Kaia and I have been busy planning her summer and second grade curriculum.  No, we won’t really be doing much ‘real’ school work during the summer, but she has asked to learn about certain things, so we are planning ‘camps’.  Mythology, Weather, and Mapping camps.  She will also be attending a couple of camps outside of the house.

I’ve also put together her second grade curriculum.  When I started homeschooling, I didn’t think I’d use a lot of pre-written curriculum, but I’m finding it to be nice, especially with a little one crawling around under my feet.  It’s much easier to draw from something that’s already prepared than to have to write my own right now.  Then I can put my energy and focus on the fun stuff!  So, here’s what next year looks like:

Math – Right Start C, Mind Benders, Analogies and other math games

Language Arts – All About Spelling (we’ll probably be at level 3 by then), Language Smarts (grammer), for handwriting I’ll probably create my own copy work and also continue having her write letters and postcards to friends, along with lots of reading time.

Science – R.E.A.L. Chemistry, and continued animal habitat studies, and Nature Walks

History – We are doing an in depth study of Prehistory this semester, so we’ll begin with Ancient History using Story of the World and History Odyssey.  (I’ll pull from both)

Art– Artistic Pursuits book 1, and continue with art group

I’d love to add in some Music and Foreign Language, but don’t have anything planned yet…

Here’s Kaia perfecting her recipe for Home Made Asteroids They were yummy!! (Oh, and we used cheese and didn’t have a problem with them going flat)