2012-2013 School Year Curriculum

On Monday, August 13 we will begin our 3rd year of homeschooling. I can't believe my Pumpkin is going into 6th grade. Where has the time gone? It seems like yesterday I was sending her to kindergarten in her pigtails and Little Mermaid backpack. Now she is officially in middle school and only has 6 more years of school til graduation. In September Peanut will be 2 1/2 years old and will begin doing more "school things". She is growing up so fast too. When I began homeschooling she was only 6 months old. Last year my dear friend Marsha introduced us to a curriculum entitled My Father's World (MFW) and it has been a blessing ever since. We plan to continue using MFW this year and I am really excited to begin. This year we will be studying Rome to the Reformation. We will travel back to the time of the Romans and learn how they set the stage by their Pax Romana for the central event of all history—the birth of Jesus. We will follow the development of the church and study the Middle Ages, culminating with the Renaissance and Reformation. Our Science focuses on the human body and astronomy. Peanut will be using MFW too. Here is what she will be learning: Introduce numbers 1 to 5 Develop concentration and attention span Teach sorting by color and shape Develop fine motor and visual discrimination skills Encourage quiet play at home, while traveling, or while older siblings are busy with homeschool. We are extra excited this year because we will be also homeschooling another student who will be in 7th grade. My girls are so excited to have a new friend learning with them this year. I am also very excited because she will keep me on schedule and organized.

These are a few of Peanut's Education toys she will be using...She will also be using Before Five In A Row, My Baby Can Read, and other materials. My goal for Emma this year is letter recognition.

Here is the Teacher's Manual and Student Sheets for MFW

These are the books we will be using for Bible this year. We will learning about Rome, the life of Jesus, early church history, Middle Ages, Renaissance, and Reformation from a Christian perspective. The children will also do Bible readings and memory verses.

Our Language Arts Program includes grammar, writing, spelling, and vocabulary.

Our history program includes some hands-on projects: Make a Roman writing tablet and enjoy a Roman feast, construct a Roman arch, sample foods from the Middle Ages, play Medieval games, and more. We will learn to play chess and construct a model castle. We will be doing map work, history notebook, and construct a timeline during our study.

Here is our Science books we will be studying Human body and participate in simple experiments and demonstrations as well as make simple models of body systems. We will also study Astronomy and explore the universe from a Christian perspective.

Pumpkin will continue her study in Singapore math.

Here are the books we will be using for our study in Art. The girls will also be taking Art classes at our local museum. And last but not least....

Pumpkin will be using this program this year for typing... It's going to be a magnificent year. God Bless our school year!!!1