Homeschooling grade 1 with my older son I did
History--story of the world book and activity book (and we had the CDs but you don't have to get those).
Lots of great literature. We did author studies and if the author had an appropriate biography or autobiography we read that too.
We did some spelling/phonics work....but on the advanced end, not beginning phonics. And worldly wise vocabulary. Writing he kept a journal and had other writing assignments.
We did various science experiments (got them out of books from library).
Lots of arts and crafts.
Used a sadlier-Oxford math book and a lot of math readers from the library.
And homeschool PE and lots of field trips
