Students in our Form 4 classes at STAR read all of the following books, and so they receive a reading plan with each resource below listed on it. You may choose to have your student read all of the following books, or you may choose individual books from this list. The apologetics reading schedules really take … Read more
Besides Bible, Apologetics is the most important subject we study. Forms 1, 2, and 3 Read Aloud: The Ology by Marty Machowski This is the book that we read aloud during Cycle 3 to Form 1, 2 and 3 students at STAR Homeschool Community throughout the school year. This is a lovely devotional book that can really be … Read more
Form 2 includes students who are ages 9 to 12. The following books can be read aloud to the whole family or read independently by a student who is able. American History Stories Volume I by Mara L. Pratt and American History Stories Volume II by Mara L. Pratt and American History Stories Volume III by … Read more
Habit training involves life skills and character training. Some of the books and concepts will overlap, because these subjects, like so much of life, are interconnected. Cycle 3 Character Term 1 Put Off: Pride Put On: Meekness Term 2 Put Off: Stubbornness, Self-Will Put On: Self-Control Term 3 Put Off: Wastefulness, Carelessness Put On: Orderliness, Order … Read more
Form 1 Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots by Sharon Lovejoy This book is scheduled for Terms 3 and 4 and is spread over all four cycles. I chose Terms 3 and 4 because, if you begin school in late Summer or early Fall (with Term 1), the gardening activities in this book will make most sense … Read more
Hymns to Sing We sing hymns at STAR Homeschool Community every week. You can also sing hymns at home! In our home, we sing two hymns per day. If we sing all of these hymns over the four cycles of the STAR curriculum, our family will learn more than one hundred hymns. Little by little, it adds … Read more
Family Read Aloud Books or Independent Reading: Nature, Form 4+ Countryside Rambles by W. S. Furneaux whole year This book is scheduled at a pace of one chapter per week for all twenty-eight weeks. It is scheduled to start mid-book, with the assumption that the school year begins in the Fall. If you are starting school at … Read more
The Story Book of Science by Jean Henri Fabre whole year This book is scheduled at a pace of one or two chapters per week for all twenty-eight weeks. You can download the pdf schedules at the STAR Store Note, links on this page are affiliate links, in which I will make a small commission at … Read more
By Pond and River by Arabella Buckley Terms 1 & 2 This book is scheduled at a pace of one chapter per week from Week 1 through Week 12. Holiday Pond by Edith M. Patch Terms 1 & 2 This book is scheduled at a pace of one chapter per week from Week 1 to Week 11. The “Look … Read more
The Adventures of Bobby Coon by Thornton W. Burgess Term 1 This book is scheduled at a pace of three or four chapters per week from Week 1 through Week 6. The Adventures of Grandfather Frog by Thornton W. Burgess Term 3 This book is scheduled at a pace of two to four chapters per week … Read more