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Year 3 Curriculum Picks for Luke (2023-2024)

Year 3 Curriculum Homeschool-min

A list of our curriculum picks for my eldest son who will be on Year 3 (or Grade 3) this year. This list is Classical + Charlotte Mason inspired.

A FEW NOTES BEFORE WE BEGIN:

The first question people ask when I share my curriculum picks was how did I come up with this list? Well, in a nutshell, lots of research and reading. This means, going back and forth reviews online.

But eventually, I’ve narrowed it down to trusting the recommendations of Ambleside Online and our current homeschool provider, Living Learning Homeschool. Both are CM inspired. But since we do Classical as well, I tweaked and added other books mostly from The Well Trained Mind. (See related post: How We Homeschool Classical + CM)

Take note that this list is custom made to fit my son’s current skills, interests and sensitivity. I placed notes on some of the categories to explain.

See previous years’ picks here: KindergartenYear 1 and Year 2.

BIBLE & THEOLOGY:

CHARACTER:

GRAMMAR:

*No reading or writing curriculum. Instead, these skills are honed through reading his books for literature and by doing copywork sheets daily.

LITERATURE:

Free Reading:
(Books he will need to read, but no narration is required)

* I carefully chose these literature picks based on my son’s sensitivities. For example, Pinocchio was supposed to be for his first year, but he was really terrified of it. I think Year 3 is the perfect year for him to handle that story. Also, Little Women and The Hobbit are usually for older years but he has browsed through the books (and I read to him a chapter of each) and he was captivated. So we are doing those 2 this year.

POETRY

MATH

SCIENCE & NATURE STUDY

* Luke requested for more focus on experiments this year and if we could learn about physics and chemistry. I honestly didn’t expect to work on those topics until he was a bit older. So as compromise, I told him that we can go through them as an overview. And yes, more experiments haha.

FILIPINO

  • Wikahon A & B
  • Various Filipino picture books

SOCIAL STUDIES

CHINESE

  • I’ve given up teaching him Mandarin, so I’m enrolling him with a Chinese tutor hahaha.
  • Duolingo (I just leave him to do the lessons on his own!)

BIOGRAPHIES

GEOGRAPHY

ART

  • Michelangelo
  • Edgar Degas
  • Claude Monet
  • Local Artists
  • Others tentative: I usually introduce many other artists regularly but I plan to focus on these more.

MUSIC

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6 Comments

  • Reply
    Monique
    July 9, 2023 at 11:15 pm

    Thank you for posting. Been reading your curriculum picks blogs as a reference for my incoming first grade.

    • Reply
      Sheena Sy Gonzales
      July 9, 2023 at 11:57 pm

      Welcome! I have Year 1 and 2 on the blog as well!

  • Reply
    Monique
    July 11, 2023 at 2:30 pm

    I did read those already… Do you have reading booklists of your Story of the world 1?

    • Reply
      Sheena Sy Gonzales
      July 20, 2023 at 10:34 pm

      Hello what do you mean? Supplemental books for Story of the World? Sorry I dont have a list for that.

  • Reply
    Carmina
    May 4, 2024 at 4:43 pm

    This is really helpful, I also have an incoming Grade 3, and we are new to homeschooling. This will make my life easier,

    • Reply
      Sheena Sy Gonzales
      May 11, 2024 at 12:32 pm

      Glad it’s helpful!!

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