Cycle 3 Musical Memory - All Resource Links

This post has all the links mentioned in the Musical Memory Cycle 3 Morning Time Guide. The guide & this link list are a buffet, not a checklist. Use the resources that make sense for your season of life and follow rabbit trails that are most interesting to you and your children.

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Cycle 3 Hymns

Our morning time guide includes a hymn of the month. The curriculum book has the hymn lyrics, sheet music, coordinating scripture references, and little tidbits about the composer or song. Of course you can listen to any recording you want, or accompany yourselves if you have musicians at home!

These playlists are set up in order of how we’re using them in our Cycle 3 guide; we have the first one starting in September (as the November & December hymns coordinate with Thanksgiving and Christmas).

Cycle 3 Folk Songs

Cycle 3 History Video Links

These video links are meant to give families an easy supplemental “watch alongside the song” option for the Musical Memory Cycle 3 Songs. You don’t need to watch every single one – they are just an extra resource, not a checklist. Please preview videos or watch them with your kids, especially for the more sensitive historical topics involving slavery, war, famine, genocide, civil rights, apartheid, and modern political conflict.

Haitian Revolution — Crash Course: Haitian Revolutions / Haitian Revolution for kids
Lewis & Clark — Homeschool Pop: Lewis and Clark / National Archives: Meet Lewis and Clark
Mexican Independence — Mexican War of Independence for kids
End of the Transatlantic Slave Trade — Abolition of the transatlantic slave trade
Trail of Tears — Trail of Tears for kids
The Alamo — The Alamo for kids / PBS
California Gold Rush — Homeschool Pop: California Gold Rush
Japan Opens to Trade — Japan opens to trade / Meiji Restoration
Abraham Lincoln & the Civil War — Homeschool Pop: Civil War and Abraham Lincoln
Canada’s Self-Governance — Canadian Confederation for kids
The Steam Engine — Steam engines and the Industrial Revolution
The Suez Canal — Suez Canal explained
Ireland’s Great Famine — Irish Potato Famine for kids
Korea Caught Between Empires — Japan’s annexation of Korea explained
United States Westward Expansion — Homeschool Pop: Westward Expansion / Oregon Trail for kids
The Middle East / The Great Game — The Great Game explained
World War I — Homeschool Pop: World War I / Crash Course: World War I
Gandhi & Indian Independence — Gandhi for kids: nonviolent resistance
Chinese Civil War — Chinese Civil War explained
Stock Market Crash / Great Depression / New Deal — Homeschool Pop: Great Depression and New Deal
World War II — Homeschool Pop: World War II
Israel Established — 1948 Israel established explained
Mao Zedong & the People’s Republic of China — Mao Zedong explained for students
The Cold War / Space Race — Homeschool Pop: Cold War / NASA: Apollo 11 for kids
Martin Luther King Jr. — Martin Luther King Jr. for kids
The Vietnam War — Vietnam War explained for students
The Berlin Wall — TED-Ed: The rise and fall of the Berlin Wall
Nelson Mandela & Apartheid — Nelson Mandela for kids / apartheid

Note for parents: Some weeks cover difficult history. Use these videos as optional supplements and preview for your children’s ages and sensitivity level.

Cycle 3 Science Video Links

Note for parents: These links are optional enrichment. For younger children, the “for kids” searches usually surface shorter animated explainers from channels like SciShow Kids, Smile and Learn, Dr. Binocs, and Homeschool Pop. For older children, Amoeba Sisters, Crash Course Kids, KidsHealth, TED-Ed, and Khan Academy-style videos may be a better fit.

Month 5: Bones & Nervous System

Major Bones of the Skeletal System
Younger: Skeletal system and major bones for kids
Older: KidsHealth / skeleton for kids
Major Bones Review
Younger: Major bones song/review
Older: Skeletal system review
Bones of the Axial Skeleton
Younger: Axial skeleton for kids
Older: Axial vs. appendicular skeleton
Preview note: this one may need a diagram in addition to video.
Nervous System
Younger: Nervous system for kids
Older: KidsHealth: nervous system

Month 6: Senses, Excretory, Digestive & Circulatory Systems

5 Main Senses
Younger: Five senses for kids
Older: How the senses work
Parts of the Excretory System
Younger: Excretory system for kids
Older: Urinary system: kidneys and bladder
Parts of the Digestive System
Younger: Digestive system for kids
Older: KidsHealth: digestive system
Parts of the Circulatory System
Younger: Circulatory system for kids
Older: KidsHealth: heart/circulatory system

Month 7: Respiratory, Endocrine, Tissues & Muscles

Major Parts of the Respiratory System
Younger: Respiratory system for kids
Older: KidsHealth: respiratory system
The Endocrine System
Younger: Endocrine system for kids
Older: Hormones and glands for students
Preview note: this topic is a weaker Usborne match, so a supplemental anatomy video helps.
Four Types of Tissue
Younger: Four types of tissue for kids
Older: Amoeba Sisters / tissue types
Preview note: this one may need a supplemental chart for exact vocabulary.
Three Types of Muscle
Younger: Three types of muscle for kids
Older: Skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle

Fine Arts Links

Month 1: Audubon

Audubon bird drawing tutorials – https://www.audubon.org/magazine/learn-draw-birds-david-sibley

Free printable Audubon bird coloring page – https://artprojectsforkids.org/audubon-coloring-page/. Younger children can color it and older children could trace or copy it to paint.