i know this is probably discussed constantly, but I'm new and trying to figure out

[urban_mom]

what the basic texts everyone is using for : math, grammar, history, writing, science, art, music...(for kindergarten/1st grade). Thanks!

[nutmeg]

For us - first grade:
math - Singapore
grammar - none until the child is reading very well
history - SOTW
writing - copywork
science - free exploration
art - free exploration
music - free exploration

[King Alfred Academy]

First grade this year...
Math-Right Start Level B
Spelling and Dictation-All About Spelling Level 1 & 2
Science-Nature Study using living books and Barb's Green Hour Challenges (http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HarmonyArtMom/)
Grammar, Picture Study, Narration, and Dictation-Queen's Language Lessons for the Very Young vol. 1
History-SOTW vol 1 with AG and lots of living books (AO)
Also working through a Dictionary Skills book I ordered from Rainbow Resource.

Kindergarten next year for youngest ds...
Math-Right Start Level A
Science-nature study using living books and Barb's Green Hour Challenges
Phonics-Lang.Lesssons for Little Ones finishing up vol 2 & 3, Happy Phonics, ETC workbooks
History-SOTW vol 2 w/AG and lots og living books (AO); I do not expect anything from him really...he just likes to sit in and do the activities.

If you click and read on the blogs that are listed in people's signatures, a lot of them will have their curriculum choices listed.:001_smile:

Good Luck to you!

[Trivium Academy]

but here's ours
http://triviumacademy.blogspot.com/2008/02/prek-4th-curricula-overview.html

subject to change at any moment, btw. :blink:

[attachedto4]

My 1st grader has been doing:

math - Math U See Alpha

geography- Galloping the Globe

Parts of Sonlight core C and 1 for history and read alouds, SL grade 2 and 3 readers for practicing for fluency

science- a little bit of animal study and nature study, mostly just reading books on topics that interest us. His big interests this year were space and bugs so I just provided a lot of books on those topics.

art- just projects as we think of them. Preschool Art by Maryann Kohl has fun projects which are suitable for early- mid elementary too, imo.

music- we got some series for children out of the library on Bach and Tchaikovksy and listened to them and read books about composers. He has a guitar he fiddles with but nothing formal yet.

Explode The Code for phonics, but he is reading very well so we're not doing much beyond that. No spelling as we don't start it at this age. We did First Language Lessons for awhile and stopped, then picked it back up, but I have to pick and choose and may switch to Serls Primary Language Lessons.

Handwriting Without Tears for handwriting practice.

We are just starting copywork. That and narration are my focus.

[Pata]

This is my dd's kindergarden year, but we are doing some first grade work. There's a list on my blog under 2007-2008 curriculum, there is a link in my siggy.
:seeya:(couldn't resist using one of the new smiles!)

[Cadam]

my main ones are in my signature line. I will be adding Writing With Ease (WWE) and Song School Latin (SSL) for my 6yo when they are released next month.
:seeya:
I realized you probably have no idea what my acronyms mean.... sorry

My Father' World (mfwbooks.com) - Exploring Countries and Cultures is a milt-age unit study focusing on geography and culture study. It is decidedly Protestant Christian so not something you would want if you are looking for secular materials. I am using this with both of my big kids and it covers Geography, science, Bible, Art, Music. The next 4 years will be a standard world history cycle.

Latin for Children - A (http://www.classicalacademicpress.com/) - This is mostly for my 10 yo.

Handwriting with out tears (hwtears.com) ds is using "can-do cursive" for 5th grades and up and dd is using their first grade printing book.

Math-U-See (mathusee.com) - ds just started Epsilon and dd is in Beta although she is math minded so I also add in Singapore Math books for her. She is on Singapore 2A. She is going through 2 full math programs just because she likes it.

First language lessons for grammar with my 6yo. Ds's grammar is wrapped into his Latin and I am just making up his writing stuff myself.

[Jami]

what the basic texts everyone is using for : math, grammar, history, writing, science, art, music...(for kindergarten/1st grade). Thanks!

Math--Horizons

Grammar--a bit of this, a bit of that :) I've used a little bit of FLL, we've started Prima Latina and that has a nice introduction to parts of speech, and I've started Language Lessons for the Elementary Child from Queen Homeschool recently. And I point out capitalization and punctuation in our copywork exercises.

Handwriting/Copywork--I taught them with Getty-Dubay and we practice with Memoria Press Copybooks, verses from Sunday School, and the Language
Lessons passages

Science--they read whatever is on the shelf or they take an interest in at the library

History--We're using Ambleside Online suggestions, basically doing a Medieval/British history year. I put on SOTW II in the car frequently. Our main book is "An Island Story".

Literature--Ambleside, Veritas, Highlands Latin 1st and 2nd grade reading lists for alone and read-alouds.

Art/Music/Etc.--Ambleside Online, Dad draws with them (he's an artist), Suzuki violin and music classes through an arts program

Oh and I mentioned we started Latin with Prima Latina and LOVE it. :)

We also use Studying God's Word from CLP and read from various Bibles frequently for "Christian studies".

Jami

[MelissaMinNC]

Last year for K we used My Father's World K curriculum www.mfwbooks.com

For first grade this year, we are using:

Tapestry of Grace, Year 1 (ancient history, literature, Bible, geography, arts and crafts)

Math - started with Math-U-See Alpha, now using a hodge-podge of stuff that I cobble together as we go. Plan on starting Singapore soon.

Language Arts: Getty Dubay Italics, Books A & B for handwriting. Now that we've finished those, we do daily copywork from the Bible, our schoolwork, good literature - I just put it together weekly; reading is just reading good books; spelling - started with Spelling Workout, but dropped it and now use copywork; grammar is incidental, through copywork and reading.

Science: Life Science with Well-Trained Mind recommendations and methods, mostly. We're also using the Body Book by Teacher Created Resources, right now. DD loves science, I couldn't NOT get this subject done, even if I did nothing - she's always getting science books from the library.

Is that everything? I think so right now. Oh, art and music - she does lots of art projects w/our history studies, she takes a Kindermusik class, and we also listen to classical music and read biographies of artist and composers (and scientists, and mathematicians, and authors, and philosophers and...we really like biographies, LOL.) And P.E. - she takes a homeschool gymnastics class, and will do swim lessons, and she runs around like a maniac with her brother a LOT. ;)

:)
Melissa

[8FillTheHeart]

I am teaching my 6th Ker this yr. For the 5th time I am using Sing, Spell, Read, Write and Horizons math. That is all she does formally. Ditto for 1st grade. (I only use SSRW 1st grade and move through it iver the 2 yrs at their pace.)

If I weren't so busy with everyone else, we would either make a family history book and read stories about places our ancestors lived and maybe do some mapping to go along with it or a homemade 5 in a Row approach. Science is always nature study. :)

[cajun.classical]

Math--Horizons

Grammar--a bit of this, a bit of that :) I've used a little bit of FLL, we've started Prima Latina and that has a nice introduction to parts of speech, and I've started Language Lessons for the Elementary Child from Queen Homeschool recently. And I point out capitalization and punctuation in our copywork exercises.

Handwriting/Copywork--I taught them with Getty-Dubay and we practice with Memoria Press Copybooks, verses from Sunday School, and the Language
Lessons passages

Science--they read whatever is on the shelf or they take an interest in at the library

History--We're using Ambleside Online suggestions, basically doing a Medieval/British history year. I put on SOTW II in the car frequently. Our main book is "An Island Story".

Literature--Ambleside, Veritas, Highlands Latin 1st and 2nd grade reading lists for alone and read-alouds.

Art/Music/Etc.--Ambleside Online, Dad draws with them (he's an artist), Suzuki violin and music classes through an arts program

Oh and I mentioned we started Latin with Prima Latina and LOVE it. :)

We also use Studying God's Word from CLP and read from various Bibles frequently for "Christian studies".

Jami

When my next gets to K and 1st, we'll look a whole lot like this too. We'll do Rightstart Math, but everything else looks similar.

Hmm. Either great minds or I'm shamelessly plagiarizing you :blushing:

[Darcy from LWM3B]

*waves* Hi Urban Mom!

If I could do it all over again (oh wait I DO get to do it all over again!):

K
read alouds (FIAR, Sonlight, Caldecott list, etc)
counting aloud
basic letter writing, letter sounds - Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading

1
Singapore PM 1a and 1b
more read alouds, lots of couch time
start copywork, slowly, working up to entire sentence.
finish/continue OPGTR
Explode the Code

[JudoMom]

is listed in the sidebar of my blog.

[ArwenA]

DD6 - K:
Math: Miquon
Science: Nature Study - Green Hour Challange
History: Canadian history - my own lessons
Phonics: ETC 1&2
Handwriting: A Reason for Handwriting

DS6 -K:
Math: Saxon 1st
Science: Nature Study - Green Hour Challange
Phonics: ETC 1& 2
Handwriting: HWT K

[partyof5]

My first grader (more like K in age but we do 1st grade work):
Right Start math level B
FLL
Getty-Dubay Italic handwriting
copywork & some dictation
TOG history, literature, writing, map work
Zoology 1--Flying Creatures of the 5th day
Explorer's Bible Study
Piano lessons
unstructured art
Lots of reading

[Aletheia Academy]

We'll beign K in the fall. We'll be using...

Bible: Vos Story Bible, coloring pages, Big Book of Questions and Answers (all from Veritas Press)

Reading: Phonics Pathways, Bobs Books and other easy readers, Explode the Code, lots of read Alouds, McGuffey Primer

Math: informal, manipulatives

Handwriting: Italic and Startwrite, some copywork

Science: co-op, living books (Queen Homeschool, James Herriot, Usborne)

History: Child's History of the World, as a read-aloud

Art: Monart Class, nature journaling

Music: piano/recorder lessons, appreciation (tons of CD's)

[dragons in the flower bed]

what the basic texts everyone is using for : math, grammar, history, writing, science, art, music...(for kindergarten/1st grade). Thanks!

There's a list of what everyone uses for first grade, here (http://wtmboards.com/K8currNov092007/messages/2484.html).

[Laura Corin]

1st grade: Singapore Maths, Sonlight LA1 plus Hannah's Aesop copywork, Handwriting Without Tears, Story of the World, lots of picture books for science (Let's Read and Find Out Science, Magic School Bus), free expression for art, listening to some music for music.

In K we used Superphonics by Miskin for learning to read, HWT to handwriting and Singapore for maths. For everything else we just enjoyed picture books from the library.

Don't forget PE - small children need lots of exercise to allow them to concentrate on their book work.

Laura

[Beth in Central TX]

what the basic texts everyone is using for : math, grammar, history, writing, science, art, music...(for kindergarten/1st grade). Thanks!

Math--R&S Math 2
Grammar--FLL
History--SOTW Vol II (he's on the history cycle with his middle brother)
Handwriting--Peterson Directed Approach (I don't start a formal writing program until 3rd grade)
Science--R&S Patterns of Nature
Music--R&S Music 1
Reading--R&S Reading 1, Units 4 & 5
Art--R&S Artpac 1

We do PE as a family 3 nights a week.

[Mama Anna]

We're doing Saxon Math K, The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading, Zaner-Bloser Handwriting K, art projects from Library Books, and Science as it becomes interesting from the Usborne Pocket Scientist Blue Book. Oh, and an interesting trek through Genesis for Bible, with various chapters cut or abridged. :)

HTH!
Mama Anna

[Suzanne in ABQ]

Mine are listed below, in my signature.

[Osaubi]

We will start this in the fall:

History: SOTW V2 (my guy asked for history this year so we started early)
Science: R.E.A.L. Science by Pandia Press
Handwriting: HWOT 1st grade
Math:Rightstart Level B
Phonics:continue with Explode the Code books
Art:Harmony Fine Arts Middle Ages
Nature Study:Green Hour Challenge

We also go to co-op Spanish class

[Closeacademy]

For Kindergarten/1st grade

math--Singapore Primary Math U.S. Edition (there is now and edition that meets California state standards.)

grammar--I used First Language Lessons with my 1st, I use copywork as a teaching tool now. We really spend most of our time on phonics at this age.

history--Story of the World (took a little break this spring) and D'Aulaire Biographies.

writing--Copywork (I don't have them compose at this age but I start bringing in the progymnasmata in 2nd grade). Phonics is the big language arts skill we focus on at this age.

science--easy readers and picture books from the library, I used Singapore Math's My Pals are Here Science 3a/b with my oldest but she is advanced in math. My youngest may use Let's Learn Science from Singapore Math.

art--I use Waldorf ideas and instruction.

music--We really just play with this. I have the Oak Meadow recorder books and will be using these next year for both children.