Ceili Rain is excited that we are actually back in school. One of the few kiddos who is excited, mind you. In addition to all of her academics, she’s taking piano and starting her second year of theater. She’s my only kid who is growing in her love for theater. My little stage heart is so ecstatic.

• A Reason for Handwriting Book E
• Language Lessons for a Living Education Level 5-This is a newer curriculum from Master books and includes literature.
• Math Lessons for a Living Education Level 5
• Vocabulary/Spelling City
• Fix It! Grammar Book 2-Ceili Rain worked on this last year and did a great job with it. I love that it’s a short amount of work a day but it packs in a lot of info on grammar.

Silas is a bit more of a challenge. He is really struggling with reading and needs a little more work in getting his math facts down. So, I’m trying to scale back for him and start him a little above where he is and encourage him to work to that and beyond.

• WriteShop Primary B 
• A Reason for Handwriting Book D
• Easy Peasy Reading Grade 1-I felt like we needed a little break from All About Reading. While he could read the stories up to Level 3 slowly, he isn’t comprehending anything he reads. So, we’re working on getting the comprehension down.
• All About Spelling Level 3-A pretty awesome part of All About Spelling is that you can now purchase an APP that has the spelling tiles on it! It is awesome! It’s worth every single penny if you have siblings who may like to play with tiles and then they disappear…or they just disappear from use!
• Language Lessons for a Living Education Level 2
• Math Whizz-I purchased this at a discount through Homeschool Buyers Co-Op. It’s a great place to find reviews and get good group buy prices on curriculum. I like that this math program works at the level the child is at. It rates a child based on their math age and goes from there. Once Silas passes off of his Xtra Math, I’m going to have him go back to Teaching Textbooks Grade 6.
• Xtra Math

Here’s what we’re using for the other grades:

• Kindergarten
• 2nd Grade
• 4th Grade
• 5th Grade (with special needs modifications)
• 7th Grade
• 8th Grade
• 10th Grade
• 11th Grade