Wednesday, September 06, 2006

What are WE using this year for curriculum !

We DON'T use all of this DAILY ..... we do a lot of going back and forth ! We try to merge as much as we can and do a lot of READING, PLAYING GAMES and FIELD TRIPS ! But if someone was to come over and see what we have on our home on our "schooling shelves" this is what they would see....

Math - Keys to Algebra, Keys to Measurement & Challenge Math (Gifted & Talented)

Institute of Excellence in Writing (IEW)

Story of Our World - Volume Three

Real Science 4 Kids - Biology

Latin for Children

Rosetta Stone Latin

Editor in Chief

Art History - Usborne Book of Art, Discovering Great Artists

Logic - Mind Benders, Analogies, Math Dectective, Mensa Codes & Ciphers

Vocabulary - Rummy Roots, Vocabulary from the Vine and/or Word Roots (we aren't sure how we are handling this !)

Social Studies - Presidents, Countries of the World, Geography (using the Geography Bee Complete Preparation Handbook)

American History - Unit Study Based with LOTS of GREAT books !

Other Unit Studies we will explore this year - 9/11, Cinderella around the World, Human Body, Inventions.....

We just read a lot of GREAT books, put in the curriculum where we see fit and have fun !

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