Welcome to ​Old Fashioned Education's FREE online K-12 curriculum.
Before you begin, please read the introduction and license agreement. ​

Directions:

1. Gather the Booklist below for what to teach.
2. Print the 36-Week Schedule PDF for when to teach it.
3. Order the Enrichment Study 1 Teaching Guide (optional) with lesson plans, worksheets, tests, answer key for how to teach it or plan your own lessons with the Student Weekly Assignment PDF.

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Enrichment Study 1 Booklist

Family Together (Art, Music, and More)

Scripture Memory:

• Scripture Verse Pack 1*

Art Study

• ​​Giotto Art Cards PDF*
• Knights of Art: Stories of the Italian Painters by Amy Steedman*
• Plus, Great Artists: Volume One by Jennie Ellis Keysor * (optional reading)
• Term 1: Drawing Supplies, plus You Can Draw in 30 Days by Mark Kistler ($16) or What to Draw and How to Draw It by E.G. Lutz*
• ​Term 2: Watercolor Supplies, plus Walter Crane's Painting Book* or Everyday Watercolor by Jenna Rainey ($20)
• ​Term 3: Sculpting Supplies

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Music Study

• ​Classics for Kids* 
• Piano Lessons at Hoffman Academy*

Latin Study (Choose 1):

• Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. D'Ooge* and Answer Key* or
• Getting Started with Latin by William Linney ($21) or
• Prima Latina Set with Audio CD by Leigh Lowe ($34)​ ❶

French Study (Choose 1):

• Hachette's Illustrated French Primer by Henri Bué* or
• Getting Started with French by William Linney ($21) or
• ​French for Children with Three Audio CDs by Catherine Bruzzone ($42) ❶

Habit Study:

• Everyday Graces: A Child's Book of Good Manners by Karen Santorum ($22) ❷ (1 per family) 
• Book of Mottoes, Use a journal or composition notebook (1 per student) ^

Handicrafts:

• ​Term 1: Hand Sewing Project of your choice (1 per student)
• Term 2: Cross Stitch Project of your choice (1 per student) 
• Term 3: Crochet Project of your choice (1 per student)

​Want old-fashioned resources? See Handicraft Kits. [1]

Poetry:

• A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson*
• Graded Poetry: First and Second Year*

Nature Study:

• ​Nature Notebook or composition notebook (1 per student)^
• A Nature Study Guide by W.S.Furneaux * (This is a teacher's reference that gives an outline of study per season and how to bring purpose to the nature walk; use with Nature Notebook)
• Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Comstock* (1 per family)
• Burgess Bird Book for Children* 

Grades 1 to 6 (Literature) ​[2]

• Grimm's Fairy Tales*
• The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett *
• The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley *
• Black Beauty by Anna Sewell *
• Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens *
• The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting *
• Heidi by Johanna Spyri *
• Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie *
• The Bobbsey Twins by Laura Lee Hope *
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll *
• Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by E. Nesbit and William Shakespeare *

Grades 7 to 12 (Literature) [3]

• Great Books 101: Ancient to Medieval, A Free Online Course by Hillsdale*

Bible & Bible Resources:

• King James Bible* 
• The Bible Book by Book by Josiah Tidwell* (Old Testament)
• The Bible Period by Period by Josiah Tidwell* (Chapters 1-17)

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Great Books:

• The Iliad by Robert Fagles (available at library) *
• The Odyssey by Robert Fagles (available at library) *
• Sophocles, Oedipus Rex by Robert Fagles (available at library) *
• Virgil, The Aeneid by Robert Fagles (available at library) *

​Optional Extra Reading:

• Stories from the Greek Comedians by Alfred J. Church*
• Stories from the Greek Tragedians by Alfred J. Church*
• The Boys’ and Girls’ Plutarch by John S. White*
• The Adventures of Ulysses by Charles Lamb*
• Helen of Troy by Andrew Lang*
• Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable*

Weekly Sample Schedule

Still have questions about Enrichment Study? See FAQ's.

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Notes

[1] Handicraft Kits by Historical Folk Toys are available in our shop or find other kits at your local craft store
[2] Appropriate for family read aloud (grades 1-12) especially if students haven't read selections.
[3] Literature for grades 7-12 are also called the Great Books and include primary sources.
^ Consumable books are 10% or less.