Getting for a New Year Home Schooling

We're gearing up for Sweetheart's Kindergarten year this fall, and I'm almost done tweaking the lesson plans to better fit us. We're using CHC with a tiny bit of alterations and add-ins.

So far we're using:

Catholic Heritage Curricula Kindergarten Lesson Plans

Religion:

A Year With God
St. Joseph Picture Books Assortment
Who Am I? Image of God Kindergarten
God's Love Story from CHC
Catholic Children's Treasure Box Vol. 1-10
Catholic Children's Treasure Box Vols. 11-20: Commonly Called Simply Treasure Box
Little Book of Saints, Volume 1
Little Book of Saints, Vol. II

Reading & Phonics:

Little Stories for Little Folks from CHC

Read-Alouds:

We discovered Thornton Burgess recently thanks to a book from our thrift shop, and I've decided to make him the read-aloud theme for the year. So we'll be reading his works including the following:
Favorite Thornton Burgess Animal Stories Boxed Set (Sets)
Old Mother West Wind and 6 Other Stories (Children's Thrift Classics)
The Adventures of Paddy the Beaver
The Adventures of Prickly Porky
The Adventures of Bobby Raccoon (Dover Children's Thrift Classics)
Lightfoot the Deer
Mother West Wind's Neighbors
Adventures of Reddy Fox
The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack
Blacky the Crow,
The Adventures of Sammy Jay (Childrens's Thrifts)
The Adventures of Buster Bear
The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad
The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk
Mother West Wind'S Animal Friends
Happy Jack
The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum
Whitefoot the Wood Mouse
Mrs. Peter Rabbit

We'll also be reading The complete Tales of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter which dovetails nicely as Burgess continued the story of Peter Rabbit in his works.

Math:


Little Folks Number Practice from CHC
MCP Math K

Handwriting:

Little Folks Letter Practice from CHC
Catholic Heritage Handwriting K 



And of course lots of Field Trips and extra fun activities as well for the year. We already have planned two trips to the Witte Museum, to see their Dinosaurs Unleashed and Backyard Monsters {Insects} exhibits. I know in February we'll attend the annual Pow-wow, and we'll try to fit in a Fiesta event or two as well. And of course, the first Saturday in March we'll be at the Alamo for the annual re-enactment and celebration - we've gone every year since Sweetheart was born.

I'm going to try to keep this blog updated better with my frugal tips and more details on how we school as well.

One thing you may notice in this post - all products are now directly linked to either CHC or Amazon. I linked to Amazon where possible - don't forget to use your Swagbucks gift cards! And please consider purchasing through the Amazon links as they do generate me a small referral commission which helps cover my home schooling costs and is our field-trip budget for the year.