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Hello there,
I'm sure alot of homeschoolers out there are getting ready for another school year : ) Are there any with littles of age five or six starting KG or First grade? Please share how are you planning your school year? field trips? Core studies? etc.. I would love inputs/ suggestons/ advice! With not much time in hand, I'll write more later. Thanks for reading this! D | |
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Hello Deepali, This is the list of books that I recently put together for a Kinder / First Grade Year. I know that it will take more than one year for many of these titles. My son will be 6 next month so he would have been Kinder this year. He's more Kinder level for the 3 Rs and a higher level for other subjects and read-alouds, especially science topics. The following are my current favorites so I hope our first formal year goes well.
Hope this helps.
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LITERATURE Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by E. Nesbit Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare by Diane Stanley and Peter Vennema Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater The Dragons of Blueland by Ruth Stiles Gannett All Alone by Claire Huchet Bishop The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling Summer of Monkeys by Wilson Rawls Chanticleer and the Fox by Barbara Cooney Illustrated Saint George and the Dragon by Marageret Hodges Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Illustrated by Anthony Browne Rikki Tikki Tavi by Rudyard Kipling adapted and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney Aesop’s Fables and Poetry Books suggested on Ambleside Online Unwitting Wisdom an Anthology of Aesop’s Fables by Helen Ward The Real Mother Goose The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter A. A. Milne Winnie the Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner, When we were very Young, Now we are Six AUTHOR STUDY Roald Dahl James and the Giant Peach Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The BFG NATURE STUDY Raise a Caterpillar to Butterfly Burgess Bird Book for Children by Thornton Burgess The World’s Great Nature Myths by Gary Ferguson The Complete Book of the Flower Fairies by Cicely Mary Barker How to Find Flower Fairies Pop-up Book Dictionary of Nature by David Burnie Young Naturalist by Usborne Handbook of Nature Study Field Guide to the Pacific Northwest Audubon Stokes Bird Guide SCIENCE Gizmos and Gadgets Creating Science Contraptions That Work (& Knowing Why) by Jill Frankel Hauser Usborne Science with Magnets Various Science Experiment Books Blister Microscope Keepers of the Earth by Michael Caduto and Joseph Bruchac (we'll see if he's ready for this one) Children’s Atlas of the Universe by Reader’s Digest *This is a favorite subject so there are too many titles to list… HISTORY Story of the World Volume 1 Long list of go-along books for SOTW (many from Tanglewood Education) 50 Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin USKids History: Book of the American Indians (Brown Paper Series) D’Aulaire Biographies (American) The Pledge of Allegiance by Scholastic Picture Book The Children’s Book of America edited by William J. Bennett Usborne Internet Linked World History GEOGRAPHY Paddle to the Sea Holling C. Holling (and other Holling books) Top Secret Adventures Series by Highlights Ultimate Atlas of the World by Philip Steele and Keith Lye Wall Maps COMPOSER & ARTIST STUDY Opal Wheeler’s Great Musician Series with CDs by Zeezok Publishing Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart by Yona Zeldis McDonough Looking for Vincent (VanGogh) by Thea Dubelaar and Ruud Bruijn Van Gogh Art Prints (14) Taschen Portfolio from Barnes & Noble Can You Find It? By The Metropolitan Museum of Art A Child’s Book of Art Great Pictures First Words by DK (nice big book!) Usborne Introduction to Art MUSIC Patriotic Songs and other Folk Music (I need to find good CDs) Djembe Drumming with Daddy Beginning Guitar Lessons NATIVE AMERICAN STUDIES American Indian Fairy Tales Illustrated by John Rae Trickster Tales from Prairie Lodgefires by Bernice G. Anderson Spirit of the Cedar People (with CD) by Chief Lelooska Echoes of the Elders (with CD) by Chief Lelooska Roger Vernam Series printed by Platt & Munk Co. (8 titles) My People: A History of the Native Americans by Ka-be-mub-be William Camus-Fleurus Spirits Heroes and Hunters from North American Indian Mythology text by Marion Wood Keepers of the (Earth, Animals and Night) Series by Caduto and Joseph Bruchac HANDICRAFTS Carpentry for Children by Lester Walker Nature Crafts for Kids by Gwen Diehn & Terry Krautwurst Watercolor for the Serious Beginner (for the Basic Lessons) The Complete Origami Kit by Tuttle Publishing Cooking and Sewing LANGUAGE ARTS Dr. Suess Books Language Experience Approach Copywork Variety of Beginning Readers Phonics (whatever works) McGuffey’s Readers MATH Curious George Learns to Count from 1 to 100 Cooking and Everyday Math Time, Money and Calendar Math Workbook & Various Games Barron’s Math Wizardry for Kids (some activities might work this year) Magic and Card Tricks by Jon Tremaine RELIGION Jesus Storybook Bible A World of Faith by Peggy Fletcher Stack and Kathleen Peterson Children Just Like Me Celebrations! by DK DK Eyewitness Book Religion Usborne Book of World Religions REFERENCE A Child’s First Library of Learning by Time Life (set) He loves these! Kingfisher Encyclopedia Oxford American Children’s Encyclopedia (set) | |
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Thankyou so much Chai Mama!! Whoa............. this is so thorough! I appreciate you taking the time to jot down all that here to answer my question. Wow!! I need to re-read it nice and slow now.. thanks! D | |
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You are welcome. | |
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Unbelievable list! Thanks for some new ideas (and research!). | |
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-- Heather http://homeschoolhomeexchange.blogspot.com/ http://homeschoolingreally.wordpress.com/
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Wow Chai Mama, That list is impressive!!!! Deepali, I do have some of them if you want to borrow them (in Oct. after I get all the books back in my "library"). Keeping track of what you already own is a great idea! Sure wish I had done that. | |
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-- Never do for the child what the child can do for itself.
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Thanks ladies. Gina you truly inspired me. I wouldn't have thought to do Author Study or LEA if not for you. Also, you gave me a lot of good info on SOTW. I am grateful for all the work you did on this site.
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You are too kind! I'm always glad to help. I figure it's one of those Pay It Forward kind of things (great book by the way). Folks helped me when I was first starting out and now I help others when they need help or inspiration. Gina | |
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Member Posts: 113 |
Chai mamma, that list is *brilliant*! Thank you!
I have a little, too. Jack is six, and is all across the board in his "levels". He reads at about the 6th or 7th grade level, but he writes like a two or three year old (just starting to draw anything recognizable). Emotionally he is very much a six year old. That said, our curriculum is also all across the board. It's online as "Little Pagan's Homeschool", and you're welcome to have a look for ideas. (Though, as I have said elsewhere, I have just found that I have to make some changes, now that we're up to Unit 4.) | |
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-- Misti Anslin Delaney-Smith http://delaney-smith.net/chezsmiffy/
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Yes, definitely check out Misti's Little Pagan Homeschool site. It's quite good. | |
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-- Never do for the child what the child can do for itself.
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I feel like we have time and I can tweak our schedule to suit his learning style.You must login to post.
