The Foundations Program

For Ages 4–12

The grammar-stage programme for ages 4–12: weekly memory work across history, science, English grammar, maths, Latin, and geography, supported by the Foundations Guide and Classical Acts & Facts cards.

Open Cycle 3, Week 1 memory work

All 24 weeks

Autumn — Weeks 1–12

Week	Maths	Latin	Science	English	Timeline	History	Geography	Fine Arts
Week 1	1s and 2s	prepositions	4 types of tissue	an infinitive	1-7	Columbus	states and capitals	Fine Arts
Week 2	3s and 4s	conjunctions and adverbs	bones of axial skeleton	a present participle	8-14	Pilgrims	states and capitals	Fine Arts
Week 3	5s and 6s	pronouns	3 kinds of muscle	a past participle	15-21	Boston Tea Party	states and capitals	Fine Arts
Week 4	7s and 8s	verbs	3 parts of nervous system	verbs: principal parts	22-28	Declaration of Independence	states and capitals	Fine Arts
Week 5	9s and 10s	verbs	5 main senses	to be	29-35	George Washington	states and capitals	Fine Arts
Week 6	11s and 12s	nouns	digestive system	to do	36-42	Louisiana Purchase	states and capitals	Fine Arts
Week 7	13s	nouns	excretory system	to rise	43-49	Monroe Doctrine	states and capitals	Fine Arts
Week 8	14s	nouns	circulatory system	to raise	50-56	Missouri Compromise	states and capitals	Fine Arts
Week 9	15s	verb rules	lymph system	to lay	57-63	Secession of Southern States	states and capitals	Fine Arts
Week 10	squares	article rules	respiratory system	to lie	64-70	Manifest Destiny	states and capitals	Fine Arts
Week 11	cubes	nouns/pronouns rules	endocrine system	to set	71-77	Civil War	Northern Appalachian Mountains	Fine Arts
Week 12	tsp. and tbsp.	John 1:1	purposes of blood	to sit	78-84	General Robert E. Lee	Southern Appalachian Mountains	Fine Arts

Week 1

1s and 2sprepositions4 types of tissuean infinitive1-7Columbusstates and capitalsFine Arts

Week 2

3s and 4sconjunctions and adverbsbones of axial skeletona present participle8-14Pilgrimsstates and capitalsFine Arts

Week 3

5s and 6spronouns3 kinds of musclea past participle15-21Boston Tea Partystates and capitalsFine Arts

Week 4

7s and 8sverbs3 parts of nervous systemverbs: principal parts22-28Declaration of Independencestates and capitalsFine Arts

Week 5

9s and 10sverbs5 main sensesto be29-35George Washingtonstates and capitalsFine Arts

Week 6

11s and 12snounsdigestive systemto do36-42Louisiana Purchasestates and capitalsFine Arts

Week 7

13snounsexcretory systemto rise43-49Monroe Doctrinestates and capitalsFine Arts

Week 8

14snounscirculatory systemto raise50-56Missouri Compromisestates and capitalsFine Arts

Week 9

15sverb ruleslymph systemto lay57-63Secession of Southern Statesstates and capitalsFine Arts

Week 10

squaresarticle rulesrespiratory systemto lie64-70Manifest Destinystates and capitalsFine Arts

Week 11

cubesnouns/pronouns rulesendocrine systemto set71-77Civil WarNorthern Appalachian MountainsFine Arts

Week 12

tsp. and tbsp.John 1:1purposes of bloodto sit78-84General Robert E. LeeSouthern Appalachian MountainsFine Arts

Spring — Weeks 13–24

Week	Maths	Latin	Science	English	Timeline	History	Geography	Fine Arts
Week 13	liquid equivalents	John 1:1	atomic number	to beat	85-91	Fourteenth Amendment	Western Mountains	Fine Arts
Week 14	linear equivalents	John 1:2	element	to break	92-98	tycoons	Northwest Mountains	Fine Arts
Week 15	metric measurements	John 1:3	parts of atom	to write	99-105	immigrants	Great Lakes	Fine Arts
Week 16	area rectangle	John 1:3	first 4 elements	to go	106-112	U.S. and World War I	bays	Fine Arts
Week 17	area square	John 1:4	second 4 elements	subject	113-119	Nineteenth Amendment	rivers (east)	Fine Arts
Week 18	area triangle	John 1:5	third 4 elements	predicate	120-126	Pearl Harbor	rivers (west)	Fine Arts
Week 19	area circle	John 1:5	acid and base	clause	127-133	NATO	trails	Fine Arts
Week 20	circumference	John 1:6	heavens declare	independent clause	134-140	Brown v. Board of Education	canals	Fine Arts
Week 21	Associative Law	John 1:6	theory of evolution	subordinate clause	141-147	U.S. astronauts	Native American regions	Fine Arts
Week 22	Commutative Law	John 1:7	intelligent design	phrase	148-154	September 11, 2001	deserts	Fine Arts
Week 23	Distributive Law	John 1:7	preserve Earth's history	4 sentence structures	155-161	Preamble	prominent features	Fine Arts
Week 24	Identity Law	John 1:7	natural selection	7 sentence patterns	U.S. Presidents	Bill of Rights	more prominent features	Fine Arts