Not Back to School Blog Hop: Curriculum Week

After catching up on the all of the laundry that we had, going to the grocery store and doing the yard work I sat down to browse through some blogs. I ran across Darcy's and thought I would join in. I have to admit that our lessons plans have pretty much been done since May. I like to plan ahead and buy little pieces of curriculum at a time.


We began homeschooling Amanda when she entered into the third grade. After much prayer and research we choose to use Bob Jones. I know, I know...textbooks, but it works for us. I like the Spelling in their curriculum. You have workbook pages to do, a list of words to study, a writing prep and a section that gives you information about a word for each week.

One thing Amanda doesn't like to do much is read. She had trouble in the beginning reading but has come such a long way! In fact, she's a pretty good little reader. The reading book and workbook are great! This year starts Vocabulary which is in the back of the workbook.
Handwriting is something Amanda needs to practice on! This year she will have to do much more in cursive than just the pages in this book.
What can you say about English? Bob Jones does a good job covering this subject. I did, however purchase a English Handbook from Rod and Staff.
Botany will be done in our Co Op class this year along with Spanish. We've already studied Apologia Astronomy and Land Animals. Everyone agreed that we loved this curriculum.
Ok, this is what we sit down and do this first thing in the mornings. Yes, it's reading the story and doing some little page in the workbook. But it's easy to come up with hands on projects with the lessons in the book.
Last year, we veered off and tried the Beautiful Feet American History, WE LOVED IT!! Which was pretty much the whole reason we took off on our vacation. Next year, we'll pick some place out of this subject to go.
Something new we are going to try this year is Art. I've tried to incorporate some throughout the years. I'm hoping that with an actual curriculum Amanda will be able to enjoy some sort of Art.

We did switch from Bob Jones Math to Teaching Textbooks.

Piano lessons are still on Friday along with Spelling Test. I've enjoyed sharing our upcoming school year and reading about others. I love to see what others are doing and to get some good ideas!! So, what does your 2009-2010 year look like???