Sharing our plan for 4th grade homeschool curriculum! Please needless to say I’m NOT a professional at this. We’re figuring it out as we go and it’s our first full yr of homeschool after ending most of final yr homeschooling. Extra about why we decided to homeschool in this post. When you want skilled recommendation, try my buddy Brittany’s blog!
Hello pals! How are you? I hope that you just’re having a tremendous day thus far. We’re formally in back-to-school mode over right here. Liv began final week (eighth grade! I can’t even imagine it) and we’re resuming homeschool at present.
For at present’s publish, I needed to share a bit extra about our plan for this yr and the curriculum we’re doing in the event you’re interested by homeschooling.
I feel it’s value mentioning right here that homeschool isn’t as daunting as I assumed it will be, particularly after we had been first contemplating it. All of us need the best possible for our youngsters, and I used to be actually anxious about failing her. Now that we’re within the homeschool world, I can inform you that she’s thriving. She’s studying a lot, and we’re capable of customise her plan based mostly on her curiosity and ranges. We’re additionally capable of progress extra shortly, which retains her .
Our 4th grade homeschool curriculum
Right here’s what we’re planning on doing this yr, however it could actually all the time be modified or adjusted as wanted.
Math (half-hour)
We’re persevering with with Saxon Math and Nicole the Math Lady as a result of P loves her and he or she does an unimaginable job instructing the Saxon classes. Her software program additionally takes care of grading, so P will simply enter her solutions into the platform and obtain a grade for every task. It’s partaking and concise — we like it.
Studying (half-hour)
I need to preserve studying pleasurable, so she picked a guide that we’ll learn collectively and focus on as we transfer alongside. We’re beginning with The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
Writing + grammar (half-hour)
For grammar, we’re nonetheless utilizing Masterbooks, which is a faith-based curriculum. It consists of image research, memorization, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, commentary, poems, psalms, letters, and sensible utility by way of artistic writing.
For writing, we’re doing the Fables, Myths and Fairy Tales writing lessons from IEW. It focuses on their Construction and Fashion technique. Proper now, she’s engaged on studying fables, making key outlines, and narration (having the ability to retell the story utilizing her notes).
I ordered the 4th grade books final semester and when she finishes these, we’ll head into the fifth grade books.
We’re additionally engaged on one analysis paper every quarter, based mostly on an curiosity. Her first one goes to be about bullfighting after our journey to the Bullfighting Museum in Sevilla.
Social research (half-hour)
I’ve ordered a few historical past books to work by way of, and likewise a lap book on how to draw the United States. She’s excited to start out with that first and label every state, capital, the rivers, and so on.
Science (Fridays solely)
I’m nonetheless engaged on science plans. Final yr, the homeschool factor occurred fairly abruptly, so we simply did one science challenge every week on Fridays. I’ll in all probability preserve Friday as science day however was desirous about ordering some month-to-month kits. You probably have any science package subscription recs, please ship them my manner!
Final yr, we did issues like dissecting owl pellets, making an egg drop, and developing a curler coaster.
Artwork/enjoyable/PE/additional (A few instances in the course of the week)
We’ve a few additional enjoyable issues this yr, together with farm faculty, which is someday every week. It’s just for two hours and he or she’ll be capable of journey horses, assist with the animals, and create artwork on the farm. She additionally has one in every of day of homeschool parkour courses. Between these two issues and her membership basketball practices, she nonetheless will get the chance to be round different children and play on a weekly foundation, and I’m grateful for that.
Homework:
We began utilizing Khan Academy after a few good pals really helpful it and have been fairly impressed thus far. If you homeschool, there’s actually no want for homework, however I needed P to remain within the groove of getting a *little* homework as a result of the plan is for her to return to in-person faculty finally. (I additionally really feel prefer it is smart since Liv has homework day-after-day.)
For homework, she’s doing 20 minutes of Khan Academy Math after which 15-20 minutes of studying, grammar, or coding.
Some homeschool FAQs
How did you discover a homeschool curriculum?
Brittany was so form to spend a very long time with me on the telephone. She requested about P’s pursuits and shared concepts. She made homeschooling really feel WAY much less intimidating and I’m so grateful for her recommendation. She’s additionally homeschooled their children their total lives, which makes me hopeful in case P doesn’t return to in-person faculty subsequent week.
How lengthy does it take to homeschool?
Probably the most lovely factor about homeschool is that it’s 1:1 targeted consideration, so that you don’t want almost as a lot time. SO a lot of in-person faculty is spent wrangling children and attempting to get them to hear and listen.
We’re capable of end every part we have to do for the day in about two hours, which leaves the remainder of the day open. She will be able to use this time to persue issues she’s fascinating in (like artwork, crocheting, or working towards the piano), or we are able to take pleasure in a little bit discipline journey or outing.
How will you do business from home and homeschool?
That is the half that I’m nonetheless attempting to navigate. I batch most of my content material in the course of the weekend in order that I can give attention to the youngsters and home stuff as a lot as doable in the course of the week. I additionally began scheduling shopper calls and podcast interviews when the Pilot is residence, as a result of when he’s not on a visit, he’s instructor Dad and might take over the homeschool duties.
I simply really feel like I’m transferring at 1000mph as a result of solo parenting takes full focus/consideration/power/effort, after which when he’s residence, I crush myself workwise attempting to atone for every part. Simply have to get the dangle of this schedule and discover my groove.
Okay pals: what are your kiddos as much as this yr? Homeschool mamas: any recommendation as we head into our first full yr??
Hope you will have a tremendous day and I’ll see you quickly!
xo
Gina
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