How to use this list
These suggestions are not meant to become a second curriculum checklist. Use them as a starting place when you want to add art, math, geography, Bible reading, nature study, handicraft, music, Shakespeare, Plutarch, economics, or other feast subjects alongside the core lessons.
Choose what fits your family and season. It is fine to use fewer resources well rather than trying to do everything at once.
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1st grade
Geography & Additional Reading
Bible Reading
Actual reading from the Bible with parent: About
a chapter a day/story a day
Nature Study / Science
The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna
Botsford (use as parent guide)
Amphibians, Invertebrates; Earth and
sky; Trees and Garden flowers; birds;
wildflowers, weeds and cultivated crops;
insects; Mammals and flowerless plants
Pick a nature study topic from Fostering Wonder's
Handicraft
Singing / Solfa
Shakespeare
Embedded within Fostering Wonder English
2nd grade
Geography & Additional Reading
Bible Reading
Actual reading from the Bible with parent: About
a chapter a day/story a day
Nature Study / Science
The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna
Botsford (use as parent guide)
Amphibians, Invertebrates; Earth and
sky; Trees and Garden flowers; birds;
wildflowers, weeds and cultivated crops;
insects; Mammals and flowerless plants
Pick a nature study topic from Fostering Wonder's
Handicraft
Singing / Solfa
Shakespeare
Embedded within Fostering Wonder English
3rd grade
Geography & Additional Reading
Bible Reading
Actual reading from the Bible with parent: About
a chapter a day/story a day
Nature Study / Science
The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna
Botsford (use as parent guide)
Amphibians, Invertebrates; Earth and
sky; Trees and Garden flowers; birds;
wildflowers, weeds and cultivated crops;
insects; Mammals and flowerless plants
Pick a nature study topic from Fostering Wonder's
A Drop of Water: A book of Science and
Wonder by Walter Wick
Handicraft
Singing / Solfa
Shakespeare
Embedded within Fostering Wonder English
4th grade
Geography & Additional Reading
Bible Reading
Actual reading from the Bible with parent: About
a chapter a day/story a day
Nature Study / Science
The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna
Botsford (use as parent guide)
Amphibians, Invertebrates; Earth and
sky; Trees and Garden flowers; birds;
wildflowers, weeds and cultivated crops;
insects; Mammals and flowerless plants
Pick a nature study topic from Fostering Wonder's
The Storybook of Science by Jean-Henri
Fabre
Handicraft
Singing / Solfa
Shakespeare
Comedy of Errors: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English- William Shakespeare
Plutarch / Citizenship
Publicola: What is a good citizen?
5th grade
Geography & Additional Reading
Bible Reading
Continue participating in family worship and
Bible reading
start independent devotional time
Nature Study / Science
The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna
Botsford (use as parent guide)
Amphibians, Invertebrates; Earth and
sky; Trees and Garden flowers; birds;
wildflowers, weeds and cultivated crops;
insects; Mammals and flowerless plants
Pick a nature study topic from Fostering Wonder's
Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy and
Physiology by Jeannie K. Fulbright
Handicraft
Singing / Solfa
Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English- William Shakespeare
Plutarch / Citizenship
Coriolanus: What happens when courage is ruled by pride?
6th grade
Math
Geography & Additional Reading
Bible Reading
Continue participating in family worship and
Bible reading
start independent devotional time
Nature Study / Science
The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna
Botsford (use as parent guide)
Amphibians, Invertebrates; Earth and
sky; Trees and Garden flowers; birds;
wildflowers, weeds and cultivated crops;
insects; Mammals and flowerless plants
Pick a nature study topic from Fostering Wonder's
Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every
Known Atom in the Universe by Theodore
Gray
Handicraft
Ceramics classes
Singing / Solfa
Shakespeare
The Tempest: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English- William Shakespeare
Plutarch / Citizenship
Aristides: What is Justice?
7th grade
Art
Math
Geography & Additional Reading
Bible Reading
Continue participating in family worship and
Bible reading
start independent devotional time
Nature Study / Science
The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna
Botsford (use as parent guide)
Amphibians, Invertebrates; Earth and
sky; Trees and Garden flowers; birds;
wildflowers, weeds and cultivated crops;
insects; Mammals and flowerless plants
Pick a nature study topic from Fostering Wonder's
Secrets of the Universe: Discovering the
Universal Laws of Science by Paul Fleisher 5
book series
Handicraft
Ceramics classes
Singing / Solfa
Shakespeare
Julius Caesar: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English- William Shakespeare
Plutarch / Citizenship
Themistocles: Can Brilliance become dangerous? Ourselves (The Home Education Series) by Charlotte Mason
Economics / Government
8th grade
Art
Math
Geography & Additional Reading
Bible Reading
Continue participating in family worship and
Bible reading
start independent devotional time
Nature Study / Science
The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna
Botsford (use as parent guide)
Amphibians, Invertebrates; Earth and
sky; Trees and Garden flowers; birds;
wildflowers, weeds and cultivated crops;
insects; Mammals and flowerless plants
Pick a nature study topic from Fostering Wonder's
Signs and Seasons Understanding the
Elements of Classical Astronomy by Jay Ryan
Handicraft
Ceramics classes
Singing / Solfa
Shakespeare
Macbeth: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English- William Shakespeare
Plutarch / Citizenship
Pericles: What makes a great leader? Ourselves (The Home Education Series) by Charlotte Mason
Economics / Government
9th grade
Art
Math
Teaching Textbooks / college course math
(college credit)
Geography & Additional Reading
Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of
Discovery by Dayton Duncan
Bible Reading
Continue participating in family worship and
Bible reading
start independent devotional time
Meet the Puritans With Joel R. Beeke
Nature Study / Science
The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson
possible science college class
Handicraft
Ceramics classes
Singing / Solfa
Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English- William Shakespeare
Plutarch / Citizenship
Alexander: Can greatness conquer the soul?
Economics / Government
Thomas Paine Selected Works collection: Common Sense, The American Crisis, The Rights of Man, The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine
10th grade
Art
Math
Teaching Textbooks / college course math
(college credit)
Geography & Additional Reading
The Oregon Trail by Francis Parkman
Bible Reading
Continue participating in family worship and
Bible reading
start independent devotional time
Meet the Puritans With Joel R. Beeke
Nature Study / Science
Microbe Hunters by Paul de Kruif
possible science college class
Handicraft
Ceramics classes
Singing / Solfa
Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English- William Shakespeare
Plutarch / Citizenship
Julius Caesar: What happens when ambition meets political power?
Economics / Government
11th grade
Art
Math
Teaching Textbooks / college course math
(college credit)
Geography & Additional Reading
Bible Reading
Continue participating in family worship and
Bible reading
start independent devotional time
A Puritan Theology by Joel R. Beeke
Nature Study / Science
Six Easy Pieces: Essentials of Physics
Explained by its most brilliant teacher by
Richard P. Feynman
possible science college class
Handicraft
Ceramics classes
Singing / Solfa
Shakespeare
Henry V: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English- William Shakespeare
Plutarch / Citizenship
Cicero: What is the duty of a statesman in a
collapsing society? Ourselves (The Home Education Series) by Charlotte Mason
12th grade
Art
Math
Teaching Textbooks / college course math
(college credit)
Geography & Additional Reading
Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle by
Dervla Murphy
Bible Reading
Continue participating in family worship and
Bible reading
start independent devotional time
A Puritan Theology by Joel R. Beeke
Nature Study / Science
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
possible science college class
Handicraft
Ceramics classes
Singing / Solfa
Shakespeare
Hamlet: No Fear Shakespeare Side-by-Side Plain English- William Shakespeare
Plutarch / Citizenship
Marcus Brutus: What happens when conscience, honor, and political action collide? Ourselves (The Home Education Series) by