This is another subject where a lot of sentence writing was assigned. Then there were some days where there was just a picture posted and they had to answer a question about it. There were some concepts that in my mind were too tough for a kindergartener with even regular cognition to understand. ![]() I did not like the way this subject was presented at all for kindergarteners. The writing assignments involved children having to write numbers.Ĭompared to the reading and language arts in this curriculum, the math was a little better- I guess. There were videos posted that showed concepts in a kid-friendly way and some that didn’t. It then progressed to a higher level that kindergarteners need to be at. Which is a good place for some kindergarteners. Doesn’t make sense to me.įor this subject, the math started out at a preschool level. They are told to write sentences about something but the next day their assignment is to trace letters. This curriculum seems very disjointed in the writing that they want the children to do. There is no real teaching of how to read. In addition to that there are videos posted for the children to watch that involve things like the ABC song, letter sounds, alphabetical order, stories being read etc. The kindergarten curriculum only has sets of sight words for the children to learn each week. If you don’t have a parent account, logging it doesn’t really matter because you won’t see it anyways. Your student is to read for 30 minutes (or you read to them) and then it is to be logged on their account. Here is a full review broken down by subject level: Unfortunately, when we sat down for the first day of his kindergarten year- I figured out right away that it wasn’t going to work out for him. The fact that it was free and included every subject my son would need, was what really drew me to it. I was excited to try this curriculum out as a new homeschooler. It includes things like curriculum scopes (what each unit covers), answer keys, report cards, certificates of completion, reading logs, attendance tracking and more. There is a parent account that you can sign up for. There is also a list of all the days with the assignments that you can click on if you missed a day or want to go to another day. The assignments are presented all on one webpage and change each day. The school years also has breaks which include Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday, Winter Break (10 days), President’s Day, Spring Break (5 days) and Memorial Day. There are 180 days included-about the same as most public or private schools. The curriculum also includes quizzes, tests and essays assignments. There are also some extra classes that older kids can sign up for such as coding and Spanish. These include math, language arts, social studies, science, health, reading and art. The grade levels go from preschool up to grade 12.Įach grade level includes all the subjects necessary. This curriculum is free, online based, secular and available for families all over the world. The having to quarantine for two weeks and switching multiple times to distance learning would be hard for him. I knew that he would have trouble with the schooling changes.I didn’t feel that online schooling through Zoom or Google Hangout would work well for him.Plus, we don’t know the long term effects of this virus on children yet. He had an asymptomatic case in March 2020 but that doesn’t mean he would be that lucky the second time around. I was (and still am) really worried about him getting the virus- again.I chose to homeschool him for his kindergarten year for the following three reasons: This is something to keep in mind when you read my review of the curriculum. He presents as being on the autism spectrum but he did not qualify for a diagnosis when tested (2.5 years ago). He is slightly above average intellectually despite all of this. Speech is his main issue but he also has some fine motor difficulty (rough handwriting), pretty bad ADHD, OCD, social/emotional issues, anxiety and sensory processing difficulty. My son is 6.5 years old and considered developmentally delayed. I wanted to do a review on it for other parents to see when they are trying to make a decision on curriculum. There were very few reviews on it, but I decided to try it out with my son. I came across a free online curriculum called, Discovery K12. I had no idea what I was doing when it came to curriculum for him so I had to scour the internet for help. As many parents did, I decided to homeschool my kindergartner for the 2020-21 school year.
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