Kendi's Kindergarten Curriculum

Well, this is just a start. I'm still looking for things and I'm not planning the whole year out right now. After reading through other bloggers' curriculum lists, I didn't think I had much of a curriculum collected until I wrote it all down. My main focus this year is to get Kendi reading really well. She is almost on a first grade reading level and I hope to get her reading on her own very soon. We want to do a lot of hands on and outdoor discovery instead of bookwork. I would like most of our curriculum to come from the classics. I have to keep telling myself that she is only 5 and Kindergartners don't spend a whole lot of time at school their first year. Kendi gets excited every time a package arrives and it's her homeschool supplies. I'm not sure how great any of these will work out, but we'll let you know if we really don't like them. Here is what we've put together so far. I think it's a good start.

• Scriptures - Book of Mormon and Bible. Right now we are just reading together as a family after breakfast and it is working really well. I'm keeping my eye out for some kind of activity book for kids. I'm picky about how accurate they are. Please do not suggest the Living Scriptures to me unless you want an earful.
• Science - I just ordered a science project book called, Big Book of Play and Find Out. I can see Jared getting excited about this one.
• Science - Our Father's World. A Christian book that follows the creation.
• History - I Love America, part 1
• Music and Foreign Language - LDS Primary Songbook in English and Spanish. We also like to have fun at the piano and will do that until her hands are big enough to start learning to play. Kendi loves to dance, but I'm torn about putting her in dance classes so early.
• Writing - A Reason for Handwriting. Another Christian based book. She also keeps a journal and we want to start writing letters to family and friends.
• Math - Early Bird Kindergarten Mathematics. We skipped the first one because she already knows her numbers pretty well. She also has a summer book to finish up called School Zone Big Kindergarten Workbook. I have a feeling she is going to whiz through these. I've heard good things about Saxon Math so we'll look into that next.
• Geography - We've started getting National Geographic magazine. She loves seeing the pictures and finding the countries on a map.
• Reading - We are about half way through the Family Literacy Center Readers. I'm keeping my eye out for first grade level readers for when she finishes those up. We will also be consistently reading from the TJed list of classics for children. I'm mostly read them to her right now.
• The Safety Kids series
• Standin' Tall series
• I have a Kindergarten resource book that was found at Deseret Industries. I will be using it for the activities and holidays for more fun things to do.
• The most education I ever got was in the mountains and I plan on doing the same with my kids.

We will be doing a lot more hands on stuff than bookwork and I can't even list all the things I have planned for that. We will spend a lot of time on art. Fortunately for Kendi, her dad is a professional artist and internet engineer. He will take over the art and math subjects when she gets real serious about them. He's already had her painting with real watercolors. I can't wait to get started to see how these resources work out for us. We are all excited. If there is a system on any subject that you are passionate about, please share.