Friday, November 14, 2014

Kindergarten Curriculum and Resources - Halfway point!

I posted six months ago with what we were intending to use for this kindergarten year. As always with an ever-changing child, there have been modifications. Here is the updated and annotated list of what we are using.

Reading (3x weekly)
Read alouds from a mom-made reading list at her ability level

Math (3x weekly)
RightStart B
Time-Life I Love Math series
MathStart level 2 and 3 books by Stuart J. Murphy
Added Dreambox 
Math games as talked about in this post

Spelling (1x weekly)
All About Spelling 2 and 3, with adaptations for handwriting - she got bored with spelling after book 2, so we have discontinued spelling lessons for now

Science (1x weekly, but she'll request more and do these much more than "planned")
Lego Education Early Simple Machines
The Private Eye
The Happy Scientist videos
Building Foundations for Scientific Understanding
Caterpillar-to-Butterfly kit - this has been rescheduled to next year to line up with BFSU
Child-friendly Microscope
Various Thames and Kosmos sets 
Memberships to local children's museum and the zoo
Added Snap Circuits
Added Science in a Nutshell kits
Added Lego Education Basic Structures
Added Dino 101 course on Coursera (which lined up beautifully with our pre-history)

Spanish (1x weekly) - this subject has been by far the hardest to find a good fit!
Salsa Spanish
DuoLingo

Risas y Sonrisas
Song School Spanish

Handwriting (1x weekly)
StartWrite software
Adding New American Cursive

History (1x weekly)
Mom-made Prehistory year (Big Bang to early man)

Art (every other two out of three weeks)
Usborne Big Drawing Book
Usborne Complete Book of Art Ideas
Artistic Pursuits preschool level

Music (every other third week)
The Story of the Orchestra

She has just decided that she wants to stop taking violin at the end of this month. She continues to enjoy gymnastics and swim, and has added dance.

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