Sunday, December 14, 2025

New Semester's Curriculum (January 2026)

 He's 10 years old, but starting to operate on more of a 6th grade level, so these curriculum choices will reflect that.

Here's the plan for January.  My plans are loosely based on The Well-Trained Mind.

Bible

  • continue The Action Bible
  • continue The Action Bible Anytime Devotions
  • finish My First Hymnal (CPH) on Easter Sunday
Reader/Read-Aloud
  • Independent reading
  • Wonders Literature Anthology 6 (McGraw Hill)
  • Read-alouds
English
  • Voyages in English 6
  • Spelling Workout D
Math
  • continue BJU Math 5
Medieval History/Geography
  • Story of the World 2 
  • Story of the World 2 Activity Guide
  • History/literature selections from The Well-Trained Mind
  • Famous Figures of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Science
  • Exploring Creation with Astronomy (Apologia)
  • Exploring Creation with Earth Science (Apologia)
Latin
  • Minimus 1
Art and Music
  • Artist Study
    • Giovanni Cimabue
    • Hieronymus Bosch
    • Albrecht Duerer
    • Michelangelo Buonarroti
    • Titian
    • Raphael
    • Giorgio Vasari
    • Tintoretto
    • Peter Brueghel
    • Peter Paul Rubens
  • Composer Study
    • John Dunstable
    • Guillaume Dufay
    • Thomas Tallis
    • Giovanni Pierluiga da Palestrina
    • Michael Praetorius
    • Henry Purcell
    • Antonio Vivaldi
Logic
  • The Great Chocolate Caper
Friday Co-op Classes
  • Art
  • Physics and Technology
Extracurriculars
  • Intermediate Ballet
  • Boy Scouts
  • Karate
  • Youth Group at church

Homeschool Day 1/29

 We did our subjects a bit backwards today. Latin Minimus chapter 2 Artist/Composer Study Cimabue - we looked at several of his paintings Jo...