Bible
The STAR cycles include two options for Bible reading plans:
PLAN A: This Bible reading plan will take you through the whole Bible in four years; reading just one chapter per day. This is a doable plan for a family! Start reading in any Cycle, and go through all four cycles.
PLAN B: A chronological Bible reading plan to take you through the whole Bible in one year, two years, four years, or eight years. You can read more about Bible Reading Plan B in this blog post: A Flexible, Chronological Bible Reading Plan.
You can read more about the STAR Bible reading plans on this post.
If you choose to use Plan B and go through the Bible in eight years, these are the books of the Bible you’ll be reading from:
Bible
- Cycle 1 Bible Reading Plan A
- Cycle 1 Bible Reading Plan B
- Cycle 1 Bible Form 3+
- Cycle 1 Bible Form 4+
- Cycle 2 Bible Reading Plan A
- Cycle 2 Bible Reading Plan B
- Cycle 2 Bible Form 3+
- Cycle 2 Bible Form 4+
- Cycle 3 Bible Reading Plan A
- Cycle 3 Bible Reading Plan B
- Cycle 3 Bible Form 3+
- Cycle 3 Bible Form 4+
- Cycle 4 Bible Reading Plan A
- Cycle 4 Bible Reading Plan B
- Cycle 4 Bible Form 3+
- Cycle 4 Bible Form 4+
Bible Memory
In addition to the Scripture memory work that is included in Claritas Publishing’s guides, I have added two additional verses per week for all twenty-eight weeks of each cycle. I am also working on a Scripture Memory-to Music project on this site here.
Hymn Study
There are four hymns scheduled for singing each week (two per day, rotating) and there is one hymn scheduled for reading about each week (and at least 8 books suggested to read from per term, with reading schedules). If you follow the four STAR cycles, you will study more than 100 hymns in 4 years’ time!
I have scheduled my favorite hymn books for kids, and though they’re out of print, I highly recommend trying to find a copy of each volume of Bobbie Wolgemuth & Joni Eareckson Tada’s Hymns for a Kid’s’ Heart. There are pictures of these books below, and a list of some sample hymns that are sung in each cycle (some of the hymns will be found in these books, but not all). There are other hymn study books scheduled as well (including several that are still in print and easy to find).
I’m also working on creating a page for every hymn we sing and study, with information, videos to sing along to, and videos for learning how to sign the hymn or play it on piano or guitar. You’ll find these hymn pages if you see that a hymn title is a clickable link on any of the following pages: