CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
Lower Primary (Grades K-2)
Literature List
Science Reading List
Upper Primary (Grades 3-6)
Literature List
Secondary Preparation (Grades 7-8)
Literature List
Secondary High School (Grades 9-12)
Literature List
Lower Primary (Grades K-2)
● Math: Saxon Math (Levels 1-3)
● Science: Classifications of Living Things, Human Body, Weather, Birds, and Sea Creatures; Focus on Creation and Scientific Method
● Grammar & Reading: Rooted in Language (Pinwheels Year 1 & 2); Focus on phonics, decoding, and basic grammar rules.
● Bible: Themes of Obedience, God’s Perfect Plan, and Fruit of the Spirit; Catechism and Scripture Memorization.
● History: Ancient World (Egypt, Patriarchs) and Early North American History
● Geography: Basic mapping skills, continents, oceans, and geographical terms
● Art & Music: Integrated into understanding of God’s creation and cultural heritage.
Literature List
Kindergarten 1st 2nd
● Usborne:Who Were the Vikings?
● My Little Golden Book about Vikings by Stjern
● Meet the North American Indians
● By Payne
● A Picture Book of Christopher Columbus by Adler
● Follow the Dream: The Story of Christopher Columbus
● By Peter Sis
● Encounter
● By Jane Yolen
● Off to Plymouth Rock by Mackall
● The Very First Thanksgiving by Greene
● Benjamin Franklin by D’Aulaire
● Finding Providence by Avi
● If You Lived in Colonial Times by McGovern
● Boys and Girls of Colonial Days
● Colonial Days A to Z
● George Washington and the General’s Dog
● Young George Washington
● Abraham Lincoln: The Boy who Loved Books
● True Stories about Abraham Lincoln
● Choo Choo by Virginia Burton
● Leif the Lucky by D’Aulaire
● DK Eyewitness Book: Vikings
● Encounter
● By Yolen
● Jamestown by Knight
● Pocahontas by D’Aulaire
● Three Young Pilgrims by Harness
● Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving by Metaxes
● The First Thanksgiving by Dagliesh
● Problems in Plymouth: An Imagination Station Book
● Now and Ben by Gene Barretta
● The 4th of July Story by Dagliesh
● Can’t You Make them Behave, King George? By Jean Fritz
● Paul Revere’s Ride by Longfellow
● Redcoats and Petticoats by Kirkpatrick
● Finding Providence by Avi
● Phoebe the Spy by Judy Griffin
● George Washington’s Mother
● George Washington and the Cherry Tree (Book of Virtues)
● Young George
● The Creation Story for Children
● The Dragon and the Garden
● Moses
● In the Time of Noah
● The Sword of Abram by N D Wilson
● The World of the Old Testament
● Gilgamesh the King by Zeman
● Exodus by Brian Wildsmith
● DK Eyewitness: Mesopotamia
● Tirzah by Lucille Travis
● The Eygptian Cinderella by Climo
● Eygptology by Emily Sands
● Usborne: Look Inside Mummies and Pyramids
● Boy of the Pyramids by Ruth Jones
● 100 Things You Should Know about Ancient Egypt by Jane Walker
● Hieroglyphs from A to Z by Peter Der Manuelian
● Time Traveler: Pharoahs and Pyramids
● Mummies by Funston
● The 5,000 Year Old Puzzle by Logan
● How the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Were Built by Henkova
● The Star Spangled Banner by Spier Washington
● The Cabin that Faced West
● A Picture Book of Lewis and Clark by Adler
● Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog’s Tale
● True Stories about Abraham Lincoln
● Mr Lincoln’s Whiskers
● Harriet Tubman: Moses to Her People
● Be a Scribe! Working for a Better Life in Ancient Egypt
● The Assyrian Empire’s Three Attempts to Rule the World
● Bible Atlas
Read Alouds:
Children’s Book of Virtues by Bennet
● The Real Mother Goose
● Little Red Riding Hood
● Jack and the Beanstalk
● The Three Billy Goats Gruff
● The Three Little Pigs
● Goldilocks and the Three Bears
● The Gingerbread Man
● Cinderella
● The Fisherman and His Wife
● The Lion and the Mouse
● The Tortoise and the Hare
● The Little Red Hen
● The Princess and the Pea
● The Snowy Day by Keats
● Tale of the Three Trees
● The Legend of the Poinsetta
● The Legend of the Candy Cane
Read Alouds:
Children’s Book of Virtues by Bennet
● Billy and Blaze by C W Anderson
● Floss by Kim Lewis
● A Chair for My Mother by V. Williams
● Bread & Jam for Frances by Hoban
● Caps for Sale by Slobodkina
● Frog & Toad All Year by Lobel
● Frog & Toad Are Friends by Lobel
● Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
● If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
● Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper
● Blueberries for Sal by McCloskey
Read Alouds:
Aesop’s Fables Illustrated by Santore
Student Read Alouds:
● Poems by Rooted in Language
● A Kiss for Little Bear by Minarik
● Danny and the Dinosaur by Hoff
● Mr. Putter and Tabby Pour the Tea by Rylant
● Mr. Putter and Tabby Pick the Pears
● Frog and Toad are Friends by Lobel
● Frog and Toad Together by Lobel
● Harry and the Lady Next Door by Zion
● Owl Moon by Yolen
● Chicken Soup with Rice by Sendak
● Big Max: The World’s Greatest Detective by K Platt
● A Bear Called Paddington by Bond
● A Birthday for Frances by Hoban
● Make Way for Ducklings by McCloskey
● The Owl and the Pussycat by Lear
● The Runaway Bunny by Brown
● The Story of Ferdinand by Leaf
● Strega Nona by dePaola
● The Ugly Duckling by Anderson
● Winnie the Pooh by Milne
Student Read Alouds:
● Pinwheels Phonics Readers
● Flyleaf Publishing Emergent Series and Series 1
Science Reading List
Read Alouds:
● The Cloud Book by de Paola
● Corduroy by Don Freeman
● Curious George by H A Rey
● Doctor DeSoto by William Steig
● The Emperor's New Clothes by Anderson
● Henry & Mudge: The First Book by Rylant
● Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
● Mr Putter & Tabby Pour Tea by Rylant
● Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
● Little Bear by Minarik
● Little Bear's Friend by Minarik
● Madeline by Bemelmans
● The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward
● Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard
● Nate the Great by Sharmat
● Nate the Great & the Lost List by Sharmat
● A New Coat for Anna by Ziefert and Lobel
● Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit by B. Potter
● Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
● Olivia Goes to Venice by Ian Falconer
● The Golly Sisters Go West by Betsy Byars
● The Story About Ping by Flack and Wiese
● Zack’s Alligator by Mozelle
● Curious George by H.A. Rey
● Amelia Bedelia and the Baby by Peggy Parish
● The Relatives Come by Rylant
● The Boxcar Children by Warner
● Encyclopedia Brown by Sobol
● Milly Molly Mandy by Brisley
● Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
Science Reading List
Read Alouds:
● Ant Cities
● Backyard Insects Science Reading List
Read Alouds:
● Anatomicum
● Usborne: Look Inside Your
● Down Comes the Rain
● Feel the Wind
● Flash, Crash, Rumble and Roll
● Rain, Drop, Splash
● Oh Say Can you Say, What’s the Weather Today
● Who Eats What? Let’s-Read-and Find-out-Science
● About Habitats: Oceans!
● About Habitats: Rivers and Streams
● About Habitats: Seashores
● About Habitats: Wetlands
● An Anthology of Aquatic Life (DK Series)
● Oceanarium: Welcome to the Museum
● An Egg is Quiet by Aston
● Whales: The Gentle Giants by Joyce Milton
● Make Way for Ducklings by McCoskey
● Birdsongs by Franco
● Riki’s Birdhouse by Wellington
● Feathers for Lunch by Ehlert
● About Birds by
● The Beautiful Bee Book
● The Beautiful Beetle Book
● Bees!
● Busy, Buzzy Bees
● From Caterpillar to a Butterfly
● The Icky Bug Alphabet Book
● Insects
● My, Oh My- a Butterfly!
● On Beyond Bugs
● Thinking about Ants
● Whose Habitat is That? By L. Piketty
● Producers and Consumers by Rice
● About Habitats: Tundras by Sill
● About Habitats: Forests
● About Habitats: Grasslands
● Is a Camel a Mammal? By Rabe
● Balto: The Bravest Dog Ever by Standford
● The Reason for a Flower by Heller
● Sugar Snow by Wilder
● The Vegetables We Eat by Gibbons
● The Fruits We Eat by Gibbons
● Animalium: Welcome to the Museum
● DK Eyewitness: Mammals
● Born in the Wild by Judge
● A Giraffe and a Half by Silverstein
● About Mammals by Sill
● Usborne: Look Inside Space
Body
● Usborne: What Makes You Ill?
● Your Fantastic Elastic Brain by JoAnn Deak
● Little People, Big Dreams Louis Pasteur by Vegara or Pasteur’s Fight Against Microbes
● Inside Your Outside by Rabe
● Extreme Abilities: Amazing Human Feats and the Simple Science Behind Them
● DK Eyewitness: Human Body
● Inside the Human Body and The Human Body by Magic School Bus
● The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses
● Why I Sneeze, Shiver, Hiccup and Yawn by Melvin Berger
● The Busy Body Book by Rockwell
● Muscles by Seymour Simon
● Hear Your Heart by Paul Showers
● My First Human Body Book by Silver and Wynne
● Dem Bones by Bob Barner
Sill
● A Nest Full of Eggs
● Birds of the Air by Arabella Buckley
● Crinkleroot’s Guide to Knowing the Birds
● Welcome, Brown Bird by Ray
● The Birdwatchers by Simon James
● DK Eyewitness: Reptiles
● Miles and Miles of Reptiles by Rabe
● Nat Geo: Turtles
● Nat Geo: Lizards
● Alligators and Crocodiles by Gail Gibbons
● Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor by Valdez
● The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System
● Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me by Carle
● My Five Senses by Aliki
● Me and My Amazing Human Body by Joan Sweeney
● Who Was Clara Barton?
● You Wouldn’t Want to Live without Sleep! By Pipe
● Emmanuel’s Dream by Thompson and Qualls
Upper Primary (Grades 3-6)
● Math: Saxon Math (Levels 5/4 to 7/6).
● Science: Berean Builders Science Series with a focus on discovering God’s creation.
● Grammar & Writing: Grammar Bugs, IEW Fix-It Grammar, and Scriptorium for structured writing development
● Bible: Old Testament, New Testament, and Church History with integrated Scripture studies, Catechism and Scripture Memorization.
● History: Mystery of History - Ancient to Late Modern History (Creation, Empires, Medieval Europe, Reformation, and Industrial Revolution)
● Geography: Advanced mapping skills, trade route simulations, and comparisons of historical civilizations
● Poetry & Writing: Progymnasmata exercises and poetry analysis
Literature List
3rd
Read Aloud:
● Magician's Nephew
● Aesop's Fables
● Tirzah
● Ancient Egypt Mythology
● Classic Starts: The Iliad
● Myths of China
● Classic Starts: The Odyssey
● Theras and his Town
● Ancient Rome for Kids
● Memorize and work through all Messianic Prophecies
● The Emperor's New Clothes
4th
Students Read:
● The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C S Lewis
● Trial and Triumph (martyrs)
● A Door in the Wall
● The Adventures of Robin Hood (Green)
● Kubla Khan
● The Princess and the Goblin
● Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
● The Horse and His Boy by C S Lewis
● Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village
5th
Students Read:
● The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood
● Little Guides to Great Lives: Leonardo Da Vinci by Isabel Thomas
● Spy for the Night Riders: Introducing Martin Luther by Dave and Neta Jackson
● Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C S Lewis
● The Silver Chair by C S Lewis
● Carry On, Mr Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
● The Top 500 Poems (Various Authors, edited by William
6th
Students Read:
● The Last Battle by C S Lewis
● American Poems (Anthologized and Selected) Various Authors
● Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
● Watership Down by Richard Adams
● Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
● A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
● The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
● Holes by Louis Sachar
● At the Back of the North Wind by George
Harmon)
● Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
● Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
● Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
● Anne of Green Gables by L M Montgomery MacDonald
Secondary Preparation (Grades 7-8)
● Math: Pre-Algebra (7th) and Algebra I (8th)
● Science: Earth Science (7th) and Physical Science (8th, High School Credit)
● Grammar & Writing: Advanced Scriptorium exercises for classical writing skills.
● Bible: Studies on Genesis, Exodus, Isaiah, and Revelation with theological exploration, Scripture Memorization
● Latin: Picta Dicta Primer 2 and Grammar III
● Integrated Humanities: See below.
Literature List
7th Grade
ANCIENT - Omnibus I and IV
● Genesis
● Exodus
8th Grade
MEDIEVAL - Omnibus II and V
● The Creeds (Apostles', Nicene, and Chalcedonian)
● Minor Prophets (Books of the Bible)
● First and Second Samuel
● First and Second Kings
● The Holiness of God by R C Sproul
● The Code of Hammurabi
● The Epic of Gilgamesh
● Augustus Caesar’s World by Genevieve Foster
● Histories by Herodotus (EXCERPT)
● Mythology by Edith Hamilton
● The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff
● The Iliad by Homer
● The Odyssey by Homer
● Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
● Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
● The Epistle to the Ephesians (Book of the Bible)
● The Gospel of John (Book of the Bible)
● Martin Luther: Selections from His Writings by Martin Luther
● The Heidelberg Catechism by G.I. Williamson
● Two Lives of Charlemagne by Einhard and Notker the Stammerer
● The Lives of Thomas Becket edited by Michael Staunton
● The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo
● Beowulf (translated by Seamus Heaney)
● Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
● The Dragon and the Raven by G.A. Henty
● Winning His Spurs by G.A. Henty
● Henry V by William Shakespeare
● The Complete English Poems by George Herbert
Secondary High School (Grades 9-12)
● Math: Geometry, Algebra II, Pre-Calculus, Calculus or Business Math
● Science: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Anatomy & Physiology, Health & Nutrition.
● Bible: Comprehensive theological studies integrated into historical and literary contexts
● Latin: Advanced Grammar and Translation Studies.
● Integrated Humanities: See below
Literature List
MODERN (U.S. History Focus)Omnibus III and VI
● Foxe’s Book of Martyrs by John Foxe
● Philemon
● 1,2,3 John
● Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings by Abraham Lincoln
● The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
● Gods and Generals (Film)
● The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
● Origin and Principles of the American Revolution by Friedrich von Gentz
● Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
ANCIENT
- Omnibus I and IV
● Isaiah and Jeremiah (Books of the Bible)
● Galatians, Romans, and James (Books of the Bible)
● Revelation (Book of the Bible)
● Chosen by God by R C Sproul
● The Unaborted Socrates by Peter Kreeft
● The Last Days of Socrates by Plato
● The War with Hannibal by Livy
● Annals of Imperial Rome by Tacitus
● Josephus: The Essential Works by Flavius Josephus
● Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
MEDIEVAL- Omnibus II and V
● Eusebius: The Church History by Eusebius
● Confessions by St. Augustine
● On the Incarnation by St. Athanasius
● The City of God by St Augustine
● The Heidelberg Catechism by G.I. Williamson
● The Great Divorce by C S Lewis
● The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth
● Here I Stand by Roland H Bainton
● The Divine Comedy: Inferno by Dante Alighieri
● Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
MODERNOmnibus III and VI
● Christianity and Liberalism by J Gresham Machen
● How Should We Then Live? by Francis A Schaeffer
● Paradise Lost by John Milton
● The Epistles of Jude and Peter
● Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
● Communist Manifesto
● The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
● 1984 by George Orwell
● Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
● Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche
● All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
● One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr
● Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson
● Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
● Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
● Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
● The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
● Animal Farm by George Orwell
● Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
● Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
● The Aeneid by Virgil
● The Koran (Excerpts) translated by N J Dawood
● St. Thomas Aquinas and St Francis of Assisi by G.K. Chesterton
● Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
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