Form 1+ The Burgess Bird Book by Thornton Burgess This is one of my family’s favorite books! This book is scheduled at a pace of one or two chapters per week for all four terms. Form 2+ Bird Stories by Edith M. Patch Terms 1 and 2. Exploring Creation with Zoology 1: Flying Creatures of the Fifth … Read more
What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained by Robert L. Wolke This book is scheduled at a pace of half a chapter per week for all twenty-eight weeks. Guest Hollow High School Chemistry in the Kitchen This is a complete science curriculum with it’s own schedule included. It is a 36-week curriculum and the first … Read more
Family Read Aloud Books or Independent Reading: Chemistry Chemistry is the topic of this year’s Science memory work. If you would like to give context to the memory work, choose one or more of the following books. Form 1+ (or whole family read aloud) Claritas Cycle 3 Chemistry for the Grammar Stage This book is scheduled all … Read more
Family Read Aloud Books or Independent Reading: Food Science Choose one or more books from this list if you would like to study food science with your children this year. You may want to use a cookbook (like the one listed below) in order to try food experiments at home (aka–cooking!). Form 1+ (or whole family read … Read more
Family Read Aloud Books or Independent Reading: Creation Science The New Answers Book 3 by Ken Ham Christian Worldview This is Book 3 in a set of four books. There is one book scheduled per cycle, and this book is scheduled at a pace of one to two chapters per week. Note, links on this page … Read more
This is the independent reading schedule for students in Form 4. Reading is only part of the learning process. Make sure your Form 4 (or 5) student is practicing the following: And last, Form 4 students should be discussing these topics with others. This can be with other teens and a tutor in a community, … Read more
This is really a basic checklist for going through the Claritas Publishing Cycle 3 memory work. You’ll need to purchase their guide to see the contents of the memory work.
The geography assignments listed here are lined up with the memory work. You may also want to use these resources to look up any locations that were mentioned in your history or literature reading. Geography may be studied once per week, or every day, as you explore other subjects. Teaching Geography Choose one or more books … Read more
Teaching Geography Choose one or more books from this page to read aloud to your children throughout the school year. Please do not attempt to read every book listed on this page. Remember that there are four cycles, and that, eventually, you will come back around to this cycle, and at that time you can choose … Read more
Form 3 includes students who are in 7th and 8th grade. The following books can be read aloud to the whole family or read independently by a student who is able. George Washington’s World by Genevieve Foster Includes World History Genevieve Foster’s writing is beautiful and interesting! This book is scheduled in two ways-reading it cover-to-cover … Read more