Curriculum 2014-2015

This is our first official year of homeschooling, yay! I plan on starting sometime this summer, at the latest in September. Solomon will be 5 and Selah will be 3 1/2. So we are technically doing Solomon's Kindergarten year and Selah's Pre-K year. Since they are only 16 months apart, I want to combine them as much as possible.

So I have seriously been researching curricula for years now and finally narrowed it down to 2 main ones that I really like, My Father's World and Sonlight. I decided on using Sonlight for the most part and definitely wanted to do their Pre-K program for 4 and 5 year olds, adding in K math and language arts for Solomon and then seeing if Selah could keep up with that or if she would need something else. But that beautiful My Father's World Kindergarten set just kept calling my name. So after much deliberation and prayer, I have decided to use both! I think it will work out really nicely because I want to wait until Selah is 5 to start Core A from Sonlight, so if we start this summer, we have 18 months to fill with schooling. Doing both will help stretch us out and hopefully give them a nice gentle Pre-K/K year (and a half!). And maybe it will allow me to not only solidify my decision to use one or the other (or make it harder choose!), but also give me multiple tools to figure out their learning styles.

So here is the line up (for now...things could still change, except I do already have a few things ready to go).

Bible/History/Social Studies/Science: Mix of MFW & SL
Math: Starting with the integrated math in MFW and adding in Singapore Early Bird if we feel we need more
Phonics/Language Arts: MFW, SL Language Arts K
Handwriting: Handwriting Without Tears Pre-K and K
Spanish: adding in Spanish alphabet and vocab to go with MFW units

I realize that seems like a lot, but this is for 2 children over 18 months...more if we need it. I'm guessing we'll have some trial and error but hopefully this will give us a solid start and help us figure out what works and what doesn't. I am so excited to get started!

Here is what we are getting with Sonlight's P4/5. Love all the great books!

This is what we'll be getting with MFW, including the literature package. We are going to have a crazy amount of books, but I'm somewhat of a book addict and there is so much value in reading to your children. Plus, we'll be able to save these books for Esther and any future children!