The Rhetoric Stage is roughly high school. These students should be completely independent. Though, I do still include mine in Morning Basket, and choose at least one subject each year to do with them-- not because they cannot do it on their own, but just to connect. For Bible, all my kids who can read …
Godbold Academy: Medieval Logic Plans
The logic stage is about fifth to eighth grade. These students are largely independent, though I do try to pick a subject each year to do with them just to connect with them a little more. For Bible, all my kids who can read use the SOAP method of Bible study to do their own …
Godbold Academy: Medieval Grammar Plans
The grammar stage is roughly first through fourth grade. I group my kids together by stage because it allows me to work with them more easily. I still do phonics and math one-on-one during this stage. By the end of grammar stage, I expect my kids to be self-sufficient learners. So that is something I …
Godbold Academy: Medieval Morning Basket Plans
Morning basket is just a time that the whole family can be together each day. It is the thread that connects all the various ages together. We spend about an hour each morning together for Morning Basket before we break off into our three groups. We start morning basket by praying together. I usually ask …
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Godbold Academy: Medieval History
This school year, we'll have 6 students, plus a preschooler and a baby. I arrange my kids' education so that they are all in the same time period and the same science subject each year. This allows us to do more exploring and learning as a family. It allows the kids the opportunity to share …
Godbold Academy 2020-2021: Rhetoric Stage Plans
The rhetoric stage is essentially the high school stage. This level bumps up in difficulty quite a bit, as students are able to handle deeper and more difficult books. I expect my rhetoric students to be fully independent, except they do join us for Morning Basket. I keep all my kids running along the same …
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Godbold Academy 2020-2021: Morning Basket
I mentioned in my review of A Gentle Feast that we aren't going back to it this coming school year. I figured I'd share our full curriculum plans for this coming year, which include all three classical stages or all four Charlotte Mason forms, whichever way you want to look at it. We've got a …
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Notes From the Parsonage 