We have just started our more formal learning again and with a new year there are a few changes. This is a list of my plans. Please note that what works for us may not work for you. Having made this disclaimer, I would add that many of my best ideas have come from other home educators' plans.
Younger Daughter is almost 11 so UK year 6 and Youngest Son is 8 which is UK year 4.
English aka Language Arts
English consists of multiple parts
-Reading. I am planning a time of individual reading, after lunch. This will be reading of the children's choice. Youngest Son will also read aloud to me daily.
-Writing. During morning time, I plan to work through the writing workshops in How to teach English at Key Stage 2 by Pie Corbett. Most writing will be linked to topics in other subjects.
-Spelling. The plan is that one child will continue to use All about Spelling and the other will use Touch Type Read Spell.
Handwriting: Younger Daughter has been practising calligraphy over the holiday and will have some time to work on this. Youngest Son will use a handwriting workbook and copy work.
Typing: Nessy Typing and Touch Type Read Spell.
Poetry: we plan to continue to have a weekly Poetry Tea. This is much loved and has many benefits including reading aloud, enjoying and discussing poetry, reading dialogue poems with friends and writing. In additon to this, Poetry Tea helps with planning a small snack and decorating a table.
Grammar and punctuation: we plan to use the Galore Park English books for this.
Extras: We hope to read Julius Caesar, this term, both in a simplified version and as the actual play to fit in with a Royal Shakespeare Company production of this play for schools in the late autumn.
Maths
We tend to start math with 10 questions which I write in the children's maths books the previous day. These tend to be short and cover topics which might need revision.
Youngest Son has already started Galore Park Junior Maths book 2 and we hope to continue this.
Younger Daughter is using a different programme this year with the Schofield and Sims Understanding KS2 workbooks.
Maths games most days.
Science
Energy: its forms, changes and functions from the Elementary Physics Series.
Exploring Nature with Children: we are planning to use the new journal although work on one journal between the three of us.
Our home education group is studying science, this year and the group is also a judging panel for the Royal Society Young People's Science Book Prize.
History
This year we plan to study the Victorians and the First and Second World Wars.
For the Victorians, we plan to use Our Island Story as the core text and for the First and Second World Wars, The Story of Britain by RJ Unstead.
We hope to supplement with many other books, trips and activities. This week, we have been consulting a rather old copy of Mrs Beeton to write a Victorian dinner menu.
Geography
I have planned three country afternoons during this term. In addition, we use Seterra and probably will use the geography from Valley Christian School Online.
Art
Younger Daughter is signed up for an Explore Art award and has done her first activity for this. While she is working on this Youngest Son will be working on coding using Code.org.
Music
We plan to use Classics for Kids weekly during morning time. We sing each day and Younger Daughter has piano lessons.
Latin
We do a little Latin daily using Minimus. Younger Daughter is already familiar with book one so this is revision for her but new for Youngest Son.
Physical education
This is mainly informal with visits to the park and time on the trampoline most days. Younger Daughter has been running with friends and has started to go to Park Run, on Saturdays. I would like to add in some longer cycle rides.
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Younger Daughter is almost 11 so UK year 6 and Youngest Son is 8 which is UK year 4.
English aka Language Arts
English consists of multiple parts
-Reading. I am planning a time of individual reading, after lunch. This will be reading of the children's choice. Youngest Son will also read aloud to me daily.
-Writing. During morning time, I plan to work through the writing workshops in How to teach English at Key Stage 2 by Pie Corbett. Most writing will be linked to topics in other subjects.
-Spelling. The plan is that one child will continue to use All about Spelling and the other will use Touch Type Read Spell.
Handwriting: Younger Daughter has been practising calligraphy over the holiday and will have some time to work on this. Youngest Son will use a handwriting workbook and copy work.
Typing: Nessy Typing and Touch Type Read Spell.
Poetry: we plan to continue to have a weekly Poetry Tea. This is much loved and has many benefits including reading aloud, enjoying and discussing poetry, reading dialogue poems with friends and writing. In additon to this, Poetry Tea helps with planning a small snack and decorating a table.
Grammar and punctuation: we plan to use the Galore Park English books for this.
Extras: We hope to read Julius Caesar, this term, both in a simplified version and as the actual play to fit in with a Royal Shakespeare Company production of this play for schools in the late autumn.
Maths
We tend to start math with 10 questions which I write in the children's maths books the previous day. These tend to be short and cover topics which might need revision.
Youngest Son has already started Galore Park Junior Maths book 2 and we hope to continue this.
Younger Daughter is using a different programme this year with the Schofield and Sims Understanding KS2 workbooks.
Maths games most days.
Science
Energy: its forms, changes and functions from the Elementary Physics Series.
Exploring Nature with Children: we are planning to use the new journal although work on one journal between the three of us.
Our home education group is studying science, this year and the group is also a judging panel for the Royal Society Young People's Science Book Prize.
History
This year we plan to study the Victorians and the First and Second World Wars.
For the Victorians, we plan to use Our Island Story as the core text and for the First and Second World Wars, The Story of Britain by RJ Unstead.
We hope to supplement with many other books, trips and activities. This week, we have been consulting a rather old copy of Mrs Beeton to write a Victorian dinner menu.
Geography
I have planned three country afternoons during this term. In addition, we use Seterra and probably will use the geography from Valley Christian School Online.
Art
Younger Daughter is signed up for an Explore Art award and has done her first activity for this. While she is working on this Youngest Son will be working on coding using Code.org.
Music
We plan to use Classics for Kids weekly during morning time. We sing each day and Younger Daughter has piano lessons.
Latin
We do a little Latin daily using Minimus. Younger Daughter is already familiar with book one so this is revision for her but new for Youngest Son.
Physical education
This is mainly informal with visits to the park and time on the trampoline most days. Younger Daughter has been running with friends and has started to go to Park Run, on Saturdays. I would like to add in some longer cycle rides.
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