2024 Curriculum Choices

  Note 1:

Each year, I give a detailed plan of our schedule and our chosen resources. 

Our 2020 schedule and resources can be found here, our schedule and resources from 2021 can be found here , our resources from 2022 can be found here, and our resources for 2023 can be found here. 

In addition, you can find free printables of my 2021-2024 schedules here. 

We begin each school year in January, but I choose resources and plan for the following year well in advance. So, I have made our choices for 2024 and will share them below. 

Note 2: 
I hold to Charlotte Mason's principles, but I apply her practices with my own wisdom and discernment. I love her, but I don't idolize her, and I believe her principles and practices provide us with both a foundation for education based upon personhood and also with great freedom. 

I use a variety of resources, and I both choose and avoid resources based upon their quality, merit, approach to education and personhood, and my needs....not upon how high they would rank with the "Charlotte Mason Police". ;) So, if you see a resource that surprises you, assume that I am using it according to Mason's principles, and feel free to ask any questions whatsoever! 

2024 Curriculum and Book Choices: 
9th and 5th Grade

Group Lessons 

History

American
Reading Like a Historian from Stanford History Education Group 
 

World/Ancient 
Quest for the Ancient World from Winter Promise 



Architecture

Term 1: Ancient Egyptian Architecture from Little World Wanderers 
Term 2: Pyramid by David Macaulay 
Term 3: The Stuff They Left Behind: Ancient Egypt from Simply Charlotte Mason


Biography
TBD 


Mapping 


Literature 
TBD 


Poetry
Term 1- Lee Bennet Hopkins 
Term 2- Martin Rising (Andrea Davis and Brian Pinkney) 
Term 3- Douglas Florian 


Tales
Term 1- Shakespeare's Storybook: Tales That Inspired the Bard 


Shakespeare
TBD (We will use whatever Delighting in Shakespeare unit that I write next) 

Foreign Language 

Spanish: 
Spanish 6 from Easy Peasy 

Ancient Languages: 
Biblical Hebrew from Easy Peasy 
The Book of Roots from Memoria Press 


Group Math 
Go Figure! A Totally Cool Book About Numbers
Math Vocabulary for Elementary Students

Personal Finance:
Building Your Future Book 1 from The Actuarial Foundation 
Financial Literacy from Khan Academy 


Art 

Studio Art :
The Big Book of Cartooning
How to Draw Cartoons by Syd Hoff 
Art for Kids: Cartooning
Comics Confidential by Leonard Marcus 

Art Survey: 
Ancient Art from Easy Peasy 

Picture Study 
Term 1- Ansel Adams: 
The Ansel Adams Guide: Basic Techniques of Photography Book 1 

Term 2- Richard Stein: 

Term 3- Charles Schulz 
(I still need to nail down a resource for Schulz) 

Composer Study
TBD (using DF Composer Studies) 

Music Theory
Ancient Music from Easy Peasy 



Christian Studies 
Bible:
2 Corinthians 
Psalms 
Draw to Learn Psalms from Notgrass

Memory Work
2 Corinthians 4 
Psalm 34
Catechism 
Attributes of God
Truths About the Word of God


Theology 
The Story of the Bible From A-Z from the Daily Grace Co 
The Bible in 100 Numbers
Fundamentals of the Faith 
The Ology
Wonder Full: Ancient Psalms Ever New 


Natural History and Science 

Special Studies
Term 1: Delighting in Animals: Endangered and Extinct 
Term 2: Delighting in Animals: Senses and Defenses 
Term 3: Delighting in Animals: Domestic and Young (not yet released) 

Science 
Science 1: Zoology
Zoology: Amazing Animals from Eva Varga 
Planet Zoo
portions of Concepts in Biology
World of Animals
Coral Reef Ecology Curriculum from Living Oceans Foundation 

Science 2: Ecology & Conservation 
Ecology: Concepts and Applications
Ecology Bundle from Learning With Friends 
Precious Planet 
What a Waste
Coral Reef Ecology Curriculum from Living Oceans Foundation 

Other
Nature Calendar 
Monthly Forest School Meetings 



Other Subjects 

Morning Work:
Art Journals (also My Year Around the World and My Year in Nature) 
Daily Workbooks 


Psychology: 
Simply Psychology
Growth Mindset High School  from Khan Academy 
Plus, assorted videos, etc 

Philosophy: 
Philosophy by Michael Picard 
Socrates 
Aristotle 

Computer Science: 
Common Sense Digital Citizenship
Internet Safety from Khan Academy 

Career Studies: 
Through the Eyes of a Zoologist from Campfire Curriculum 
Careers from Khan Academy 


Individual Lessons 

Language 

Language Arts
5th Grade: 
Stories to Short Chapters from Winter Promise 
Explode the Code
Anton ELA 

9th Grade:
Everything You Need to Ace English in One Big Fat Notebook 
Editor in Chief: Book 3 
Wordly Wise Book 8
Painless Spelling 
Anton ELA

Both: 
Explode the Code 

Math 

5th Grade:
Anton & Khan Academy

9th Grade:
Everything You Need to Ace Math in One Big Fat Notebook 
Khan Academy 
Painless Algebra


Coding 
Both Boys: Courses from Code.org 

Logic 
9th Grade: 
The Thinking Toolbox
Traditional Logic 1 from Memoria Press 

5th Grade: 
Another Logic Workbook for Gritty Kids
Grids for Kids

Skills
9th Grade: 
Foundations from Easy Peasy 
Financial Literacy for Teens by Chad Foster 

5th Grade: 
Social Skills from Easy Peasy 


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