Instructions

Below is a list of the lessons for the 2023-2024 community gathering. Apiary Collective thrives with every parent taking a teach role….

Parents with infants and toddlers will also spend time in the nursery.

Parents will also share in the load of the set up or clean up tasks. 

Resouces 

Here are some resources if you would like to review them as you make your selection.

Structure of Lessons 

Lesson Descriptions 

Symposium

• Poet Study (reading one poem)
• Scripture Recitation (reviewing the selected passage of scripture)
• Poetry Recitation (reviewing the selected poem)
• Composer (leading a composer study)
• Picture Study (leading a picture study)

Blueberry Bees (JrK-K)

• PE (Swedish Drill, playground and music games, whole brain movement)
• Bible (The Promises of God Storybook Bible, a study of the life of Christ)
• Moral Imagination (Classic Fairy Tales, Classic Storybook Fables, and Classic Bedtime Stories, all by Scott Gustafson)
• Art

Honey Bees (1st-2nd)

• Science (Science in the Beginning)
• Literature (Little Pilgrim’s Progress, Helen L. Taylor)
• Geography (Paddle-to-the-Sea)
• Art (drawing and handicraft)
• Bible (The Children’s Golden Bible, a study of the life of Christ)
• Presentations
• Moral Imagination (Andersen’s Fairy Tales)
• PE (Swedish Drill, playground and music games, whole brain movement)
• Nature Study (The Burgess Animal Book for Children)

Bumble Bees (3rd-4th)

• Science (Science in the Beginning)
• Literature (The Princess and the Goblin)
• Geography (Minn of the Mississippi)
• Art (drawing and handicraft)
• Bible (The Children’s Golden Bible, a study of the life of Christ)
• Presentations
• Moral Imagination (The Heroes, Charles Kinglsey)
• PE (Swedish Drill, playground and music games, whole brain movement)
• Nature Study (The City Under the Back Step, John James Audubon, The Girl Who Drew Butterflies, Hexapod Stories)

Mason Bees (5th-6th)

• Science (Science in the Beginning)
• Literature (The Hobbit)
• Geography (Richard Halliburton’s Book of Marvel: The Orient)
• Art (drawing and handicraft)
• Bible (Gospel of Luke and John, a study of the life of Christ)
• Presentations
• Moral Imagination (Twelfth Night)
• PE (Swedish Drill, playground and music games, whole brain movement)
• Nature Study (The City Under the Back Step, John James Audubon, The Girl Who Drew Butterflies, Hexapod Stories)