RightStart Games List for Level B

We love using RightStart math! TJ loves, loves, loves math and I attribute it to this program. The hands-on aspect is so appealing to her. Since math is not my strongest subject, I appreciate that it walks me through the lessons. She has a very strong grasp of place value and she can add numbers in her head quite easily. We play the math games at least a few times a week – it's more fun than pages and pages of drill. But, finding appropriate leveled games in the Math Card Games book can be difficult (there are just so many!). So, I made a chart with lots of suggested games listed after the appropriate lessons, so I wouldn't have to flip through the Card Games book so much. It was much easier to find games TJ could play and a nice way to keep a record of what games we had played.

Here's the link to the Level B Game Sheet (and here's a link I've shared before for the Level A Game Sheet).

Homeschool Crew: Top Five Review Products

I've finished my second year with The Old Schoolhouse Homeschool Crew. The fourth voyage (my third trip) of the Crew will be beginning shortly but, before that happens, I thought I'd share my favorite review products from this last year.

Here they are, in no particular order:

• Schleich Animal figures
• Wits & Wagers Family
• Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary for Kids
• Science Weekly
• Considering God's Creation

I'm excited about what the next year will bring and look forward to sharing my reviews with you!

Animal Study Lessons

We finished studying animals awhile ago but I'm just getting around to sharing the plans! We really enjoyed studying animals - observing and reading about them. The highlights of our study: dissecting a clam and a fish and observing worms, ants, and brine shrimp.

I've moved all my files from Scribd to Homeschool Launch. You can find the lesson plans and an animal observation page there.

Finished 1st Grade!

It's been awhile since I've blogged about school but we are doing very well! TJ has finished first grade and we are on summer schedule until the middle of July. So she's reading and doing math daily, along with a few other things. We're continuing with history and science – we do those weekly with some friends. In July we'll be on break until after Labor Day.

Here's the plan for 2nd grade:

• RightStart Math
• Horizons Math (we use this for daily drill and those times we need a break for RightStart concepts to sink in!)
• Singapore Challenging World Problems
• Writing with Ease, level 2
• First Language Lessons 2
• All About Spelling, level 3/4
• Mission French ABC
• Song School Greek
• Story of the World, volume 2
• A Child's Geography & Canada, My Country

Favorite Second Grade Read Alouds

This is an ongoing record of our favorite read alouds through TJ's second grade year.

Picture Books:
Forty Fortunes
The Last Snake in Ireland
The Golden Sandal
Mr. Pak Buys a Story
Capyboppy
The Three Golden Oranges
The Riddle
The Armadillo from Amarillo
The Quiltmaker's Gift

Short Stories and Chapter Books:
Socks
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Who in the World was the Acrobatic Empress?
Pollyanna
Pippi Longstocking

Audio Books:
Adventures in Odyssey (not really audio book, rather a radio drama, but TJ really loves it so I'm including it!)
The Secret Garden
Peter and the Starcatchers

Poetry:


Bible Time:
The Children's Bible in 365 Stories
Leading Little Ones to God
Beginning with God