We will be using Alpha Omega's Horizons for Health and Physical Education this year. They were both afterthoughts when I thought that Gabby needed something extra in her daily schedule. When I received the Alpha Omega catalog in the mail, I was thrilled to see that they offered a Health Curriculum for First Grade. I ordered it when they had a sale this past spring along with the Physical Education teacher's handbook which is good for Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade.
The Health book looks great. It's very simple, to the point and gives you a lot of activities to do such as art projects, reading, songs, etc. The Physical Education book is "thick" and I was a bit confused as to how to implement it into a home school environment that only has three children, two of which are under five years old. I worked through it and found some great ideas that I can adjust to our situation and some great resources to evaluate Gabby in this subject.
For Art class, we are simply making projects to go along with our other subjects. For example, in Math we will be learning a poem about the months of the year so that we remember how many days are in each. For Art, we will be writing the poem out on poster board and decorating it with a different season in each corner, etc. I also found some great ideas for "fun" art in Family Fun Magazine. We can do marble painting with card stock, shaving cream, food coloring and a cookie sheet. How fun does that sound?
For Bible, we picked up a children's devotional journal at our church this past spring. Gabby seemed a bit young to start it at the time, but it was a good thing to have on hand when the time came. Well, that time is here. The journal gives a verse for each day (or week, however you want to do it). You write out the verse, a prayer to go along with it and an example of something you learned or if you saw that your prayer was answered. We will also be learning a new verse every week through Awana (which starts August 19 at our church).
We are very excited about everything that is planned for the year!!!!
The Health book looks great. It's very simple, to the point and gives you a lot of activities to do such as art projects, reading, songs, etc. The Physical Education book is "thick" and I was a bit confused as to how to implement it into a home school environment that only has three children, two of which are under five years old. I worked through it and found some great ideas that I can adjust to our situation and some great resources to evaluate Gabby in this subject.
For Art class, we are simply making projects to go along with our other subjects. For example, in Math we will be learning a poem about the months of the year so that we remember how many days are in each. For Art, we will be writing the poem out on poster board and decorating it with a different season in each corner, etc. I also found some great ideas for "fun" art in Family Fun Magazine. We can do marble painting with card stock, shaving cream, food coloring and a cookie sheet. How fun does that sound?
For Bible, we picked up a children's devotional journal at our church this past spring. Gabby seemed a bit young to start it at the time, but it was a good thing to have on hand when the time came. Well, that time is here. The journal gives a verse for each day (or week, however you want to do it). You write out the verse, a prayer to go along with it and an example of something you learned or if you saw that your prayer was answered. We will also be learning a new verse every week through Awana (which starts August 19 at our church).
We are very excited about everything that is planned for the year!!!!
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