Retell, orally and unaided, eight core biblical narratives — Creation, the Fall, the Flood, God's promise to Abraham, the Exodus, David and Goliath, the birth of Christ, and the crucifixion and resurrection — and place them in chronological order.

State that the Bible is one book with two Testaments, written by many men but authored by God, and open a physical Bible to the correct Testament on request.

Recite twelve assigned Scripture verses verbatim with their references.

Name the three persons of the one God — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — and state that there is only one God.

State in his own words that God made all things for His own glory, that all people sin, and that sin deserves God's punishment.

Participate daily in family worship: sit attentively for the reading, sing along, and pray aloud a simple prayer of his own composition.

Recite questions 1–30 of A Catechism for Boys and Girls, giving the answer verbatim when asked the question cold and out of order.

Recite the Lord's Prayer from memory and state whom we pray to and through whom we pray.

List the Ten Commandments in order in simplified form and state that the first four concern love to God and the last six love to neighbor.

Produce the name and the primary sound of all twenty-six letters, shown in random order in both upper and lower case.

Blend spoken phonemes into consonant-vowel-consonant words and segment a spoken CVC word back into its phonemes.

Read aloud an entire decodable reader at the CVC-plus-digraph level.

Print all upper- and lower-case letters and the digits 0–9 legibly between primary ruled lines, with correct starting point and stroke order.

Answer questions in complete sentences and retell a short story in correct order without prompting.

Recite two short poems or nursery rhymes from memory before an audience of at least three people.

Listen attentively to forty read-aloud books across the year and narrate something from each.

Name who the story was about, where it happened, and what happened, for any story read aloud.

Pronounce the Latin alphabet using ecclesiastical pronunciation and sing two Latin hymns or prayers by rote.

Count aloud to one hundred, read and write any numeral from 0 to 100, and count a set of up to twenty objects with one-to-one correspondence.

Count by ones, fives, and tens to one hundred, and by twos to twenty.

Recall sums and differences within five without counting on fingers.

Compare two sets or two numerals and state which is greater, which is less, or whether they are equal.

Name six plane shapes, identify and value the penny, nickel, dime, and quarter, tell time to the hour, and extend a repeating pattern.

Use yesterday, today, and tomorrow correctly, sequence three events from his own week, and name his parents' and grandparents' names.

Name his country, state, and town, and point to his country on a globe.

Identify the seven continents and five oceans on a globe or unlabeled map.

Name the five senses and describe an object using at least three of them.

Sort objects and pictures into living and nonliving, and state two things every living thing needs.

Observe and record the weather daily for twenty consecutive school days using a simple symbol chart.

Produce ten dated nature journal entries, each with a drawing made from direct observation out of doors.

Sing ten hymns or psalm settings from memory, on pitch, with the congregation or family.

Identify the four instrument families by sound alone.

Use scissors, glue, brush, and crayon with control, and draw a recognizable picture of an object placed in front of him.

Dress himself, manage the bathroom, wash hands, and put away his own things without being told each step.

Obey a parent's instruction the first time it is given, without arguing, delaying, or requiring repetition.

Attend to a single task or reading for twenty consecutive minutes without wandering off.

Complete three assigned household chores daily to a standard the parent has demonstrated.