There are a few things my first grader is doing that my preschooler will not be joining in on because of ability. However, I like to keep the kids grouped as much as possible because it is a better use of time and it helps the days flow more smoothly. These are in addition to the Morning Basket time.
Math
The current plan is to use Life of Fred alternating with a few math activity boxes that we’ll rotate through. That could change depending on how these guys do with Life of Fred. Keep your eyes open for a post about those math activity boxes!
Literature
Our first term, we are studying Fairy Tales. We will be reading them daily and doing a couple activities a week based on a fairy tale from that week. We’re reading various tales from the following books:
Mary Engelbreit’s Nursery and Fairy Tales Collection (the illustrations in these are amazing)
Mary Engelbreit’s Mother Goose
The Little Mermaid and Other Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Anderson)
A Treasury of Best Loved Fairy Tales (Barnes and Noble Bargain Books)
Phonics
For the first two terms, we’re doing Alpha Tales and Phonics Tales the first two and we’ll see where that gets us. I expect the preschooler to stick to Alpha Tales while his brother moves through Phonics Tales. We’ll also be adding in My ABC Bible Verses whenever it isn’t backordered anymore.
Science
This age really loves books about science. So, we’re doing science daily with them.
Kingfisher First Encyclopedia of Animals
Usborne First Encyclopedia of Science
Usborne First Encyclopedia of Seas and Oceans
Critical Thinking
My first grader will be doing this one alone. He’ll be going through the Critical and Creative Thinking Activities grade 1 workbook. This is our first year using these, so we’ll see how he likes them.
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