**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. 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 tend to be more graphic … 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. 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. Fairy Tales Too Good to Miss: Aboard … 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. Form 1a+ (second grade … 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
Form 1a includes students who are in grades two and three. The Story of the World Vol. 4 by Susan Wise Bauer Includes World History Many homeschoolers love the Story of the World books. Claritas Publishing memory work lines up nicely with SOTW, as well. This book is scheduled at a pace of one or two chapters per … Read more
Information We sing this hymn during Cycle 4 and read about it in Cycle 4, Week 5. You can find the hymns to sing and study in Cycle 4 here. This hymn is also called “When Peace Like a River.” It was written by Horatio Gates Spafford, who was born in 1828 in Troy, New York, … Read more
Information We sing this hymn during Cycle 4 and read about it in Cycle 4, Week 6. You can find the hymns to sing and study in Cycle 4 here. This hymn was written by Elvina Mable Hall, who was born in Alexandria, Virginia in 1818 or 1820 (this varies by the source), and who … Read more
Information We sing this hymn during Cycle 4 and read about it in Cycle 4, Week 1. You can find the hymns to sing and study in Cycle 4 here. This hymn was written by Folliott Sandford Pierpoint, who was born in 1835 and died in 1915. You can find a list of other hymns he … Read more
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. During Cycle 4, you will read the following Bible books and passages: School Days Weekends Breaks … Read more