First Grade

I realize that I need to make a curriculum plan for first grade. First grade is a tricky year. It all depends on how your child did in Kindergarten as to how difficult you want to make your curriculum. I will try to give you as many options as I can. 

Bible: Keys 4 kids

Math: Making Math Meaningful  or Skill Sharpeners 

Poet study: Robert Louis Stevenson: A Child's Garden of Verses

Literature: Narration

• Peter Pan 
• Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
• Aesop for Children
• The Velveteen Rabbit
• Grimm's Fairy Tales
• Just So Stories
• Charlotte's Web
• What your First Grader Needs to Know 

Copy work:  Printing With Pictures 

Grammar: What your First Grader Needs to Know 

Science: Nature Study

• Burgess bird Book for Children
• Handbook of Nature Study
• What Your First Grader Needs to Know 

History/Geography: Time Line

•  Stories of American Life and Adventure
• Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans
• The Seven Little Sisters Who Live on the Round Ball that Floats in the Air
• What Your First Grader Needs to Know 

Artists: Picture Study

• The same as big brother
• What Your First Grader Needs to Know 

Music: Piano lessons

Composers: Composer study

• Mozart

Handicrafts: The American Boy's Handy Book

There is more than enough Literature, History, and Science material to explore. You don't need to cover it all. It is better to be over-prepared than under-prepared.under-prepar