith learning a bit more with weekly scripture verses. We have started reading our bible encyclopedias again and are reading about the early church in Acts.

 

 

There is a lot more to cover this year with Arts, Health, PE, Technology, and French classes, but here is the beginning organization of our core subjects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Curriculum

Here are our books for the year. (I think a couple were still in the mail when I took these pics.)

 Back to the best planner out there ;) And, Kid's Daily Bread!

 

 Sonlight Science.

 

A whole bunch of English, Math, and Social Studies. Aiden's books.

 



 Keiran's Books. We are also continuing Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons, and his Phonics Museum Book is missing from this pic.

Gemma's books. Sonlight LA Grade 2! Math-U-See.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aiden's Creative Writing

Part of Aiden's grade three Sonlight curriculum is a creative writing program called Diamond Notes. Here is some of his progressive learning:

Core subject, morning learning.

English.....

Aiden:

 Aiden's first spelling test. Way to knock it out!

 

Some spelling words- Aiden writes on the left because he is left handed and it erases the words when he writes the other way.

 

Weekly words. 

 

An assignment from our mentor teacher. 

 

 

And, Aiden's reading material. He has read five books from his Sonlight curriculum and has also been reading "The Imagination Station" chapter book series on his own time. 

Gemma: 

 

Gemma's first spelling test ever!

 

 

Practicing spelling words. 

 

Printing practice. 

 

 

Ooooooooo.

 

Explode the Code work. Gem has been doing so well. Her Sonlight program this year is stretching her, and she is rising to it.

.... And, more Explode the Code work. 

Keiran:

My newest little schooler....

 

Keiran has been learning letter sounds. This is our "Teaching Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons" book- it works. 

 

Practicing printing the letters that he learns. 

 

Fun!

 

A friend gave us an "I Can Cut" book. It is really helping Keiran with his fine motor control. 

 

Fun projects too. 

 

And we can't forget some extra pics of Finn Benjamin:  

 

Finn loves to pull out all the books.

 

Reading already. Haha. 

Aiden reading to Finn from the library books (Keiran listening too).

Planning the next beginning.

There.... All that is missing are some PE pics. We enjoy bike riding, swimming, dance, soccer, hiking, tobogganing, skating, running, and climbing.

It will soon be time to just run in the sprinkler and soak up some sun. We had a big year with adding a second child to our homeschool routine and adding a new babe to our family. This Mamma is tired but it is all worth it.

In the coming year I want to let there be more room for creative learning, and I want to grow our knowledge of the Bible. We are passing down quite a bit of curriculum to younger siblings, and learning what works for each child and our family. We are learning to keep planning simple, even though our lives are full. Less leaves room for more....

 



            

And some more.....

This year we would like to be more conscious of taking some weeks in between normal routine and learning at a more child-guided pace. Some fun books to explore: 

 

Science topics. 

 

And some more. 

 

Socials too. I am excited about these books, especially for Aiden who can run with these kind of resources :)