My children are 8 (son), 7 (daughter), and 5 (son) this year. My oldest will be in third grade, my middle child is a second grader, and my youngest is starting kindergarten.
In the state of Maryland, we are required to homeschool eight subjects:
math
English
science
social studies
health
art
music
physical education
In this video, I shared a declutter of prior year's supplies plus the plans for homeschool in 2022-2023. The links for mentioned items are in this blog post below.
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Group Subjects
We generally do a homeschool group subject lesson together. Sometimes my youngest child doesn't feel like joining and I do not pressure him. Sometimes my older two kids like to do a few lessons at a time when they find a topic interesting. Our group subjects for this homeschool year 2022-2023 are:
science
health
art
music
Therefore, each of my kids has individual one-on-one time with me or my husband for social studies, math and English. Physical education happens to be the same three sports at this time, but they all take different classes to match their ages and levels: swim class, gymnastics, and karate. However, my youngest does not take gymnastics.
Science
This year, we are using Science Shepherd. It's a video-based program with a corresponding workbook. My 3rd grader has Level B workbook. My 2nd grader and kindergartener have Level A workbooks. They watch the same, short video but answer differently questions in the two different workbooks. The program was developed by a homeschool dad of six children looking for a way to explain the relationship between science and God. We have the Introductory Science program.
Health
We will use one page a week from each of their health workbooks:
Art
We will repeat the curriculum from last year: using the Get Into Art books.. Here's a detailed blog post about the homeschool art curriculum we use.
Music
This year, we are trying SQUILT Live. This will include live webinars with a teacher, a listening calendar, and unit studies.
Bible
My Illustrated Bible. We just read this children's bible and talk about the scripture.
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Independent Subjects
Third grade math:
Third grade English:
Third grade social studies:
America's Story 1 (plus teacher's guide)
watch CNN 10 for current events
ipad games: Stack the States + Stack the Countries
Second grade math:
Board Games
Second grade English:
All About Reading 1 (then onto 2)
Handwriting without Tears Printing Power
Second grade social studies:
Kindergarten math:
Kindergarten English:
All About Reading 1
Handwriting with Tears My Printing Book
Kindergarten social studies:
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Homeschool Art Plans
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