Books are Arriving!

Here are some pictures and descriptions of the various books we will be using this year. (We are still missing Social Studies, and English.)

Having heard great things about the Singapore Math program, we decided to give it a try this year. Singapore students score very well on standardized math tests, and after a quick look at their program I can see why! When you go to order their products, they even offer you placements tests to see at what level you should place your students. I think that William and Beth would have done fine in Level 6, but the curriculum is quite different from what we have had, and Level 5 covers many things we have not yet seen. We decided to try their science program also. So far the kids are loving these books, and are doing great work.


This writing course is supported by the Institute for Excellence in Writing. They say that kids who hate to write, will learn to love it, and kids who love it already, will write all the time. This is already proving true. :)


We are using Houghton Mifflin's Spelling program again. Their spelling scores really improved last year when we switched to this program. It is very comprehensive and challenging. It stresses learning the spelling rules, proofreading, and vocabulary enrichment. We also got the sixth grade CD-ROM that accompanies the textbook.


These are the books we ordered from Home Study International, they are for Reading Handwriting, and Bible.


Here a few miscellaneous books we are using for PE, Art, and Music (history/theory).


This is part one of the Pimsleur German program which we are borrowing from the library.