by Becky Jane Lambert
Beyond Five In A Row and the optional Christian Character Bible Study Supplement (one volume correlating with the three Beyond volumes) is aimed at ages 8-12. There are three Beyond volumes and each volume will take one semester to complete. It is similar to Five in a Row, only Beyond uses "chapter books" rather than "picture books."
Volume 1 utilizes The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner and Homer Price by Robert McCloskey as it's two fiction selections, and Thomas Edison by Sue Guthridge and Betsy Ross by Ann Weil from the Childhood of Famous Americans Series for its two non-fiction selections. Volume 2 utilizes Sarah Plain and Tall and Skylark by Patricia MacLachlan as its two fiction selections, and The Story of George Washington Carver by Eva Moore and Helen Keller by Margaret Davidson from Scholastic Biographies for its two non-fiction selections. Volume 3 utilizes The Cricket In Times Square by George Selden, Illustrated by Garth Williams and The Saturdays written and illustrated by Elisabeth Enright as its two fiction selections, and Neil Armstrong-Young Flyer by Montrew Dunham and Marie Curie and the Discovery of Radium by Ann E. Steinkefor its two non-fiction selections.
There are creative writing or essay projects with every lesson, social studies including history, geography, human relationships, science, vocabulary, career path studies, internet connections and much, much more. All you'll need to add is daily arithmetic and the trio subjects grammar/spelling/penmanship. Everything else is included.
