Buying curriculum at the Churchill house

I typically start shopping around for the next year's curriculum in April, then have them ordered by May. That way I have my daughter's plan written out but July 17th. Now I know to some people that seems a bit early to start school, but we do semi-year round homeschooling. Let me explain. My husband and I are both servers at the same resturant and we work opposite shifts/opposite days so we don't have to do daycare(saves money). I have 3 days off a week. So during the main part of the year we do homeschooling on those days. Then when winter hits, my husband and I both take a layoff. So through January through February we do school 5 days a week. We have our "holidays" and days when we just don't do school. In each subject my daughter has 180 lessons(180 days of school is required). So one way I keep up with where we are at, as long as she does all 180 lessons per subject, she has all of her required time in.

Now that I have that covered, back to the curriculum. When shopping for books and supplies for school I ALWAYS go through Amazon. I feel I get the best price and they always have what I am looking for. Sometimes I get the brand spanking new books, but usually it's the used/new books that I buy. I get a lot for my money.

Here is a list of the book series I use for each subject:

What Your Second Grader Needs to Know: Fundamentals of a Good Second Grade Education Revised (Core Knowledge Series)

Books to Build On: A Grade-by-Grade Resource Guide for Parents and Teachers (Core Knowledge Series)

Science:

Daily Science, Grade 2

The Complete Book of Our Solar System

The Complete Book of Dinosaurs (Complete Book Series)

The Complete Book of Animals (The Complete Book Series)

Big Science Workbook

1001 Ways to Explore Science & Nature

Geography/Social Studies:

Daily Geography Practice: Grade 2

Social Studies-Tennessee: Schools and Neighbors(Houghton Mifflin)

Math:

The Complete Book of Math, Grades 1 - 2
The Complete Book of Time and Money(Carson-Dellosa)

Daily Math Practice, Grade 2

Reading:

Package of 2 Silver Burdett Ginn Readers / Make A Wish / A New Day 0663520649 / 0663520320 (World Of Reading Sterling Edition)

On the Horizon(Silver Burdett & Ginn)

Castles of Sand (Silver Burdett & Ginn)

Garden Gates, Level 6 (World of Reading)

English:

English Grade 2(Houghton Mifflin)

Daily Language Review, Grade 2
50 Month-by-Month Draw & Write Prompts: Engaging Reproducibles That Invite Young Learners To Draw & Then Write About Topics They Love.All Year Round!


Spelling:

Building Spelling Skills, Grade 2

Special Subjects
*Health Grade 2(McGraw Hill)

*Music(MacMillan)

*SRA Art Connections(McGraw-Hill)

Sign Language:
Signing Time Volume 1: My First Signs DVD
Random House Webster's Concise American Sign Language Dictionary