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I have a 6th grader this year!

 

English - Saxon Grammar and Writing 6 with a little IEW thrown in for good measure / various Sonlight Core 6 Readers

 

Math - Saxon 65

 

History - Joy Hakim's The History of US and discussion questions from Sonlight Core 100...also using the Assessment tests for the series

 

Science - Real Science 4 Kids Level 1 (Biology, then Chemistry, then Physics)

 

Art - Various drawing books purchased at a local arts and crafts store

 

PE - Tae Kwon Do -- he earns his Black belt in June! :D

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Latin for Children B 3x a week

Song School Greek 1x a week

Sequential Spelling 4x a week

WWE - 4x a week

Science - unschooled

Math - Saxon 7/6 4x a week

History - we do two different strands - Ancient or World and American, 2x a week

Religion - 1x a week (though often overlaps into history)

Literature - Book club (reading every day) 1x a week (Friday co-op)

Art Club - 1x a week (Friday co-op)

PE - tennis in fall and spring on Friday afternoons with homeschool group.

 

This is the tentative plan, anyway,for next year.

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Here's what we've used this year.

 

Latin: LFC B

Math: Dolciani & LOF pre-algebra

Writing: a mix mash of items, settling on WTM way

Grammar: R&S 6

Spelling: Megawords

Science: Science Matters 1st semester, biology/anatomy 2nd semester

History: FMoMA & The Story of the Middle Ages (harding)

Logic: Art of Arugment (1st unit)

Religion: hit or miss with a study in Proverb being our most successful

Art: Art Talk book with misc studies

Music: Hit or miss with music theory

Memory work: Living Memory

Reading: selections from LCC and others

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Young 6th grader next year:

 

Bible/History/Lit: Biblioplan Middle Ages with MOH as spine

 

Math: CLE 600

 

LA & Reading: CLE 600 - the Reading lightly - doesn't like - may do a lit. guide or two - CLE's 600 is tough!

 

Writing: Meaningful Composition - 5II and 6I

 

Logic: Depends on what book we are in.

 

Roots: English from the Roots Up & Getting Started with Latin

 

Geography: (Need to do some work here with all my boys!) Trail Guide to World & Geography Through Art

 

Art: Geography, Renaissance-Art History & ????

 

Music: Continue Piano lessons

 

PE: Little League, etc. - my very active guy!

 

(Hoping to join co-op also for extra-curricular classes!)

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Math: Singapore 6A/B or Dolciani 7, every day

Spanish: Finished Spanish for Children, then moved on to SYRWLSpanish, every day

Latin: Latin for Children C, every day

(Anki flashcards for both of the above)

 

Writing: Classical Writing Aesop B, every day

Reading: WTM 6th grade reading list, every day

Spelling: Spelling City (online), Writing Road to Reading spelling list, 3-5 x per week

Grammar: Growing with Grammar 6, 3-5x per week

 

Science: CPO Focus on Earth, 2x

History: Outlining Kingfisher, timeline, 2x

Logic: Critical Thinking, 3-5x

 

Units worked on through the year:

Programming: Hello, World!

Drawing: various books

Handwriting: Zaner Bloser Self Instruction for Middle School

Typing: Typing Instructor Deluxe

 

Also sports class once a week, guitar and scouts

 

School goes 9am to about 3:30pm with 10 minute break each morning and afternoon and a half hour for lunch.

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In an effort to get ideas and see what I might be missing, would you pls share your schedule for 6th grade? I love seeing what everyone else is doing!

 

Thanks,

Bethany

 

We are just finishing up 6th grade, and used:

 

Math ~ CLE 6 and LOF Decimals

L.A. ~ MCT Town series (Grammar, Vocab, Poetry, Writing)

Latin ~ Latin for the New Millennium

French ~ French Prep and L'Art de Lire

History ~ TOG Year 2

Science ~ Math in the Cosmos

Logic ~ Fallacy Detective

Literature ~ Lightning Lit 7

Reading ~ Books I choose from Ambleside & Classics in the Classroom

Violin Lessons

Symphony

Lacrosse

Sailing

Art Class ~ out of the home (and believe me, that's a good thing! :lol:)

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My 6th grader is doing the following:

 

Bible - 4-5x/week

History (Biblioplan Year 2) - 3x/week

Science (The Elements/World of Chemistry) - 3x/week

Math (Teaching Textbooks) - 5x/week

Language Arts - Lightning Lit 7 - 3x/week, Jump In - 2x/week, Grammar Town - 2x/week

Greek - 5x/week

Latin - 5x/week

 

Blessings,

 

Laura

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we're just finishing up 6th grade.

 

We don't have a daily schedule. I give him his weekly assignments, and a due date.

 

Math - Life of Fred (right now Decimals and Percents)

Latin - Cambridge, at co-op

Greek - EG I, at co-op

Classical Writing Homer

TOG Year 3/4 - Upper Grammar with some Dialectic

Literature - some from TOG, some from my own list

Classical Studies - D'Aulaires Greek and Norse myths

Drama and Humanities, at co-op

 

He also plays soccer, is involved in Boy Scouts, and has a weekly D&D playgroup. He's also writing a novel, but he won't let me see it ;)

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I've posted before, but here's what we have done for sixth grade this year:

 

 

Math - Algebra: Structure and Method, book 1 (daily), continued participation in Math Olympiad (1 hour per week)

 

History - History Odyssey, level 2 Middle Ages (three days per week), Famous Men of the Middle Ages (plus workbook from MP - 1 day per week)

 

Literature - Lightning Lit 7, + books from the WTM 6 reading list -- I'll include our reading list below that includes reading from HO, LL, and WTM. Also reading Building Poems as an intro to more in-depth poetry study next year. (Reading daily, occasionally replaced by worksheets or writing assignments 2-3 days per week)

 

(Writing is incorporated into our history and literature assignments... We cover grammar in the context of writing and classical language study.)

 

Latin - Latin Prep 3 and Lingua Latina (Latin "lesson" two days per week, homework three days per week)

 

Greek - Elementary Greek 1, 2, and 3 (possible because of the amount of Latin ds already had - lesson two days per week, homework two to three days per week)

 

Logic - Critical Thinking Book 1 for first semester, various games and logic puzzles from other sources (twice a week), Art of Argument for second semester, with Fallacy Detective as a supplement to further explain points

 

Religion - Christian Studies 1 from MP (1 day per week)

 

Science - So You Really Want to Learn Science 1 (Galore Park), and experiments from the Thames and Kosmos Core Science kit (reading and written work 1-2 days per week, lab one day per week)

 

Memory - various poems, history sentences from Classical Conversations, Living Memory... (formally two days per week, additional review)

 

Geography - Mapping the World with Art (1 day per week)

 

Art - Meet the Masters (1 day per week)

 

Extras - ballet 3x per week, Boy Scouts, church choir, soccer in the fall

 

Reading list:

Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children (excerpts), Harold Bloom, 0684868741

The Door in the Wall, Marguerite de Angeli, 0440227798

Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain, 0670869856

The Trumpeter of Krakow, Eric P. Kelly, 0689715714

Beowulf: a new telling, Robert Nye, 0440905605

The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow, Allen French, 1604595221

King Arthur and His Knights, Malory/ Elizabeth L. Merchant, (Calvert)

The Sword in the Stone, T.H. White, 0399225021

The Adventures of Robin Hood, Roger Lancelyn Green, 0140367004

If All the Swords of England, Barbara Willard, 1883937493

Adam of the Road, Elizabeth Gray, 0142406597

Crispin: Cross of Lead, Avi, 0786816589 (and sequel -- this one was a favorite)

Catherine Called Birdy, Karen Cushman, 0064405842

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

Master Cornhill, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, 1887840001

The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer / McCaughrean , 0140380531

One Thousand and One Nights, Geraldine McCaughrean, 0192750135

The Story of My Life, Helen Keller, 1416500324

The White Stag, Kate Seredy, 0140312587

Tales From Japan, Helen and William McAlpine, 0192751751

The Samurai's Tale, Erik Haugaard, 0618615121

A Single Shard, Linda Sue Park, 0440418518

All Creatures Great and Small, James Herriot, 0312330855

Secret of the Andes, Ann Nolan Clark, 0140309268

Around the World in 100 Years, Jean Fritz, 0698116380

The Playmaker, J. B. Cheaney, 0440417104

King of Shadows, Susan Cooper, 068984445X

Dante's Divine Comedy as Told for Young People (excerpts), Joseph Tusiani, 1881901297

The Second Mrs. Giaconda, E. L. Konigsburg, 0689821212

 

Here's a sample week from ds' planner this year:

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The gray parts are the school times we spend working with another family. The other mom and I trade off Big Kids and Little Kids for various classes, though Memory and Art are all done together. The kids write their homework assignments for Latin, Greek, Logic, or Poetry on the blank lines at the bottom of the page. The SOTW reference just tells me what the younger ones are doing that week.

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Thanks for the look in! I envy your organizational skills!

 

The plan for my dd so far is:

 

Reading: Read-alouds & independent reading with basic lit. analysis questions. Perhaps a couple of Omnibus I secondary reading selections.

 

Writing: Classical Writing Homer A, moving to B (or possibly Beginning Poetry)

 

Grammer: Rod & Staff 6

 

Math: Aaah! I think Horizons or Singapore (I've been looking at MEP) Every year the Math decisions drive me crazy!

 

History: my brilliant ;) but not yet put together plan that is floating around in my head, using Guerber/Miller The Story of the Ancient World for a spine, lots of books, projects, etc.

 

Latin: Latina Christiana II

 

Greek: Hey Andrew 3, then Elementary Greek

 

French: Auralog (Tell Me More) with various books & DVDs

 

German: OSU German Online

 

Spanish: (we're adding this) Calico Spanish

 

Science: The Elements (McHenry) & Exploring Creation Human Body

 

Art: artist study, How Artists See Series, maybe Jansson's Art book

 

Shakespeare: studying Romeo & Juliet & A Midsummer Night's Dream

 

Music: piano lessons & composer study (2)

 

I think that's it. Wow, it's making me whoozy just looking at it! We certainly don't do everything every day. And yes, my daughter is a language nut. She informed me next year she wants to learn Spanish, Italian, Japanese and Africans (of all things!!). I drew the line at Spanish.

 

It's so interesting to see what everyone else is doing ......:001_smile:

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Math: 45 min: Saxon 7/6 M-F, LOF Friday

Science: 30 min: Apologia GS w/Sonlight lesson plans M-F

History: 30 min: Sonlight (includes SOTW) Core 7 M-T

Spelling: 15 min: Spelling Power M-T

Grammer: 30 min: Rod & Staff M-T

Logic: 30 Min: Fridays

Latin: 20 min: Latina Christiana

Writing: IEW

Art: Atelier & Masterpiece Art Instruction

Spanish: havn't chosen program yet

 

Friday is for Life of Fred, Science, Art, Logic and packing the camper to go to the LAKE! :001_smile:

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We are about 7 weeks away from finishing 6th grade. Our basic schedule has settled down somewhat to the following:

 

Grammar/Vocabulary: MCT Voyage level, 4x/week

Composition: MCT w/K12, dictation, and Unjournaling, 5x per week

Math: Saxon 8/7 and LofF Beginning Algebra, 4x/week

Science: Rainbow Science w/ Noeo Chem. III and ancient science projects, 4x/week (note taking)

History: my own compilation of too many different programs for Ancient history (note taking and outlining)

Spanish: Rosetta Stone

Art: Child's History of Art and other resources for study of ancient art

Literature: my own mix but includes the following works so far:

 

The boy in the Painted Cave

In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World

The Bible-Genesis and Exodus

A Place in the Sun

The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt

The Tales of Ancient Egypt

The Jataka Tales

The Chi Ling Purse

The Hittite Warrior

The God King

Herodotus and the Road to History

Archimedes and the Door of Science

D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths

Theras and His Town

The Trojan Wars

The Wanderings of Odysseus

The Golden Days of Greece

and various mythology collections

MCT A World of Poetry

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We have a 4 day week with 2 heavy at-home days, and 2 lighter outsourced days.

 

On Mondays we do: Saxon 76, Everyday Spelling 6, MCTLA, piano lessons, independent reading (Emma and Pride and Prejudice right now) ; History homework, and Wheelock's Latin homework, and art lessons from a HSing teen.

 

On Tuesdays: Saxon 76, Everyday Spelling, MCTLA Practice Town sentence, then our Tutoring Center co-op where they take history (All American History I), Greek, and Wheelock's Latin. Following that they have Tae Kwon Do, and following that Ultimate Frisbee in the park, weather permitting. :)

 

On Wednesdays: Saxon 76, Everyday Spelling 6, MCTLA, Oak Meadow Life Science; Maps, Globes, and Graphs F; independent reading; World Religions; poetry class homework, and paper for their co-op class (using BF's Guide to Holling C. Holling's books).

 

On Thursdays: Saxon 76, Everyday Spelling 6; MCTLA; OM Life Science; Maps, Globes and Graphs F; independent reading; World Religions; Latin homework and or history homework. After school, Tae Kwon Do.

 

On Fridays: our co-op classes, from 8:15-12, during which they do the Holling unit study; art; choir and small group chorale. After lunch, "extended co-op" during which they do Latina Christiana and a poetry class using MCT's World of Poetry.

 

It doesn't look like much written down, but it sure feels like it, especially when you throw in the littlers!

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My dd will be in 6th grade next year and here is the plan so far

 

LA: MCT Voyage level, Spelling Power, Joanne Moore stories, NoMo?

 

French: L'art de Lire

 

Math: We use a huge variety of different books and materials, but cover all the main math themes such as algebra, operations, probability, measurement, geometry, number sense, etc. Some of the things we may use are LoF Fractions, LoF Decimals and Percents, LoF Prealgebra, TOPS Get a Grip, TOPS Lentil Science, Hands on Equations, AIMS Floaters and Sinkers, etc

 

History: A mix of SOTW 4 and History through Canadian Eyes (this will cover two years)

 

Geography: Again a mix of books and resources, among them EMC Hands on Geology gr 3-6 , FS Teaching the Five Themes of Geography Gr 5&Up, TCM 0483 Geography Simulations Gr 5-8, etc)

 

Science: We cover chemistry, physics and biology every year and this year we plan to use

Chemistry: Ellen McHenry's Carbon Chemistry, GEMS Environmental Detectives, TOPS Analysis, GEMS Mystery Festival

Physics: TOPS Magnetism, TOPS Focus Pocus, GEMS Colour Analyzers

Biology: TOPS Radishes, a study on the human body (haven't found one yet!)

 

Art/music/drama: My dd participates in a musical theatre program

 

My dd is also involved in Girl Guides, plays water polo, teaches jump rope, plays badminton, x-country skiis and skates, and swims in a recrational swim club

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Math: Life of Fred Prealgebra & Biology; KB Prealgebra

 

English: MCT LA (grammar, vocab, poetry, writing)

 

Literature: Boy of the Painted Cave, Gilgamesh, Cat of Bubastes, Illiad & Odyssey (Lombardo translations), In Search of a Homeland; D'Aulaire's mythology, and several Teaching Co audio courses. (DS also does a lot of free choice reading, but it's mostly nonfiction.)

 

Biology: mixture of Campbell's Exploring Life, Miller & Levine Biology, a few college zoology texts, Manga Guide to Molecular Biology, plus labs, documentaries, and "living books"

 

History: Oxford University Press series The World in Ancient Times as a spine, plus Teaching Company courses on Egypt, Greece, Rome, and Origins of Civilization, plus too many other books to list, plus assorted documentaries & hands-on projects

 

Geography: Map Trek plus assorted texts and living books (1-2 days/wk)

 

Spanish: Elementary Spanish on Discovery Streaming

 

Handwriting/Memory work: I print out the poem or passage I want the kids to memorize using a Getty-Dubay font, so they practice cursive and learn the poem at the same time. They're currently working on "Ozymandias."

 

Art: Lots of sketching and nature journaling, plus Meet the Masters once in a while

 

Jackie

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Reading list:

Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children (excerpts), Harold Bloom, 0684868741

The Door in the Wall, Marguerite de Angeli, 0440227798

Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain, 0670869856

The Trumpeter of Krakow, Eric P. Kelly, 0689715714

Beowulf: a new telling, Robert Nye, 0440905605

The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow, Allen French, 1604595221

King Arthur and His Knights, Malory/ Elizabeth L. Merchant, (Calvert)

The Sword in the Stone, T.H. White, 0399225021

The Adventures of Robin Hood, Roger Lancelyn Green, 0140367004

If All the Swords of England, Barbara Willard, 1883937493

Adam of the Road, Elizabeth Gray, 0142406597

Crispin: Cross of Lead, Avi, 0786816589 (and sequel -- this one was a favorite)

Catherine Called Birdy, Karen Cushman, 0064405842

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

Master Cornhill, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, 1887840001

The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer / McCaughrean , 0140380531

One Thousand and One Nights, Geraldine McCaughrean, 0192750135

The Story of My Life, Helen Keller, 1416500324

The White Stag, Kate Seredy, 0140312587

Tales From Japan, Helen and William McAlpine, 0192751751

The Samurai's Tale, Erik Haugaard, 0618615121

A Single Shard, Linda Sue Park, 0440418518

All Creatures Great and Small, James Herriot, 0312330855

Secret of the Andes, Ann Nolan Clark, 0140309268

Around the World in 100 Years, Jean Fritz, 0698116380

The Playmaker, J. B. Cheaney, 0440417104

King of Shadows, Susan Cooper, 068984445X

Dante's Divine Comedy as Told for Young People (excerpts), Joseph Tusiani, 1881901297

The Second Mrs. Giaconda, E. L. Konigsburg,

 

 

This looks a LOT like the reading list I have planned for 6th grade next year. I also have planned:

 

History = a la WTM with K12's H. O. & KFH as spines, Middle Ages

 

Literature = see above to go with history, I'm also considering adding in LLfLOTR, although we'd probably be spreading this over 2 years, and it may take the place of some of the above reading, that's still up in the air

 

Math = CLE 600

 

Writing = IEW Medieval Theme lessons/WTM mix, I'm hoping to incorporate this into History/Lit studies. If that doesn't work I'll probably go with SICC-B from IEW

 

Logic = finish up Orbiting With Logic and Analogy Challenges 2, then maybe Mindbenders B series?? The dc liked Mindbenders A series.

 

Music = continue piano lessons and Bernstein's Concerts for Young People

 

Art = ??? we never seem to find time for this, I may outsource it this year

 

Typing = Typing Instructor Deluxe, cause that's what I own

 

French = I have a BA in French, he wants to learn...I'm debating on which program, I'm finding that I'm a little picky here.:tongue_smilie:

 

 

These are still giving me headaches:(suggestions??:D)

 

Grammar = ??????

 

Science = ???????

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My 6th grader's schedule this year:

 

Math:

Singapore 6A/6B (3-4x per week)

Life of Fred Pre-Algebra (1-2x per week)

 

English:

Rod & Staff 6 (4x per week)

Natural Speller (4x per week -- just finished the book, hurray!)

Wordly Wise 3000 7 (1x per week -- dull, dull, dull)

McCall-Crabbs (2x per week)

Assigned literature reading & free reading

 

History:

Sonlight Core 6 (used only second half of the core, finished)

Sonlight Core 100 (recently started, 5x per week)

MCP Maps Charts Graphs F (1x per week)

 

Science:

Sonlight 5 (finished)

Prentice Hall Science Explorer Earth Science (3x per week -- bleh. Tried the workbook -- dull busywork)

 

Latin:

Latina Christiana 2 (5x per week)

Latin Prep 1 (1x per week, will be 5x per week she finishes LC2)

 

Music:

Band (1x per week)

Piano lesson (1x per week)

Flute lesson (1x per week)

Practice each instrument daily

 

PE:

Swimming (1x per week)

Ice skating (1x per week)

 

I feel like it has not been the most successful year, mostly because a few of the curriculum choices didn't work out very well. Dd and I liked Sonlight Science 5. She finished it in January and started PH Science Explorer Earth Science. We both think it is dull in comparison to SL Science 5. I'm thinking about shelving it and giving her Thames & Kosmos Mind's Eye kit to use for the rest of the year. Next year she'll take science at a co-op.

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Doing 6th grade this year.

 

Math: Life of Fred Dec/Percents, Singapore 6a/b, Math Detective

 

English: MCT Town LA (grammar, vocab, poetry, writing), Editor in Chief

Literature: Jamestown Best Short Stories. We also had a monthly book group, but it dissolved. They do tons of good reading, both assigned and free, but we haven't discussed most of it.

 

Science: CPO Life Science, The Way Life Works, Science Detective, as well as other supplemental reading and videos.

 

History: Finished Modern US History, started Ancient History with K12 Human Odyssey as a spine, The World in Ancient Times, plus tons of supplemental reading and videos, including Story of Science and Story of Art.

 

Geography: Map Skills book plus map work associated with history studied.

 

Spanish: Spanish the Easy Way, Los viajes de Rosa y Ernesto, Español con juegos y actividades, Mi vida loca

 

German: German Sat. School

 

Logic: Grid Perplexors, Venn Perplexors, Cranium Crackers

 

Art: Outside classes in drawing and pottery

 

Music: Chorus, dd1 Violin/Orchestra, dd2 Piano

 

PE: dd1 Ballet, dd2 Skating

 

They can already type about 50+wpm, so that's not a subject anymore.

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In an effort to get ideas and see what I might be missing, would you pls share your schedule for 6th grade? I love seeing what everyone else is doing!

 

Thanks,

Bethany

 

 

OK this is what my 6th grader does this year (although we will be changing some for next year-- :)) We do US history and World history ONLY because when I pulled her out of public school at the end of her 4th grade year she had absolutely no history to speak of (2 years of "community helpers, a year of communities and and a year of Wyoming History:001_huh:) So we do 2 so she can get caught up. We do geography M,W,F and health Tue, Thurs.

 

BIBLE

she just reads a chapter from the book we are currently in (this few weeks she is doing Mark)

MATH

BJU 6, spring into actions, stretch your mind and LOF fractions and Decimals & Percents

ENGLISH

BJU 6th grade, didax editing (changing for 7th)

HEALTH

Abeka 6 (changing for 7th)

GEOGRAPHY

mom made continent studies (currently learning about Asia, already did N. America, S. America, Africa and Australia-- Europe next)

SCIENCE

Apologia

US HISTORY

All American History vol 1

READING

mom made reading units (currently reading George Washingtons world to go along with where she is at in AAH1)

SPELLING AND VOCABULARY

She was doing spelling power but she finished the book in January. Wordly Wise, Vocabulary development through dictionary skills

WORLD HISTORY

she finished Mystery of History 1 I am currently trying to find Vol 2 used to start.

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