Saturday, July 17, 2010

Homeschool planning for a bunch of kids

It's amazing how hard it is to plan homeschooling things when you have a large family. Unschooling just is not working for us, so we are going back to relaxed homeschooling. The kids like plans and routine and activities, so I am trying to organize a school year that somehow accomodates a new baby coming in November and starting a month early so we can get things done. So far I have to plan Kindergarten, 3rd grade, and 4th grade for my kids with a toddler in the mix who likes to be involved. I have no money to really spend, so thank goodness for the library! I have tons of homeschooling stuff to sell so we can buy things for this coming year that I can't find at the library and that is a big hassle, too. I think I should have started this in January...




So far these are the things I am pondering and trying to shorten. This is way to much to actually do! Some of the things like physics and chemistry are for when the baby is born and little. My husband is a chemist and these are things he would be really good at teaching them to give them something to do!





2.5 year old: Just toddler stuff to feel like a "big kid"

Nursery rhymes (with 5 yo): http://www.rhymes.org.uk/

Beginning to learn Twinkle songs for violin


LOTW preparatory curriculum just for fun-no pressure!

Get Ready, Set, Grow!



5.5 year old: Kindergarten




Right Start Math Level B


Suzuki Violin Book 1

Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading

Handwriting without Tears

Christopherus Kindergarten (maybe)



8.5 year old: 3rd grade


Right Start Math level C

Suzuki Violin Book 1

Piano lessons

Aikido or Tae Kwon Do

Waldorf lesson inspiration for MLB: Native Americans, farming, measurement, and Old Testament Stories.

Some lessons from Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading to reinforce phonics (he has sensory issues)

Handwriting without Tears

Singapore Math 2A and 2B

Song School Greek

Spelling Wisdom Book 1

Some resources from Christopherus 3rd grade



9.5 year old: 4th grade

Waldorf MLB: Norse Mythology, fractions, Man & Animal (zoology)

Fractions: http://extranet.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/DSME/arithmetic/FTACDROM1.1/fractions/teaching/teachfract.shtml

Right Start Math level C

Suzuki Violin Book 2 & maybe 3

Piano lessons

Aikido or Tae Kwon Do

Skymaps to help with our telescope studies: http://www.skymaps.com/downloads.html

French, Latin, and German Rosetta Stone worksheets. Rosetta Stone French if we get the money.

Milestones in Science kit

Music notation



Greek Alphabet Code Cracker

Italic handwriting D & E

Theory Time for music

Real Science 4 Kids Physics Level 1

Song School Greek

Song School Latin

Math for Smarty Pants

Writing Strands Level 2?

Editor in Chief?

L'Art de Lire

Montessori Grammar and Language materials for word study

Lessons from Harrer's english book (waldorf)



All kids together:

Growing Food- LIFE book


Drawing with Children by Mona Brookes along with free lesson plans


FREE copies of Rosetta Stone homeschool worksheets

Reading your way through history for read aloud suggestions

Handbook of Nature Study (been saying I'd start this for years!)

Living math books for read alouds


Chemistry lessons along with


Riddles for periodic tables

PTOE projects (awesome!)

UU books for read alouds

Montessori activities for practical life and sensorial from Getty's Basic Montessori book

Pop Bottle Science

Talking to Fireflies and Drawing Down the Moon

The Three Sisters Garden guide for fall gardening stories and projects





Story of the World: The Middle Ages book and activity book


Healing Stories for Challenging Behavior

A Child's Seasonal Treasury

Seasons of Joy Summer and Fall plans for circle time

Usborne Complete Book of the Microscope

Rapid Math Tricks and Tips

Artistic Pursuits K-3 Book 1

L'Art de Dire

Character Study (made secular)

Lots of books on peace and conflict resolution from Montessori sources through our library-like Zen Shorts

Gross Science




Need resources or are scattered in a word file:

birth and human anatomy studies



Random resources and inspiration

MEP math (free): http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mepres/primary/default.htm

Zaner bloser fonts: http://www.zaner-bloser.com/zbfontsonline/index.htm

Filth wizardry: http://www.filthwizardry.com/

Art projects: http://www.artistshelpingchildren.org/artscraftsideaskids/

More art projects: http://artfulparent.wordpress.com/

Room inspiration: http://www.playfulearning.com/Playful_Learning/Blog/Entries/2009/2/26_Our_Altelier.html

Monthly resources: http://www.egreenway.com/months/

Waldorf daily rhythm inspiration: http://www.littleleafhome.org/homeschoolgradeclasses.htm

Think! projects: http://kidswhothink.blogspot.com/

Big family homeschooling: http://angelaboord.typepad.com/three_plus_two/

Waldorf Mama for inspiration and verses



This all doesn't include most circle time things, multiplication and math songs/verses, movement activities that teach sensory skills, montessori materials printed off the web, etc.


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