Our Next Year Curriculum

I have been pretty much patchwork on curriculum over the past years. I use a little of this, a little of that. But this ran into complications. I would see something new and go...hey, let's add this and then we would never get it. We had way more stuff than we needed. Plus we would finish up something and I would feel compelled to do another book in that area. And then there was the lack of answers...several of the math books we have used I have had to come up with the answers on my own. As Jack gets older...that is taking up too much of my time. So here's what we are using this next year....

Story of the World. We are just starting this and the kids absolutely love it!!!!
Saxon Math for Jack (they have a new program and we are going to give it a whirl)
Silver Burdett Ginn Mathematics 2nd grade for Katrina (a hand me over math book, but it has the answers)
We are going to do unit studies for science. Currently we are working on the ocean and next up is geology.
Simply Grammar: An illustrated primer
Story Starters: Helping Children Write Like They've Never Written Before
Natural Speller

We will also continue to work with our Mona Brooks art book that we pick up off and on in our spare time. I feel relieved to have cleaner shelves and lots of great curriculum!