{"id":174,"date":"2009-01-01T23:27:30","date_gmt":"2009-01-02T04:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/?page_id=174"},"modified":"2022-06-01T22:26:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T02:26:55","slug":"mater-amabilis-an-overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/intro\/mater-amabilis-an-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview of the Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A general outline of what is to be expected.<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/prep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Preparatory Level<\/a> (Ages 4 to 6)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Pre-K\/Kindergarten\u00a0in the US and Year 1 in the UK.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New Testament Bible stories, Liturgical Year, Introduction to the Catholic Faith<\/li>\n<li>Introduction to letters and numbers.<\/li>\n<li>Story time<\/li>\n<li>Geography through study of children around the world<\/li>\n<li>Learning about God&#8217;s world<\/li>\n<li>Outdoor time<\/li>\n<li>Creative play<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/level-1b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Level 1B<\/a> (Ages 6 to 7) <\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>One year course.\u00a0Grade 1 in the US and Year 2 in the UK.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Focus on acquisition of basic skills of reading, writing, number and oral narration.<\/li>\n<li>Begin serious study of religion, including New Testament, Catechism, and stories of saints<\/li>\n<li>Study History of child&#8217;s own nation<\/li>\n<li>Formal study of geography and earth studies begins with study of <a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/geography-2\/level-1b-rivers-and-oceans\/\">Rivers and Oceans<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tales, fables and classic children&#8217;s literature<\/li>\n<li>Introductions to picture study and classical music<\/li>\n<li>Optional foreign language<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/science\/level-1b-nature-study\/\">Nature Study: mammals, tide pool, and ocean life<\/a><\/li>\n<li>All books read aloud to the child unless he is reading proficiently.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/level-1a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Level 1A<\/a> (Ages 7 to 9<\/strong>)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>Two year course.\u00a0Grades 2 and 3 in the US and Year 3 and 4 in the UK.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Continuing focus on the development of basic skills.<\/li>\n<li>Religion studies including New Testament, Catechism, and stories of saints<\/li>\n<li>Begin the transition to reading independently and writing some narrations.<\/li>\n<li>English Language lessons<\/li>\n<li>Continue the studies begun in Level 1B<\/li>\n<li>Continue learning the history of the child&#8217;s own nation.<\/li>\n<li>Begin learning a foreign language.<\/li>\n<li>Begin systematic study of ancient history: Ancient Israel and <a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/history\/ancient-history-levels-1-and-2-2\/ancient-egypt-level-1a\/\">Ancient Egypt<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Greek mythology, tales and classic children&#8217;s literature<\/li>\n<li>Geographical focus on Europe and Asia<\/li>\n<li>Studies of <a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/geography-2\/level-1a-year-1-earth-studies\/\">maps<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/geography-2\/weather\/?fbclid=IwAR204uDdkAyeMQUBqsx3kdMw-CsjAMzHq-oliQarWLXQOZLfyrD3Upofwnc\">weather<\/a> and environments<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/science\/level-1a-science-year-1\/\">Science of the Natural world<\/a>: plants, insects, birds in year 1<\/li>\n<li>Formal science study in year 2 begins with <a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/science\/level-1a-science-year-2\/\">matter, astronomy, microscopic world<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Artist and composer studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/level-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Level 2<\/a> (Ages 9 to 11) <\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Two year course.\u00a0Grades 4 and 5 in the US and Years 5 and 6 in the UK.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lesson books to be read independently.<\/li>\n<li>Regular written narrations.<\/li>\n<li>Religion includes Acts of the Apostles, the Bible through the mysteries of the Rosary, Catechism, and a focus on saints and Our Lady<\/li>\n<li>English Language lessons<\/li>\n<li>Study history of another country (Britain or America)<\/li>\n<li>Continue study of ancient history: Ancient Greece and Rome<\/li>\n<li>Greek and Roman mythology<\/li>\n<li>Shakespeare<\/li>\n<li>Classic children&#8217;s literature<\/li>\n<li>Geographical focus: the Americas and Africa<\/li>\n<li>Science studies correlate with ancient history and include<a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/science\/science-in-ancient-greece\/\"> nature, solar system, simple machines, physics,<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/science\/human-body-and-history-of-medicine\/\">human biology<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Latin begun in second year<\/li>\n<li>Artist and composer studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/level-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Level 3<\/a> (Ages 11 to 13)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Two year course.\u00a0Grades 6 and 7 in the US and Years 7 and 8 in the UK.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More advanced material than Level 2<\/li>\n<li>Bible history<\/li>\n<li>Bible study related to Church Year Cycle<\/li>\n<li>Lives of the Saints<\/li>\n<li>Apologetics<\/li>\n<li>Further study of <a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/history\/introhistorytcoo\/from-sea-to-shining-sea-2\/\">history of own nation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/history\/level-3-world-history\/\">Survey of world history<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Classic literature and Shakespeare<\/li>\n<li>Tales\/Mythology: Norse, Arthurian, Indian, Chinese<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/geography-2\/level-3-4-geography-exploration\/\">History of Exploration<\/a><\/li>\n<li>World Geography (through travel)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/science\/level-3-4-science\/\">Botany, Intro to Biology, Chemistry, Physical Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/geography-2\/level-3-4-geology\/\">Introduction to Geology<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Continue modern foreign language and Latin<\/li>\n<li>Artist and composer studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/level-4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Level 4<\/a> (Ages 13 to 14)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>One year course.\u00a0Grade 8 in the US and Year 9 in the UK.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Transitional year into higher level studies<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bible study related to Church Year Gospel<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20th century saints and prominent Catholics<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Catechism focus<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shakespeare study continues<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tales from the Native American and African-American traditions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Classic 20th century literature and poetry<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/history\/20th-century-history\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20th century focus in history<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Current events<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/geography-2\/level-3-4-geography-exploration\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20th century Exploration\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weather, electricity, magnetism and inventions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Continue study of <a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/geography-2\/level-3-4-geology\/\">Geology<\/a> from Level 3<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Natural History and stories of naturalists<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Continue modern foreign language and Latin<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Composers and music of the 20th century\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Artists of the 20th century<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/high-school\/high-school-level-5-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Level 5<\/a> (Ages 14 to 16)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><b>Level 5 Year 1:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ancient History to the End of the Roman Empire<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">British History to the Tudors<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Church History to the End of the Roman Empire<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bible Study<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writings of Saints and Doctors of the Church<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Study of the Creed<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Papal Encyclicals<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Classical Epics, British Literature to 1500\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shakespeare<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Composition<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geography of Asia<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Level 5 Year 2:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medieval History<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">British and American History to 1815<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Church History to the End of the Middle Ages<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bible Study<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Writings of) Saints and Doctors of the Church<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Study of the Mass<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Papal Encyclicals<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dante, British poetry to 1900<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shakespeare<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Composition<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geography of Africa<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/high-school\/high-school-level-5-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Level 6<\/a>\u00a0(Ages 16 to 18)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Two year course. Grade 11 &#8211; 12\u00a0in the US and Year 12+ in the UK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Level 6 Year 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Modern World\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American History to 1815-Present<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Church History to the End of the Sixth Age<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Novels, English Poetry, American Literature\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Modern novels<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shakespeare<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Composition<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bible Study<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saints and Doctors of the Church: 16th-18th centuries<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spiritual reading<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Papal Encyclicals<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geography of the Americas<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Level 6 Year 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bible Study<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saints and Doctors of the Church: 19th-20th centuries<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spiritual reading<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Papal Encyclicals<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Independent Research in History<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Novels, Literary Genre Study<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Honors option: a year-long Senior Thesis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geography of Europe<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">Further Science Studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A general outline of what is to be expected. Preparatory Level (Ages 4 to 6) Pre-K\/Kindergarten\u00a0in the US and Year 1 in the UK. New Testament Bible stories, Liturgical Year, Introduction to the Catholic Faith Introduction to letters and numbers. Story time Geography through study of children around the world Learning about God&#8217;s world Outdoor &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/intro\/mater-amabilis-an-overview\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about  Overview of the Curriculum<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":7,"menu_order":59,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-174","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5165,"href":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/174\/revisions\/5165"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}