Level: Form I (K–3rd grades)
Subject(s): Art/Art Appreciation, History, Languages—World & Classical, Latin
Description:
Current for 2026–27
In this multi-sensory and interdisciplinary block class, students learn Latin through song and play, hear and narrate living history stories, study art and artists related to the history they are studying, and make their own original works of art in response.
History: Bluebonnet Scholars offers history on a rotating three-year cycle with studies synchronized across Forms 1 through 4 (grades K through 12th) so that all students are studying the same time period together.
For Form 1a (Kindergarten and grade 1), students follow a gentle, living books approach to history, incorporating various living picture books that help medieval and modern history come to life in the imaginations of young students.
For Form 1b and 1c (grades 2 to 3), the history spines are as follows:
- Cycle Year 1: Ancient History (2026–2027) (creation to c. 476 AD)—The Story of the World, Vol. 1
- Cycle Year 2: Medieval History (2027–2028) (c. 476 AD to 1368)—The Story of the World, Vol. 2
- Cycle Year 3: Early Modern History (2028–2029) (c. 1368 to 1850)—The Story of the World, Vol. 3
Art: In addition to the narrative history books, the Form 1 students also study art/artists chronologically through the Artistic Pursuits Early Elementary series and make creative works of their own in response.
Latin Form 1a: Students enjoy a gentle introduction to Latin studies, learning songs, hymns, prayers, nursery rhymes, and poems in Latin using Mater Anserina and Lingua Angelica.
Latin 1b & 1c: Latin 1b & 1c will employ the same gentle introduction to Latin that Form 1a students enjoy—through songs, hymns, prayers, nursery rhymes, and poems in Latin—and will also introduce engaging Latin stories using Latin Through Stories. Visually rich and appropriately repetitive, these fully Latin stories introduce students to Latin vocabulary and grammatical structures in a natural way, much like learning one’s native language, thereby honoring “the natural ability of children to acquire language through meaningful interaction.”
There are no prerequisites or corequisites for the class. (Prior enrollment in LHA 1a is NOT required for participation in LHA 1b or 1c in 2026–27.)
Materials:
Materials:
For Form 1a (Kindergarten and 1st grade), families purchase the following required supplies:
- Mater Anserina: Poems in Latin for Children
- Lingua Angelica Song Book
- Lingua Angelica Prayers & HymnsAudio: CD available here OR CD & streaming available to purchase here
- A blank sketch notebook, such as this one
- The instructor will provide a living book list in the syllabus for parents to select from for home supplementation, whether from the library or to purchase for home use.
For both Form 1b & 1c (grades 2 & 3), families purchase the following required supplies for Latin and History: (One copy per family is sufficient for all the listed texts.)
- Latin Through Stories, Level 1 Teacher Resource Book (available in mid-June 2026)
- Level 1 Audio files
- Optional: Level 1 Books, stories read in class
- Optional: Level 1 ebooks
- Optional: Level 1 Student Book, grammar lessons for grades 3 and up (available in mid-June 2026)
- Early Modern History – The Story of the World Vol. 1
- A half-blank drawing and lined notebook, such as this one (each student will need their own notebook).
Families also supply lined paper in a 3-prong folder with pockets, pencils, colored pencils, and erasers in a pencil pouch.
Optionally, families in all levels of LHA may choose to purchase supplies and home copies of the following if they desire to supplement the ART studies at home:
