Our 4th grade homeschool curriculum

Sharing our plan for 4th grade homeschool curriculum! Please needless to say I’m NOT a professional at this. We’re figuring it out as we go and it’s our first full 12 months of homeschool after ending most of final 12 months homeschooling. Extra about why we decided to homeschool in this post. In the event you want knowledgeable recommendation, try my pal Brittany’s blog!

Hello mates! How are you? I hope that you simply’re having a tremendous day to date. We’re formally in back-to-school mode over right here. Liv began final week (eighth grade! I can’t even consider it) and we’re resuming homeschool right now.

For right now’s submit, I wished to share a bit extra about our plan for this 12 months and the curriculum we’re doing when you’re interested by homeschooling.

I feel it’s price mentioning right here that homeschool shouldn’t be as daunting as I assumed it will be, particularly after we have been first contemplating it. All of us need the best possible for our youngsters, and I used to be actually apprehensive about failing her. Now that we’re within the homeschool world, I can inform you that she’s thriving. She’s studying a lot, and we’re capable of customise her plan primarily based on her curiosity and ranges. We’re additionally capable of progress extra shortly, which retains her .

Our 4th grade homeschool curriculum

Right here’s what we’re planning on doing this 12 months, however it might at all times be modified or adjusted as wanted.

Math (half-hour)

We’re persevering with with Saxon Math and Nicole the Math Lady as a result of P loves her and he or she does an unbelievable job educating the Saxon classes. Her software program additionally takes care of grading, so P will simply enter her solutions into the platform and obtain a grade for every task. It’s partaking and concise — we adore it.

Studying (half-hour)

I need to hold studying satisfying, so she picked a guide that we’ll learn collectively and talk about as we transfer alongside. We’re beginning with The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

Writing + grammar (half-hour)

For grammar, we’re nonetheless utilizing Masterbooks, which is a faith-based curriculum. It contains image research, memorization, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, remark, poems, psalms, letters, and sensible utility by artistic writing.

For writing, we’re doing the Fables, Myths and Fairy Tales writing lessons from IEW. It focuses on their Construction and Model technique. Proper now, she’s engaged on studying fables, making key outlines, and narration (with the ability to retell the story utilizing her notes).

I ordered the 4th grade books final semester and when she finishes these, we’ll head into the fifth grade books.

We’re additionally engaged on one analysis paper every quarter, primarily based on an curiosity. Her first one goes to be about bullfighting after our journey to the Bullfighting Museum in Sevilla.

Social research (half-hour)

I’ve ordered a few historical past books to work by, and in addition a lap book on how to draw the United States. She’s excited to begin with that first and label every state, capital, the rivers, and many others.

Science (Fridays solely)

I’m nonetheless engaged on science plans. Final 12 months, the homeschool factor occurred fairly abruptly, so we simply did one science mission every week on Fridays. I’ll in all probability hold Friday as science day however was serious about ordering some month-to-month kits. When you have any science equipment subscription recs, please ship them my approach!

Final 12 months, we did issues like dissecting owl pellets, making an egg drop, and setting up a curler coaster.

Artwork/enjoyable/PE/additional (A few occasions in the course of the week)

We’ve got a few additional enjoyable issues this 12 months, together with farm college, which is sooner or later every week. It’s just for two hours and he or she’ll be capable of trip horses, assist with the animals, and create artwork on the farm. She additionally has one in all day of homeschool parkour courses. Between these two issues and her membership basketball practices, she nonetheless will get the chance to be round different children and play on a weekly foundation, and I’m grateful for that.

Homework:

We began utilizing Khan Academy after a few good mates really helpful it and have been fairly impressed to date. Once you homeschool, there’s actually no want for homework, however I wished P to remain within the groove of getting a *little* homework as a result of the plan is for her to return to in-person college finally. (I additionally really feel prefer it is sensible since Liv has homework each day.)

For homework, she’s doing 20 minutes of Khan Academy Math after which 15-20 minutes of studying, grammar, or coding.

Some homeschool FAQs

How did you discover a homeschool curriculum?

Brittany was so sort to spend a very long time with me on the telephone. She requested about P’s pursuits and shared concepts. She made homeschooling really feel WAY much less intimidating and I’m so grateful for her recommendation. She’s additionally homeschooled their children their total lives, which makes me hopeful in case P doesn’t return to in-person college subsequent week.

How lengthy does it take to homeschool?

Probably the most lovely factor about homeschool is that it’s 1:1 targeted consideration, so that you don’t want practically as a lot time. SO a lot of in-person college is spent wrangling children and making an attempt to get them to pay attention and listen.

We’re capable of end every thing we have to do for the day in about two hours, which leaves the remainder of the day open. She will use this time to persue issues she’s fascinating in (like artwork, crocheting, or practising the piano), or we are able to take pleasure in a bit subject journey or outing.

How are you going to make money working from home and homeschool?

That is the half that I’m nonetheless making an attempt to navigate. I batch most of my content material in the course of the weekend in order that I can deal with the children and home stuff as a lot as doable in the course of the week. I additionally began scheduling consumer calls and podcast interviews when the Pilot is house, as a result of when he’s not on a visit, he’s trainer Dad and might take over the homeschool duties.

I simply really feel like I’m transferring at 1000mph as a result of solo parenting takes full focus/consideration/power/effort, after which when he’s house, I crush myself workwise making an attempt to atone for every thing. Simply must get the cling of this schedule and discover my groove.

Okay mates: what are your kiddos as much as this 12 months? Homeschool mamas: any recommendation as we head into our first full 12 months??

Hope you could have a tremendous day and I’ll see you quickly!
xo

Gina