From PreK to K
October 6th 2006 23:20
We love going to the beach, there's so much to discover there.
One of the joys of homeschooling is that you're not limited to a specified set of curriculum or academic goal. You can choose what subjects you want to teach and what your child is interested in. of course, reading, penmanship and math must always be included.
Another perk of homeschooling is that you can continue to challenge your child intellectually by providing her with more challenging work. The learner therefore isn't limited by his/her age or suggested grade level.
As an example, after going through our PreK curriculum in 6 months, my then four year old already knew how to read three-letter words, she knew how to do simple math equations and her penmanship has greatly improved. That was why I decided she was ready for Kindergarten.
By this time I was becoming more confident that homeschooling is for us and I found a great Catholic homeschool curriculum from Catholic Heritage Curricula. One of my favorites is their Phonics curriculum for Kindergarten called Little Stories for Little Folks. Do check them out.
Our Kindergarten Curriculum
Language Arts: Little Stories for Little Folks
Penmanship: Little Folks Letter Practice
Math: MCP Math K, Little Folks Number Practice and Cuisenaire Alphabet Book
Science: Science and Living In God's World
Religion: God's Love Story, Who Am I? Workbook and Teacher's Manual
Art: Drawing With Children
Music: Piano lessons
P.E.: Badminton
Electives:
- Foreign Language - Rosetta Stone
- Typing - Mavis Beacon
Supplemental Books/CD's:
What Your Kindergartner Needs To Know
The Children's Book Of Virtues
Pooh's Bedtime Book
The Real Mother Goose
The American Heritage Picture Dictionary
Manners
The Child's Book of Character Building Books 1 and 2
Smart Steps Kindergarten
Jumpstart Kindergarten
Reader Rabbit Reading 1
It does seem a lot doesn't it? But would you believe I was able to purchase all of these mostly online and it costs me $160.00? That's quite inexpensive compared to sending your child to private or even public school.
For our Kindergarten year we also joined an umbrella school to help us with documentation and transcripts. Be sure to check with your state homeschool laws so you'll have a good idea of what records you must have to avoid problems.
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Comment by parentingwisdom
Parenting Wisdom
this information is very usefull to get me started....the internet has a deluge of homeschooling information that it is easy for a novice like me to get overwhelmed easily - thanks for making this list available
also please visit my blogs and vote on some of my posts when you get a chance
Comment by Hope
Gifted Parenting
Freelance For Life
I'm off to visit your blogs now