Discover my handpicked homeschool curriculum choices for the 2023-2024 school year. This year, I'll be schooling 2nd, 8th and 10th grades. 😀
Take a peek at what our final four kids will be learning in our sixteenth year of homeschooling.
One would think the fourth time planning ninth grade would be relatively easy. At this point, it should just be lather-rinse-repeat. Right? But the truth is, each of my kids is so vastly different from their siblings. They have different passions and different giftings. I'd be remiss if I did not reshuffle the deck from year to year and plan a unique high school program for each of them. So, that is what I aimed to do as I was making curriculum choices for my ninth grader. After having some great discussions with him about his future hopes and dreams and after reviewing the results of a few different career aptitude tests he took this summer, I used the Brave High School Record Keeping for Homeschoolers pack to put together a four-year plan that will hopefully position him to achieve his post-graduate goals. Here's what he'll be learning in 9th grade. Since we only homeschool 4-days a week, you can assume that each of these subjects will only be covered four times each week unless otherwise indicated. (This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure policy for full details.) Content-rich Subjects As always, he'll do all of his content-rich subjects like Morning time/Bible, history, and art with his other siblings. You can see those curriculum choices here>>> Personal Devotions- every day ESV Student Study Bible Unshakable Hope Promise Book Student Edition Language Arts English 9 from BJU Press All About Spelling level 7. Read for pleasure. (every day) I will gather a list of titles including those on my High School Must Read list for him to choose from each month. (Vetting titles in bulk is a great way to provide a teen/tween some helpful discernment while still offering choice in their reading selection.) Word Roots Level 1 Math Pre-Algebra-- This is a live Zoom class offered by Excelsior Classes, a group of Christian teachers who teach online classes to homeschoolers. Science Physical Science from BJU Press Distance Learning Extra-Curricular Subjects Cooking Culinary School episodes- He'll watch these in the first few weeks of school. Taste of Home Cooking School- After reading all of the front matter of the book, he'll then select a rotation of recipes based on the categories in the book. Plan one full meal menu from the cookbook and cook it. (1x a week) Typing Mavis Beacon Typing (2x a week) Blacksmithing Continue with his blacksmithing apprenticeship at a local forge a couple of Saturdays a month. (One of our house rules is that by the time you graduate, no matter what your future college/vocational plans might be, you will have had to learn a trade under a tradesman. Mastering a trade will open doors of ministry, side-hustle income, and/or save you money when you can do a job yourself instead of hiring it out to someone else.) Baseball Try out for the public high school junior varsity team. Play for the local club/traveling league in the late spring and summer months. Life Skills Mow the lawn or shovel the snow as needed with his siblings and at an Airbnb in our neighborhood Volunteer in the church nursery. (2x a month) Volunteer at the local soup kitchen with the rest of the family. (1x a month) Clean his room and make his bed each day. Daily chores: sweep the library, empty the dishwasher with his younger brother, wipe down the surfaces in the upstairs bathroom Weekly Chores for his child-of-the-day privileges and responsibilities: help make lunch/dinner and do two loads of laundry (Fridays), rotate with his brothers to mow the lawn and/or shovel the snow as needed Monthly Chores: dust the main floor with his siblings, mop the library, mop his room, randomly select one additional chore from our chore jar one Saturday each month Serve at our local Soup Kitchen with the family. (1x a month) Co-operative LearningTwice a month, he'll attend the homeschool co-op that I lead and participate in two enrichment classes each semester for a total of four for the 2023-2024 school year. In addition, he'll be able to join in on several field trips offered by the group. His first-semester co-op classes will be as follows: TBD Twin Ports History His second-semester co-op classes will be as follows: TBD Leadership Through Teamwork From drawing to pitching baseballs, blacksmithing to cooking tasty treats, he's a boy who likes to work with his hands. His ninth-grade year will, no doubt, provide him plenty of opportunities to create, make, and do. Grab my free No Twaddle Book List! Thank you! The list will be sent to your inbox shortly. Grab my free No Twaddle Book List! I've compiled a complete list of my most favorite books for all ages, tots to tweens. Start here to build a reading culture in your home! Yes, send me the book list!
Discover my handpicked homeschool curriculum choices for the 2023-2024 school year. This year, I'll be schooling 2nd, 8th and 10th grades. 😀
I am delighted to share the curriculum we've chosen for our upcoming school year, which we began this week! This year, we have a 5th grader, a 3rd grader, a 1st grader, and a preschooler. A reminder: Choosing curriculum can be enjoyable and… daunting. While we should definitely do our research, I believe there comes a
Here we go! I’m so excited to share curriculum! All this week I’ll be sharing curriculum picks for our upcoming school year! We take a nice break in summer and...
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I am delighted to share the curriculum we've chosen for our upcoming school year, which we began this week! This year, we have a 5th grader, a 3rd grader, a 1st grader, and a preschooler. A reminder: Choosing curriculum can be enjoyable and… daunting. While we should definitely do our research, I believe there comes a
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Better late than never, right? I am sharing the curriculum choices we have been using for the 2022/2023 school. I figured you might be interested to see what we have been using before I share our picks for next school year. During the 2022/2023 school year I have a preschooler, 2nd grader, and 4th grader. We made ALOT of changes this year, pretty much all the curriculum we started the year with was changed by mid-year.
In this post, I'm sharing our first, second, and fourth grade curriculum picks for our 2023-2024 homeschool year! Come take a look!
Discover my handpicked homeschool curriculum choices for the 2023-2024 school year. This year, I'll be schooling 2nd, 8th and 10th grades. 😀
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