Reminder and Review of Spelling Resource.
Spelling City: It’s simple and easy for your children to use. It’s a great resource to bookmark.
Best of all its free to use and doesn’t load you down with a bunch of advertisements that will distract your kids while they are learning their spelling words. You can use almost any word however, I have found that some of the exclusively Catholic terminology doesn’t always work for spelling word
Click this link to find the on the web or go to spellingcity.com
Catholic Free Video Collection
You may want to check out my free video collection it includes many Catholic subjects and saints. Plus other educational videos all free.
See All that You Can Do With Notebooking and Lapbooks
Just what is notebooking?
That was my question the first time I heard about it.
Grab a cup of coffee sit back with you kids and watch these videos on lapbooking or notebooking they should help explain and give you a better understanding of the concept.
If you already know about notebooking then click the free resource link to find out all about what my homeschool mom friends are talking about. Free resources for Notebooking pages
Sample of States, Insects
First Lapbooking Adventure Doing Lap books with themes.
OKAY so how do I start. The kids can go play now, mom get another cup of coffee.
No More Tears Spelling
Having trouble with spelling words?
Here is a website homeschool should never be without. Whether you have a spelling curriculum or just want your child to learn some words that they struggle with, I recommend using a free online program called Spelling City. It’s really free no catch and no trial offer.
Your children will learn their spelling words without realizing it. The site give you three options. Practice, Play games, Test. You add your own word list, and you add by groups of 5 words at a time. You can add all 20 (or more) spelling words at one time. I have a friend who adds five words per day the harder ones first. Her daughter can practice and play different games all week. She adds a few more words each day. Then on Friday she runs through the test. You can actually test sooner if your child feels comfortable with the new words. The best part is you use your own words and you decide how many and how long to practice before testing.
Great site, great fun, especially for those kids who struggle with spelling. Again the link is http://www.spellingcity.com
Find Catholic Curriculum with Free shipping
Looking at Catholic Curriculum for next year. I would like to recommend a company called Sacred Heart Books and Gifts.[singlepic id=17 w=320 h=240 mode=web20 float=right]
I found this company last year when I was looking for Saxon Math 2. I really like them, maybe it was because I have a devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus that drew me to the Sacred Heart Books website or maybe it was where they are located, having come from the Midwest. I recently discovered that they are now carrying materials for Catholic Charlotte Mason users. They also have curriculum supplies available for Mother of Divine Grace and many others. There website is dedicated to families and especially one single income families; they keep their prices low! You can find discount prices on Catholic Curriculum from their website all year long. They offer FREE SHIPPING on orders over $25.00 and less than $5.00 on all orders under $25.00. That is a pretty awesome deal for those concerned with purchasing books yet still having funds enough to cover the sometime high cost of shipping.
Before going to Amazon to buy your books check Sacred Heart Books and Gifts out. Their prices are very reasonable. You know the books are new and the best part is FREE SHIPPING with orders over $25.00. You are also helping a fellow Catholic Servant who is to helping Catholic home schoolers.
2nd Grade Catholic Homeschool Curriculum
Comparing 2nd grade curriculum programs.
Chances are you may already know what type of religion program you want your child to have but when it comes to filling in all the other core programs for 2nd grade thats when things can get a little overwhelming. My objective in this blog is to show who is offering what, as far as study materials for each subject to aid in comparing the curriculums across the board. You will see who offers their own exclusive curriculum materials and, which schools offers subject material that can be purchased in the open market including teachers manuals, without signing up with any particular home study program.
* Lesson plans available with entering exclusive program. However, must be purchased, prices vary.
Language / English (all are different for this subject)
Kolbe: Ingnatius Speaks and writes – exclusive*
CHC (Catholic Heritage Curriculum): Language of God for Little Ones – exclusive*
Seton Home Study: English 2 for Young Catholics – exclusive
St. Thomas Aquinas: Voyages English 2, Capitalization and Puncuation – Open Market
Our Lady of the Rosary: Adventures in English 2 – exclusive
Our Lady of Victory: God Gave me the Gift of Language 2 – exclusive*
Phonics
Kolbe: MCP (Modern Curriculum Press) Phonics B – open market
Seton Home Study: MCP Phonics B – open market
Our Lady of the Rosary: MCP Phonics C -open market
CHC (Catholic Heritage Curriculum): Phonics Readers: Little Stories for Little Folks – exclusive*
St. Thomas Aquinas: Excellence in Spelling: Phonetic Zoo – open market
Our Lady of Victory: Phonics is Fun - open market
Reading / Literature
Seton Home Study: These are our neighbors, This is our Parish - open market
Our Lady of the Rosary: These are our neighbors, This is our Parish -open market
CHC (Catholic Heritage Curriculum): Devotional Reader’s for Little Folks - exclusive*
Kolbe: National Catholic Reader - open market
St. Thomas Aquinas: National Catholic Reader also, Little Angel Readers and workbooks - open market
Our Lady of Victory: National Catholic Reader also, Little Angel Readers D and workbooks - open market
Writing
Kolbe: Unviersal handwriting M and MC – open market*
CHC (Catholic Heritage Curriculum): Catholic Heritage Handwriting level 2 – exclusive*
Seton Home Study: Handwriting for Young Catholics 2 - exclusive
St. Thomas Aquinas: Writing without Tears 2 – Open Market
Our Lady of the Rosary: Handwriting II – exclusive
Our Lady of Victory: Catholic Writing Skills 2 - open market
Spelling
CHC (Catholic Heritage Curriculum): My Catholic Speller - exclusive*
St. Thomas Aquinas: My Catholic Speller - CHC*
Kolbe: Spelling Word List
Seton Home Study: Spelling for Young Catholics 2 – exclusive
Our Lady of the Rosary: Exclusive Catholic material based on 2nd grade text – exclusive
Our Lady of Victory: Traditional Catholic speller and workbook 2 - open market
Religion
Kolbe: Faith and LIfe Series, Jesus Our Life - open market
CHC (Catholic Heritage Curriculum): Faith and LIfe Series, Jesus Our Life - open market
Seton Home Study: Religion 2 for Young Catholics, First Comm. Catechism, The Rosary, Our Lady of Lourdes
Our Lady of the Rosary: Our Holy Faith Series, Jesus Comes - open market
St. Thomas Aquinas: Baltimore Catechism - open market
Our Lady of Victory: St. Joseph’s Baltimore Catechism - open market
Math
Kolbe: MCP (Modern Curriculum Press) Math B, Saxon Math 2, – open market
Seton Home Study: Math 2 for Young Adults – exclusive, MCP Math B, Saxon Math 2 - open market
CHC MCP Math B, S -open market
Our Lady of Victory: Spectrum Math, Working with Numbers – level B, Saxon Math 2 - open market
Our Lady of the Rosary: MCP Math B, Mathematics for little ones with time & money supplements - exclusive*
St. Thomas Aquinas: Math U See Beta – open market
Science / Geography
Kolbe: Science and Living in God’s World, Hartcourt Science 2 - open market
Our Lady of Victory: Science and Living in God’s World - open market
CHC (Catholic Heritage Curriculum): Science for Little Folks, 123 Science overview - open market
Seton Home Study: Science 2 for Young Catholics, – exclusive
Our Lady of the Rosary: Science is Learning - open market
St. Thomas Aquinas: Original Backyard Scientist – open market
History / Social Studies
Kolbe: Bible History – open market
St. Thomas Aquinas: Bible History - open market
Seton Home Study: Our Father’s World; Great Saint’s in World History; Maps, charts, graphs – open market
Our Lady of the Rosary: Map skills books A /B, America My Country - open market
CHC (Catholic Heritage Curriculum): Map Skills
Our Lady of Victory: Maps, Charts, Graphs, B & C - open market
Foreign Language
All include some type of Latin. All can be found in the open market.
Fine Arts / Music / PE
Programs Vary none appear to be the same.
Books, Videos, Gifts
Catholic Media
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