Curriculum planning for next year.
I am on a time crunch since I am going to the Atlanta Curriculum Fair in 3 weeks with Dawn. Since she is also known as Curriculum Ninja, I have to be well versed in all the possible curriculum for Rome and Greece, you know I have to hold my own:)
But, this is sick....
So, since I am stuck in B.C. right now, what are your favorite resources for teaching third grade and under about Rome and Greece?
I will let you in on a little secret, I almost bought a curriculum from a new company I just learned about. I really like their reading list, but then, I wanted to use Harmony Art Mom for picture study/music study, REAL Chemistry for Kids for Science, a different poetry book for poetry, All About Spelling for Spelling, and well.... then it was not worth the $75 to have it all mapped out for me.
Maybe it is not my bookshelves that are sick, maybe it is me? I guess being a curriculum junkie could be worse. Oh, and sweet hubby, can you bring that bookshelf home from work? Six bookshelves in our home are not enough.
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Heather
Curriculum Ninja?! SNORT! Who came up with that one? ROFL!!
ReplyDeleteI now wish I had bought The Children's Homer for Wilbur to read while Orville read the actual works. Thinking I will put it on the summer reading list. HFA was great for Wilbur this year. Brought history to life... we'll talk more soon!
I think curriculum shopng is floating around for everyone this time of the year. Is All About Spelling a good Spelling program? I've used A Beka (did not like) in the past, Sequential Spelling (just a bit plain), and BJU (that my children and I like pretty good). I am just curious to know how All About Spellig is.
ReplyDeleteTraci- I do love All About Spelling. I have a second grader and a K, and they are on the same lesson. I can streamline. It teaches phonics, and if I had it to do over, would just use it as my main tool to teach reading, too. We are actually about a quarter of the way through level2, you can go at your kid's pace. Some lessons we fly through, others take a week. I love tweaking it to their understanding, less time wasted. I plan on becoming an AAS affiliate, so I would love for you to buy your books through me:) I know it is a shameless plug...
ReplyDeleteWe enjoyed these (not sure if they are too difficult...you can look online):
ReplyDeleteFamous Men of Rome http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=haaren&book=rome&story=_contents
Famous Men of Greece http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=haaren&book=greece&story=_contents
You can purchase them from Amazon as well.
This one is my absolute favorite for teaching about this history time period of younger children:
http://www.amazon.com/Augustus-Caesars-World-Genevieve-Foster/dp/0964380323
Look at your public library.