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In spite of the mid-year move from Tennessee to Texas throwing all sorts of kinks into the plan, we are calling our first year of homeschooling good/done and moving onto year 2! We plan to start next Monday, August 16th. I'm putting the final touches on Jacob's 2nd grade curriculum, and it looks a little something like this...


History / Geography:

• Sonlight Core 2 - World History 
• Story of the World, Vol. II

Math:

• Singapore (Levels 5B, 6A & 6B) 
• Life of Fred: Decimals and Percents 

Bible:

• Scripture readings and Awesome Book of Bible Facts per Sonlight Core 2
• Memory work using Simply Charlotte Mason's Scripture Memory System
  

Science:

• Exploring Creation with Anatomy & Physiology by Apologia. As a related field trip, I'm hoping we'll get to visit the Bodies exhibit while it is still in Dallas. 
• Nature studies and hikes
• Microscope studies
• Mad Science program through local homeschool group
  

Foreign Language:

• Prima Latina
• Rosetta Stone Spanish

Language Arts:

• Handwriting ~ Getty Dubay Book C, copywork and dictation from readers/Bible verses and writing letters to friends and family
• Vocabulary ~ Wordly Wise Book 3
• Grammar ~ undecided; may use First Language Lessons 2 or stick with the grammar in Prima Latina

Literature:

• Read Alouds ~ Sonlight Core 2
• Readers ~ Sonlight Readers 2 Advanced 
  

Music:

• Composer study; 6 composers @ 4 weeks each
• Piano lessons 

Art:

• Artist study; 6 artists @ 4 weeks each

Physical education:

• Soccer or karate
  

We're trying something new this year. On Thursdays, Jacob will attend a program for homeschoolers for a few hours. I'll have more details about it in a few weeks, but hopefully it will allow him the opportunity to make some more friends and take some elective-type classes.