Pete’s fifth birthday is in November. Which means: (1) my tiny sweet baby is almost 5 years old; and (2) he’d miss the cut-off date for kindergarten this year if he went to public school. I’m not sure he’s entirely ready for kindergarten at home, either, so we’re tentatively calling his year K4. He’s excited about starting; hopefully that excitement will last once we start doing some work!
Five in a Row
Pete’s primary curriculum will be “Five in a Row: Volume One.” It covers language arts, science, math, social studies and art, with projects based on a different book every week. We used it for Poppy’s kindergarten year, too. It’s a nice, gentle way to ease into homeschooling.
Art
Pete will be doing some projects from “Five in a Row” as well as joining Poppy in her “Artistic Pursuits” lessons.
Physical education
This will be Pete’s first season of soccer! He’s very excited. He and Poppy are also going to do a weekly yoga class at the YMCA.
Math
Pete’s a very hands-on kind of guy. His sister was thrilled to do math workbooks when she was in kindergarten, but I don’t think that’ll fly with him. So I looked around a bit and found McRuffy. It has lots of games and manipulatives, which ought to keep him interested for at least a few minutes.
Pete’s also going to join Poppy in a few subjects, such as history and science. You can read all about her second-grade plans at “What Second Grade Looks Like at Our House.” And if you’re interested in even more homeschool plans, check out the link up at Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers.
I think that sounds like a great plan! My little guy (just turned 5) will begin his first soccer season this fall, as well. Thanks for sharing!
I LOVE FIAR! We did BFIAR for preschool. I also have the FIAR vol. 1 and we will be doing some lessons from it every now and then. What a wonderful choice!
We are doing FIAR, too!! As you have done it before, you know you’ll have a great time learning : ) You are the second one I’ve seen to mention Artistic Pursuits, and I will have to check it out a bit more. FIAR art lessons are just a little too much for my son to enjoy, so I tend to add more crafts for us to do. Have a wonderful year!
Love this. I’m going to check out Five in a Row. I’m having the hardest time choosing which curriculum to use when my oldest gets to Kindergarten age.