I am wrapping up this current homeschool year and starting to plan and collect resources for next year. So now is a great time to do a little recap of our homeschool curriculum we’ve used the past 2 years and what we will be using going into next year! I’ll also share a little bit about the homeschool philosophy we have fallen in love with, how we do a morning basket time, and more! 

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Using Sonlight: 

• The Sonlight curriculum we have: Core A (for grades K-2 and ages 5-7)
• For our family we have fallen in love with their book selection but don’t need their Instructor’s Guide. 
• LISTEN: How to get started homeschooling (and the curriculum we are using this year)– Hf #92
• LISTEN: Our homeschool plan for Kindergarten/First Grade – Hf#150

Sonlight books we’ve loved: 

• James Harriot’s Treasury for children
• Isaac Newton and the Laws of Motion
• Adventures in Ancient Greece 
• Dolphin Adventures
• Cappy Boppy
• The Boxcar Children #1
• Johnny Appleseed: The Story of a Legand
• Usborn’s Children Encyclopedia

What we use for teaching reading: 

• Teach your child to read in 100 easy lessons (goes from K-2nd grade) 
• Dash into Reading books – Amazing beginning reader books. They are so beautiful!! 

What we now use for Math (and LOVE!!) 

• Master Books Level 1 (this is technically first grade math but it was perfect for Kindergarten)

Morning basket time: 

• Devotional we use: I Am: 40 reasons to Trust God

Other books we’ve loved reading this year:  

• Children’s picture atlas – Usborn
• My first keyboard book – Usborn
• Rahl Dahl Book Set (we got ours at Costco for a killer price)
• The Dragon Master Series
• We are the gardeners by Joanna Gaine
• The Usborn Outdoor Activity Book

What we are planning for next year (but this might change as I start to order stuff): 

• Master Books Math level 1
• Continue with 100 easy lessons book
• Next level in handwriting without tears
• Adding in a nature notebook
• Move into another devotional when we end that one

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