Intended Ages Good news!! The program is designed
to provide you with multilevel lesson plans so you
can use one curriculum for all of your children from three years old all
the way up through highschool! Scroll down to find the age you are
looking for.
THE VERY
YOUNG: (K3 to K5)
Let your youngest
children sit in on the story times, and then color a picture.
All of the units have coloring pages. You have permission to copy
the coloring pages ONLY for children who cannot yet read. You will
need to purchase an extra Bible Story Coloring book for each of your
youngest children. These children will also enjoy trying to
participate in some of the hands on activities like building pyramids and
making Joseph's coat out of construction paper. When your child is
ready, have them narrate back to you what the story was about. You
can copy their
words down on paper
and file in a notebook along with their coloring page. Take pictures
of any projects they attempt and/or complete and file those as well.
Even a child that cannot read can put the Bible Story Cards in order by
looking at the pictures! They will learn chronological Bible history
before they can even read!
GRAMMAR
STAGE: (1st to 4th grade)
Use this program in
a similar was as is described above for the very young.
However, add in the following elements:
HISTORY:
Read the history
outloud together and then discuss it. Each unit has a reflection
section to encourage your child to begin to form a Biblical world view.
BIBLE
Bible stories can be
read from a Children's Bible and/or a regular Bible. Each lesson has
an item for making an entry into a Bible journal. Either have your
child dictate a couple of sentences to you, or have them write a couple on
their own stating what they learned about the Bible reflection
time.
MAP
WORK:
These children can
also be responsible for the simple map work exercises. Require that
the map work coincide with their abilities.
REVIEWS
Most of
the reviews can also be done by grammar stage children.
You can read the review questions to them if they are not reading proficiently. CREATIVE WRITING AND
NARRATION:
There are several
creative writing exercises in the program. If your child's fine
motor skills will not support lots of handwriting, then let them dictate
the stories to you.
HANDWRITING:
For handwriting, you
can choose either the manuscript or the cursive pages for extra
practice. Please note that the handwriting pages do not instruct;
rather, they give your child practice. The pages have Bible verses
that coincide with each unit.
LOGIC STAGE
(5th to 7th grade)
HISTORY:
This age group needs
to be reading more. Make sure to make use of all of the reading
lists in the history units. Simple summarizing is recommended at
this age. If your child is ready, have them begin to try to outline
the information on the History Encyclopedia pages. Also
consider requiring additional research via the provided internet links and
via the library.
BIBLE:
Require your child to keep a Bible devotion journal.
They will make entries for each lesson reflecting on what they have
learned and how it applies to them. Victor's Journey through the
Bible is a great resource for requiring this age group to do some
additional study into the lesson. Many times Victor's will
offer additional detail that is not given in the Story Cards. For
example, the following information is in Victor's but not the Bible
Story Cards: Saul Tries to Kill David, Jonathan Warns David, David
Runs from Saul.
REVIEWS:
These children can definitely do all of the reviews in the
program. On some, consider covering up the word banks and having
these children do the reviews from memory. Let the additional
research and outlining count for another part of their grade.
CREATIVE WRITING:
The assignments in the guide can be done by this age as
well. These are usually, light, thought provoking lessons that can
be fun for any age.
HANDWRITING:
The handwriting pages should only be used by this age if
your child is still struggling with penmanship. Otherwise, don't
order them.
PROJECTS:
Most of the projects are geared for elementary aged
children. A sixth or seventh grader may want to skip some of
these. However, some of them are just plain fun, no matter what your
age!
RHETORIC STAGE (8TH/9th grade and up)
HISTORY:
This age group
should either listen in on the readings for the younger children or read
them independently. In addition, readings are scheduled from Streams
of Civilization that will give more indepth, grade level
information. Also, Streams of Civilization provides several
suggestions for additional projects and creative writing
assigments. Some of these have been scheduled into the
lesson plans.
BIBLE:
This age group should read the Bible lessons directly from
the Bible and keep a devotion journal.
I recommend making Victor's Journey Through the Bible required supplemental reading. REVIEWS:
Streams of Civilization has a test pack that can be used
to test on the history material covered. For Bible, I recommend
having this age group be able to sort the events into chronological
order.
CREATIVE WRITING:
This age group should complete all of the creative writing
assignments in that are scheduled into the curriculum. Streams
of Civilization provides additional suggestions for creative writing
assignments.
HANDWRITING:
There are no handwriting assignments
for this age group. Optionally, you could require this age group to
memorize all of the scripture verses as they are presented to the younger
ones for handwriting assignments. Orally test at the end of
each week.
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