What This Course Covers
This course combines the following subjects:
• Phonics
• Reading
• Spelling
• Writing
• Grammar and Punctuation
• Literature
• Poetry and Memorization
• Art Appreciation and Art Instruction
Handwriting is not included in this course.
Items Needed for the Course
The Good and the Beautiful Products:
• Level 1 Course Book
• Phonics Cards
• Level 1 Reader (integrated with the course)
• Plenty of The Good and the Beautiful
Library books at your child’s level for personal reading, which is a part of the course. (Have your child take the reading level assessment at www.thegoodandthebeautiful.com/library, which is different from the course level assessment.)
Other Items:
• A three-ring binder to use as the child’s “My Book
of Stories and Writings” (This same binder can be used through all
course levels to keep the stories and writing assignments that the child
creates. Have the child create a cover to insert into the front of the
binder. The child will only create a few items for this binder in Level
1.)
• Items to have on hand that are used in various lessons:
• Blank white paper
• Personal whiteboard and marker
• Scissors, tape, glue, crayons, colored pencils
•
Optional: A plastic page protector (The child will use watercolor paint
on some of the pages. Some parents might like to have a plastic sheet
to put behind the page while the child paints.)
• Items for specific lessons:
•
Poster paints, watercolors, paint brushes, cotton swabs, index cards,
cotton balls, highlighter, pot, stirring spoon, pointer such as
straw/feather/craft stick, fly swatter, balloons