We will start our First Grade adventure tomorrow. I am glad to get back to work, but not so much about having to get up a lot earlier in the day. We will have a ton of fun on this new adventure filled with school work, field trips, activities, art and craft projects, you name it... So exciting!
We will be using Alpha Omega's Horizons Math, Phonics, Spelling, and Penmanship curriculum's. We used the math for Kindergarten and loved it. It was the best part of the year. Gabby loved learning all about math, I loved the spiral learning, and we both loved how easy it was to follow. As I planned out several weeks for this year, it looked just as appealing and I am happy that I can highly recommend it.
Because we had such a wonderful experience with the math, I was very excited to see that Horizons offered Phonics, Spelling and Penmanship. The Phonics and Spelling look just as easy to follow along yet challenging enough to keep Gabby focused. The Penmanship looks too simple at first. It's a lot of drawing circles and lines... things Gabby learned at the beginning of preschool two years ago. It's good to review, but Horizons doesn't have a Kindergarten level, so they start off like the child doesn't have much experience in writing. When planning for this subject, I combined a lot of lessons at first so Gabby won't become too bored with it. However, she will be getting plenty of writing experience in most other subject areas.
Everything looks great so far. I think I will write a brief review of how things are going in September (maybe over Labor Day weekend). We might take a short break about then because Daddy will be home for some leave before heading to Iraq.
We will be using Alpha Omega's Horizons Math, Phonics, Spelling, and Penmanship curriculum's. We used the math for Kindergarten and loved it. It was the best part of the year. Gabby loved learning all about math, I loved the spiral learning, and we both loved how easy it was to follow. As I planned out several weeks for this year, it looked just as appealing and I am happy that I can highly recommend it.
Because we had such a wonderful experience with the math, I was very excited to see that Horizons offered Phonics, Spelling and Penmanship. The Phonics and Spelling look just as easy to follow along yet challenging enough to keep Gabby focused. The Penmanship looks too simple at first. It's a lot of drawing circles and lines... things Gabby learned at the beginning of preschool two years ago. It's good to review, but Horizons doesn't have a Kindergarten level, so they start off like the child doesn't have much experience in writing. When planning for this subject, I combined a lot of lessons at first so Gabby won't become too bored with it. However, she will be getting plenty of writing experience in most other subject areas.
Everything looks great so far. I think I will write a brief review of how things are going in September (maybe over Labor Day weekend). We might take a short break about then because Daddy will be home for some leave before heading to Iraq.
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