Curriculum Plan, Part 1: My Newest Kindergartner

I can not even believe my little Isaac is going to start kindergarten this year.  He has the misfortune of barely making the cutoff for the school year with his birthday being before September 1st.  He completed the 100 Easy Lessons at the beginning of the summer and is reading Easy Reader books now.   He also completed the Kindergarten A book from Singapore last year and is ready for the B book this year.  I try to stretch Kindergarten over 2 years in a way because then the transition to kindergarten is an easier one for all of us.  They are not suddenly having to do a ton of work to keep up.  The work increases gradually.  This has worked with Genna and Isaac so far, and since Drew doesn't make that cutoff for the school year due to his September birthday, I think it will work well for him too.  If he did make the cutoff, I would probably have to go slower with him since he is already way behind where Isaac was in learning the basic shapes, numbers, colors, etc. (I am not worried because physically he is way ahead of where Isaac was.)

I kind of strayed from my topic here which is Isaac and his curriculum for kindergarten.  I have a list of texts or what we are doing for each subject below.  Then I have a sample of Isaac's planner.  I make planners for each of the kids so they can learn to check off their work, know what to expect, and do independent work when I am busy with a baby and/or toddler.  He will need a lot of help with this the first part of the year since it is new to him, but the girls totally get the system now.  The first three weeks of school are going to be less work since I will have a newborn and my mom will be helping with the homeschooling.

Kindergarten Curriculum

Reading:

He will be reading 20 minutes a day out loud

Spelling/Phonics:

Modern Curriculum Press Phonics Plaid Book A

Handwriting:

Handwriting Without Tears 

Math:
Earlybird Kindergarten Mathematics Textbook B by Singapore Math
1A Textbook by Singapore Math
1A Teacher's Guide by Singapore Math
1A Workbook and Extra Practice Workbook by Singapore Math

Religion:
Kindergarten Catechism for Young Catholics by Seton Press

History:
Story of the World 3 text and activity book by Susan Wise Bauer (with the girls, no tests)

Science:
Kingfisher Encyclopedia of Animals
He will also read (or be read to) library books on a different animal every week.

Languages:
German Saturday School
German Tutoring

Music:
The girls will be teaching him beginning piano.

Art:
Coloring pages for History and Science
Draw and Write Through History 
Draw Write Now

Health:
Bike, Fire, and Drug Safety activity pages and coloring pages
He will check out books from the library on these topics.

PE:
Soccer (fall and winter)
B-ball (maybe in the winter)
T-ball (spring)

Memory Work:
Classically Catholic Memory (CCM)- Gamma Year

Here is a week example from Isaac's planner.  Again, I am giving "Week 4" as the example because it will be our first real week in full swing after the baby comes.  However, I just realized that the full table will not show up on my post.  If anyone knows how to get a table from a Word doc onto a blog post, please let me know and I will fix this.

Week 4: 10/7-10/11	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Math (K-B)	3 pages	3 pages	3 pages	3 pages
Phonics (MCP)	4 pages	4 pages	4 pages	4 pages
Handwriting (HWT)	2 pages	2 pages	2 pages	2 pages
History (SOTW3)	Chap. 3, Rd. 35-38 Coloring Page	Rd. p. 38-41	Mapwork	p. 22 Activity Book, Memorize Poem
Science	Read 1 page in animal encyclopedia	Read 1 book about animal of the week		Draw/color a picture of your animal
Religion (Seton K)	Chapter 5	Leading Little Ones to Mary	The Illustrated Gospel	The Illustrated Gospel
CCM (Gamma)	Week 1	Week 1	Week 1	Week 1	Co-op Review 1
Health			Read bike safety book
Reading	Read Aloud 20 minutes	Read Aloud 20 minutes	Read Aloud 20 minutes	Read Aloud 20 minutes
German				Homework
Music					Genna gives you piano lesson