2nd grade Sep/2010-Sep/2011--Curricula for E(7yr10mos)

I. Chinese:1. Writing, 2. Calligraphy, 3. Sunday Chinese school (it is really below her level, but she wanted to go back for meeting friends and reviews), 4. Read-Aloud: Chinese history, Chinese folklores, legends and stories about Chinese characters. 5. Langauge art I designed for her: Use Chinese dictionary for reference, sentence composing, grammar and idioms. 6. Chinese children's magazine 巧連智

II. English: Lots of readings, Wordly Wise, Spelling Workout, Winston Grammar, and English poetry(tutor),Getty-Dubay Italic Handwriting.

III. Math: Miquon/Saxon2/Singapore2(just finished Singapore 1B in December 2010) and coffee shop math that either E or I be the owner and calculate the bills.

IV. Music: Cello/Piano/Auralia-Musition/our 900 classical/jazz CD colection
Continues both piano and cello. With her maturity increasing, I am gradually adding more practice time on both instruments. E also enjoys studying music theory on Auralia and Musition softwares while I am busy.

V. History: Sonlight core curriculum 1/2 grade compressed is used as a spine, supplemented with Jane Watson's The Iliad and the Odyssey, and D'Aulairs' Book of Greek Myths. Instead of SL worksheets, we use the Calvert's worsheets for A Child's History of the World.

VI. Science: Finishing Sonlight Science 1. I just received my Amazon package of Building Foundations of Scientific Understanding by Dr. Nebel. We will see how this works.

VII. Art: this year E starts her first formal art learning in a studio.
VIII. Acting: E enjoys greatly in her Zachary acting class. This spring she will be working on Treasure Island. She will be Jamie, a girl's version of Jim.

VIV. French: Hardly constructed. She watches T'choupi, a French cartoon we bought in Paris last year with L(2yr5mos). A little bit of Muzzy DVD, Harry Learns French(Barron's) and French for Kids(McCraw Hill).

I know it looks overwhelming, in reality, we try to do the first four subjects everyday. While the rest of subjects are her "electives" which we visit once or twice a week at her own pace. And somedays, when we just don't feel right, watching educational Netlix streaming movies counts for learning for the day. And that's the merit of homeschooling- flexibility.