PART II

EPILOGUE

The Logic Stage at a Glance

Guidelines to how much time you should spend on each subject are general; parents should feel free to adjust schedules according to the child’s maturity and ability.

Fifth Grade

Logic		3 hours per week: do logic puzzles (Mind Benders, Red Herrings).
Mathematics		45–60 minutes, four days per week: do fifth-grade math; 60 minutes, once per week: do real-life math.
History		60 minutes, three days per week, or 11/2 hours, twice per week: study ancient times (5000 B.C.–A.D. 400), using selected history resources; outline sections (one sentence per paragraph); mark dates on the time line; do map work; prepare written summaries on two topics per week.
Language		15 minutes per day: do Spelling Workout books; 40 minutes per day: do formal grammar; 30 minutes or more per day: do structured reading—ancient myths and legends, epics; 60 minutes per day: do free reading.
Writing		30–60 minutes daily: do writing program two or three days per week; do dictation twice per week.
Science		11/2 hours, two days per week: study biology—day 1, do reading and prepare a report; day 2, do sketches and experiments.
Latin/foreign language		3 or more hours per week, depending on pace: study Latin and begin a foreign language.
Religion		10–15 minutes per day: learn the basics of personal faith; learn about world religions through the study of history.
Art		1–2 hours, once per week: alternate art projects with studying ancient art.
Music		1–2 hours, once per week: study the instruments of the orchestra.

Sixth Grade

Logic		3 hours per week: do Critical Thinking, Book One and Two.
Mathematics		45–60 minutes, four days per week: do sixth-grade math; 60 minutes, once per week: do real-life math.
History		60 minutes, three days per week, or 11/2 hours, twice per week: study medieval–early Renaissance times (400–1600), using selected history resources; outline each section; mark dates on the time line; do map work; prepare one composition per week.
Language		15 minutes per day: do Spelling Workout books; 40 minutes per day: do formal grammar; 40 minutes or more per day: do structured reading—medieval and early Renaissance literature; 60 minutes per day: do free reading.
Writing		30–60 minutes two or three days per week: do writing program; once per week: do essays in history and science; twice per month: write personal letters.
Science		11/2 hours, two days per week: study astronomy and earth science—day 1, do reading and prepare report; day 2, do sketches and experiments.
Latin/foreign language		3 or more hours per week, depending on pace: study Latin and begin a foreign language.
Religion		10–15 minutes per day: learn the basics of personal faith; learn about world religions through the study of history.
Art		1–2 hours, once per week: alternate art projects with studying medieval and early Renaissance art.
Music		1–2 hours, once per week: listen to medieval and early Renaissance music; read biographies of the composers.

Seventh Grade

Logic		3 hours per week: do Traditional Logic.
Mathematics		50–60 minutes per day: do pre-algebra.
History		60 minutes, three days per week, or 11/2 hours, twice per week: study late Renaissance–early-modern times (1600–1850), using selected history resources plus the Jackdaw primary-reference packs; outline each section; mark dates on the time line; do map work; prepare one composition per week.
Language		45 minutes, once per week: do Spelling Workout books, and, when finished, go to Vocabulary from Classical Roots A and B (5 minutes, four days per week: review the material); 40 minutes or more per day: do formal grammar; 40 minutes or more per day: do structured reading—late Renaissance through early modern literature; 60 minutes per day: do free reading.
Writing		30–60 minutes, two or three days per week: do writing program; twice per month: write personal letters.
Science		11/2 hours, two days per week: study chemistry, using kits and reporting on experiments.
Latin/foreign language		3 or more hours per week, depending on pace: study Latin and continue with the foreign language.
Religion		10–15 minutes per day: learn the basics of personal faith; learn about world religions through the study of history.
Art		1–2 hours, once per week: alternate art projects with studying art from the late Renaissance through the early-modern periods.
Music		1–2 hours, once per week: listen to Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical music; read biographies of the composers.

Eighth Grade

Logic		3 hours per week: Traditional Logic II.
Mathematics		60 minutes per day: do Algebra I.
History		60 minutes, three days per week, or 11/2 hours, twice per week: study modern times (1850–present), using the selected history resources; outline each section; mark dates on the time line; do map work; prepare one composition per week; schedule oral-history interviews once per month.
Language		45 minutes, once per week: do Vocabulary from Classical Roots C and D (5 minutes, four days per week: review the material); 40 minutes or more per day: do formal grammar study; 40 minutes or more per day: do structured reading—literature from 1850 to the present; 60 minutes per day: do free reading.
Writing		45–60 minutes, three days per week: do writing program.
Science		11/2 hours, two days per week: study physics, using kits and reporting on experiments.
Latin/foreign language		3 or more hours per week, depending on pace: study Latin and continue with the foreign language.
Religion		10–15 minutes per day: learn the basics of personal faith; learn about world religions through the study of history.
Art		1–2 hours, once per week: alternate art projects with studying modern art.
Music		1–2 hours, one day per week: listen to Romantic and modern music; read biographies of the composers.