This year, we are starting a totally new curriculum for both children. We have been interested in a classical education for awhile and have decided to teach the children following guidelines found in The Well-Trained Mind by Jessie Wise and Susan Wise Bauer.

The classical trivium is divided into three parts: grammar, logic, and rhetoric. Since C is in the first grade range, he will be starting the grammar stage and learning how to use language. Students don’t begin the trivium until first grade, but we will be using some suggestions The Well Trained Mind has for kindergarten for W.

First Grade

Language Arts

Spelling Spelling Workout

Grammar First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind

Reading Literature about the ancients

Writing  StartWrite Lessons will correspond with social studies and science lessons.

Math

Math-U-See

Science

DK First Animal Encyclopedia

Green Thumbs: A Kid’s Activity Guide to Indoor and Outdoor Gardening

The Kingfisher First Human Body Encyclopedia

Social Studies

The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child Vol I Ancient Times 

Art & Music

Harmony Fine Arts

Kindergarten

Slow and Steady Get Me Ready

Language Arts

Reading Explode the Code, Beginning Readers

Writing StartWrite

Math

Math storybooks and manipulatives

Science

Mudpies to Magnets

All of this will be rounded out with time for play and plenty of field trips.We are looking forward to starting our new year!