My classical education "plan" for next year...

[mommydama]

which may be starting sooner than I thought, actually. Mari and I are flying through Calvert K, I want to go through a K skills book with Zoe to assess where she is, but I'm not going to wait until next September to start this stuff. I'm tentatively planning to do "school" year round, with several breaks here and there. I'd like to start purchasing and learning how to use SWR and Rightstart by March at the latest.

Still tweaking...

Reading/Spelling/Writing/Grammar: Spell to Write and Read
Math: RightStart (Mari–Level B, Zoe–Level A or B, depending on K math assessment)
History: History Portfolio Junior and/or CCH’s history units
Science: Kingfisher First Animals Encyclopedia,My Body, Green Thumbs
Art: Artistic Pursuits or Lamb’s Book of Art 1
Music,: Recorder and/or Violin Lessons

Draw, Write, Now just for fun. Mari LOVES copywork and drawing, what could be more perfect?

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[mommydama.livejournal.com]

Memorization is a big part of the grammar stage, as the grammar stage is pretty much all about "gathering facts". But it isn't necessarily all about rote memorization. I think WTM does encourage quite a bit of rote, but it didn't seem overwhelming to me. My girls naturally memorize...poems, songs, bible verses, hymns from church. It is a natural thing for kids to do in abundance at this developmental stage, so offering the things you WANT them to memorize and helping them do it is part of grammar.

I doubt I'll have the RS stuff before you come, so bring A with you!! Yay! I can see it before I shell out the cash!

[moobabe.livejournal.com]

I just realized this: one of the first things RightStart A asks is that the parent(s) get the kid(s) started memorizing the 1, 2, buckle my shoe rhyme. Hannah just loves that she's learning it.

Let me know if there's anything else you'd like me to bring. I have HWT pre-K and the early Explode the Code books. I'm also hoping to have both Story of the World 2 and First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind through the library by then.

I'm just struggling with what to do for kindergarten. I'm probably set for phonics, math, and handwriting--though Hannah doesn't seem to be enjoying Explode the Code as much--but I'm not sure about anything else. I just worry that I'll "leave something out". Well, that and the whole "don't know where we'll be" thing.