Grade Three

Daily Instruction: Penmanship or Copywork ABEKA Copywork
Phonics: Lang 3
ABEKA Math: Saxon Book 3
Foreign language Weekly Instruction: Rosetta Stone French
Art
Correspond history readings with a timeline or century book and map
Handicrafts
Music Appreciation, including folksongs and hymns
Nature Study
 An artist and a composer each term
Bible History: 1400-1600 Renaissance to Reformation
An Island Story by H.E. Marshall
This Country of Ours by HE Marshall The Discovery of New Worlds by M.B. Synge
The Awakening of Europe by M.B. Synge
Term 1 An Island Story by HE Marshall
Story of Mankind by Van Loon:
Term 2 An Island Story by HE Marshall
 This Country of Ours by HE Marshall
A Child's History of the World by Hillyer OR The Awakening of Europe by MB Synge
Term 3 An Island Story by HE Marshall This Country of Ours by H.E. Marshall
A Child's History of the World by Hillyer
Trial and Triumph by Richard Hannula
Leonardo Da Vinci by Emily Hahn OR Michelangelo by Diane Stanley or, a biography of Galileo
** Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare by Peter Vennema and Diane Stanley OR Good Queen Bess by Diane Stanley (purchase)
*** Squanto by Feenie Ziner OR Landing of the Pilgrims by James Daugherty
Geography Marco Polo
Natural History/Science The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock, as scheduled in Nature Study; online. You may find it helpful and fun to participate in the Outdoor Hour Challenge blog. Supplies for Nature Study: Nature notebook and pencils or paint for each student Begin to build a library of regional field guides Plenty of time to allow Nature Study to be a fun learning experience for both parent and child
Secrets of the Woods by William J. Long (search amazon.com)
Optional: Explore His Earth by Ann Voskamp,
Those preferring a textbook option may use the Exploring Creation With . . . series by Jeannie Fulbright for science in Years 3-6 (purchase): also available here. A support group is available.
Penmanship/Copywork
Poetry
* William Blake
** Sara Teasdale and Hilda Conkling
*** Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Literature Parables from Nature by Margaret Gatty,
selections. American Tall Tales by Adrien Stoutenburg
Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb
The Heroes by Charles Kingsley (also here) Pilgrim's Progress Part One (Christian's Journey) by John Bunyan OR Part Two, Christiana's Journey - the original language is recommended; read why and see recommended versions here.
* The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
** Children of the New Forest by F. Marryat
*** The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Book 1 and Book 2 Additional Books for Free Reading
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley
At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald
Men of Iron by Howard Pyle
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
 The Bears of Blue River by Charles Major Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
 * Unknown to History: Captivity of Mary of Scotland by Charlotte Yonge
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge
The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright 4 Books; Includes: The Four Story Mistake by Elizabeth Enright
Then There Were Five by Elizabeth Enright,
English Fairy Tales and more by Joseph Jacobs King
of the Wind by Marguerite Henry (18th century, Africa, France and England)
The Wheel on the School by Meindert De Jong