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2nd - 8th Grade Multi-Age Curriculum
Our curriculum for 2nd-8th graders is multi-age. It is designed so that you can use the same program to teach two or more children of different ages.
Select one of two options:
Travel back in time and explore U.S. history and patriotic symbols from a Christian perspective with fascinating stories, hands-on activities, a timeline, and a student created history notebook. Also includes U.S. geography, Bible, science, art, music and more. After completing Adventures, begin the Five-Year Cycle.
2nd or 3rd graders with older siblings should skip Adventures and go directly into the Five-Year Cycle, joining in their siblings' current program. This ensures that a parent does not have to teach two different programs for 2nd - 8th graders.
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An Overview of our Multi-Age Five-Year Cycle
For 4th-8th graders
and 2nd-3rd graders with older siblings in the five-year cycle
(or 3rd graders who have completed Adventures in My Father's World)
Our unique and innovative multi-age curriculum for 2nd-8th grade begins with a one-year foundation in geography followed by four years of history presented chronologically. Beginning with Creation, world history is integrated with Biblical history. When the study of U.S. history begins, it is presented in the context of world history so that your children will understand how world events continue to impact what happens in the United States.
The curriculum is multi-age. Two or more children in 2nd - 8th grade may be taught together, using the same program. Each child will enjoy activities appropriate to his age, while studying the same curriculum as his siblings. This helps unify the family while easing the parent's teaching schedule.
 Each of our programs for grades 2-8 integrates Bible, literature, history/geography, science, music appreciation, art, and character development. Add grade level math and language arts for a complete curriculum program. When teaching multiple children in kindergarten – 6th grade, our easy-to-use daily lesson plans are usually completed in four hours each day when following our recommendations for math and language arts. An additional one to two hours of independent study in science and math is recommended for 7th and 8th graders.
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How Our Multi-Age Family Cycle Works
- If your oldest is in 4th-8th grade, begin the Family Cycle at Year One with all 2nd-8th graders. (K-1st graders may participate in some of the easier activities for a low-key exposure to topics.) If your oldest is in 2nd or 3rd grade, use Adventures in My Father’s World and begin the five-year cycle the next year.
- Continue through the five-year cycle. When younger children reach 2nd grade, they join their older siblings in the family cycle using the same year the other children are studying. This unifies the family and assures that Mom is only teaching one of the five-year cycle programs each year. (Younger children can easily join mid-cycle because they have already been exposed to the earlier years as a part of the family.)
- When you finish Year Five, go back to Year One and cycle through Years One-Five with all of your children who have not reached 9th grade. A 7th or 8th grader will repeat, on a more advanced level, the years he was taught in 2nd and 3rd grade.
- When a child reaches 9th grade, he is ready for parent-guided independent work in our high school program.
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