First Grade 2020-2021 Curriculum for Boys | Classical Charlotte Mason Homeschool in Minnesota

1st Grade Curriculum choices for our 2020-2021 School Year here at Wildwood Homeschool: A Classical Education with Charlotte Mason.

I will share what we use for 

Bible

Group Time Enrichment with Poetry, Art + Music, History, Science, Read-Alouds

Math 

Handwriting

Phonics + Reading

Literature

Other things I can think of

These have worked well for our busy boys, an outdoorsy family, and keeping the Lord the center of our life as best as we can. Seeking truth, beauty and goodness is our goal in educating the kids to learn how to learn well. This particular first grader works with sensory processing disorder, is kin with nature and loves to hug. He wants to be a biologist when he grows up.  Or a rancher, farmer, firefighter or policeman, Or a carpenter. He enjoys catching creatures, keeping pets, studying the little things, thing-finding, riding bike, hunting, trapping, string + hooks on anything, making his bed, and reading. He also likes playing sports and games. 

Bible:

• Read daily out of the Bible
• memorize one scripture per week, reciting it daily
• Hymn of the month from Happy Hymnody

Group time: History, Science, Art, Music, Poetry

• Story of the World (finish Vol 2) Vol 3
• An Island Story
• Beautiful Feet Books Early American History Primary Grades

• Nature Study + Journaling
• Memoria Press Enrichment Guide + Art Cards. This includes weekly Read aloud picture books, poetry, classical music and art. 

We rotate through these things, doing about one per day, which is about once a week in each area. We do these as a whole family, with little to no writing requests and mostly using oral narrations or visual displays (acting it out, playing or building the scene with figures, and drawing a scene) for comprehensive learning. 

Math:

• Rod and Staff Arithmetic 1

Reading/Phonics:

• Ordinary Parents Guide to Teaching Reading 
• Early Readers like “I Can Read” , the Pathway Publishers  Reader and Primary phonics readers. May use Some More McGuffey readers, and he loves the American Language Reader called Scamp and Tramp. 

Handwriting:

• Memoria Press Copybook I
• Our 24 Family Ways Using one lesson scripture and family way as a copywork into his journal week my

Literature:

• Memoria Press Storytime Treasures (Little Bear, Make Way for Ducklings...) 
• Memoria Press More Storytime Treasures 
• Regular family read alouds + free reading Collected from good book lists: Honey for a Child’s Heart, Books Children Love, Read-Aloud Revival, The Mason Jar Podcast + Cindy Rollins recommendations, Ambleside Online, My Father’s World, Sonlight, etc... 

Other things I can think of:

Typing online free at typingclub.com

Playing, exploring, crafting, Baking or cooking, working with dad, healthy habits, flash cards, games, tracing boards, and whatever other ways we see learning happening naturally. He got a pocket knife this year, and had his own patch in the garden. They have regular routines, including chores and earning some small allowance.