Curriculum - Overview
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We do a four year cycle with History, Bible, Science, and parts of our Literature.
We do a four year cycle with History, Bible, Science, and parts of our Literature.
I. History and Bible
- Tapestry of Grace is the bulk of our curriculum as it includes History, Bible, Literature, Writing, Geography, Fine Arts. You can take or leave whatever parts you want making this curriculum your own. The first two years we used TOG I did not use the Writing Aids, but I have started incorporating this into our plans. Also some of the Bible lessons do not match up with our particular views (as we are Reformed, not Fundamentalist) so we pick and choose and discuss the differences with our children. I think it is important that (the older) children learn of other views and beliefs, but we discuss the differences and why we believe the way we do. One could easily leave out all of the Bible, Writing, and Fine Arts aspects if they already had other curricula for these.
Would you like to explore a free three-week sample of TOG Year 1 Curriculum or perhaps order a free disc? How about a TOG Year 2 free disc? Seriously. Who does not like free? -
- » TOG Year 4 Redesigned Book List
- Story of the World. Many of these are already included in TOG.
- Veritas Press - History and Bible Cards.
- Knowledge Quest Maps - these are also the ones that TOG uses (we already were using them).
- History Through the Ages by Homeschool in the Woods - Timeline books and figures. Absolutely beautiful work.
II. Math
III. Health & Science
- Apologia - Exploring Creation elementary series - some. Again, not everything lines up with our beliefs (again we are not fundamentalist in our views) but these are great for the younger crowd and we really like them.
- Apologia - Jr. High and High School
IV. Language Arts
- Spaulding Phonics / Spelling
- Handwriting
- Handwriting Without Tears - especially for our child who has Cerebral Palsy. HWT is great for any child, but has proven to be the best handwriting teaching tool out there for any child with special needs, be they mental or physical.
- Easy Grammar - Grammar
- Writing Strands - Creative Writing
- Foreign Language - Latin for Children
- Literature - see bottom of page
Literature
Preschool & Kindergarten
Grammar Stage
(the stage of fact absorption)
1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade
Logic Stage
(the stage of why)
5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade
Rhetoric Stage
(the stage of thought, speach, and speciality)
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
