September School Plans
Art Institute of Chicago - Chagall
School is fast
approaching. I'm posting our September plans here for quick access and review
and so those interested can see what it is we do at home all day
long! Each week, we will also be part of a
Classical Conversations Community which has a stand alone curriculum that will compliment our studies at home. I do not
teach at CC. A nice break for me and it allows the kids to study with other students and I have a school planning day.
Many of our extracurricular art, music and science
field trips and programs will begin in October. I look forward to
sharing those adventures.
Art
Monday afternoon:
Art Lab for Kids: 52 Creative Adventures in Drawing, Painting,
Printmaking, Paper, and Mixed Media-For Budding Artists of All Ages
First lessons will be: creating paint wheels and beginning contour drawing.
Wednesday afternoon: September is Gothic Art. We will explore:
- The Book of Kells (illuminated manuscripts)
- The Sailor Who Captured the Sea, A Story of the Book of Kells
- Celtic Coloring
- The Secret of Kells (DVD). We will have to preview this first. A "maybe" in our studies.
- Write their names in Latin on a vellum scroll. Enhance with a lion or peacock from Draw Right Now books then add more detail work.
- The Story of the World Middle Ages Vikings
- Map Ireland, major towns, rivers, mountains.
- Map Iona and Kells
- The Good Shepherd Pio-Christian Museum, Vatican (sculpture)
- Art Treasures in the Vatican
- 13 Sculptures Children Should Know Angela Wenzel
- New clay for sculpting!
- Stained glass activity?
- Frescoes: Upside down drawing under a desk. Tape up a pencil sketching/coloring sheet from a famous fresco. They paint their fresco on their backs.
Daily Bible
The Names of God by Kay Arthur
and then Responsibility for Boys
English / Language Arts –
M/W/Thursday
Brother: First Language Lessons for
the Well Trained Mind Level 2, English for the Thoughtful Child
Sister: Essentials of the English
Language – IEW – Ancient History at Classical Conversations,
“Write Night” at a local college once a month, First Language
Lessons for the Well Trained Mind Level 3 to review and then
begin Level 4.
Latin
English from the Roots Up. One root a day. Transparent Language Latin Word a Day Blog, Latin chanting and memory work at Classical Conversations.
History and Geography - Mondays
and Wednesdays after lunch.
Review (last year's Ancients) and map the continents and
oceans and all other parts of a world map. Review the seven ancient
civilizations and their rivers and local mountain ranges. Books:
- Kingfisher Atlas of the Ancient World
- The Story of ManKind by Henrik Willem Van Loon
- Off to Class, Incredible and Unusual Schools Around the World
- What the World Eats
- Where Children Sleep
- Material World: A Global Family Portrait
Daily Math
Sister: Saxon 4/5 textbook and Horizons
worksheets on busy days
Brother: Singapore 2a and 2b and
Horizons worksheets.
Life of Fred – Free Reading
Music
Piano once a week
Art Theory at Classical Conversations
Instruments of the Orchestra Book
September Musician: Henry Purcell
Penmanship – 10 minutes daily
– M/W/F
Brother: Classically Cursive
Sister: Finish Cursive Book /
Calligraphy various quotes
Poetry Fridays
Copywork with drawing time Tasha
Tudor's Time to Keep? Mary Oliver's The Summer Day, Ode to
Tomatoes by Pablo Neruda
Science - Monday and Wednesday afternoons before art.
Weeks 1 and 2, finish Chemistry
- Bill Nye Chemical Reactions
- Science Whiz Chemistry Set
- Evan Moor Simple Chemistry Grades 4-6
Week 3 begin Christian Kids Explore
Physics
September Scientists: Review Aristotle, Archimedes, Da Vinci and
Copernicus
Spanish
Every Thursday morning we head off to Spanish 1 and Spanish 2 with a friend who is a teacher. Homework a few days a week before lunch.
Spelling - Monday, Wednesday and Thursday and some Fridays.
Brother: Spelling Workout B
Sister: Spelling Workout finish C,
begin D
Ideas for brother: Spelling City.com,
Banana Grams, Fridge Poetry, and the grocery list
Extra Curricular and Sports for Fall
Brother: Soccer
Both: Horse lessons at a local horse
rescue program
Sister: 4H begins in October
Community Kitchen a few Thursday late afternoons a
month
Wednesday Night Kids Club
Alas, it's time to sharpen those pencils! God give us endurance, grace and patience for another year of home schooling. I'm not sure how long this journey will continue, but it's the right one for this year.
