Edited after starting Classical Conversations.
Middle School. How is my baby old enough for middle school ? I am definitely not all excited about middle school. Middle school ushers in the start of independent learning and hands-off lessons compared to side-by-side elementary grades.
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HISTORY:
I will be using You Are An Artist Membership, Medieval History Video Art Lessons coincide with Cycle 2 Classical Conversations.
SCIENCE: we have spent numerous years learning zoology. This year we chose Apologia Human Anatomy. I personally think anatomy is far more interesting and flows better once you have “the talk”. So this year should be interesting. I did Human Anatomy with my oldest when he was younger and he was incredibly confused as I tip-toed around certain subjects and left things very vague. I’m looking forward to just reading the text through now with an older student.
I also purchased the experiment kit so we have all the resources for our lab work. Instead of years passed when I tried to piece things together on my own and making fast dashes to stores for supplies. I feel better prepared.
LANGUAGE ARTS: we are compiling a few things this year to call it Language Arts.
IEW, Medieval History Based Writing Lessons
Compass Classroom, WordUp Latin & Greek Roots – streaming
Compass Classroom, Visual Latin – streaming
All About Spelling, Level 6
I can not brag on WordUp! enough. It is absolutely hilarious and very educational. It’s a supplement and I wish they’d make a WordUp! 2 – because it’s SO good.
MATH: we are sticking with Teaching Textbooks, Level 6, and using the 3.0 streaming version. I am so done with math discs I have to track down and switch!
ELECTIVES:
PE – Ninja Nation Membership. Henry’s goal is to be on American Ninja Warrior Jr. We are up at the gym at least 3x/week for at least an hour.
TYPING – Typesy. Typing is definitely new for him and I’m happy to have an actual “curriculum” that will help him rather than just making him try to figure it out on his own.
COOKING – even though we do not have a “cooking curriculum”, both my children are responsible for picking 1 recipe each week, create a shopping list, and prepare dinner for the family.
As far reading … we are reading the books suggested in IEW that our Classical Conversations friends are reading in Essentials. We’re basically on the same schedule just doing it at home. Henry was not confident in his grammar skills to do Essentials.
Otherwise. We’re enjoying a lot of Colorado hiking, bird watching, and discovering our new home town … while fighting over who gets to use my laptop next.