A Formidable List of Attainments for a Child of Six

The following is a list from a Charlotte Mason website that a child can attain during their 6th year of life. I plan on incorporating this into Elizabeth's schooling this year. A lot of it is done naturally, but it's nice to have some set goals. "A Formidable List of Attainments for a Child of Six", a reprint of a curriculum outline from a CM school in the 1890's. from Summer 93 Parents Review pub by Karen Andreola 1. To recite, beautifully, 6 easy poems and hymns 2. to recite, perfectly and beautifully, a parable and a psalm 3. to add and subtract numbers up to 10, with dominoes or counters 4. to read--what and how much, will depend on what we are told of the child 5. to copy in print-hand from a book 6. to know the points of the compass with relation to their own home, where the sun rises and sets, and the way the wind blows 7. to describe the boundries of their own home 8. to describe any lake, river, pond, island etc. within easy reach 9. to tell quite accurately (however shortly) 3 stories from Bible history, 3 from early English, and 3 from early Roman history (my note here, we may want to substitute early American for early English!) 10. to be able to describe 3 walks and 3 views 11. to mount in a scrap book a dozen common wildflowers, with leaves (one every week); to name these, describe them in their own words, and say where they found them. 12. to do the same with leaves and flowers of 6 forest trees 13. to know 6 birds by song, colour and shape 14. to send in certain Kindergarten or other handiwork, as directed 15. to tell three stories about their own "pets"--rabbit, dog or cat. 16. to name 20 common objects in Spanish, and say a dozen little sentences 17. to sing one hymn, one Spanish song, and one English song 18. to keep a caterpillar and tell the life-story of a butterfly from his own observations.