Typical course of study for Pre-First/Kindergarten.
Appropriate for Grades K - 2.
The following lists our core recommendations for students in Pre-First/Kindergarten (children that are five years old during the school year). You will not be buying every book or only the books listed. Students have a wide variety of abilities and aptitudes; schooling — especially homeschooling — needs to be adapted to different children in different ways. Your advisor will work with you to (a) match each child’s strengths and weaknesses to specific materials; (b) combine your students in texts and subjects as often as possible; (c) choose a religion, history and science focus for the family for the year; and (d) weave materials you may already have or would prefer to use into your family’s course plan.
LANGUAGE ARTS
Grammar [Semester 1]
- Big Thoughts for Little People: ABC's to Help You Grow [ORDER USED], Kenneth Taylor
Daily Personal Writing [Semester 1 and 2]
- No text required.,
Penmanship [Semester 1 and 2]
- Handwriting Without Tears 1: My Printing Book (Yellow), Jan Olsen
- Handwriting Without Tears: 1st Grade Printing Teacher Guide, Jan Z. Olsen, OTR and Emily F. Knapton, OTR/L
- Handwriting Without Tears: Slate Chalkboard, Jan Olsen
Reading Skill [Semester 1 and 2]
- Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons, Siegfried Engelmann, Phyllis Haddox and Ealine Bruner
- The Three R’s series, Dr. Ruth Beechick
Classical Language Arts K [Semester 2]
- Primary Language Lessons, Emma Serl
MATHEMATICS
Beginning Mathematics [Semester 1 and 2]
- Math U See Primer: Universal set, Math U See
- Optional: Math U See Primer Student Text,
RELIGION
Religion A [Semester 1 and 2]
- Beginner's Bible, Karyn Henley
- New St. Joseph First Communion Catechism, Narrated by Rev. Bennet Kelley, CP
Catechetical Primers [Semester 1 and 2]
- The Beatitudes for Children, Rosemarie Gortler & Donna Piscitelli; Mimi Sternhagen, illustrator
- Little Acts of Grace, Rosemarie Gortler & Donna Piscitelli; Mimi Sternhagen/Illustrator
- Just Like Mary, Rosemarie Gortler, Donna Piscitelli; Mimi Sternhagen/Illustrator
- The Mass Book for Children, Rosemarie Gortler & Donna Piscitelli; Mimi Sternhagen/Illustrator
- Living the 10 Commandments for Children, Rosemarie Gortler & Donna Piscitelli; Mimi Sternhagen/Illustrator
- Seeds of Faith for Children, Rosemarie Gortler & Donna Piscitelli; Mimi Sternhagen/illustrator
SOCIAL STUDIES / WORLD HISTORY
Cultural Literacy [Semester 1 and 2]
- Five in a Row, Volume 1 (2nd Edition), Jane Claire Lambert
LITERATURE
Literature (K-3) [Semester 1 and 2]
- A Landscape With Dragons: The Battle for Your Child’s Mind, Michael O’Brien
- Paideia Program, Mortimer J. Adler
- Five in a Row, Volume 1 (OUT-OF-PRINT; SEE NEW EDITION), Jane Claire Lambert
FINE ARTS
Music Practice [Quarter 2]
- Wee Sing Bible Songs: CD and Book Edition, Pamela Conn Beall and Susan Hagen Nipp
Art Practice [Semester 1 and 2]
- Ed Emberley’s Drawing Book of Animals, Ed Emberley
Classical Picture Studies [Semester 2]
- Primary Language Lessons, Emma Serl
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Health and Science K [Semester 1 and 2]
- Five in a Row, Volume 1 (2nd Edition), Jane Claire Lambert
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Latin Chant [Quarter 3]
- Minimum Repertoire of Plain Chant, Julia Fogassy
Learn more...
- Kindergarten: Getting Started
- Grade 1: Introduction to Basic Skills
- Grade 2: Bible History & Hands-on Science
- Grade 3: Ancient History & Anatomy
- Grade 4: Greek History & Astronomy
- Grade 5: Roman History & Botany
- Grade 6: Old World History & Zoology
- Grade 7: American History & Science Literacy
- Grade 8: World History & Science Literacy
- High School Courses