ping!
Thank you all for your replies! Great suggestions!
I'm going to keep an eye on this thread. Whenever there are more suggestions added, I'll ping you, just as a reminder to check the latest advice. :-)
(If anyone wants on/off this ping list, please let me know).
Btw, I did want to pass a few free lesson plans I found online, that I've been using this summer:
Here is a lesson plan on The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, for anyone interested:
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/lordoftheringstrilogy/lessons/
We've also been studying the ocean this summer, and here are several lesson plans in PDF format in the blue box on the lefthand side of the screen:
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/ocean/main.html
We're using AlphaOmega Lifepac Grade 1, Draw Write Now for art and penmanship and storytelling, Latin's Not so Tough Level 1, Sewing Made Easy, and Unit Studies.Also using Abeka Science 1 and Phonics Pathways as supplementation.