The SCM Curriculum Guide is a plan that selects, organizes, and uses resources in a CM way. The recommendations are based on what we used with our children, what we plan to use, and in some cases, what we wish we had used.
The SCM Guide incorporates both individual work and combined work. The individual work (science, math, language arts) is detailed by grade level. The rest of the subjects are grade-level combined and presented as modules. We recommend you do the modules in numerical order, but that’s just our suggestion. You always have the flexibility to make changes to better fit your students’ needs. Click on a subject name to see our specific resource recommendations.
Oh, one more thing: Keep in mind that we may make changes to the Guide as we discover new resources. We hope this Guide will be helpful as you teach your children using the CM way.
| Grade 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Math | Hands-on math courses | Pre-Algebra | Algebra | Geometry | Algebra II | Elective | ||||||
| Beginning reading | x | x | ||||||||||
| Narration | Oral | Written and oral | ||||||||||
| Copywork | x | x | x | |||||||||
| English Grammar | Gentle intro | Gentle intro | x | x | x | x | x | Formal essay | Formal essay | |||
| Typing | x | x | x | x | ||||||||
| Spelling/ Dictation | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
| History | Modules 1–6 (younger students are introduced to the time periods; older students study same time periods more in-depth) | Repeat Modules 1–6 (younger students are introduced to the time periods; older students study same time periods more in-depth) | ||||||||||
| Geography | ||||||||||||
| Bible | ||||||||||||
| Scripture Memory | Verse Packs 1–12 (about fifty verses per year) | |||||||||||
| Science | Read living books; Creation or nature notebook OR Apologia science courses | General Science | Physical Science | Biology | Chemistry | Elective | ||||||
| Nature Study | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Poetry | Selected poems, plus one poet study sometime during the year | |||||||||||
| Shakespeare | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||
| Literature | Modules 1–12 | |||||||||||
| Picture Study | Modules 1–6 (six artists per year) | Repeat Modules 1–6 (six artists per year) | ||||||||||
| Music Study | Modules 1–6 (six composers per year) | Repeat Modules 1–6 (six composers per year) | ||||||||||
| Hymn Study | Modules 1–12 (six hymns per year) | |||||||||||
| Foreign Language | English roots | English roots | Elective | |||||||||
| Personal Development | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |