Plans for 2012-2013

I have finished our plans for 2012-2013
Hurray!
I have spent a lot of time thinking, praying & generally mulling this over :)

I have two daughters, aged 6 & 9. I think that our scriptures for memory work are rather short, as this year they have memorised much longer passages, so I most likely will update those through the year.

This is the year I decided to bit the bullet & go for a formal maths curriculum. So far we have used living maths & other resources, but no curriculum. Being hopeless at maths myself, I was worried about the girls having huge gaps in their knowledge.
My youngest, Rose, seems to be spot on, with grade level. Elianna is way ahead in some areas & way behind in others, so I have started her on G3 Math Mammoth. I am quite nervous about this formal curriculum, but really looking forward to it.

Without further ado, I present our gentle learning for the next year...

Plans 2012-2013

Bible

Daily read from ‘The Book For Children’ & each child to narrate

Character

I will be looking to develop the following traits in myself & my girls J

Table manners

Mental effort & perseverance

Contentedness

Peacefulness

Forgiveness

Diligence

Discernment

Humbleness

Tactfulness

Being punctual

Memory Work

Ps 145:3

Dan 2:20

Ps 23:1

Luke 1:30-31

Ps 9:2

John 20:29

1 John 4:19

Matt 6:9

Ps 119:105

Ps 69:34

Deut 4:39

Poetry – a poem per month by Christina Rossetti

Elianna:

How many seconds

1+1

Hope is Like a harebell

Oh Lady Moon

In the bleak mid-winter

January cold & desolate

The dog likes his kennel

Oh wind, where have you been

Boats sail on the river

There is but one May in the year

A pin has a head

What is pink?

Rosie:

Hurt no living thing

1+1

Hope is Like a harebell

Oh Lady Moon

In the bleak mid-winter

A motherless soft Lambkin

Pussy

On the grassy banks

When the crows come home

There is but one May in the year

The city mouse

What is pink?

Artist Study

Monet:

Waterlillies after 1916

Water lilies(Nympheas) 1907

Waterlillies 1916-19

Water lilies(Nympheas) 1916

London: Houses of parliament. The sun shining through the fog 1904

The Japenese bridge (part of a series of 236) 1899

Van Gogh:

Starry Night

Irises

Self portrait with straw hat

The Spinner

Still life with sunflowers

Autumn landscape with four trees

Dante Gabriel Rossetti:

Pandora

The blessed damozel

Dante’s dream

Ecce Ancilla Domini

Lady Lilleth

Beata Beatrix

Composer Study

Benjamin Britten – Young persons guide to the orchestra

Sergei Prokofiev – Peter & the wolf

Paul Dukas – Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker

Handel: Water Music

Seasonal & Handcrafts

Celebrate the seasons & festivals of the year

Knitting mittens & hats

Tapestries

Ellie to knit bedsocks

Phonics & Reading

Keep revising phonics:

Ai, au, aw, ay, ea, ee, ei

Eigh, ew, ey, ie

Igh, oa, oe, oi,

Oo, ou, ough, ow

Oy, ui, er, ir

Ur, or, ear, our

Ed, ar, or

Ci, si, ti, sh

Dge, kn, ph, tch

Ch, ck, gn, ng, nk, th, wh, wr

Daily practice from ‘The Ordinary Parent’s Guide To Reading’

Daily quiet reading

Ellie to keep a reading notebook – 40 book challenge

Copy Work

Daily copywork – copy the current poem in cursive

Spelling

Follow the program from Anne Elliot

French

Read a bilingual book each day (monthly selections)

Max etMathilde – colours

Bearin sunshine

Bearat home

Teachme – Joyeux Noel

Max etMathilde – Shopping

Bearin a square

Bearabout town

Bear’sbusy family

Grammar

Ellie – Kiss Grammar L1(3)

Read the following Ruth Heller books:

Merry-Go-round: A Book About Nouns

Behind the Mask: A Book about Prepositions

Mine, All Mine! A book about pronouns

Up, Up and Away: A Book about Adverbs

Kites Sail High : A book about verbs

Maths

Rosie: Math Mammoth 2

Elianna: Math Mammoth 3

Latin

Elianna: The big book of Lively Latin Vol.1

Rummy Roots

Latin Words Sticker Book

Literature & Poetry

UnderstoodBetsy

As Youlike it

Thewind in the willows

Amidsummer nights dream

Pilgrim’s progress

Poetry Tea each fortnight.

History

The Story of The Greeks

Talesof the Greeks

The Story of The Romans

Talesof the Romans

Geography

The seven little sisters who lived on the round ball that floats in the air

Jungles

Arctic Circle

Arabian Desert

Switzerland (mountains)

China (rivers)

Africa (Grasslands)

Germany (river valley)

Review the continents

Memorise European countries

Creating/Working with maps

Science

Life in Woods & fields

Shanlaya’sQuest
R.E.A.L.Science – Life (Human body / animals / botany)

Nature Study

Weekly nature walks & keeping a nature notebook

Out & About

Regular places we go – Brownies / Youthclub etc plus monthly field trips
Elianna's art lessons