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KIN
01-30-2008, 04:49 PM
Let me know if I'm forgetting anything or if something seems out of whack. :D

Right Start, Level B
FLL
Spell to Write and Read
Real Science 4 Kids, Chemistry, Pre-Level 1 (along with big brother)
Biblioplan w/ SOTW 3 (going along with big brother)
Piano lessons
Copywork daily
Assigned reading on his level, whatever that will be by then!
Poetry and Bible memorization
Piano lessons
Also various Kumon workbooks, he really likes these and asks for them!
Art????? I'm terrible at art. We just don't do it. Any great suggestions there? Thanks!

Chris in VA
01-30-2008, 06:55 PM
Sounds fine to me, except I'd probably not do quite as much writing. Are you going to do narrations/notebooking with SOTW? I'd incorporate copywork into that, maybe once a week, and also combine the Bible memory with the copywork. I don't like poetry for copywork because it's often punctuated and capitalized differently than straight prose, or else I'd say combine that, too.
Art's easy. Go thru the elements of art with him--line, shape, form, color, texture, space. Evan Moor's How to Teach Art to Children is great for this, although some of the assignments are more for the classroom. Show a picture of an artist's work at the beginning of the month, tell his/her life story, and leave it up all year. Add to them as you go. YOu will encounter artists in the time period of SOTW, too.
I'd also not do everything everyday. Do you have a schedule made out of how often you want to do each subject?
Have fun--first grade is a blast, don't ya think?