Overview:

The Enrichment subject is comprised of a 4-day rotation as follows (though feel free to customoze):

1. Saint, Icon Study, & Hymn Study

2. Artist/Art Study, Composer Study, & Folk Song

3. Poet Study & Shakespeare

4. Virtue & Citizenship

The Enrichment block begins with or ends with recitation, as students read their assigned memory work out loud (adding stanzas or lines each week), building up to being able to beautifully recite their prayers, poems, hymns, or pieces of literature and Shakespeare to an audience, with clarity and cadence (we work on Catechesis memory work at the end of that subject). An Enrichment Menu for each student and teacher is highly recommended to hold enrichment pages and recitations, so they can be easily pulled out and referenced each day. Recitation rarely takes more than ~5 minutes or so, and the Enrichment rotation is usually around 10-15 minutes.

While it varies by age and cycle, we generally organize our 12-page menus in the following manner:

1. Prayer of a Student; 

2. Psalm/Scripture memory work

3. Catechesis memory work

4. Catechisms

5. Hymn Study page (with lyrics) 

6. Folk Song page (with lyrics) 

7. Poet recitation sheet(s)

8. Shakespeare recitation lines

9.  Century Charts for modern & ancient time periods (for students to quickly record dates from readings); 

10-11. Modern & ancient maps; 

12. Prayer after Study

Each student's cover is a different work of art by the artist we are studying that term. Century charts are a great way to quickly record dates as they come up in readings, even if they are entered into Book of Centuries or classroom timelines later. Both modern and ancient maps are helpful either as a reference, or as blank maps that can be filled out as locations are encountered during readings and study. Some pages are switched out each term (we often print double-sided for easy flipping), while others remain all year.

Other ideas for pages are biographies of individuals being covered that term, multiplication charts, foreign language vocabulary or songs, cursive chart, daily schedules, church calendar, etc.