Impact Augusta Homeschool Cooperative
Nursery and Preschool
Nursery
■ Provide loving care during co-op hours.
■ Meet the nap and feeding needs of each individual baby.
■ Incorporate indoor play, outdoor play, books, crafts, and other activities as you are able.
Preschool
■ Provide loving care during co-op hours.
■ Incorporate Bible time, calendar time, outdoor playtime (weather permitting), literature, preschool activities, snack time, and free play each week.
■ Incorporate Before Five in a Row and More Before Five in a Row curriculum into your class each week.
Elementary School
ART
• Kindergarten students
participate in literature-based class
• First grade students
participate in an artist-based class.
• Second through fifth grade
students use Meet the Masters
curriculum to participate in an
artist-based class. We generally
set this curriculum up where
one week we focus on the artist
and the next we create a
project in the style of that artist.
GEOGRAPHY
Our geography classes zoom in
on one or two continents each
year. They explore the five
themes of geography in a
hands-on and interactive way.
Kindergarten - North America
First - South America
Second - Australia, Antarctica
Third - Africa
Fourth - Asia
Fifth - Europe
SCIENCE
• Kindergarten students
participate in a class on the
human body (first semester)
and science through the days
of creation (second semester).
• First grade through fifth grade
students use the BJU science curriculum
• Class time is spent doing
experiments and cooperative
activities that may be difficult to do at home.
Middle School
The middle school classes build together to teach both literature both for literary analysis & enjoyment
of the books themselves. We may often read books that families have enjoyed together before, but as
a class, we interact with these pieces in a new and fresh way.
Comprehension exercises, not as busy work, but to see the art and detail of the stories themselves.
We study literary devices to determine the meaning within a text and to look at the greater narrative
scope that the author intended.
As the IMPACT literature scope focuses mostly on literature itself, we encourage you to add a writing
or composition class such as IEW or any other writing course at some point in the middle school
years. One additional recommendation would be that MS/ HS families add a daily or 3x per week
Grammar exercise such as Daily Grams, Easy Grammar, or something similar. Our literature classes
are not designed to be typical ‘English language arts’ classes, but when you add the grammar
and writing pieces at home– you get the well-rounded package that we find most families are
seeking in a homeschooling education. This approach differs from a traditional school
education, and that is by design.
LITERATURE
6th Grade - The Chronicles of Narnia
● The Entire Chronicles of Narnia Series, CS Lewis
● The Family Guide to Narnia, Biblical Truths in C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia, Christin Ditchfield
● Using the books in sequential order, the class explores Literary Devices such as Figurative Language, ex. Allusion, Allegory, Alliteration Irony, Suspense, Idiom, Rhyme and Narration, Point of View, etc.
7th Grade - A Literature Survey of American & Canadian Authors
● A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle
● Poetry Unit
● The Wingfeather Saga, Book 1. On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness, Andrew Peterson
● Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery
● A Place to Hang the Moon, Kate Albus
8th Grade - British and European Literature
● Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
● A Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare
● A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
● The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien
● The Hiding Place, Corrie Ten Boom
SCIENCE
6th - General Science / Earth Science / Science Fair
Curriculum: Apologia, Exploring Creation with General Science, 3rd edition
● Focus on earth science, introduction to all physical sciences,
science fair project exploring the scientific method
7th - Life Science
Curriculum: Apologia, Exploring Creation with General Science, 3rd edition
● Focus on life science (additional text TBD)
8th - Physical Science
Curriculum: Exploration Education, Advanced Physical Science
(Physics/Chemistry)
● Can count as a science credit on high school transcript
High School
LITERATURE
Notgrass World History, Bible, and Literature (25-26)
○ This class takes place in the morning before normal
co-op time (exact time TBD).
○ This class is intended for 9th-10th graders but is open to
any high schooler who needs the credit.
○ This class has a teacher from within co-op
(therefore we DO NOT allow drop-off students)
○ Class would ideally be 10-16 students
○ Curriculum is Notgrass World History, Bible, and Literature
Notgrass US History and Literature (26-27)
○ This class takes place in the morning before normal co-op time
(exact time TBD).
○ This class is intended for 9th-10th graders but is open to
any high schooler who needs the credit.
○ This class has a teacher from within co-op
(therefore we DO NOT allow drop-off students)
○ Class would ideally be 10-16 students
○ Curriculum is Notgrass World History, Bible, and Literature
SCIENCE
Chemistry (Lab Science)
○ This class takes place during normal co-op time 1-4pm with a break
○ This class is intended for 10th graders, but could be taken by
any high schooler who needs the credit
○ Prerequisite for the class- completion of Algebra 1
○ This class will use a teacher from outside of co-op and will
cost extra (therefore we do allow drop-off students)
○ Class would ideally be 4-10 students
○ Curriculum: Berean Builders, Discovering Design with Chemistry
Biology (Lab Science)
○ This class takes place during normal co-op time 1-4pm with a break
○ This class is intended for 9th graders, but could be taken by any
high schooler who needs the credit
○ This class has a teacher from within co-op
(therefore we DONOT allow drop-off students)
○ Class would ideally be 6-10 students
○ Curriculum: TBD, Apologia, Exploring Creation with Biology,
3rd edition or Berean Builders, Discovering Design with Biology
Environmental Science (non-lab science)
○ This class takes place during normal co-op time 1-4pm with a break
○ This class is intended 10th-12th graders who need
an additional science credit
○ This class will use a teacher from outside of co-op and will
cost extra (therefore we do allow drop-off students)
○ Class would ideally be 4-10 students
○ Curriculum: TBD, Looking at High School Environmental
Science and Ecology Step by Step: An Introduction to Ecological Processes and Systems
Physics (lab science)
○ This class takes place from 9:30am-12:30pm with a break.
○ This class is intended 11th-12th graders who need an
additional science credit
○ This class will use a teacher from outside of co-op and will
cost extra (therefore we do allow drop-off students)
○ Class would ideally be 4-10 students
○ Curriculum: Apologia Exploring Creation with Physics