2020-21 school year: curriculum.

You may notice that I don’t include Bible as a school subject, although we do Scripture memory together. The two older kids read their Bible each morning; David assigns different books and they meet from time to time to discuss their readings with him. We are starting this new edition of Pilgrim’s Progress together as a family in the evenings.

 

The Curriculum List

Judah: 7th grade

Math: Saxon 87/PreAlgebra (DIVE lessons online)

Grammar: Analytical Grammar

Writing: Lost Tools of Writing, Level 1 (Classical Village)

Literature: Memoria Press’ literature selections: The Bronze Bow, Treasure Island, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, To Kill A Mockingbird, Shakespeare’s As You Like It (CV)

Latin: Memoria Press’ Second Form Latin (CV)

Classical Studies: Memoria Press’ Famous Men of Rome (CV)

History: Memoria Press’ The Story of the 13 Colonies, 200 Questions about American History

Science: Apologia’s General Science (CV)

 

Amelie: 5th grade

Math: Saxon 65 (DIVE lessons online)

Grammar: First Language Lessons, Level 4 (Classical Conversations Essentials grammar program was not a good fit for her, so this year we went “back” a year to catch up a bit. She much prefers the style of First Language Lessons)

Writing: Memoria Press’ Classical Composition: Fable

Spelling: Classical Conversations Essentials spelling lists, Level 3

Penmanship: Memoria Press’ New American Cursive Penmanship Level 3 (cursive practice)

Latin: Memoria Press’ Latina Christiana (CV)

Typing: Typing.com

Piano: Hoffman Academy lessons online

 

Gabe: 3rd grade

Math: Saxon 54 (DIVE lessons online)

Grammar: First Language Lessons, Level 3

Penmanship: Zaner-Bloser Cursive 2C

Latin: MP Latina Christiana (CV)

Phonics: Explode the Code, level 8 (he’ll be finished with phonics after this book)

Spelling: Purposeful Design Spelling 3

Reading: I have him read aloud to me several days a week to practice, he chooses a combination of science/nature or Sonlight chapter books

 

Noah: 2nd grade

Math: Saxon 2

Grammar: First Language Lessons, Level 1

Penmanship: Draw Write Now

Phonics: Explode the Code

Spelling: Purposeful Design Spelling 2 (we quickly realized this book is a little advanced for where he is with spelling, so his homeschool counselor is allowing me to use his Explode the Code phonics lists as his spelling lists for now)

Reading: Pathway readers (after years of doing reading with my kids, I’ve decided I prefer the All About Reading readers, but as Noah’s my last beginning reader, I don’t plan to buy them).

 

Younger three combined subjects:

History: Memoria Press’ The Story of the 13 Colonies (Judah reads this on his own with the student guide; I read it aloud to the younger three and we look places up on our world map)

All the following subjects are with Classical Village:

Literature read-alouds: The Magician’s Nephew, Owls in the Family, The Blue Fairy Book, Justin Morgan Had a Horse

Science: Chemistry for the Grammar Stage

Geography: Memoria Press States and Capitals

Classical Studies: D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths

History read-alouds: Benjamin Franklin of Old Philadelphia, The Courage of Sarah Noble, Robert Fulton: Boy Craftsman, Louisa May Alcott, The Wright Brothers

Art study: Simply Charlotte Mason (Constable, Millet, Homer, Cassatt)

Music Appreciation: Memoria Press

Poetry Memorization: IEW’s Linguistic Development Through Poetry Memorization

Gabe and Amie also do Latin with CV. We really like Song School Latin for younger kids. Noah did both years, so he’s not in formal Latin this year. But he loves learning some of the vocab with his siblings.