Home School Books

It's been like Christmas around here this past week. My mom graciously offered to purchase us some homeschool supplies, so I had a little shopping spree. I had previously ordered two other things, which also arrived during this time too, so we have had a package (or two!) on our porch every day, Tuesday through Friday, as Amazon delivers things as they are available, instead of waiting for the whole order to be complete.

So here's what we got:

English: English for the Thoughtful Child & My First Dictionary

Math: The Brighter Child Book of Math & Addition Math Gear

Science: The Usborne Book of Science Activities (Vol 1) & The Usborne Illustrated Encyclopedia (The Natural World)

Art: The Usborne Art Treasury & Drawing with Children

Health: First Human Body Encyclopedia

Other: Evan Moor: Thinking Skills

Some of these are to be part of our curriculm for next year, but we're excited to have them now, so we can use them now too! We already have our social studies curriculm, so that's why it's not listed here.

We haven't made our way into each of these books yet, but we have started the very first lesson in the the English text. It is, slow going with Kate's reading level, but she definitely understands the material--we're studying what makes a sentence. Rather than the one day that it probably takes for an older child to use the lesson, we're taking a week, which is just fine with us!

The science books are primarily for our study of biology for next year, but we're doing a generic overview of science this year, so we'll definitely be enjoying them before next fall! They will be great for answering some of those questions that pop up from time to time, like today when she kept telling me birds were mammals because they had fur--enter the Usborne Encyclopedia.

The books I am even more excited about are the art books and the math book. I've been making math worksheets, so I am thrilled to be able to pull some pre-made work out to give her. The art books are so very neat. The Usborne book shows a famous work of art, along with a history, and then it gives directions on how to make a similar piece! I'm looking forward to it.

Kate loves books and is very excited about the collection, but really is drawn to the math gear. Yay! I'm hoping it makes memorizing her math facts more fun. She's gotten quite good with adding with her number line, so soon we'll get to move on to subtraction and carrying/regrouping, whatever the fashionable term is today, all of which will be easier as she memorizes those facts.

And can I just say--what an awesome excuse home schooling is to collect such wonderful books!

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