Classical Charlotte

Last week we discussed light, rainbows, shadows and mirrors for science.

A lot of this has been review for Doo.  In fact, a lot of Start Up Science has been review for her.  I don’t think this has been a bad thing, though.  It’s solidifying some of this knowledge for her.  I am very glad I paired the workbooks with library readings because otherwise it would have been much too little for her.  We will finish out our science plan for this year and then go into something a bit meatier and more hands on for second grade.  Right now I am mulling over Delta Education’s Space Science Cluster.

In Math, we have been covering time the last two weeks.  Doo has grasped this pretty easily.

Once we finish up with Math Mammoth’s first grade, which we have 3 chapters left, I am mulling over changing her to Teaching Textbooks.  We would still use the Math Mammoth worksheets from time to time but I really like how interactive this program is.  Doo and I tried it out before Christmas and she loved it.  I definitely think we will use it come second grade, I just haven’t decided if we should start once we finish first grade Math Mammoth (just 2-3 months left of that I am guessing).  Hmmmm.

The Start Up Science workbooks we have are very simple (I do not agree with the first/second grade label) but they are also very sweet.  The workbooks are definitely on the easy end for Doo but they also helped structure our science year.  She enjoys working in them and every week we read library books to coincide with the lessons.  The “living book” additions help flesh out the curriculum and have made it worthwhile to keep for the year.

So far we’ve covered living vs. nonliving things, the human body and a lot about animals.  Habitats, diets, how they move, etc…  And along with the library books we have enjoyed some good videos on Discovery Streaming.

Doo is also enjoying a whole semester on the human body and with earth science via her classes.  Science continues to be her favorite subject.

Just sharing my two docs for our Ancient History and Science 1st grade plans.  Each lesson will be for one week.  Ancient History will be broken down into 4-5 days so that the lessons will be short, ala Charlotte Mason.  Science will be broken down into 2 days per lesson and we are using Start Up Science as our spine.