My second son will be a 4th grader! Moreso than my other boys, he thrives on a routine framework, but variety within that… He does very well if I switch up his curriculum every 6 weeks or so. It will also more than likely be his last year at home, so I am feeling the push to make it a memorable last year!
Language Arts
Like his older brother, I will be pulling his literature selections from booklists at Mater Amabilis, Ambleside Online, and the history and literature guides at Memoria Press. He will also finish up his Beautiful Feet Books History of the Horse curriculum. We will rotate through each of these formats so that he doesn’t get bored with the same types of tasks.
For grammar, he will be doing Easy Grammar, Grade 4.
For writing, we will use a couple of things: Writing Down the Days for smaller daily writing practice and WriteShop for some larger writing assignments.
And of course, we will still employ copywork to practice penmanship and reinforce spelling and grammar.
Math
After much research and thought, we are going to stick with Math Mammoth for this student as well, but he will also be using Khan Academy videos. They cover almost exactly the same content, so for sections that come easily to him, if he can watch the video and answer the questions with 95% accuracy or better, he can skip the corresponding worksheets in Math Mammoth. I think this will be a good balance for him! We’ve also been using Musical Multiplication from The Good and the Beautiful over the summer to solidify his facts. It’s been such a hit that even the rising kindergartner is spouting off math facts, ha!
Setting the Feast 