Morning Reflections and Sunday Reading

FOR CHRISTIANS:

• The Bible for School and Home, by Dr J. Paterson Smyth: Volume I - The Book of Genesis & Volume VII - St Matthew's Gospel of the Kingdom
• Any Bible atlas from Bookshop.org
• Hymns by John Keble
• Helps to the Study of the Bible by Oxford University Press

ANY FAITH:

• Bengali Schooldays by DS Batley
• The History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus by Washington Irving

Child keeps a Book of Mottoes.

NON-CHRISTIANS:

Either replace with prayers and readings of your own faith, or use the time for some meditation, breathwork and journaling

English (Writing, Dictation, Composition, Grammar)

Writing:

Transcribe 2 lines from Shakespeare play each day using this card as a model.

Dictation:

Prepare two pages each week from Reading or History books, then write one dictated paragraph.

Composition:

Daily oral narrations.

Two written narrations of 9 to 12 sentences (up to two paragraphs) every week (from Citizenship or Reading).

A letter with family news per term.

Start typing lessons at TypingClub. 

Grammar:

First Grammar Lessons by Charlotte Mason 

English (Recitations)

Learn to recite the following over the year:

FOR CHRISTIANS:

• 3 Psalms and 6 x 12 verse passages from King James Bible
• 6 hymns from Hymns by John Keble. 

ANY FAITH:

• 1 scene from Shakespeare play
• 2 x 40 line poems from either of the following:
  • A poetry anthology by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
  • A poetry anthology by Longfellow

NON-CHRISTIANS:

Replace the Psalm and Bible passage recitations with readings from your own faith or from your child's Reading books. Replace hymns with songs from your own faith or secular songs.

English (Reading)

• Age of Fable, by Thomas Bulfinch
• Lays of Ancient Rome by Thomas Macaulay
• Wigwam Stories told by American Indians Part II, by MC Judd
• The Black Arrow by Robert L. Stevenson
• Select 3 Shakespeare plays based on Shakespeare rotation.

 History

FREE Book of Centuries

English History:

• A History of England from the landing of Julius Caesar to the present day by HO Arnold-Foster 
• Social Life in England through the Centuries, by RHW Hall.

French History:

• A First History of France by L. Creighton  
  

General History:

• The British Museum for Young People, by F.Epps
• The Ancient World, by A.Malet

Citizenship

• Plutarch's Lives: Alexander, Brutus and Coriolanus, the Anne White Guides (same rotation for Year 5 and 6)
• The Citizen Reader by HO Arnold-Foster
• Any Classical Atlas and Classical Dictionary or Dictionary of Mythology and Antiquities from Bookshop.org.

Geography

• Geographical Readers for Elementary Schools: Book III The Counties of England by Charlotte Mason 
• World atlas. Choose from a selection at Bookshop.org
• Round the Empire by Sir George Parkin 
• Our Sea Power by H.W. Household 
• Outdoor Geography by H. Hatch 

Child to make memory maps

Science & Natural History

• Between the Lines Year 5 Science and Nature Study Lesson Plans
• Countryside Rambles, by WS Furneaux
  
• A selection of British field guides on birds, animals and plants from Bookshop.org
  
• Life and her Children (A. Buckley)
• The Sciences (E. Holden)
• Madam How and Lady Why (Rev. C. Kingsley)

Picture Study

Between the Lines Picture Study Lesson Plans

(choose one rotation for the whole family)

Mathematics (Arithmetic and Geometry)

Lesson plans coming soon

Lessons in Experimental and Practical Geometry by Hall and Stevens

Child will need their own Maths Geometry set.

Foreign Languages 

Below are the languages Charlotte Mason recommended, however feel free to swop these out for more relevant languages from your culture. Children should be starting one new language this year, preferably Latin.

French (Foreign Language I)

Primary French Course, by O. Siepmann

Parent reads Lesson aloud, translating with the children's help, and children afterwards narrate in French. Child should also continue writing in French.

Latin (Foreign Language II)

First Latin Course by Scott and Jones. Each lesson to be followed by narration.

Brushdrawing

Do watercolour brushdrawings as per the Nature Study and History lesson plans, as well as scenes from Reading books.

If child is new to brushdrawing, beginner resources can be found here: Brush Drawing Resources (charlottemasonpoetry.org)

What to draw and how to draw it by EG Lutz – Pencil studies from objects.

Musical Appreciation

Between the Lines Musical Appreciation Lesson Plans

(choose one rotation for the whole family)

Music (Instrument)

• Teacher's Guide to Mrs Curwen's Pianoforte Method (The Child Pianist)

• Find student videos and resources at the Curwen Music website.

Singing

• The Book of French Songs, by LS Costello (learn two French songs per term)
• The national song book: A complete collection of the folk-songs, carols and rounds suggested by the Board of Education by Sir CV Stanford (Select two English songs per term)
• Fifty steps in sight-singing by Arthur Somervell

Drill / Phys Ed

Choose exercises from the following

• The Syllabus of Physical Training, issued by the Board of Education in 1919
• Peasant Dances of Many Lands, by Mrs Kimmins

Children are also encouraged to regularly skip and play sports such as netball, hockey, tennis, swimming and so on.

Handicrafts

• Help in house and garden
• Any book on knitting, clay modelling, raffia work, toy making or rugmaking from Bookshop.org
• The Little Girl's Sewing Book, by F. Klickmann, H. Cowham & HT. Miller
• Needlecraft in the School, by M.Swanson