A quality elementary homeschool curriculum needs to cover a wide spectrum of subjects in order to prepare students for the rigors and requirements of middle school. Time4Learning provides grade appropriate lessons and activities that meet state and national standards for learning.
The curriculum is varied, and includes lessons, activities, quizzes, animations, audio, and video instruction. It was developed over more than a decade by CompassLearning, and offers language arts, math, science, and social studies.
The following is a sampling of topics covered in the elementary grades using the Time4Learning curriculum:
Kindergarten: Number systems, geometry, measurement, probability, money, time, temperature, sounds, letters, words, parts of a book, five senses
First Grade: Odd and even numbers, estimation, shapes, time, measurement, 
vowels, contractions, compound words, rhyme, vocabulary, decoding, earth science, living and non-living things, water cycle, wants and needs
Second Grade: Number sense, fractions, adding and subtracting money, patterns, phonics, fluency, reading comprehension, synonyms and antonyms, life cycle, force and motion, earth and space, maps and globes, types of jobs
Third Grade: Place value, number lines, multiplication and division, word problems, symmetry, prefixes and suffixes, homophones, idioms, summarizing, scientific investigation, matter, ecology, Vikings, early explorers, colonization
Fourth Grade: Rounding numbers, multiple factors, averaging, expressions and equations, plot, main idea, theme, cause and effect, literature, simple experiments, matter and energy, ancient civilization, geography, civics
Fifth Grade: Roman numerals, exponents, dividends and divisors, order of operations, Latin and Greek roots, making inferences and drawing conclusions, electricity, weather, early dynasties, Ancient Greece, early American history
These are just a few of the core areas covered in the Time4Learning elementary homeschool curriculum. If you would like to see samples of some of these lessons, head over to our demo page. To find out how other members are using the Time4Learning homeschool curriculum with their elementary age students, check out our Parents Forum, where you can read about their experiences and ask your own questions.
Posted under elementary homeschool curriculum, grade levels, homeschool curriculum
This post was written by Kerry on April 14, 2009
