**This list is rough, and more details are coming soon! I have always wanted STAR to be a “choose your own adventure” style curriculum. With that in mind, I have been studying literature like crazy–literature by Form (grade level group), literature by Cycle, and literature by word count. I started focusing on word counts because assigning … Read more
Choose one or two books from the list below for whole-family or independent reading, if you’d like to cover this subject. Form 3+ (grade 7 & up) The Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales This book is scheduled over all four cycles at a pace of one or two fairy tales per week. Note that Grimm’s Fairy Tales … Read more
Choose one or two books from the list below for whole-family or independent reading, if you’d like to cover this subject. Form 2+ (fourth grade & up) Hans Christian Andersen’s Complete Fairy Tales (Leather-bound Classics) This book is read over all four cycles at a pace of one or two fairy tales per week. The Blue … Read more
Choose one or two books from the list below for whole-family or independent reading, if you’d like to cover this subject. Form 1b+ (first grade & up) Aesop’s Fables for Children by Milo Winter This book is scheduled over all four cycles at a pace of one to two fables per week. An Illustrated Treasury of Hans … Read more
Charlotte Mason’s schools didn’t include preschool children, but if whole-family homeschooling is important to you, no doubt, your youngest children will want to hear some stories, too. These nursery rhymes were selected for the youngest children (Form 0 and above) in lieu of aesop’s fables (Form 1+) or Fairy Tales (Form 1+, 2+ and 3+). … Read more
This is the independent reading schedule for students in form 5 and 6, which are grades 11 and 12. Reading is only part of the learning process. Make sure your student is practicing the following: And last, students should be discussing these topics with others. This can be with other teens and a tutor in … Read more
The Story of the World by Susan Wise Bauer Includes World History Lined Up with Memory Work The Story of the World is a series of books by Susan Wise Bauer are a three volume set, spanning perfectly over the four Claritas Publishing cycles. Chapters are 6 to 11 pages long and there are one to two chapters … Read more
Choose one or two books from the list below for whole-family or independent reading, if you’d like to cover this subject. Sabbath Mood Living Science Guide, High School, Biology Ecology This curriculum is scheduled at a pace of one to two lessons per week. You will need the book Creation Care: A Biblical Theology of the … Read more
The New Answers Book 2 by Ken Ham This book is number two in a series of four books, and all of these books are scheduled over the four GLC cycles. This book is scheduled at a pace of one or two chapters per week for all twenty eight weeks. Note, links on this page … Read more
Choose one or two books from the list below for whole-family or independent reading, if you’d like to cover this subject. Discovering What God Has Made by Karen Smith This book and the schedules that go with it are listed in all four cycles. There are two optional schedules to follow: 1. Schedule 1 follows the suggested schedule … Read more