My original plan today was to head to The Home-school Store (THS) in Houston, and look over the curriculum choices so that I could see what would best fit for our summer lessons. (They had to be mostly independent work since Ben will be visiting with extended family throughout most of the summer). I was in home-school heaven! Within an hour I was able to find a curriculum that was more challenging then the Alpha Omega LifePac Series, and purchased the Alpha Omega Horizons workbook and teachers guide for 3rd Grade Mathematics. After scanning the workbook and teachers guide I knew immediately that it would be a better fit for Benjamin and myself. He was complaining that the LifePac books where boring and to easy, well, that will not be the case this coming year. Multiplication, Division and simple algebra are some of the many things that he will be mastering in math, and that is just the first semester! We will definitely not be bored this year and I am so thankful for that. Fortunately I love Math, and so far all of my boys seem to enjoy it as well, and pick up on it quickly. YAY!
Something else I picked up was a workbook that I found (gently used, only $6.00!) for Language Arts. It is "The Complete Book of English and Language Arts Grades 3-4" published by School Specialty Publishing. Lets just say it is 300 pages of AWESOME! I am so glad I was able to find this treasure! This book has a little of everything in an easy to learn format! It is definitely a workbook that your child can work on independently and will still be easy for parents to create a test over the information learned. This wont be hard at all due to the easy way this book is written. I will be creating my own tests if I use this book for his entire years curriculum guide, which I very well might do. I'll keep you posted once summer break is over and see how far he has come, and get his input on the materials he has studied.
Other fun finds today where a USA Map Puzzle to help him learn all of our States and Capitals, and two "Childhood of Famous Americans" chapter books. He picked out Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone to start with. All in all, I spent a total of about $40.00 and he is all set for his summer lessons and introduction to 3rd Grade. I could not be more pleased and I am looking forward to the other little treasures I am sure to find when we go back for his other subjects this summer!
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| Benjamin's Summer Material total spent- Approx. $40.00 |
