It was a project I started years ago, and it’s finally in the final stages! Our Cycle 1 links are now reorganized! These resources should correlate with both 4th and 5th Edition of the Foundations Guide. If you find any discrepancies, please hop down to the comments to let us know!
All of the following resources (and more) have already been available (organized by subject) on our Cycle 1 Resources Page. There are several resources on our Cycle 1 Subject Resources Pages that span multiple weeks. Don’t forget to check them out (especially math, science, and history!). You will not find memory work verbiage in my links lists or in my documents.
Cycle 1 with the Great Commission in Mind
After designing curriculum plans for over a decade, we developed a Christian Classical Curriculum called Mission: Great Commission that integrates the study of the world and the ongoing fulfillment of the Great Commission, with a focus on loving God, His Word, and fellow mankind. For an open-and-go reading/curriculum plan that overlaps much of the memory work studied during Cycle 1 – along with an integrated study of world missions, world empires & geography, fine arts, and science, check out our Mission: World Wonders Curriculum Plan.
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For a simple plan on how to use these resources, download our Cycle 1 First Quarter Sample Activity Plan.
The Link Buffet: Extension Activities
Pick and choose what you wish to do! {We usually do not do much from this list, but it’s there in case we need an idea! }
Although we make this available to our readers, our family spent more time reading and working on core skills during the elementary-school years, keeping our schedule open for playing board games together; or researching something that our children were interested in; or pursuing poetry, art, or music; or doing a random science investigation or nature study. We used our resource lists as resource lists – that is, when we wished to quickly find a resource I’d come across in the past, we referenced this list. I call it the “Link Buffet.” This is simply meant to be a reference site.
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The Link Buffet
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Topic,Resource
General world history,Teaching with God’s Heart for the World One-Year Unit Study Curriculum
,Torchlighters Study Guides
,Kids of Courage Downloadable Teaching Resources
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Ancient History,Story of the World Activities
,History of Ancient Times Notebooking Pages
,Story of the World Timeline Notebook Figures
,Discussion points and Tapestry of Grace Correlation
,Ancient History Videos
,World History on Khan Academy
,World History Lesson Plans Powerpoints and Games
,Ancient Civilizations Lesson Ideas
,Dynamic2Moms’ Ancient Civilizations lap books
,Core Knowledge Lessons on Ancient History (These usually contain worksheets and activities in the appendix.)
,The Ancient Eras Timeline
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History – Ten Commandments,I am Pharaoh [Craft & Writing Prompt]
,Ten Commandments File Folder Game
,Old Testament Hands-On History Study
,Creation Video Art Lesson from Old Testament Art Lessons (scroll down)
,Memorize the Ten Commandments Finger Play
,Learn the Ten Commandments Video – Visuals
,Memorize Ten Commandments Video – Rhymes
,Ten Commandments Printables – Sequencing and Storyboard Cards & Bookmarks and a bunch more!
,Study & Memorize the Ten Commandments Printable Pack
,Ten Commandment Coloring Pages | Copywork | Bible Verse Cards | Printable Activities
,Ten Commandment Go Fish Song Video
,Ten Commandments Cursive Copywork
,Ten Commandments Mini-Book
,Ten Commandments Booklet
,Make 10 Addition Game – Ten Commandments Theme
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Geography – Fertile Crescent,Ancient Mesopotamia Lesson on Khan Academy
,Mesopotamia Reading & Worksheet
,Teach the Fertile Crescent with a Croissant (with Flocabulary Rap)
,Ancient Mesopotamia Lesson Plan – includes a booklet activity covering inventions of the different civilizations of Mesopotamia
,Ancient Mesopotamia Powerpoints
,Continental Blob Maps
,Map Tracing: A Geography Plan with Printable Atlas
,Learn to draw the world freehand ($)
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Science – Overall Biology,Scientific Method Printables: Posters – Lab Sheets – Bookmarks
,Classic Science Series: Elementary Life Science (Contains student and teacher textbooks with experiments/projects/worksheets/tests.)
,Nature Study Scripture Scavenger Hunt
,Montessori Downloads for Science
,Anna Comstock’s Handbook of Nature Study
,Expedition Earth: Discovering God’s Animals
,Nature Walk Sheet
,Nature Study Resources
,How to make a Tree ID / Botany Book
,Plants & Animals Experiments!
,Rainforest Study –Includes a study of biomes with South American geography and a bit of history plant and animal cells Linneaus & Taxonomy Photosynthesis and even Jungle Art. A great long-term project for first semester!
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Science – Classifications,On-line Animal Classification Game
,Linnaeus Botanical Art Study
,Taxonomy Activity with Printable Habitat Game
,Natural World Chart & Instructions from Montessori for Everyone
,Taxonomy Animal Classification and Invertebrates
,Classification Chart & Ideas
Science – Experiment/Activity,Grow a Baby Bean
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Math – 1&2s,Skipping to Oregon Skip count by 2s 3s 4s and 5s with this Oregon-Trail theme!
,Circle and Write Skip Counting Page
,Skip Counting and Multiplication Practice 2s 3s 5s and 10s
,Skip Count Mazes 1-12
,Multiplication Songs on Spotify
,Martian Multiplication File Folder Game
,Catch the Stars Multiples Online Game
,Monkey Drive Multiples Online Game
,Bubble Fun Math Multiplication Online Game
,Fruit Splat Multiplication Online Game
,Pop-Up Multiplication Online Game
,Noah’s Ark 2s File Folder Game
,Skip Counting by 2s Worksheet
,2s Times Tables Worksheets
,Skip Counting by 2s on Number Line Worksheet
,Number Line: Counting by 2s
,Multiply 2s Cootie Catcher
,Multiplication Fact Drill Sheets 1×1 through 15×15
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English Grammar – Prepositions,Choose a preposition activity
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Latin – Noun Declensions,Latin Noun Declension File Folder Games | Notebook Printables and Story Cues
,Colorful charts on noun declensions and verb conjugations by Classical Academic Press
,Latin Interactive Cut-and Paste Worksheets for declensions and conjugations by Classical Academic Press
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Timeline,Timeline notebook
,Timeline Thumbnails (Way to memorize timeline + free printable)
,Our Timeline Wall: What the CC timeline looks like and what we learned
,Studying History through the Ages with a Timeline
,More Timeline Resources
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Fine Arts – Drawing, Six Weeks of Drawing Lesson Plans & Ideas
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Bible – Exodus 20,Hand Motion Video
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Picture Books,Ish by Peter Reynolds {Fine Arts}
,Beautiful Oops. Saltzberg {Fine Arts}
,Not a Box. Portis. {Fine Arts}
,How the Bible Came to Us: The Story of the Book That Changed the World. Doney. {History}
,Talking to God: Prayers for Children from the World’s Religions. Demi. {History}
,King Solomon & the Queen of Sheba. Greenberg. {History}
,Ancient Civilizations History Pockets. {History}
,Draw and Write Through History (Creation through Jonah Volume 1). {History + Fine Arts}
,Under Over by the Clover: What is a Preposition? Cleary. {English Grammar}
,For descriptions of the above books visit this post
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Read Alouds,A Cry from Egypt.
,Lillian Trasher: The Greatest Wonder in Egypt.
,Where Are the Great Pyramids?
,Who Was King Tut?
,For descriptions of the above books visit this post
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Other,Click here for our Cycle 1 Resources by subject
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Feel free to share any resources you’ve found by commenting or emailing me!