***The middle grades page has been updated with new information, I'll share it below. If you haven't clicked around on the different pages here on the site, there is (and will be more soon) some really useful information. Let me know your thoughts!***
Middle
(grades 7-8)
Now is the planning stages for all age groups. See our plans, thus far, below.
Excited to see what the next year will bring!
History
"BP Year One covers World and Biblical History from Creation through the Fall of Rome. Chronologically speaking, it starts with the seven days of Creation, and ends with the demise of the last Western Roman Emperor in AD 476. On the World History side, Year One starts with the four oldest known civilizations: Egyptian, Sumerian, Harappan and Chinese. It flows from there to the great empires of the Ancient Near East—from Egyptian and Akkadian to Assyrian, Babylonian, Hittite, Persian and more. Then come the Greco-Persian Wars, Classical Greece, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. Mixed in are empires and cultures from China, India, the Americas, and Africa beyond Egypt. On the Biblical History side, Year One covers both the Old Testament and the New. Since the events in the Bible all happened in ancient times, all our Biblical History falls in Year One. Later years cover Church History and Christian missions."
Science
"The Rainbow is a two-year, laboratory-based science curriculum for homeschooled children. We combine two lessons and one lab exercise per week for approximately 32 weeks per year. The first year covers physics and chemistry, and the second year covers biology and applications of science. The curriculum and the Home Laboratories are completely self-contained."
Literature Studies
"Progeny Press study guides are designed to help students better understand and enjoy literature by getting them to notice and understand how authors craft their stories and to show them how to think through the themes and ideas introduced in the stories. To properly work with a Progeny Press study guide, students should have easy access to a good dictionary, a thesaurus, a Bible (we use NIV translation, but that is up to your preference; just be aware of some differences in language), and sometimes a topical Bible or concordance. Supervised access to the Internet also can be helpful at times, as can a good set of encyclopedias. Progeny Press study guides include: background, activities, vocabulary, content questions, literary analysis and terminology questions designed to give students a good understanding of writing technique and how to use it, critical analysis questions designed to help students consider and analyze the intellectual, moral, and spiritual issues in the stories and weigh them with reference to scripture and, of course, a detailed answer key!
**Specific books have yet to be decided upon. Head over to our Facebook page to let us know your ideas for literature books you would like to see covered this year**
The above selections are the core classes being offered.
Elective classes will be held after lunch, there will be two blocks available for each age group.
Some options that have been discussed are physical education, art, piano, and interest based monthly themes and life skills. Each of these classes will depend on interest and finding parents willing and able to teach them. Please reach out to me if you have any thoughts on these classes so we can begin to narrow down these choices.
If you have any thoughts you would like to share about any of these classes please reach out and let me know! You can contact me via email (lightcoop@hotmail.com) or the Facebook page. Looking forward to hearing from you!!
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