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Third Grade

Welcome to ​Old Fashioned Education's FREE online curriculum.
Before you begin, please read the introduction and license agreement. 
Directions: 
  1. Gather materials using the Booklist (below) for what to teach.
  2. Print the 40-Week Schedule PDF for when to teach it.
  3. Order the Grade 3 Teaching Guide (optional) with lesson plans, worksheets, tests, and answer key for how to teach it or plan your own lessons using the FREE Student Weekly Assignment Booklet PDF.
Key:  *Free online   ❶  Our Pick!   ❷ Christianbook
Third Grade
Age 8+
Ancient History from Creation to 500 AD


King James Bible
  • The King James Version of the Bible*

Bible Study
  • The Wonder Book of Bible Stories*
  • Children & Courtesy, 14 lessons*
  • ​Children may use Bible Atlas * by Hurlbut, for reference.
Optional Sunday Reading:
  • ​Side Lights on the Bible by Mrs. Brightwen*
​​
Devotions
  • Keys for Kids* or Kids 4 Truth Devotionals* or other devotions of your choice

Arithmetic. Choose 1
  • CIMT, MEP, Primary Year 3*
  • Everyday Arithmetic Book 1* (First Half) with Answers*
  • Ray's New Intellectual Arithmetic* and Ray's free video lessons*
  • Math program of your choice, purchase separately ❶
​
Science
  • Enjoying Science Together or
The following:
  • Ways of Wood Folk*
  • Secret of the Woods*
  • Wilderness Ways*
  • Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers*
​
​Library Skills
  • Learn to use smaller Dictionaries, Card Catalog (computerized or the old fashioned kind, whichever your library uses), & Children’s Magazines
  • Begin Keyboarding
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Language Arts
  • Phonics: Word Mastery: A Course in Phonics for the First Three Grades*, pp. 101-109
  • Reading: McGuffey's Third Eclectic Reader* and Friends in Feathers and Fur* ❷
  • Writing: Handwriting Workbook of your choice^, purchase separately
  • Spelling: McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book, lessons 23-62 (included in Enjoying Penmanship)
  • Grammar: Lessons in the Use of English Book 1, Part 2
  • Poetry: Poems Every Child Should Know by Mary E. Burt*
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If you are using all 3 programs of study, the reading below is optional.
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Literature
  • Greek Gods, Heroes, and Men*
  • A Story of the Golden Age*
  • The Odyssey for Boys & Girls*
  • The Iliad for Boys & Girls*
  • The Aeneid for Boys & Girls*
  • Beowulf*

Optional Reading as desired
  • The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley*
  • Voyages of Dr. Dolittle
  • The Story of Doctor Dolittle
  • Peter Pan
  • Black Beauty, Young Folks’ Edition Or, Black Beauty, original edition

The Bobbsey Twins
  • The Bobbsey Twins 
  • ​Bobbsey Twins at Home
  • Bobbsey Twins at Meadow Brook
  • The Bobbsey Twins at School
  • Bobbsey Twins at Snow Lodge
  • The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore
  • The Bobbsey Twins at the County Fair
  • The Bobbsey Twins in a Great City
  • Bobbsey Twins in the Country
  • The Bobbsey Twins in the Great West
  • Bobbsey Twins in Washington
  • The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat

Feminine Alternatives
  • Heidi
  • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
  • Through the Looking-Glass

History
  • On The Shores of the Great Sea*
  • Stories of the East From Herodotus*
  • Last Days of Jerusalem From Josephus*
  • Our Island Saints*
  • The Cave Boy of the Age of Stone*
  • Stories from Ancient Rome*

Biography
  • Tales of the Greeks: The Children’s Plutarch*
  • Tales of the Romans: The Children’s Plutarch*
  • Our Young Folks’ Plutarch*
  • Famous Men of Rome*
  • Famous Men of Greece*
  • The Spartan Twins*
  • Heroes, or Greek Fairy Tales for My Children*
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Geography
  • Home Geography for Primary Grades*
  • Unit Studies on specific countries of your choice including the Cousins’ stories below plus Encyclopedias Library Books, Foreign Cook Books, Maps, Library Video’s & DVD’s
The Little Cousin Series*
  • Our Little Korean Cousin
  • Kalitan, Our Little Alaskan Cousin
  • Our Little Mexican Cousin
  • Hamid, Our Little Arabian Cousin
  • Gerard, Our Little Belgian Cousin
  • Our Little Dutch Cousin
  • Our Little Egyptian Cousin
  • Our Little English Cousin
  • Our Little French Cousin
  • Our Little Scotch Cousin
  • Our Little African Cousin
  • Our Little Russian Cousin
  • Our Little Indian Cousin
  • Our Little Servian Cousin
Third Grade Syllabus​
coming soon
Have Third Grade questions or comments?  See FAQ's

Notes
[1] Prefer an updated Christian science reader? We recommend 
God's World Science Series. 
​[2] Harvey's Elementary Grammar Series is more advanced and should be started in 4th-6th grade, however you could adapt short lessons for the younger student. 
[3] A few details in the geography books are out of date. We recommend that you get a world map and use an ink pen to update the text as needed.

^Consumable books less than 10%
"Train up a child in the way he should go:
and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
​- Proverbs 22:6
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