Friday, January 1, 2010

2010 Dayspring Academy Planning

So I put together a few ideas for myself to plan out the rest of the school year and thought I would share it with everyone else as well.  I discovered where we are at in our history curriculum falls very nicely into events on the calendar (Olympics, African American history month, & Easter.)  I was happy about that, makes history a bit more practical for a almost six year old.  Also added some of our workbox ideas and will be making a bunch of file folder games for X & preschool activity bags for A now that we have a new printer.  So here you go… first post in 2010!

Unit Studies
January:
Water Cycle
Ancient China (SOTW)

February:
Ancient Africa (SOTW)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Olympics (w/SOTW chapters on Ancient Greece)

March:
Rise of Roman Empire (SOTW)
Passover Feast & Easter

April:
Fall of Roman Empire (SOTW)
Seasons

May:
Human Body
Food Pyramid

Workboxes

Workbox Ideas For X (focus on math, reading, and creative thinking)

Worksheets from Horizons Reading
Worksheets from Horizons Math
Alpha Omega Lifepacs for Bible/Science/Social Studies
Weekly Reader
Story of the World Book & Activities
Awana Book
Tag Reader
Puzzles
Journal writing
Handwriting
Book on CD
Unit study DVD
Bingo game
Card games
Sight word cards
File Folder games
Computer learning games (www.ReadingEggs.com , www.Kerpoof.com , www.kidoz.com )
Tanagrams
Painting supplies
Drawing/Cartooning supplies
Dominos
Legos
Science Kit
Snap Circuits
Microscope

Workbox Ideas for A (focus on fine motor, preschool basics, and independent play)

Beads
Cooking
Play dough
Paper punchers
Scissors & paper
Crayons
Craft sticks
Stamps & Ink
Preschool “In A Bag” activities (www.homeschoolshare.com/workbox.php)

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