2025 – 2026 Berning Schoolhouse

I used to do this regularly each school year, but haven’t recently and wanted to bring it back! Here are our plans for our schoolhouse this year.

Family

• Come Follow Me – Doctrine and Covenants and Old Testament
• History (The French and Indian War through the Revolutionary War // Ancient Greece and Ancient Asia // Vikings, Exploration, and Pre-Columbian America // Colonia America and US Constitution // History of US Education, WWI through the Great Depression )
• Science (Weather and Water, Botany, Safety, Mammals)
• World Watch News

Jacob

• Language Arts: Books Studies (Abraham Lincoln, The Touch of Magic and The Story of My Life, and Wild Like the Foxes)
• Independent Reading
• Math: Pre-Algebra
• Science: Done with family but he and Sarah will do a separate chemistry unit with me
• History (with family)
• Electives:
  • Typing
  • Watercolor Art
  • Piano
  • Music Appreciation
  • Creative Writing
  • Swimming

Sarah

• Language Arts: Level 5
• Independent Reading
• Math Level 4 and Level 5
• Read Alouds and Handwriting: Handwriting Level 5
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix by J.K. Rowling
  • The Princess and the Golbin by George MacDonald
  • Jane of Lantern Lane by L.M. Montgomery
  • The King’s Fifth by Scott O’Dell
  • Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls
  • The Hobbie by J.R.R. Tolkien
• Science: Done with family but she and Jacob will do a separate chemistry unit with me
• History: Family
• Electives:
  • Typing
  • Drawing
  • Piano
  • Music Appreciation
  • Creative Writing
  • Swimming

Benjamin

• Language Arts: Level 1 and Level 2
• Guided Reading
• Math: Level 2 and Level 3
• Read Alouds and Handwriting: Level 3
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
  • Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
  • The Railway Children by E. Nesbit
  • Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight
  • Mountain Born by Elizabeth Yates
  • Heart of a Samuraiby Margi Preus
  • Carry On, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
• Science: Family
• History: Family
• Electives:
  • Drawing
  • Piano
  • Cooking
  • Poetry
  • Swimming

Lydia

• All Aboard the Animal Train
• Koala Crates
• Peaceful Preschool
• Physical Therapy
• Speech Therapy
• Occupational Therapy
• Music Therapy
• Horse Therapy
• Massage Therapy