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Kandy is my youngest and my only girl, lately she has been begging for "shool" everyday, even on the weekends, even when the boys aren't doing school. She loves getting to do letters, color, crafts and most of all the one-on-one time with mommy. Growing up in a homeschool family sometimes the little ones want their own school just like their older siblings and BJU Press Homeschool makes it easy with BJU Press Focus on Fives kit.
This curriculum is huge, I was shocked when 2 big boxes showed up on my porch. The boxes were slam packed with content, a good mix of consumables, reproducables, reusables!
This curriculum is huge, I was shocked when 2 big boxes showed up on my porch. The boxes were slam packed with content, a good mix of consumables, reproducables, reusables!
 Student Workbooks:
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|  Teacher Books:
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The teacher books are spiral bound, and have 25-30 lessons in each book. With a total of 180 lessons. The lessons are easy to follow, gives you the subject you're on, the objectives, resources and materials, and any preparation work needed. Below is a glipse of a lesson layout in the teacher workbook - Lesson 129 out of teacher book 6.
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Each lesson usually consists of a review, a daily topic which alternates between a science, heritage, or reading segment, followed up by language arts. There is also extended activities which include arts and crafts, learning centers, writing, motor skills, bible connections, and more.
I definitely recommend prepping for your lessons ahead of time. It took me a little while to figure out where each part of the lessons were, since there's 3 different workbooks, the different visual resources and there's reproducables in the back of the teacher books. Once you get the hang of where to find everything it's not so bad to prep for but trying to find all of that with an eager child is difficult!!
I definitely recommend prepping for your lessons ahead of time. It took me a little while to figure out where each part of the lessons were, since there's 3 different workbooks, the different visual resources and there's reproducables in the back of the teacher books. Once you get the hang of where to find everything it's not so bad to prep for but trying to find all of that with an eager child is difficult!!
All the materials prepped for a lesson.
The student books have a unique spine on them that allow for you to pull the pages out easily on them. This works out well for us because I like keeping a portfolio for each kid. So with this style I can pull them out, we use them for the day, then punch holes and add them to her portofolio!
Some big takeaways for Kandy have been working on her colors, mixing colors, shapes, identifying the letters of her name, pencil grip, writing and tracking from left to write, up and down, listening skills, and following directions! She has picked up the routine of the program and mostly knows what to expect during our lesson. Her favorite part is using the "Hopper" cutout on the stick.
 Making a rainbow arts and craft project |  |
Mixing colors (not a included manipulative)
Cutting & pasting for a spatial awareness activity.
With Kandy only being 2 years old, we haven't been using this curriculum at the pace it is laid out for, which is meant for a 5 year old kindergartener. That is the glory of homeschooling though, we don't have to work for it, we make it work for us! This BJU Press Homeschool Curriculum has been a great first curriculum for Kandy and we look forward to slowly continuing to work our way through it. Also looking forward it looks like BJU Press Homeschool will be launching some videos that go along with this curriculum this summer which will be a neat add on.
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