2017-2018 Homeschool Curriculum Choices for Kindergarten Thru High School
This year my youngest child enters kindergarten! I can’t believe after parenting and homeschooling 16 years, I won’t have a preschooler anymore. 🙂 I’m really excited about our plans for the year. We are settled in our new home, and I’m ready to hit the ground running come August 21. See below for our 2017-2018 Homeschool Curriculum Choices for Kindergarten Thru High School.
Homeschool Curriculum Choices
J (10th/11th grade):
(See more details at my post on Preparing to Homeschool Ninth Grade- Our Curriculum Choices.)
- Math: Teaching Textbooks Algebra II
- Science: Physics at local public school
- Graphic Design and Woodworking: at local public school
- History: Tapestry of GraceYear 3 (1800s) history, including discussion time at Fellowship Group
- Geography: Tapestry of GraceMap Aids
- Literature: Tapestry of Grace Year 3 literature (1800s), including discussion time at Fellowship Group
- Writing, Grammar, Vocabulary: IEW-The Institute for Excellence in Writing High School Essay Intensive and Student Intensive C, some Tapestry of Grace assignments associated with history and literature.
- German: Middlebury Interactive Languages high school level 2
- Government: Notgrass Exploring Government and TeenPact
- Music: private piano lessons and theory
- Theater: working backstage during musicals with Christian Youth Theater
- Physical Education: Home Run Kids sports
- Health: Family Time Fitness’s Homeschool High School program
- Volunteer: drums for worship team at church and youth group), graphics at church
M (8th grade):
- Math: Teaching Textbooks Pre-Algebra, IXL for practice
- Science: Apologia Physical Science class and labs with other homeschoolers at a local learning center
- History: Tapestry of Grace Year 3 History
- Geography: Tapestry of Grace Map Aids
- Music History: Music Appreciation of the Romantic Era
- Literature: Tapestry of Grace Year 3 Literature
- Writing and Grammar: IEW-Institute for the Excellence in Writing Student Intensive C and High School Essay Intensive, IXL Grammar
- Spelling: IEW Phonetic Zoo Spelling Level B
- Bible: Bible Road Trip
- Public Speaking: Institute for Cultural Communicators Class
- Music: Private violin lessons, Private piano lessons and theory
- Art: See the Light art
- Theater: Classes and Musicals through Christian Youth Theater.
- P.E.: Home Run Kids sports, dance at CYT
R (6th grade):
- Math: Math-U-See Delta and Epsilon
- Science: Apologia Zoology 2 and Zoology 3
- History: Tapestry of Grace Year 3 History
- Geography: Tapestry of Grace Map Aids and USA State Activity Pack
- Music History: Music Appreciation of the Romantic Era
- Literature: Tapestry of Grace Year 3
- Grammar and Writing: Choosing from Grammar Galaxy (with workbook) and Apologia’s Apologia’s Writer’s in Residence
- Reading and Spelling: All About Reading Level 4 and All About Spelling Levels 3-5, with tutoring at Road to Learning Dyslexia Center, Touch-Type Read and Spell
- Bible: Bible Road Trip 3, The Gospels (and maybe some from Not Consumed, Homeschool in the Woods- New Testament lapbook, and Grapevine Studies)
- Spanish: Foreign Languages for Kids by Kids
- Art: See the Light art
- Public Speaking: Institute for Cultural Communicators Class
- Music: Private piano lessons
- Theater and P.E.: Classes and Musicals through Christian Youth Theater
T (5th grade):
- Math: Teaching Textbooks 5
- Science: Apologia Zoology 2 and Zoology 3
- History: Tapestry of Grace Year 3 history
- Geography: Tapestry of Grace Map Aids and USA State Activity Pack
- Music History: Music Appreciation of the Romantic Era
- Literature: Tapestry of Grace Year 3 literature
- Grammar and Writing: Choosing from Grammar Galaxy (with workbook) and Apologia’s Apologia’s Writer’s in Residence
- Spelling: Spelling Workbook Level 4 from Brookdale House
- Handwriting: Handwriting Without Tears
- Bible: Bible Road Trip 3, The Gospels (and maybe some from Not Consumed, Homeschool in the Woods- New Testament lapbook, and Grapevine Studies)
- Spanish: Foreign Languages for Kids by Kids
- Art: ChalkPastel.com and See the Light art
- Public Speaking: Institute for Cultural Communicators Class
- Music: Private violin lessons, Private piano lessons
- Theater: Classes and Musicals through Christian Youth Theater
L (4th grade):
- Math: Teaching Textbooks 4
- Science: Apologia Zoology 2 and Zoology 3
- History: Tapestry of Grace Year 3 history
- Geography: Tapestry of Grace Map Aids and USA State Activity Pack
- Music History: Music Appreciation of the Romantic Era
- Literature: Tapestry of Grace Year 3 literature
- Grammar and Writing: Choosing from Grammar Galaxy (with workbook) and Apologia’s Writer’s in Residence
- Spelling: Spelling Workbook Level 4 from Brookdale House
- Handwriting: Handwriting Without Tears
- Bible: Bible Road Trip 3, The Gospels (and maybe some from Not Consumed, Homeschool in the Woods- New Testament lapbook, and Grapevine Studies)
- Spanish: Foreign Languages for Kids by Kids
- Art: ChalkPastel.com and See the Light art
- Public Speaking: Institute for Cultural Communicators Class
- Music: Private violin lessons and private piano lessons
- Theater and P.E.: Classes through Christian Youth Theater
I (1st Grade):
- Phonics: Alpha-Phonics: A Primer For Beginning Readers
, Explode the Code
- Science: Apologia Zoology 2 and Zoology 3
- History: Tapestry of Grace Year 3 history
- Geography: Tapestry of Grace Map Aids and USA State Activity Pack
- Music History: Music Appreciation of the Romantic Era
- Literature: Tapestry of Grace Year 3 literature
- Handwriting: Handwriting Without Tears
- Writing: Choosing from Grammar Galaxy (with workbook) and Apologia’s Writer’s in Residence
- Spelling: Spelling Workbook Level 1 from Brookdale House
- Bible: Bible Road Trip 3, The Gospels (and maybe some from Not Consumed, Homeschool in the Woods- New Testament lapbook, and Grapevine Studies)
- Spanish: Foreign Languages for Kids by Kids
- Art: ChalkPastel.com
- Math: CTC Math
- Theater and P.E.: Classes through Christian Youth Theater
- Music: violin and piano lessons
, Explode the Code
E (Kindergarten):
- Kindergarten (Lower Grammar) class at Tapestry of Grace homeschool co-op
- Phonics: Alpha-Phonics: A Primer For Beginning Readers and READ from Crafty Classroom and Get Set for the Code/ Go for the Code
- Teaching With Nursery Rhymes
- Handwriting: Handwriting Without Tears
- Bible: Bible Road Trip 3, The Gospels (and maybe some from Not Consumed, Homeschool in the Woods- New Testament lapbook, and Grapevine Studies)
- Geography: USA State Activity Pack
- Spanish: Foreign Languages for Kids by Kids
- Music: Start piano lessons
- Music History: Music Appreciation of the Romantic Era
- Art: ChalkPastel.com
- Read-alouds (history, science, literature)
Other Activities for various kids throughout the year:
- Swim Lessons E, I, and L
- Basketball and Track for J
- Cross Country and Track for M
- TeenPact for M and J
- Worldview Academy for M, J, and B (my oldest son)
- Speech tournament for T, R, and M
- Piano recitals J, M, R, T, L, I, E
- Piano competition, festival, and theory exam for J, M, and T
- Violin recital for M, T, L, and I
- Geography Bee for T?
- Robotics or other engineering class for T?
Our Homeschool Schedule:
- 6:00 Mom gets up, Quiet Time, shower, exercise
- 6:50 Take high school son to school
- 7:15 Kids up, get ready, eat breakfast, morning chores
- 8:00-9:00 Kids start individual work and instrument practice
- 9:00-10:00 Couch Time for elementary kids (Choose from Bible, Writing/Grammar, Literature, Memory Work, History, Science, Spanish, Music Appreciation, ICC practice speeches. Not every subject every day!)
- 10:00-11:30 Reading and Spelling lessons with R (has dyslexia and needs extra one-on-one time) and phonics lessons with I and E. Thirty minutes with each student. Other kids do individual work and instrument practice.
- 11:30-12:30 Lunch Break and lunch chores (Mom does emails, phone calls, bills)
- 12:30-1:30 Get high school son to school. Help kids with/check individual work.
- 1:30-4:30 Mom’s computer work time (blogging, product creation). Older kids continue school-work until finished.
- 4:30-5:30 Afternoon chores and dinner prep
- 5:30 Dinner and dinner chores
Changes to schedule:
- Monday: ICC every other week 1:00-3:00
- Tuesday: Piano lessons in the morning for T, M, and J. Tutoring for R 1:00-2:00
- Wednesday: Tapestry co-op from 9:30-12:30,
- Thursday: Violin lessons from 9:30-12:00, Tutoring for R 1:00-2:00, Cross Country for M at 4:30, Christian Youth Theater at 4:45 and 7:00.
- Friday: M’s Physical Science class at 10:30, Piano from 1:00-2:30 for E, I, and L.
See more Curriculum Ideas here and link up your own (starting in September 2017):
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We’ve always been homeschooling since doing preschool with my oldest!
Me, too. 🙂
–Gena
I love reading what other homeschoolers are using. Thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome. I love reading these lists, too!
–Gena
We’ve been homeschooling for 21 years and looking forward to 13 more years with our 5 year old.
We have been homeschooling for over 20 years!
Looks like some great choices for your school year. I am going to check out a few you listed. Thanks for the giveaway.
We’ve been homeschooling for 10 years 🙂
I’m down to just one after 12 years of home school. Now it’s me and my youngest heading into hight school. He has multiple learning disabilities, including severe dyslexia. Several of your selections are interesting and I look forward to exploring them more. He wants to be a geologist, so we have much work ahead of us.
I am looking forward to exploring some of your curriculum choices, as I am down to just one after 12 years of home schooling. My youngest, heading into 9th grade, struggles with multiple learning disabilities, including dyslexia. He wants to pursue science, specifically geology, so we have much work ahead of us.
This will be my 9th year homeschooling.
Homeschooling since my oldest was in preschool – 6 years, 4 of them overseas. I’ve got 5 children, so many more years to go!
This is our third year homeschooling.
We are beginning our 27th year of homeschooling!
I’m excited about your giveaway – we’ve used these resources many times over the years and the winner will most definitely be blessed 🙂 Thank you!
We are starting our 3rd year…. but our first full fledged, all in year. (Reading about Norway always makes me wonder if I started too early!)
We are starting our 3rd year…. but our first full fledged, all in year. (Reading about Norway always makes me wonder if I started too early!)
Your schedule looks so……. finished 😀 I’m feeling overwhelmed!!!
It’s a plan. We haven’t tried it out yet!
–Gena
This is out 10th year homeschooling!
Thank you for the opportunity to join.
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
This will be our 7th year homeschooling!
Thanks for doing the giveaway!
We have been homeschooling 25 years and have 7 more to go!! Thank you!!
We just started this week as a second generation homeschool family 🙂
We’ve only been homeschooling for three years. We pulled our older two out of public school after 3rd grade.
We have been homeschooling for 5 years now!
Thanks for sharing! I’m always interested in seeing what other homeschool families do and to get fresh ideas!
I have been homeschooling for 7 years now!
We have homeschooled for 5 years, now. Our older daughter just graduated!
We have been homeschooling for 6 years!