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 determined to homeschool on this put up. When you want professional recommendation, try my buddy Brittany’s weblog!
Hello pals! How are you? I hope that you simply’re having an incredible day to this point. 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 this time.
For at this time’s put up, I needed to share a bit extra about our plan for this yr and the curriculum we’re doing when you’re inquisitive about homeschooling.
I feel it’s value mentioning right here that homeschool just isn’t as daunting as I believed it might be, particularly once we have been first contemplating it. All of us need the best possible for our children, and I used to be actually fearful about failing her. Now that we’re within the homeschool world, I can let you know 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 rapidly, which retains her .
Our 4th grade homeschool curriculum
Right here’s what we’re planning on doing this yr, however it will probably at all times be modified or adjusted as wanted.
Math (half-hour)
We’re persevering with with Saxon Math and Nicole the Math Girl 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 project. It’s partaking and concise — we find it irresistible.
Studying (half-hour)
I wish to preserve studying pleasurable, so she picked a e book 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 contains image research, memorization, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, remark, poems, psalms, letters, and sensible software by inventive writing.
For writing, we’re doing the Fables, Myths and Fairy Tales writing classes from IEW. It focuses on their Construction and Fashion methodology. Proper now, she’s engaged on studying fables, making key outlines, and narration (with 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, and likewise a lap e book on how to attract the USA. She’s excited to start out with that first and label every state, capital, the rivers, and so forth.
Science (Fridays solely)
I’m nonetheless engaged on science plans. Final yr, the homeschool factor occurred fairly abruptly, so we simply did one science undertaking every week on Fridays. I’ll in all probability preserve Friday as science day however was serious about ordering some month-to-month kits. When you’ve got any science package subscription recs, please ship them my means!
Final yr, we did issues like dissecting owl pellets, making an egg drop, and developing a curler coaster.
Artwork/enjoyable/PE/further (A few instances throughout the week)
We have now a few further enjoyable issues this yr, together with farm college, which is in the future every week. It’s just for two hours and he or she’ll be capable of trip horses, assist with the animals, and create artwork on the farm. She additionally has one in all 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 useful it and have been fairly impressed to this point. Once 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 college ultimately. (I additionally really feel prefer it is sensible since Liv has homework every single 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 variety to spend a very long time with me on the cellphone. 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 complete lives, which makes me hopeful in case P doesn’t return to in-person college subsequent week.
How lengthy does it take to homeschool?
Essentially 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 college is spent wrangling children and attempting to get them to hear and listen.
We’re capable of end all the things 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 attention-grabbing in (like artwork, crocheting, or practising the piano), or we will take pleasure in a bit of 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 throughout the weekend in order that I can deal with the children and home stuff as a lot as attainable throughout the week. I additionally began scheduling consumer calls and podcast interviews when the Pilot is house, as a result of when he’s not on a visit, he’s instructor Dad and may 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/vitality/effort, after which when he’s house, I crush myself workwise attempting to compensate for all the things. Simply must get the grasp 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 may have an incredible day and I’ll see you quickly!
xo
Gina