Our curriculum choices

"So, I hear you talk about this Catholic School House quite a bit but what else are you using?"

Should you ever have asked yourself this question (or not) here is the answer.

This is the Year 1 of Catholic School House. We use it as our core, meaning should life get in the way, this (plus math and language arts) is the minimum that we'll do (and by we I actually mean Emmi).
I made that cute little box for the history cards myself.
Here are the instructions.
Do yourself a favor and actually read them before you start cutting out the template (saves you all the time you'd need to do it again)!

For language arts and spelling we're using Intermediate Language Lessons by Emma Searl,  and Writing Road to Reading by Romalda Bishop Spalding together with Starting a Spelling notebook by Mari McAlister and homemade phonogram cards.

For math we use Math U See. Before we started, Emmi took the placement test on the Math U See website to see which level we should start. She scored in between the Gamma and the Delta level, so we decided to start with Gamma and to work through it more quickly since a lot of it is repetition for her.

As a supplement for geography we're using States and Capitals flashcards and a basic map skills workbook.

To supplement history  Emmi will read the matching chapters of Our Pioneers and Patriots by Most Rev. Philip J. Furlong.

To supplement religion and because I'd like her to have a deeper understanding of our faith we'll also use the Baltimore Catechism No.1 and Bible History by Ignatius Schuster.

Since my kids grow up with English and German Emmi will also have German lessons. These books are used by her former classmates in Germany in public school.

For Latin we'll use Little Latin Readers and since we're total beginners we'll start with Puella Romana Primer A.

As a supplement for the Quarter 3 science we'll use CHC's Behold and See 4, mainly because we already bought it, and because I really like the Human Body Parts Felt Project they have in there. But we'll see how much of that we'll actually accomplish.

Because Emmi likes to read and because I had already purchased it, we'll use CHC's Rare Catholic Stories for reading comprehension. This is more of an add-on for rainy days when she doesn't know what else to do.

Little Miss O (should the mood strike her to participate in school activities) will use The Golden Children's Bible, Teach your Child to read in 100 easy Lessons, Math U See Primer (not in the picture) and preschool activity books.

Most of these books come in newer, better looking, revised editions but I like to buy the books used when I can find them, and spend the money I safe that way on other activities and supplies.