Curriculum Overview

  • A classical Christian education can be difficult to achieve at home; however, Comm. Central has researched and created a curriculum guide for each grade level (K4-8th grade) that will alleviate the stress, research, and preparation involved in lesson planning and allow parents to invest those hours in quality family time.
  • The curriculum is user-friendly for both parent and student.
  • The parent/student is provided with curriculum lists, lesson plans, and daily checklists with detailed assignments for thirty weekly units.
  • Conveniently, students in different grades will be studying the same historical time period and science topics, providing common themes for family discussions.
  • Integrating history, literature, composition, Christian worldview, and oral communication, the unit study aspects of this curriculum promotes retention of material and higher learning with less homework!

Four Stages of Education:

  • The Comm. Central Curriculum is divided into four stages that progress as your student matures: Echo, Elements, Exploration, and Expression.
    • Echo:
      • The Echo stage includes students in K4 through 2nd grade. It is entitled “Echo” because a huge component of classical education is imitating the masters.
      • You are the master the Lord has placed before your child, and you will play a huge role in his/her education as you speak and your child echoes you using the skills of listening, narration, memorization, and recitation.
    • Elements:
      • The Elements stage encompasses students in 3rd through 6th grade as they build foundational skills (elements) in all subjects.
      • While students are still practicing the skills from the Echo stage, the assignments will be transitioning to a focus on research, summarization, oral presentation and discussion.
      • Students begin to discern how the information they are learning connects to others aspects of their life.
    • Exploration:
      • The Exploration stage describes students in 7th through 8th grade who have become more inquisitive and are pondering the “hows” and “whys” within the subjects they are studying.
      • While students are still practicing the skills above, the primary focus becomes critical thinking and rhetoric (the art of speaking and writing effectively).
    • Expression:
      • High school students have reached the Expression stage where they are using all the skills they have honed thus far in order to develop and express their thoughts and opinions regarding the subjects they are studying and their areas of interest.