Our School Curriculum

Just in case you are a home-schooling mom and are struggling to decide what curriculum to use, I am writing this post for you.  Our children are 12 and 10, or the grade equivalent of 7th and 5th grade.


Of course, every child is different and I would encourage you to choose work that is appropriate for your child's education level, not his/her age and the grade level he/she "should" be in.

(If you are thinking about homeschooling, you may want to read this book.)

Bible	Foundations
Math	Saxon
Spelling	Christian Liberty Press (7th grader) Sequential Spelling  (5th grader)
History	Christian Liberty Press
Penmanship	Handwriting Without Tears
Reading	Sonlight’s reading list
Spanish	Speaking Spanish with Miss Mason and François (7th grader)
Language Arts	Creative Writing & 4 research papers (7th grader) Explode the Code (Book 7 & 8 – 5th grader)
Science	Apologia
Art	See the Light DVD’s, Year 1

In addition, they will be doing State Fact Sheets for all 50 states and compiling them in a notebook.

As my little gems aren't so little anymore, I am encouraging them to do as much work independently as possible.  Not only is my goal that they learn, but that they learn how to learn on their own. 

One last thing.  If you try something and it doesn't "work" for you and/or your student(s), try something different.  My goal is to make learning an enjoyable process and to hopefully instill in each of my children the joy of learning.

Here's to a great school year!