Curriculum Guide

  • MY PICKS

My motto is, “There is more than one way to bake a really good cake.”  This means that education should be personalized to meet your child’s personality and gifts.  I believe that there are infinite combinations of curriculum to best educate your child.  This list’s purpose is to give you a starting point and is a list of my favorite curriculum to date.

Art:  Discovering Great Artists

Bible:  English Standard Version

Biographies:

  • Jackie Robinson:  A Biography by Arnold Rampersad
  • God’s Englishman:  Oliver Cromwell and the English Revolution by Christopher Hill

British Literature:

  • Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
  • Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

Economics:  The Creature From Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin

  • Money, Banking, and the Federal Reserve:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYZM58dulPE

Grammar:  Teach in context while doing oral reading.

  • Kelley Wingate Publications, Grammar (purchased at Office Depot)

Latin:  Prima Latina, Latin for Children, and Getting Started with Latin

Library:  Read library books.  Keep them in a box at your learning area.

Literature:

  • Dr. Seuss-Grade Level Pre-K and up
  • Aesop’s Fables-Grade Level 2
  • Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett-Grade Levels 2-3
  • Little House on the Prairie Series by Laura Ingalls Wilder-Grade Levels 3-4
  • Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White- Grade Level 3
  • Helen Keller by Margaret Davidson-Grade Levels 3-5
  • Two Years Before the Mast by R. H. Dana- Grade Level 4
  • Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell- Grade Level 4
  • White Fang by Jack London-Grade Level 5
  • Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare-Grade Level 5
  • Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry-Grade Level 5
  • Call of the Wild by Jack London-Grade Level 5
  • The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis-Grade Levels 5 – 6
  • Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes-Grade Level 5
  • Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry-Grade Level 5-6
  • The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien-Grade Levels 7-8
  • Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain-Grade Levels 7-8
  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain-Grade Levels 7-8
  • 1776 by David McCullough-Grade Levels 10-11
  • The Constitution in Exile by Judge Andrew P. Napolitano-Grade Levels 10-11
  • The Great Gatsy by F. Scott Fitzgerald-Grade Level 11
  • Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford-Grade Level 12
  • The Real Lincoln by Thomas DiLorenzo-Grade Level 12
  • You Can Farm by Joel Salatin-Grade Level 12
  • Halestorm by Becky Ackers

Please note that the above list is a guide and there is flexibility in the grade level recommendations.

Mandarin Chinese:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh2Gt4HzAw8

  • Check out a Chinese Language Kit from the Library

Math:  Saxon Math

Memory Work:  http://www.audiomemory.com

More Home School Resources: 

http://www.survivalblog.com/2013/11/letter-re-being-prepared-to-homeschool.html

Music: 

Parent Resources:

  • Slow and Steady Get Me Ready by June R. Oberlander-Birth to 5 years
  • Teaching the Trivium by Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn
  • A Well Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer and Jesse Wise
  • Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons by Engelmann, Haddox, Bruner
  • The Messianic Character of American Education by Dr. R.J. Rushdoony
  • The Lost Tools of Learning by Dorothy Sayer
  • Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning by Douglas Wilson

http://chalcedon.edu/research/books/the-messianic-character-of-american-education-2/

Reading:  McGuffey’s Readers

DAILY READING PLAN

  1. Shared/Narrative Reading-Teacher reads to the student while the student listens, processes, and comprehends literature.
  2. One To One/Small Group Reading-Student reads to the teacher with direct instruction.
  3. Independent Reading-Student reads books independently.
  • If the learner is too young to read, have them do “book look” by looking at the print and pictures.

Religion:

  • Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
  • The Book of Revelation Made Easy by Kenneth Gentry
  • Theonomy in Christian Ethics by Greg L. Bahnsen
  • By This Standard by Greg L. Bahnsen
  • The Will of God Moral and Political Guidance…by Alex Soto:  www.annodomini.co

Science:  Apologia

Social Studies:  Bob Jones Curriculum

Spanish:  http://www.rebeccaemberley.com/p/books.html

  • Teach Them Spanish! by Winnie Waltzer-Hackett (Grades 1-6)

Spelling:  McGuffy’s Spelling

Technology:  http://www.starfall.com-teaches phonics, reading, and introductory math for free

Writing:  Dr. Ruth Beechick’s curriculum: 

http://homehearts.com/teaching-toolbox/beechick-basics/

 

 

 

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