Curriculum for a Gifted & Sensitive Six Year Old

Raising California Curriculum

Language Arts (Daily)

Reading/Spelling/Phonics

Explode the Code

Reading Pathways

 

Readers

Frog and Toad      Little Bear           Mouse Tales         Uncle Elephant       Owl at Home

Read Aloud

Stuart Little

Raggedy Ann & Andy Read Aloud Treasury

Reading Aids

Bananagrams (game)

Sentence Builder Dominoes

Rory’s Story Cubes

Tell Me a Story:  Mystery in the Forest Educational Creative Story Cards

Math (Daily)

Stanford University Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY) 3^rd/4^th Grade Math

Math aids

Wooden Abacus

Inchimals

Menu Math Ice Cream Parlor

Multiplication & Division Wrap ups

Money Bags (a coin value game)

Natural Manipulatives:  sea shells, river stones, sea glass, glass pebbles

Science

Astronomy (Fridays)

Real Science 4 Kids Astronomy (Level 1)

Real Science 4 Kids Astronomy laboratory workbook

Born with a Bang:  The Universe Tells Our Cosmic Story

One Small Square, the Night Sky

The Moon Book

Biology (Mon – Thurs)

Noeo Homeschool Science Kit with supplemental books and experiments:  Biology 1

Botany

A Kid’s Herb Book:  For Children of All Ages

Herbal Medicine Making Kit by LearningHerbs.com

Green Thumbs:  A Kid’s Activity Guide to Indoor and Outdoor Gardening

Hands on Gardening activities year round; growing fruits, vegetables and herbs.

Botany aids

Wildcraft:  An Herbal Adventure Game

Social Studies

A Child’s Introduction to the World:  Geography, Cultures and People from The Grand Canyon to the Great Wall of China

Global Art:  Activities, Projects & Inventions from Around the World 

Foreign Language

Rossetta Stone

Spanish (Mondays & Wednesdays)

Chinese (Tuesdays & Thursdays)

French (Fridays)

Physical Education

Ballet (Tuesdays)

Swimming (Saturdays)

Back yard Baseball (Daily)

Fine Arts

Ballet

Piano Lessons

Art

Ceramics

Nature Studies (Fridays)

Nature Walks, Nature Journals, Birds, Nature Table

Spiritual Studies (Fridays)

Yoga, Meditation, Intuitive Arts, Reiki