Before you begin, please read how it works & how we choose books. 

For Ages 5 to 8
General American History
40 Week Schedule, PDF
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First Grade Workbook

Morning Time & Bible Study

• King James Bible
• Mother Stories from the Old Testament 
• Mother Stories from the New Testament
• Keys for Kids or Kids 4 Truth Devotionals or other devotions of your choice
• What Your First Grader Needs to Know for built-in scope & sequence, purchased separately $

Arithmetic. Choose 1.

• CIMT, MEP, Primary Year 2
• Ray's Arithmetic, purchased separately + free video lessons
• Math program of your choice, purchase separately (Our Pick!)

Science

• Among the Forest People 
• Among the Night People 
• Among the Pond People 
• Among the Farm-Yard People 
• Among the Meadow People 
• The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children 
  
  

Library Skills

• Go to the library once a week, learn how it all works**

Language Arts

• Word Mastery: A Course in Phonics for the First Three Grades , pp26-64
• McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader ($ book)
• When appropriate begin writting 1 short story a week (4 or more sentences, as you deem fit)
• A Primary Reader 
  
  

Spelling

• McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book, up to lesson 6

Literature
Choose as many or as few of these books as you see fit.  You don't need to read all of them.  Just the ones you like the best.

• The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter
• A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Arthur Scott Bailey
  • Sleepy-Time Tales: the Tale of Fatty Coon  
  • Tale of Brownie Beaver  
  • The Tale of Buster Bumblebee
  • The Tale of Cuffy Bear  
  • The Tale of Freddie Firefly 
  • The Tale of Frisky Squirrel
  • The Tale of Henrietta Hen
  • The Tale of Major Monkey
  • The Tale of Old Mr. Crow  
  • The Tale of Pony Twinkleheels
  • The Tale of Sandy Chipmunk  
  • The Tale of Tommy Fox  
  • The Tale of Solomon Owl 
  • The Tale of Timothy Turtle
    
    

History

• Stories of American Life and Adventure (read aloud)

Biography

• Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans (read aloud)

Geography:

• Peter Parley's Geography for Beginners*
• First Lessons in Geography by James Monteith  NOTE:  A few of the details in this book are out of date.  I recommend that you get a map of the World and an ink pen and go through it, briefly updating the text.  It shouldn't take too long and would be a good project for an older child.
• ​We use & recommend this free social studies & science curriculum for its Christian-based and family-based  perspective, figure on 1 or 2 books per month to be continued from Preschool through Grade 1.

*We replaced The Seven Little Sisters who Live on the Round Ball that Floats in the Air by Jane Andrewsfelt for Peter Parley's Geography.  We felt it was a better choice with a more concise plan for learning and  stories intermixed. Work at your own pace each week.
**or build your own library at home using the dewey decimal system.

​For Ages 4 to 7
General History
40 Week Schedule, PDF File

Morning Time & Bible Study

• King James Bible
  
• Easy-to-read bible story books from the library.  Figure on 1 a week.
• Keys for Kids or Kids 4 Truth Devotionals or other devotions of your choice
• What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know for built-in scope & sequence, purchased separately
  

Arithmetic. Choose 1.

• CIMT, MEP, Primary Year 1
• Ray's Arithmetic, purchased separately + free video lessons
• Math program of choice, purchased separately (Our Pick!)
  
  

Science

• The History of Insects
• The Insect Folk
• The Burgess Animal Book for Children
• Burgess Bird Book for Children
  
  

Library Skills

• Go to the library once a week, learn how it all works. If you go on Fridays then you can check out the books you'll need for the following week.

Language Arts

• Handwriting for Beginners of choice, purchased separately we use & recommend Kickstart Kindergarten!
• Word Mastery: A Course in Phonics for the First Three Grades , pp1-25
• McGuffey's Eclectic Primer (handbook recommended)
• When appropriate begin writing 1 short story a week (4 or more sentences, as you deem fit)
  
  

Literature

• All the best Easy-to-Read books from the library, 1 a day.
• Andrew Lang's Fairy Books
  • The Yellow Fairy Book 
  • The Violet Fairy Book
  • The Red Fairy Book
  • The Pink Fairy Book
  • The Orange Fairy Book
  • The Lilac Fairy Book
  • The Grey Fairy Book
  • The Green Fairy Book
  • The Crimson Fairy Book
  • The Brown Fairy Book
  • The Blue Fairy Book
• Uncle Remus, his songs and his sayings 
• Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit 
• The Real Mother Goose
  
  

History

• All the best easy-to-read history books from the library, figure on 1 or 2 a week.  
• Make a Family Scrap Book & a Family Tree.
  
  

Biography

• The Bird-Woman of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 

Geography & Social Studies

• Easy-to-read books from the library about neighborhoods, maps, foreign countries, immigration, and our government. Figure on 1 or 2 a week.
• We use & recommend this free social studies & science curriculum for its Christian-based and family-based  perspective, figure on 1 or 2 books per month to be continued from Preschool through Grade 1.