Our Fall Curriculum

Wow. I have put so much thought into this year's curriculum that it's crazy. I truly have had to abandon all thoughts of doing it my way. The curriculum that has worked so well for Therese is just not going to work so well for the rest of my kids.

In any case, here's the breakdown. I have made a tremendous amount of work for myself (but when don't I?).

Therese

1. Math: Saxon 7/6 (She's about 1/4 of the way through now)
2. Language Arts - Michael Clay Thompson

• Vocabulary - Caesar's English (Latin Roots and Spanish Cognates)
• Poetry - Building Poems
• Writing - Paragraph Town
• Grammar - Grammar Town

3. Latin: First Form Latin (Memoria Press)

4. Greek: A Greek Alphabetarion (Harvey Bluedorn)

5. History: (MODG 7th grade syllabus)

• Augustus Caesar's World
• Caesar's Gallic War
• The Old World and America
• Those are the main spines - there are others

6. Religion: (MODG 7th grade syllabus)

• The First Christians
• The Story of the Church
• The Acts of the Apostles

7: Science: Apologia's Anatomy and Physiology

8. Art: Artist study with Salve Regina notebooking pages (link coming)

9. Handwriting: Continuing Cursive Practice

10. Copywork: Salve Regina Scriptorium for Young Ladies (link coming)

Nicholas

1. Math: Saxon 5/4 (he's 1/2 done)
2. Language Arts: Michael Clay Thompson

• Vocabulary - Building Language (learning concept of Latin roots)
• Poetry - Music of the Hemispheres
• Writing - Sentence Island
• Grammar - Grammar Island

3. Latin: Prima Latina/Latina Christiana (Memoria Press)

4. History: American History for Young Students - Exploration-1800 (Truthquest)

5. Religion: St. Joseph Catechism for First Communion and The Israelites

(History Links)

6. Science: Apologia's Anatomy and Physiology

7. Spelling: All About Spelling Level 3

8. Art: Artist Study with Salve Regina notebooking pages (link coming soon)

9. Handwriting: Writing our Catholic Faith

10. Copywork: Salve Regina Scriptorium for Young Men (link coming soon)

Twins

1. Math: Saxon 1 (1/2 done)
2. Language Arts: Language Lessons for Little Ones 3 (Queen Homeschool)
3. History: American History for Young Students - Exploration-1800(Truthquest)
4. Religion: Old Testament Bible Stories and The Israelites (History Links)
5. Science: Apologia's Anatomy and Physiology
6. Art: Artist Study with Salve Regina notebooking pages (link coming soon)
7. Handwriting: Writing our Catholic Faith
8. Copywork: Salve Regina Scriptorium for Brand-New Writers (link coming soon)
9. Spelling: All About Spelling Level 2
10. Phonics: Click-N-Kid

I think that's it. I usually realize I forgot something. I absolutely have to write a schedule this year. Therese will have school all day. Her classes are a mix of 6th and 7th grade. She also has piano and dance. I haven't decided if they are going to try out for the play, which, if they made it, would mean Friday rehearsals 2-5 (at least on some days). We're not going to be in town on the audition day, so that may be a deal breaker anyway.

Well, at least it's all down now. I am just compiling my organizer pages now. We'll start after we get back from vacation. Therese and I want to start now!