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Wordless Wednesday - Curriculum Order Arrived

First order of curriculum arrived today

Curriculum Ordered for Next Year

We are officially on break until July when we will start 4th grade. In the mean time I have been researching and reading up on what curriculum I wanted for next year. 
I have ordered our curriculum,  I have a few classic books to get that he will be reading, I would like to add to our reference library and I have a list of extras I would like to get but the big stuff is done.
CURRICULUM LIST
 Just click on title for link.

Geography – Around the World in 180 Days
                    Uncle Josh's Outline Maps
                    Geography Coloring Book
Science - Exploring Creation with Zoology 3
Language Arts - Wordly Wise 6
                         Easy Grammar 4
                         Sequential Spelling 2
                         Handwriting Skills Level D
Math - Singapore Math 4A
           Teaching Textbooks 5
Logic - Detective Science
            Beast Academy 3B
Bible - Gotta Have God Devotions for Boys
           Telling God’s Story 3 - when it comes out
Music/Art –  Piano Lessons
                  Great Composers Book 1 & CD
                   Atelier Art
Foreign Language – Live Mocha - French

He has picked a two live classes from Currclick he wants to take, one on the History of Weapons and one on Ancient Egypt along with Lego Club and Magic Tree House book club.
I want to collect the Geo puzzles to go with geography, I have a couple and I as I can find a deal on them I want the whole set. I am looking into getting a smart globe we have a older version of one and it only half works. I think it would be good to have a better working version.  I would love to collect all of the Disney Imagineering dvds, and Drive thru History dvds. I won’t even begin to list my book wish list, I have a huge homeschool wish list on amazon I am always trying to add a book here or there to our library.

I am happy we are taking a break but I can not wait to get the new curriculum in.  It is like Christmas when boxes of books arrive. 
I hope everyone is enjoying spring. I will be back to blog posting in a couple of weeks as I start lesson planning and getting ready to start our new year.

Wordless Wednesday - Legofest

We had an awesome time at Legofest. If you ever get a chance to go it is worth it.  There are so many stations and builds for the kids to do, master builder classes, life size builds, races, etc. it takes the entire 4 hours. Be sure and bring a bag for freebies and get there a bit early for parking. 

Curriculum for 4th Grade

 

We have been busy here finishing up school before spring break. We have about a month left then we will take a 6 week or so break and start our new year in July. We do school year round with 2 or 3 three longer breaks throughout the year.  It works great for us, Kiddo can’t handle the heat of summer so it is a great time to get school in and then in spring and fall when the weather is cooler we take a break and enjoy the outdoors

I have been researching and researching curriculum for next year, with geography being the trouble subject this year. I just can’t find what I want so I will piece it together.  Kiddo wants to learn Japanese this year, really Japanese!  I have tried to talk to him out of it without much luck  so Japanese it is.  I am going to use LiveMocha and see how it goes. I have started a list of literature I want him to read this year, he reads so much on his own I have never really made him read certain books but this year I have started a list with his input.

Here is my curriculum list for next year I have not ordered yet so it is subject to change

 

Bible – Telling God’s Story 3

           Gotta Have God Devotions for Boys

Science – Apologia Zoology 3

                Apologia Chemistry (when finished with Zoology, he can not wait)

Math – Teaching Textbooks 5

            Singapore Math 4A

             Beast Academy

Language Arts –  Easy Grammar 4

                           Sequential Spelling

                           Wordly Wise 6

                           Handwriting Skills D

Geography – Apologia Around the World in 180 Days

                     Geography Coloring Book

                     Horrible Geography Book Set                    

 Foreign Language – Japanese via Live Mocha

 Art – Atelier (still working on it)

Music – Piano Lessons

             Stories of the Great Composers 1

Literature – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

                   The Hobbit

                   Black Stallion

                   Little House in the Big Woods

                   Tales of 4th Grade Nothing

                   Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

                   Conqueror and Hero The Search for Alexander the Great.

Wordless Wednesday - Happy Spring

Peach Tree Blooming 

Multiplication Game

 

I have commented on here before how Kiddo just can not/will not memorize his multiplication tables. He can figure out the problem but doesn’t have them memorized and it is slowing down his math progression.  So we have been working on them and hopefully get them memorized. 

 

I made a game(bribe) for us to do.  I bought 2 packages of Jumbo craft sticks and wrote a multiplication problem on each stick  problems 0 – 12s using my pretty 1980’s Sharpie colors.

 

And here is the game(bribe).  He pulls out one stick and if he answers the question correctly he gets to keep the stick if he gets the answer wrong the stick goes back into the jar.  Once he collects all the sticks he gets a prize.