Our Homeschool Kindergarten Curriculum Choices

We are getting ready to start Kindergarten for our oldest son and we are so excited for this journey.  We started Seton's Pre-Kindergarten program at the end of this past summer when our son was 4 1/2 years old and he FLEW threw it.  I was apprehensive if I should continue to move forward to Kindergarten or find more supplemental preschool material.  After talking to experienced homeschool parents, looking at lots of different materials and prayer we decided it is best for us to move ahead.  I think our son is definitely ready and I like that we have the option to slow down and go more in depth when we need to.  We have taken a nice long break from formal homeschooling between Thanksgiving and Advent/Christmas and are ready to go again this January!

Here are our curriculum choices for Kindergarten:

First of all we, are enrolling in Seton Home Study School and using their curriculum choices as our core material.  I love that because we enroll that we also get a copy of their lesson plans.  Since I am new to homeschooling I enjoy having the lesson plans as a guide as well as the services that Seton provides when I have questions about any of the curriculum.  We are also adding some of our own choices with our Daily Circle Time, Art, Music, Physical Education, Geography/History and a few extras with Phonics/Reading. 

Seton gives you two years, when enrolled, to complete kindergarten.  I am not sure how long it will take us to finish the kindergarten curriculum, as our son amazed me at how quickly he picked up the pre-kindergarten curriculum.  I am giving us a lot of flexibility and for now saying that I want to make sure we finish by May of 2016 (although I have a feeling it will be a lot sooner than that!)  Our son just turned 5 years old at the end of December so this NEXT calendar school year will be the first year that we are reporting to the state that we are homeschooling.  We are blessed to have an amazing space in our home to homeschool and are excited to learn together!

Seton's Kindergarten Curriculum

• Daily Circle Time
• Calendar (Days of the Week, Months of the Year, Weather, Seasons)
• Decade of the Rosary
• Saint of the Day
• Morning Offering Prayer
• Pledge of Allegiance

• Handwriting
• Kindergarten Handwriting for Young Catholics (Seton)

• Mathematics
• Math K For Young Catholics (Seton)
• 123 Coloring Book (Seton)

• Art:
• Art Masterpieces: A Liturgical Collection
• Catholic Icing Catholic ABC Crafts

• Music/Theater
• Songs of Praise (Seton)
• Making Music Praying Twice
• Violin Lessons
• Rose Children's Theater Membership (Children's Play Once a Month)

• Phonics/Reading
• Kindergarten Phonics for Young Catholics Vol. 1 (Seton)
• Kindergarten Phonics for Young Catholics Vol. 2 (Seton)
• Everywhere we Go (Seton)
• ABC Coloring Book (Seton)
• Daily Read- Aloud Time (about 20 minutes)
• How to Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
• Little Stories for Little Folks: Catholic Phonics Readers
• Leap Frog Workbooks and Sight Word Flashcards

• Physical Education
• Tae-Kwon- Do (Once a week at the Homeschool Learning Center)
• Membership to Go Gym (An Indoor community gym with extra classes if we want)
• Soccer (6 weeks this spring at our Parish Church)
• Swimming Lessons

• Science
• Kindergarten Science for Young Catholics (Seton)
• Magic School Bus Books and Experiments
• Fontenelle Forest Membership (Nature Hikes and Learning)

• Religion
• Kindergarten Catechism for Young Catholics (Seton)
• My Jesus and I (Seton)
• Catholic Coloring Books (Seton)
• Leading Little Ones to Mary (Seton)
• St Joseph Picture Books (Seton)
• Saint Mail
• Sunday School at our Parish Church

• Geography/History:
• Little Passports
• Saints for Young Readers for Every Day
• GeoSafari Talking Globe Jr