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a friend and i had talked and i thought i would be borrowing her Sonlight K curriculum this next year. i misunderstood and she needs it back by september for her son. soooo, now i am looking at the next year wondering where to start. i really cant buy any curriculum.
math is taken care of- singapore is working great for us.
reading i feel i can handle with easy readers and games i make.
that leaves all the other stuff. my boys have really liked when we do units. i was thinking of just using things from homeschool share, but i feel like i need a little scope and sequence. as long as i am in the right age group, does it matter where i start? are there any absolutely have to do it things for k/1?
i was a public school teacher for 2 years, so i dont know why this is overwhelming me, but i thought i had a plan laid out for me and now im at square one.
thanks for listening to me rant and rave. all advice, help is appreciated
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Each year I make a list of things I want the kids to learn. Then I find resources that coorespond to the topics. I use homeschool share and homeschool helper a lot, as well as Enchanted learning and Edhelper. Only 2 years out of 11 have we tried a set curriculum---it didn't go well for us 
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Monica,
I would think that at this age, as long as you have a spine for the basics you could fill in with things that interest your children. For my K-er one year, we really enjoyed the Letter of the week program. We did one letter each week and learned about all sorts of things that sparked my ds's interest. Between that website, an inexpensive store-bought math workbook and the library, we had a great year! I noticed there is also a "Sound of the Week" program and a "Story of the week" program for more advanced children. The author has also added Science and Geography. It's a great, free resource.
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I like to use the World Book Course of Study as a starting point when I am starting to plan a year. It gives me a rough outline of things to cover.
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How about Serendipity Alphabet path with library books?
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SylviaB wrote:
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 Great suggestion.
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i thought of serendipity alphabet path. my son already knows his letters, would it be too young for him?
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how about Five In a Row? If you already have phonics and math down, that woudl cover the rest and most of the books can be found at the library.
as young as they are.. have you considered just asking them what they want to know more about and checking out books on that? you could incorporate a lot of history and science and art that way.
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monica wrote:
i thought of serendipity alphabet path. my son already knows his letters, would it be too young for him?
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Nope. Its not primarily for teaching letters (although you can use it for that, too). The letters are just a framework for the adventure of learning, and you just print out the stories and then decide which subjects you want to venture with. Very easy to use the library with, as long as you plan a few weeks ahead.
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How about just focusing on Science and History as add in. For history I would look at checking the D'aularie books out from the library: Abraham Lincoln, Ben Franklin, Columbus . . . I would read a section a day and have the kids narrate and draw.
For Science I would use James Herriot's Treasury and Burgess's Animal Stories and have the kids narrate and draw.
I'd do liturgical year studies together using some kind of guide maybe the Big Book of Catholic Activities.
I would then call it done. 
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i just saw that homeschool share has a new scope and sequence part and an index that lets you know what units help meet those state standards. this is great for someone like me who needs the big picture when it comes to planning my year.
thanks for all your help
monica
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