Week
|
Story
|
Activity
|
7 —
Bible Stories |
Chapter
6—
The Boy in the Temple(Luke 2) |
 | Oral narration. (Adult to write this down). |
| Find place(s) on a map. (First use a world map, and
then a Bible Atlas). |
| Child to read part of the account in the Bible. |
| Copy work – Luke 2:49. |
|
7 —
Tales from Around the World |
The
Mysterious Portrait (Arthur Mee, p. 2759 |
| Oral narration. (Adult to write this down). |
| Find Japan on a map of the world . |
| Copy work – Beauty is in the eye of the beholder – Use
for handwriting practice. |
|
7 —
Science and Nature |
Geese Grow (Millicent Selsam, You and the World Around
You – p.42) |
| Have child read chapter aloud. |
| Oral narration. (Adult to write this down). |
| Discuss the chapter. |
| Draw a picture or diagram to show part of this story
(discuss this first) |
| Copy work – Beauty is in the eye of the beholder – Handwriting practice and point out punctuation & spelling. |
|
7 —
Famous People |
Florence Nightingale
(Arthur Mee, p. 3984-6;
or
H.E. Marshall, Our Island Story – Chapter CIV, "Victoria–War"
– online at
The Baldwin Project) |
| Oral narration. (Adult to write this down) |
| Find Russia on a map of the world |
| Draw (or find) a picture of Florence Nightingale, and keep
it with your timeline. Florence Nightingale lived 1820-1910.
(See
here for some pictures) |
|  Read
Florence Nightingale by L du Garde Peach (Ladybird books), or
another biography of Florence Nightingale |
| Read
Tennyson’s poem, “The Charge of the Light Brigade” |
| Learn
more about nurses either in Florence Nightingale’s day, or in our
own time. |
| Start
learning first aid. |
|
Suggested read-aloud: By the Gail Water by Ella Napier
Lefroy. (This has been one of our family favourites for many
years. It is online
here). |
| Copy work – Beauty is in the eye of the beholder – Prepare for
dictation tomorrow. |
Note: If reading the account in Arthur Mee, we suggest
beginning with the words "Florence Nightingale was born.." (p.
3984), and concluding at "Rightly she stands among the heroes" (p.
3986).
Chapter CIV of Our Island Story is a simpler account of
Florence Nightingale for children of this age, though if you use
this, you may prefer to abridge the chapter. (This chapter includes
the poem by Tennyson.) |
7 —
Day 5 |
|
| Dictation – Beauty is in the eye of the beholder |
| (Optional) – Rabbit trail day. |
|
8 —
Bible Stories |
Chapter
7— The Preacher in the Desert
(Matthew
3; Mark 1; Luke 3) |
| Oral narration. (Adult to write this down). |
| Find place(s) on a map (use the Bible Atlas). |
| Child to read part of the account in the Bible. |
| Copy work – Mark 1:11. |
|
8 —
Tales from Around the World |
How a Sultan Found an Honest Man (Arthur Mee, p. 36) |
| Look up the word “Sultan” in the dictionary before reading
this story. (Did you know that a Sultan’s wife is called a
Sultana?) |
| Oral narration. (Adult to write this down). |
| Find on the world map some of the places where Sultans
ruled. |
|
Read some of the stories from the Arabian Nights. |
| Copy work – Honesty is the best policy – Use
for handwriting practice. |
|
8 —
Science and Nature |
You Grow Too! (Millicent Selsam, You and the World Around
You – p.52) |
| Have child read chapter aloud. |
| Oral narration. (Adult to write this down). |
| Discuss the chapter. |
| Draw a picture or diagram to show part of this story
(discuss this first). |
| Copy work – Honesty is the best policy –
Handwriting practice and point out punctuation & spelling. |
|
8 —
Famous People |
Alexander and Bucephalus
(James Baldwin, Fifty Famous Stories, p. 106) |
| Oral narration. (Adult to write this down). |
| Find Greece and Macedonia on a map of the world. |
| Draw (or find) a picture of Alexander the Great, and keep it
with your timeline. (He lived 356-323 BC). (A suitable
illustration may be found
here) |
| Learn
more about Alexander the Great. You may like to read a biography
about him, and perhaps colour a picture. ( Suggested resources
include Joe Lasker, The Great Alexander the Great and The
Bellerophon colouring book on Alexander the Great |
|
Suggested read aloud: Hans Baumann, Alexander's Great March |
| Copy work – Honesty is the best policy –
Prepare for dictation tomorrow. |
|
8 —
Day 5 |
|
| Dictation – Honesty is the best policy. |
| (Optional) – Rabbit trail day. |
|
9 —
Bible Stories |
Chapter
8—
Satan Talks to God's Son(Matthew
4; Mark 1; Luke 4) |
| Oral narration. (Adult to write this down). |
| Find place(s) on a map (use the Bible Atlas). |
| Child to read part of the account in the Bible. |
| Copy work – Matthew 4:10b. |
|
9 —
Tales from Around the World |
Trying to Please Everybody (Arthur Mee, p. 157) |
| Oral narration. (Adult to write this down). |
| Copy work – You can not please everyone
– use for Handwriting practice. |
|
9 —
Science and Nature |
A First Look at Fish (Millicent Selsam) |
| Have child read pages 4-11 aloud. |
| Oral narration. (Adult to write this down). |
| Discuss what makes a fish a fish. |
| Choose one of the pictures from pages 4-11 to copy, and keep it
with your narration. |
| Copy work – You can not please everyone
– Handwriting practice and point out punctuation & spelling. |
|
9 —
Famous People |
The Song that Found a King (Arthur Mee, p.
1647) |
| Oral narration. (Adult to write this down). |
| Find these places on a map: London (England); Palestine;
Germany; Provence (France), Picardy (France); Vienna (Austria);
the River Danube. |
| Draw (or find) a picture of Richard I, and keep it with your
timeline. He lived from 1157-1189. (Here
is a suitable picture.)
As an alternative, colour a
larger
picture of Richard I, to keep with your narration. |
| What
were the Crusades? See what you can find out about them. |
|
Robin Hood is supposed to have lived during Richard the
Lionheart’s reign. Read some of the stories about him. |
| Copy work – You can not please everyone –
Prepare for dictation tomorrow. |
|
9 —
Day 5 |
|
| Dictation – You can not please everyone. |
| (Optional) – Rabbit trail day. |
|
10 —
Bible Stories |
Chapter
9—
Jesus Chooses His Disciples(John 1) |
| Oral narration. (Adult to write this down). |
| Find place(s) on a map (use the Bible Atlas). |
| Child to read part of the account in the Bible. |
| Copy work – John 1:36. |
|
10 —
Tales from Around the World |
William Tell (James
Baldwin, Fifty Famous Stories, p. 64;
or
Arthur Mee, p. 529) |
| Oral narration. (Adult to write this down). |
| Find Switzerland on a map of the world. |
| Draw (or find) a picture of William Tell, and keep it with
your timeline. (According to the legend, William Tell lived c.
1300)
(See
here
for a picture). |
| Point
out that the picture on the above website has been copied from
the illustration in Arthur Mee’s Children’s Encyclopedia.
Practice making your own copy of the same picture. |
|
Listen to the William Tell Overture, by Rossini. |
| Copy work – While there's life, there's hope – Use
for handwriting practice. |
|
10 —
Science and Nature |
A First Look at Fish (Millicent Selsam) |
| Have child read pages 12-20 aloud. |
| Oral narration. (Adult to write this down). |
| How can you tell one fish from another? Child should
explain, using the pictures in the book to illustrate. |
| Complete the drawing activity on p. 20, and keep it with
your
narration. |
|
Look at pictures of different kinds of fish in the Wildlife
Fact File or Animal Encyclopedia. |
| Copy work – While there's life, there's hope –
Handwriting practice and point out punctuation & spelling. |
|
10 —
Famous People |
Sir Walter Raleigh (M.B. Synge, "Sir Walter Raleigh" from
Great Englishmen – online at
The Baldwin Project) |
| Oral narration. (Adult to write this down). |
| Find North America on a map of the world. |
| Draw (or find) a picture of Walter Raleigh, and keep it with your
timeline. (Raleigh lived 1552-1618). (Here
is a suitable picture, though there are many others). |
|
Raleigh’s life was a very eventful one. Read Sir Walter
Raleigh by L du Garde Peach (Ladybird books), or
The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh by Margaret Duncan
Kelly. |
|
Find out more about Elizabethan ships and sailors. |
|
Where was the New World? Find out more about exploring the New
World. |
| Copy work – While there's life, there's hope – Prepare for dictation tomorrow. |
|
10 —
Day 5 |
|
| Dictation – While there's life, there's hope. |
| (Optional) – Rabbit trail day. |
|
11 —
Bible Stories |
Chapter
10—
Jesus at the Wedding Feast(John 2) |
| Oral narration. (Adult to write this down). |
| Find place(s) on a map (use the Bible Atlas). |
| Child to read part of the account in the Bible. |
| Copy work – John 2:11. |
|
11 —
Tales from Around the World |
Poem:
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
(Robert Browning)
(Arthur Mee p.6031)
|
| Oral narration. (Adult to write this down). |
| This poem takes place in modern-day Germany. Find Germany on
a map of the world. If possible, find Brunswick, Hanover, and
Hamelin on the map. |
| Copy work – Child should choose a stanza or two that he
really liked from
the poem, and copy it over the course of this
week. |
Note: The poem is available in many places (both in books
and on the Internet).
Here is
one online source. |
11 —
Science and Nature |
A First Look at Fish (Millicent Selsam) |
| Have child read pages 21-31 aloud. |
| Oral narration. (Adult to write this down). |
| Discuss the different kinds of fish. |
| Choose one of the pictures from pages 21-31 to copy, and keep it
with your narration. |
| Choose
one kind of fish to learn more about. What shape is it? What
kind of fins does it have? Draw a picture of it. |
| If
possible, visit a pet shop or an aquarium and look at the fish
there. |
| Copy work – Continue copying from The Pied
Piper of Hamelin. |
|
11 —
Famous People |
The Story of a Great Story (James Baldwin, Fifty Famous
People,
p.130) |
| Oral narration. (Adult to write this down). |
| Find Scotland, South America, and Juan Fernandez on a map of
the world. |
| Add Daniel Defoe and Alexander Selkirk to your timeline, and
include a picture of Robinson Crusoe. (Defoe lived 1660-1731;
Selkirk lived 1626-1721) |
| Read
the poem “Alexander Selkirk”, by William Cowper (Arthur Mee,
p.1761). |
| Child
may read one of these children's versions of Robinson Crusoe:
 | The Robinson Crusoe Reader, by Julia Darrow Cowles
(Christian Liberty Press – We can highly recommend this version:
it has been a favourite with our beginning readers.) |
| Robinson Crusoe in Words of One Syllable, by Mary
Godolphin (online
here) |
| Robinson Crusoe for Children, by James Baldwin
(online
here). |
|
|
These websites provide more information about Alexander Selkirk:
|
|
Alexander Selkirk sailed with William Dampier, one of the earliest explorers of Western Australia. We don't know
whether Selkirk ever came to Australia, though it is an
interesting possibility! Find out more about William Dampier and
his discoveries. (Why did he decide Australia was not worth
exploring further?) |
|
Adults (and older siblings) may like to read Tim Severin's
Seeking Robinson Crusoe. |
| Copy work – Continue copying from The Pied
Piper of Hamelin. |
|
11 —
Day 5 |
|
| Copy work – Continue copying from The Pied
Piper of Hamelin. |
| (Optional) – Rabbit trail day. |
|
12 —
Bible Stories |
Review week |
- The Boy in the Temple
- The Preacher in the Desert
- Satan Talks to God’s Son
- Jesus Chooses His Disciples
- Jesus at the Wedding Feast
| Adult should choose any one of these five stories. Can the
child remember the story? (He may need some prompting, to remind
him which story he should tell.) |
| Take the child’s original narration of this story, and
work on editing it together. |
| Copy work – Have the child choose a Bible verse to
copy. (If he cannot think of one, suggest the text from last
Sunday’s sermon.) |
|
12 —
Tales from Around the World |
Review week |
- The Mysterious Portrait
- How a Sultan Found an Honest
Man
- Trying to Please Everybody
- William Tell
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin
| Adult should choose any one of these five stories. Can
the child remember the story? (He may need some prompting, to
remind him which story he should tell.) |
| Take the child’s original narration of this story, and
work on editing it together. |
| Can the child show, on a map of the world, where this
story took place? |
| Copy work – Have the child choose a nursery rhyme or a
short poem to copy. He may continue with this tomorrow and the day
after. |
|
12 —
Science and Nature |
Review week |
- Geese Grow
- You Grow Too!
- A First Look at Fish
| Adult should choose any one of the above —
| If choosing one of the first two, can the child remember the
story? (He may need some prompting, to remind him which story he
should tell.) |
| If you choose A First Look at Fish, have the child
tell everything he can remember about fish: what makes a fish a
fish? Can he go into detail about one of these characteristics? |
|
| Take the child’s original narration of this story, and
work on editing it together. |
| Copy work – Continue with the poem from yesterday. |
|
12 —
Famous People |
Review week |
- Florence Nightingale
- Alexander and Bucephalus
- The Song that Found a King
- Sir Walter Raleigh
- The Story of a Great Story
| Choose any one of these five stories. Can the child remember
the story? (He may need some prompting, to remind him which
story he should tell.) |
| Take the child’s original narration of this story, and
work on editing it together. |
| Copy work – Continue with the poem from yesterday. |
|
12 —
Day 5 |
Review week |
| Have the child choose one of the narrations he has
helped to edit this week. He should copy it out in his best
handwriting, and send it (or a photocopy) to his grandparents. |
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