I saw another mom write a post about what curriculum she was using this year for each of her kids. Her post was a sponsored post so she was getting a little something from at least some of the companies she mentioned. I thought it be fun to write a similar post, both for the sake of my weak memory and just in case you’re curious what we do during our class time. No sponsorship or endorsements here – just the products I chose to use after lots of research and weighing what I know about how my children learn best and how I teach best. I’d love to say I’ll write a post about why I chose each of these products, but we all know how well I follow through on promises like that. So, for now, here are the products and curriculum we are currently using:
ANDY (3rd grade):
Teacher Lead Courses:
Spelling: All About Spelling
Latin: Prima Latina: Intro to Christian Latin
Memory Work: CCM – a classical memory work program that covers 8 subject areas: Religion, Latin, History, Science, Math, Timeline, Geography, and Great Words.

Andy holding Soph while he puts his vocab words in ABC order. He likes to hold her to break up the monotony of tedious activities.
Workbooks:
English: English 3, Seton Press
Vocabulary: Vocabulary 3, Seton Press
Reading Comprehension: Reading 3, Seton Press
Reading: Faith and Freedom Readers and anything that piques his interest. We read a lot during the day. We also have family story time before bed, during which Josh reads from a chapter book to the family. Currently, we’re reading the Narnia series. We’re almost finished – we’re about halfway through the Voyage of the Dawn Treader – so it’s about time to start thinking about what we will read next.
Handwriting: Catholic Heritage Handwriting: Level 3
Computer lessons/programs:
Spanish: Rosetta Stone, Homeschool Edition
Math: Teaching Textbooks
Catechism: Faith and Life, Online Edition
Jack (2nd grade):
Teacher Lead Courses:
Spelling: All About Spelling
Latin: Prima Latina: Intro to Christian Latin
Memory Work: CCM – a classical memory work program that covers 8 subject areas: Religion, Latin, History, Science, Math, Timeline, Geography, and Great Words.
Sacrament Preparation: First Communion Catechism, New Catholic Picture Bible
Building Good Character: God Made Me to be Part of a Family
Workbooks:
Math: Math 2, Seton Press
English: English 2, Seton Press
Reading: Faith and Freedom Readers and anything that piques his interest. We read a lot during the day. We also have family story time before bed, during which Josh reads from a chapter book to the family. Currently, we’re reading the Narnia series. We’re almost finished – we’re about halfway through the Voyage of the Dawn Treader – so it’s about time to start thinking about what we will read next.
Handwriting: Catholic Heritage Handwriting: Level 3
Catechism: Religion 2, Seton Press
Computer lessons/programs:
Spanish: Rosetta Stone, Homeschool Edition
Ben: (pre-k)
Miscellaneous letter and number coloring sheets printed from the internet.
Any story he wants to hear.
Lots of puzzles, manipulatives, and other educational toys of the “Melissa & Doug” variety.
We’re also participating in two co-ops this year. The primary co-op uses the CCM material. Each week at co-op, the kids get a good introduction to the memory work for all 8 subjects, then we practice the memory work at home all week. They’ll also take an extra science class and an art class there.
Our second co-op is much more casual. Our primary purpose is allowing our kiddos to form faith-based friendships from a young age. The kiddos learn about virtues, memorize prayers, and have a lesson pertinent to where we are in the liturgical year. Then, they have lunch and play. I don’t know if the founder would appreciate this simplistic description, but it’s kind of like youth group for elementary kids.
So there you have it – a glimpse at our formal lessons for the year. It’s not uncommon that we’ll put everything on hold and wander off on some tangent, sometimes for a morning or sometimes for several weeks, but that’s the beauty of schooling year round. We have ample time to tackle all of the formal lessons listed above, but without feeling so much pressure that we can’t follow a whim to dig into a subject that we weren’t planning on covering. I’ve said it before, and I’m sure I’ll say it again, I LOVE homeschooling!