Recording/Documenting
Ideas:
Homeschooltracker.com – there is a free version that works
well
Homeschoolskedtrack.com
Donnayoung.org has templates you can use to make your own
Carla also made her own and is willing to share if you have
Publisher. She took what she liked from
other planners and made it her own. (She
even has a 12 year plan – wow!) It
includes planning, documenting, fieldtrips, books, goals, curriculum and more.
Carla also used cards on a notebook ring with different
activities and chores.
Bible:
Bible Study Fellowship – moms and kids do the same subject,
but kids have their own bible study lessons.
Scripture Memory Fellowship:
Has scripture memory for all ages.
AWANA: Offered
through churches, scripture memory
Languages:
Visuallatin.com: A
Latin program that is fun, and not real expensive.
Language Arts:
Daily Grams: short,
daily grammar lessons
Shurley English:
grammar that uses jingles to remember grammar rules
PAL Primary Arts of Language
Christ Centered Phonics cards teach biblical doctrine and
phonics
Spelling:
Spelling Plus
All About Spelling:
uses multisensory approach to spelling.
Very easy to use lesson plans.
Requires about 20 minutes a day
Writing:
IEW All Things Fun and Fascinating (excellenceinwriting.com)
for grades 3-4 or early/late writers.
Math:
Math-u-see: hands on
math, focuses on the basics
Teaching Textbooks:
Student does lesson on the computer and gets immediate feedback of
answers
Science:
Go Science Videos: gosciencezone.com
covers a lot of areas of science.
Christian perspective, younger and older children
enjoy. Relatively inexpensive. Can be purchased at Library and Educational
Services.
Christian Liberty Nature Readers: different levels have interesting facts about
nature
Nature Friend: a kid’s
magazine that is creation based
Exploring Creation Series used with the Junior Zoology
Notebooking Journal. Author writes in a
conversational style. One book in series
is “Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day” which covers birds, insects, and
anything else that flies.
Unit Studies:
World of Adventure:
History based, but includes all subjects but Math. For grades 4 – 8.
Prairie Primer: Uses
the Little House on the Prairie series.
This was done as a co-op and was a lot of fun. It also includes most
subjects. They also did lapbooks. The co-op met once a week and covered about
one book per month. For grades K-6.
Pre-School/Early
Elementary:
Hubbards Cubbard:
teaches character, bible study, songs.
Designed for pre-k, but could be used with early elementary.
Classical
Conversations:
A formal co-op that meets once a week. It is Biblically based and covers a full
curriculum.
Games and other fun
educational stuff:
Map of the world shower curtain (purchased at Target) used
similar to the TWISTER game. Carla uses
cards from the dollar store that have famous places on them. They have to identify where the place is
located on the map. (very creative!)
Pilgrim’s Progress game that includes a child’s version of
the book
Kingdom Builder: for
older kids and adults – challenging
Librivox.org: more
than 4000 audio downloads. Books are in
public domain which means most are 75 years old or older. These are done by volunteer readers so some
are better than others. There are many
classics, G.A. Henty historical novels, Ballantine adventure novels, and
more. It is a great way to get through
those reading lists for auditory learners.
Alfred’s Essentials of Music Theory: easy to understand
Wendy shared with us about her experience with fostering
children. She would love for other homeschool
families to consider this as a possibility for your family.
Never too Early by Doreen Klagett is a book on homeschooling
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