The morning is spent learning to love what is most lovely: God himself. All students are joined together for a time of hymns, prayer, and bible. Folk songs are also taught during this time.

Recitation is the art of speaking beautifully. Student learns to recite a combination of a Hymn, Old Testament passage, New Testament passage, Psalm, and Poem or Shakespeare passage.

Students read classic and modern literature that goes with the historical time period. Starting in fourth grade, students read two Shakespeare plays. Poetry is read daily and serves to delight in words.

Each class at RCA will experience American History. United States history stories from the current history cycle experienced through living books. Starting in fourth grade, world history and citizenship. In world history, students view images and reference atlases and maps to set the people and events in their time and place. In citizenship, younger students study two lives from Plutarch’s Lives.

From nature lore and “seasonal readers” to special studies, nature journaling, and labs; from science history to modern science topics today, students learn to observe and build a relationship with the world around them.

Students start with geography concepts and as they move up in grades, they continue learning by adding Geography models, activities and mapwork.

Students are exposed to a wide variety of artwork from diverse artists through our picture studies a composer study. The afternoon is spent working on handicrafts which includes hands on projects such as clay modeling, sewing and weaving.

At RCA students spend time outside studying and observing God’s created order. We believe that nature is the beginning of wonder, wonder leads to worship and worship leads to wisdom.