Core K- Introduction to the World: Cultures
Sing, Spell, Read, and Write
Making Math Meaningful
Handwriting Without Tears
BrainPop & BrainPop Jr.
Core 1-Introduction to World History Part 1
Progress In Math
Getty-Dubay-Italic Handwriting
Flashmaster (math handheld device)
BrainPop & BrainPop Jr.
Sonlight Science 1
Sonlight LA 1
MathTacular 1
Core 2-Introduction to World History Part 2
Math U See :Alpha & Beta
MathTacular 2
Explode The Code Book 5
A Reason For Handwriting
BrainPop & BrainPop Jr.
Story of the World
Writing With Ease
First Language Lessons
All About Spelling
Sonlight Science 2
Rosetta Stone French
Core 3-Introduction to American History Part 1
Teaching Textbooks 4
MathTacular 2 & 3
Explode the Code 6
Reason For Handwriting
Story of the World
Writing With Ease
First Language Lessons 2
All About Spelling 2
Sonlight Science 2 &3
Rosetta Stone French
Brain Pop & BrainPop Jr.
Friday, April 1, 2011
Core 3 Books Read/Audio/ 2011 *still in progress* until 2012
Brian P. Cleary's Language Arts Books:
Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What is an Adjective
Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What is an Adverb
I And You And Don't Forget Who: What is a Pronoun
Under, Over, By the Clover: What is a Preposition
To Root To Toot To Parachute: What is a Verb
Pitch and Throw Grasp and Know: What is a Synonym
A Mink, A Skink, A Skating Rink: What is a Noun
Slide and Slurp, Scratch and Burp: More About Verbs
I'm and Won't, They're and Don't: What's a Contraction
Stop and Go, Yes and No: What Is An Antonym
The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds
The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
Walk the World's Rim by Betty Baker
Incans, Aztecs and Mayans by John Holzmann
Pedro's Journal by Pam Conrad
North American Indians by Douglas Gorsline
Pocahontas and the Strangers by Clyde Robert Bulla
Squanto Friend of the Pilgrims by Clyde Robert Bulla
Sarah, Plain, and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
A Lion To Guard Us by Clyde Robert Bulla
The Thanksgiving Story by Alice Dalgliesh
Sword Fighting by Karyn Henley
Audio: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Matilda by Roald Dahl (the 4-5th time already)
Story of the World Vol 2 & 3
Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What is an Adjective
Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What is an Adverb
I And You And Don't Forget Who: What is a Pronoun
Under, Over, By the Clover: What is a Preposition
To Root To Toot To Parachute: What is a Verb
Pitch and Throw Grasp and Know: What is a Synonym
A Mink, A Skink, A Skating Rink: What is a Noun
Slide and Slurp, Scratch and Burp: More About Verbs
I'm and Won't, They're and Don't: What's a Contraction
Stop and Go, Yes and No: What Is An Antonym
The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds
The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
Walk the World's Rim by Betty Baker
Incans, Aztecs and Mayans by John Holzmann
Pedro's Journal by Pam Conrad
North American Indians by Douglas Gorsline
Pocahontas and the Strangers by Clyde Robert Bulla
Squanto Friend of the Pilgrims by Clyde Robert Bulla
Sarah, Plain, and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
A Lion To Guard Us by Clyde Robert Bulla
The Thanksgiving Story by Alice Dalgliesh
Sword Fighting by Karyn Henley
Audio: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Matilda by Roald Dahl (the 4-5th time already)
Story of the World Vol 2 & 3
PART 2: Core 2 / Core C Books Read and Listened to : Jan - Dec 2010
Continued: Core 2 / Core C World History Part 2
Books Read/Audio/DVD
Ms. Frizzle's Adventures: Medieval Castle
If You Lived in the Days of the Knights
So You Want To Be An Explorer?
Squirt: The Most Interesting Book about Blood
Tales of Robin Hood
The Door in the Wall
Nim's Island (again)
Hotel for Dogs (playaway)
Black Beauty (playaway)
Nancy Drew, Girl Detective (playaway)
Castle in the Attic
You Wouldn't Want to be a Medieval Knight
Merry Ever After by Joe Lasker
Clothing In The Middle Ages
Knights In Shining Armor by Gail Gibbons
Illuminations by Jonathan Hunt
American Girl Series: Addy 1-6
Explorer's Bible Study: Jesus, My Shepherd
My Book of Devotions about Attitude
The Twits by Roald Dahl
The Apprentice by Pilar Molina Llorente
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
You Wouldn't Want to Be a Mayan Soothsayer! by Rupert Matthews
Story of the World Vol. 2
The Cricket in Times Square (2nd or 3rd time)
Best of All by Max Lucado
Michelangelo by Diane Stanley
Michelangelo focus-various books
Da Vinci by Venezia
Leonardo Da Vinci by Diane Stanley
The Paint Box by Maxine Trottier
Renaissance focus-various books
Hero Tales IV by Dave and Neta Jackson
Gee Whiz-It's All About Pee by Susan E. Goodman
The School Story by Andrew Clements
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
Odyssey: The Caves of Qumran by Marshal Younger
You Wouldn't Want to Be A Shakespearean Actor by Jacqueline Morley
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare:retold by Bruce Coville
William Shakespeare and the Globe by Aliki
Crispin by AVI
White Stallion of Lipizza by Marguerite Henry
I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton De Trevino
Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, Gary D. Schmidt, Moser
Sir Gwain and the Green Knight
Romeo and Juliet by Lamb
The Queen's Smuggler by Neta Jackson
The Case for a Creator by Lee Strobel
A Little Princess (2nd or 3rd time) by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (atleast 3 times)
Wind in the Willows (second time) by Kenneth Grahame
Kildee House by Rutherford G. Montgomery
Little Riders by Margaretha Shemin
And The Word Came With Power by Joanne Shetler
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
Gladys Aylward by Janet and Geoff Benge
Mary Slessor by Sam Wellman
Eyewitness books on WWI and WWII
Catching Their Talk in a Box by Betty M. Hockett
Llama in the Family by Johanna Hurwitz
Illustrated Classics: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Robinson Crusoe, Around the World in 80 Days, Three Musketeers
Graphic Illustrated Classics:Tales From the Brothers Grimm, Boxcar Children:The Amusement Park Mystery, Wind in the Willows
Nova:The Headhunters of Borneo
DVD: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
DVD: The Mayans
VHS: Dear America: A Picture of Freedom-the Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, VA 1859,
Color Me Dark-the Diary of Nellie Lee Love-Chicago IL 1919,
A Journey to the New World-the story of Remember Patience Whipple;
Standing in the Light: The Captive Story of Catharine Carey Logan,
So Far From Home-the Story of Mary Driscoll and Irish Mill Girl,
The Royal Diaries -3 different episodes.
VHS:Taming of the Shrew
VHS: Life In the Middle Ages Series: The Monk, The Doctor, The Knight, Social Structure in The Middle Ages, The Noble, The Merchant, The Serf, The History of the Middle Ages
VHS: Hero Classics: Marie Curie
VHS: Tall Tales and Legends Series: John Henry, Annie Oakley, Pecos Bill, Davy Crockett
Books Read/Audio/DVD
Ms. Frizzle's Adventures: Medieval Castle
If You Lived in the Days of the Knights
So You Want To Be An Explorer?
Squirt: The Most Interesting Book about Blood
Tales of Robin Hood
The Door in the Wall
Nim's Island (again)
Hotel for Dogs (playaway)
Black Beauty (playaway)
Nancy Drew, Girl Detective (playaway)
Castle in the Attic
You Wouldn't Want to be a Medieval Knight
Merry Ever After by Joe Lasker
Clothing In The Middle Ages
Knights In Shining Armor by Gail Gibbons
Illuminations by Jonathan Hunt
American Girl Series: Addy 1-6
Explorer's Bible Study: Jesus, My Shepherd
My Book of Devotions about Attitude
The Twits by Roald Dahl
The Apprentice by Pilar Molina Llorente
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis
You Wouldn't Want to Be a Mayan Soothsayer! by Rupert Matthews
Story of the World Vol. 2
The Cricket in Times Square (2nd or 3rd time)
Best of All by Max Lucado
Michelangelo by Diane Stanley
Michelangelo focus-various books
Da Vinci by Venezia
Leonardo Da Vinci by Diane Stanley
The Paint Box by Maxine Trottier
Renaissance focus-various books
Hero Tales IV by Dave and Neta Jackson
Gee Whiz-It's All About Pee by Susan E. Goodman
The School Story by Andrew Clements
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
Odyssey: The Caves of Qumran by Marshal Younger
You Wouldn't Want to Be A Shakespearean Actor by Jacqueline Morley
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare:retold by Bruce Coville
William Shakespeare and the Globe by Aliki
Crispin by AVI
White Stallion of Lipizza by Marguerite Henry
I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton De Trevino
Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, Gary D. Schmidt, Moser
Sir Gwain and the Green Knight
Romeo and Juliet by Lamb
The Queen's Smuggler by Neta Jackson
The Case for a Creator by Lee Strobel
A Little Princess (2nd or 3rd time) by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (atleast 3 times)
Wind in the Willows (second time) by Kenneth Grahame
Kildee House by Rutherford G. Montgomery
Little Riders by Margaretha Shemin
And The Word Came With Power by Joanne Shetler
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
Gladys Aylward by Janet and Geoff Benge
Mary Slessor by Sam Wellman
Eyewitness books on WWI and WWII
Catching Their Talk in a Box by Betty M. Hockett
Llama in the Family by Johanna Hurwitz
Illustrated Classics: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Robinson Crusoe, Around the World in 80 Days, Three Musketeers
Graphic Illustrated Classics:Tales From the Brothers Grimm, Boxcar Children:The Amusement Park Mystery, Wind in the Willows
DVD: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
DVD: The Mayans
VHS: Dear America: A Picture of Freedom-the Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, VA 1859,
Color Me Dark-the Diary of Nellie Lee Love-Chicago IL 1919,
A Journey to the New World-the story of Remember Patience Whipple;
Standing in the Light: The Captive Story of Catharine Carey Logan,
So Far From Home-the Story of Mary Driscoll and Irish Mill Girl,
The Royal Diaries -3 different episodes.
VHS:Taming of the Shrew
VHS: Life In the Middle Ages Series: The Monk, The Doctor, The Knight, Social Structure in The Middle Ages, The Noble, The Merchant, The Serf, The History of the Middle Ages
VHS: Hero Classics: Marie Curie
VHS: Tall Tales and Legends Series: John Henry, Annie Oakley, Pecos Bill, Davy Crockett
PART 1: Core 2 Books Read and Listened to : Jan - Dec 2010
Core 2 World History Part 2
For children 7-10 years of age. A broad-sweep survey of world history from the Dark Ages to the present for early elementary age children.
Some of the books Puddin has read all by herself:
Beginner's Bible
Pompeii
Frog and Toad Series
Frog and Toad All Year
Frog and Toad Together
Frog and Toad are Friends
Mouse Tails
Greg's Microscope
Hill of Fire
The Bravest Dog Ever
The Story of Balto
The Best Trick
A Big Ball of String
Nate the Great
The Fire Cat
The Sword in the Tree
Wagon Wheels
Titanic Lost
Surprises
The Big Balloon Race
Clara and the Bookwagon
Dust for Dinner
Keep the Lights Burning Abbie
The Long Way Westward
Ben Franklin and the Magic Squares
Sam the Minuteman
Small Wolf
Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express
Paint Box Kid-Bulla
Lewis & Clark a Prairie Dog for President
Amelia Bedelia (whole series eventually)Amelia Bedelia, and Surprise Shower
Happy Hunting, Amelia Bedelia
Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia
Merry Christmas, Amelia Bedelia
Amelia Bedelia Helps Out
Amelia Bedelia Bookworm
Come Back, Amelia Bedelia
Amelia Bedelia 4 Mayor
Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia
Peter's Destiny, Susan's Journey, Lucy's Adventure, Edmund's Struggle (Narnia chapter books)The Long Way To A New Land
A Pony Express- Bulla
The Secret Valley- Bulla
The Viking Adventure-Bulla
Prairie School-AVI
Chalk Box Kid-Bulla
Third Grade Detective (#8, #1, #5,#4, #10..,)
Cora Frear
Nancy Drew (series/lots#13,#9,#6,#12)
BabyMouse (series/lots)
Jake Drake, Bully Buster
Bill Peet: Bufford the Little Big Horn
Nate The Great (#4) Sticky Case
Nate The Great: Crunchy Christmas
Nate The Great-Saves the King of Sweden
Tornado
Peter Pan in Scarlett (probably the longest book she's read solo)
Chang's Paper Pony
Geiko Mystery Series: The Mystery of Mr. Nice, Farewell My Lunchbag...by Bruce Hale
Addy Studies Freedom
The Littles
Addy's Wedding Quilt
Addy's Little Brother
Magic Tree House: Pirates at Noon
Encyclopedia Brown Gets His Man
Larry Boy and the Sinister Snowday
Julien Rodrigiez Trash
Novel Adventure of Sherlock Holmes:The Adventure of the Speckled Bank
Llama in the Family
Christian Nature Reader- Book 1
First Flight
Guns For General Washington
The Cobweb Confession
Snowshoe Thompson
Dinosaur Hunter
The Trojan Horse
Next Spring an Oriole
Molly Bang
Star Wars books-endlessly
The 12 Labors of Hercules
The House on Walenska Street
Listen Up! Alexander Graham Bell
A Question of Yams
The Bible
Usborne Book of World History
Explorer's News
Window on the World
Geography Songs (book & songs)
The Aesop for Children
A Child's Garden of Verses
Red Sails to Capri
Lessons at Blackberry Inn
The King's Equal
The Snow Queen-Hans Christian Anderson
Love Your Neighbor
The Child's Story Bible by Catherine Vos
Time Traveler:Vikings
Ginger Pye
A Child's Book of Character Building-Coriell
Brave Irene
Casey at Bat
Roxaboxen
The Shakespeare Collection Series: Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Hamlet,
Favorite Greek Myths by Mary Pope Osborne-Chariot of the Sun God
Magic Tree House: Viking Ships at Sunrise
Eric the Red
A Voice from the Wilderness The Story of Anna Howard Shaw
Strawberry Girl (second reading) Lois Lenski
Minstrel in the Tower
Maps and Globes
The Fourteen Bears in Summer and Winter
The Castle Diary
To Root, To toot, to Parachute-What is a verb?
Crow and the Pitcher-Aesop
Henry's Freedom Box
The Children's Illustrated Bible by Selina Hastings
DVD: Emma by BBC America on PBS
CD: Sing the Word: God Our Provider
VHS: Narnia series "Silver Chair"
DVD: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe & Prince Caspian
Journey to another place and time!
Sit back and enjoy teaching-made-easy and learning-made-fun! This year, you will set sail with Vikings, recount the heroic exploits of Robin Hood, and ride a mighty Lippizan stallion. Excitement, adventure and a love for learning await your children. "All aboard!"For children 7-10 years of age. A broad-sweep survey of world history from the Dark Ages to the present for early elementary age children.
Books/Video/Audio for 2010
Some of the books Puddin has read all by herself:
Beginner's Bible
Pompeii
Frog and Toad Series
Frog and Toad All Year
Frog and Toad Together
Frog and Toad are Friends
Mouse Tails
Greg's Microscope
Hill of Fire
The Bravest Dog Ever
The Story of Balto
The Best Trick
A Big Ball of String
Nate the Great
The Fire Cat
The Sword in the Tree
Wagon Wheels
Titanic Lost
Surprises
The Big Balloon Race
Clara and the Bookwagon
Dust for Dinner
Keep the Lights Burning Abbie
The Long Way Westward
Ben Franklin and the Magic Squares
Sam the Minuteman
Small Wolf
Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express
Paint Box Kid-Bulla
Lewis & Clark a Prairie Dog for President
Amelia Bedelia (whole series eventually)Amelia Bedelia, and Surprise Shower
Happy Hunting, Amelia Bedelia
Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia
Merry Christmas, Amelia Bedelia
Amelia Bedelia Helps Out
Amelia Bedelia Bookworm
Come Back, Amelia Bedelia
Amelia Bedelia 4 Mayor
Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia
Peter's Destiny, Susan's Journey, Lucy's Adventure, Edmund's Struggle (Narnia chapter books)The Long Way To A New Land
A Pony Express- Bulla
The Secret Valley- Bulla
The Viking Adventure-Bulla
Prairie School-AVI
Chalk Box Kid-Bulla
Third Grade Detective (#8, #1, #5,#4, #10..,)
Cora Frear
Nancy Drew (series/lots#13,#9,#6,#12)
BabyMouse (series/lots)
Jake Drake, Bully Buster
Bill Peet: Bufford the Little Big Horn
Nate The Great (#4) Sticky Case
Nate The Great: Crunchy Christmas
Nate The Great-Saves the King of Sweden
Tornado
Peter Pan in Scarlett (probably the longest book she's read solo)
Chang's Paper Pony
Geiko Mystery Series: The Mystery of Mr. Nice, Farewell My Lunchbag...by Bruce Hale
Addy Studies Freedom
The Littles
Addy's Wedding Quilt
Addy's Little Brother
Magic Tree House: Pirates at Noon
Encyclopedia Brown Gets His Man
Larry Boy and the Sinister Snowday
Julien Rodrigiez Trash
Novel Adventure of Sherlock Holmes:The Adventure of the Speckled Bank
Llama in the Family
Christian Nature Reader- Book 1
First Flight
Guns For General Washington
The Cobweb Confession
Snowshoe Thompson
Dinosaur Hunter
The Trojan Horse
Next Spring an Oriole
Molly Bang
Star Wars books-endlessly
The 12 Labors of Hercules
The House on Walenska Street
Listen Up! Alexander Graham Bell
A Question of Yams
Read Together Books:
The Awesome Book of Bible FactsThe Bible
Usborne Book of World History
Explorer's News
Window on the World
Geography Songs (book & songs)
The Aesop for Children
A Child's Garden of Verses
Red Sails to Capri
Lessons at Blackberry Inn
The King's Equal
The Snow Queen-Hans Christian Anderson
Love Your Neighbor
The Child's Story Bible by Catherine Vos
Time Traveler:Vikings
Ginger Pye
A Child's Book of Character Building-Coriell
Brave Irene
Casey at Bat
Roxaboxen
The Shakespeare Collection Series: Macbeth, Antony and Cleopatra, Hamlet,
Favorite Greek Myths by Mary Pope Osborne-Chariot of the Sun God
Magic Tree House: Viking Ships at Sunrise
Eric the Red
A Voice from the Wilderness The Story of Anna Howard Shaw
Strawberry Girl (second reading) Lois Lenski
Minstrel in the Tower
Maps and Globes
The Fourteen Bears in Summer and Winter
The Castle Diary
To Root, To toot, to Parachute-What is a verb?
Crow and the Pitcher-Aesop
Henry's Freedom Box
The Children's Illustrated Bible by Selina Hastings
DVD: Emma by BBC America on PBS
CD: Sing the Word: God Our Provider
VHS: Narnia series "Silver Chair"
DVD: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe & Prince Caspian
Core 1 Books Read and Listened to : March - Dec 25 2009
Core 1: World History Part 1
Leading Little Ones To God by Marian M. Schoolland
Usborne Book of Peoples of the World
Missionary Stories with the Millers by Mildred A. Martin
From Akebu to Zapotec by June Hathersmith
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Favorite Poems of Childhood by Robert Louis Stevenson, Christina Rossetti
The Real Mother Goose by Blanche Fisher Wright
Butterflies & Caterpillar by Barrie Watts
Insect Study-various books
Queen Ester (and many other Tomie DePaola books)
Mission Addition by Loreen Leedy (Leedy and Stuart J. Murphy math books various)
Subtraction Action by Loreen Leedy
A Dandelion's Life by John Himmelman
A Parable of the Bridesmaids by Helen Caswell
Where Are The Night Animals by Mary Ann Fraser
Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing the Trees, Crinkleroot's Guide to Animal Tracking, Crinkleroot's Nature Almanac, Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing Butterflies and Moth's, etc. byJim Arnosky--this is one of our favorite authors-we own many of his books
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett (read repeatedly over the years)
Usborne Book of Houses and Homes
A Child's Book of Character Training by Ron & Rebekah Coriell
Learning About God-positive action
Star Wars books-various with Eric
Greatest Stories of the Bible
Homer Price by Robert McCloskey
Nim's Island, Nim at Sea by Wendy Orr
Archaeologists Dig for Clues by Kate Duke
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ,Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator , Matilda, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The BFG, The Twits, George's Marvelous Medicine, The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl
Mr. Poppers Penguins by Richard Atwater
A Child's History of the World by Virgil Hillyer
Lightning by Seymour Simon
Kind and Brave (Abeka reader)
Why Do People Eat by Kate Needham
What Makes You Ill by Mike Unwin
Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs by Tomie dePaola
Arnold Fables: Fables
I Can Read About Weather by Robyn Supraner
"B" is for Betsy by Carolyn Haywood
Tut's Mummy: Lost and Found by Judy Donnelly
Mountain Born by Elizabeth Yates
Usborne Book of World History
Vote by Eileen Christelow
Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary
Jim Weiss:audio: Abraham Lincoln and the Heart of America, Treasure Island
Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher (great!)
Aesop's Fables illustrated by Jerry Pinkley, Milo Winter, Brad Sneed, and Ann Mcgovern
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash-Kellog
Whingdingdilly: Bill Peet
Usborne Book of World History
St. George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges
Gooney Bird Green, Gooney Bird Green is So Absurd, Gooney the Fabulous, Gooney Bird and the Room Mother -by Lois Lowry
Brer Rabbit Get's Brer Fox's Dinner
Hans Christian Anderson stories with various illustrators: Hansel & Gretel, The Frog Prince, The Pied Piper of Hamelin,The Princess and the Pea , Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault, Sleeping Beauty by Mahlon Craft & K.Y. Craft, Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky-etc.etc.Allison's Story (8 yo homeschool girl story)
Usborne Greek Myths for Young Children by Heather Amery Rapunzel's Revenge by Dean Hale, Shannon Hale
The Greek News by Anton Powell
Otis Spofford by Beverly Cleary
Pablo Picasso-various books
The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill
Follow My Leader by James B. Garfield
Poppy, Ragweed, Poppy and Rye, Ereth's Birthday by AVI
Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green
The Boy and His Horse by C.S. Lewis
Shoeshine Girl by Bulla
BabyMouse Dragonslayer
Igraine The Brave by Cornelia Funke
Magic School Bus: huge series by Joanne Cole and Bruce Degen
Daisy Come Home (Jan Brett-another of our favorite authors, many read)
Ancient China (DK book)
Little Pear by Eleanor Francis Lattimore
Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat
The Tortoise and the Hare by Aesop
The Great Wall in China by Leonard Everett Fisher
Who Owns The Sun by Stacy Chbosky
True Book: China
China : DK
Dumpling Soup by Jama Kim Rattigan
The Junior Thunder Lord by Laurence Yep
The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars by Jean Merrill
The Funny Little Woman by Arlene Mosel
George Muller: George and Janet Benge
The Wheel on the School by Meindert Dejong
The Lion and the Mouse by Aesop
Mr. Putter and Tabby+ Henry and Mudge + Poppleton-three series by Cynthia Rylant
Dust for Dinner by Ann Turner
Detectives in Toga's by Henry Winterfeld
Bridge to Terabethia by Katherine Paterson
When Mr. Jefferson Came To Philadelphia
Louisa May & Mr. Thoreau's Flute by Azarian
Rudy Rides The Rails-A Depression Era Story
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
The Flying Flea, Callie, and Me by Carol & Bill Wallace
The Mouse of Amherst by Elizabeth Spires
DVD: Grammar Rock, School House Rock
DVD: Prince Caspian
DVD: Storm Chasers
DVD: Weather for Children
DVD:All About Cowboy's for Kids
DVD: Explorer's of the World: The American Frontier
DVD: Magic School Bus: Inside Ralphie, Takes Flight, Ants in the Pants, Bats, Getting Energized, The Busasaurus, etc.etc
DVD:In Winter Still- A Claude Monet Story
DVD: Anne of Avonlea
DVD:Bill Nye: Magnetism, Digestion, Desserts, Electrons, Dinosaur,Powerful Forces, Forces, Reptiles and Insects
Travel the globe as you take your child on a thrilling adventure through world history!
This year you and your children will visit ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece, Europe, Africa, India, and China. At every stop you will discover how people lived thousands of years ago through vivid, captivating stories and compelling illustrations that fuel the imagination.Leading Little Ones To God by Marian M. Schoolland
Usborne Book of Peoples of the World
Missionary Stories with the Millers by Mildred A. Martin
From Akebu to Zapotec by June Hathersmith
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Favorite Poems of Childhood by Robert Louis Stevenson, Christina Rossetti
The Real Mother Goose by Blanche Fisher Wright
Butterflies & Caterpillar by Barrie Watts
Insect Study-various books
Queen Ester (and many other Tomie DePaola books)
Mission Addition by Loreen Leedy (Leedy and Stuart J. Murphy math books various)
Subtraction Action by Loreen Leedy
A Dandelion's Life by John Himmelman
A Parable of the Bridesmaids by Helen Caswell
Where Are The Night Animals by Mary Ann Fraser
Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing the Trees, Crinkleroot's Guide to Animal Tracking, Crinkleroot's Nature Almanac, Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing Butterflies and Moth's, etc. byJim Arnosky--this is one of our favorite authors-we own many of his books
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett (read repeatedly over the years)
Usborne Book of Houses and Homes
A Child's Book of Character Training by Ron & Rebekah Coriell
Learning About God-positive action
Star Wars books-various with Eric
Greatest Stories of the Bible
Homer Price by Robert McCloskey
Nim's Island, Nim at Sea by Wendy Orr
Archaeologists Dig for Clues by Kate Duke
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ,Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator , Matilda, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The BFG, The Twits, George's Marvelous Medicine, The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl
Mr. Poppers Penguins by Richard Atwater
A Child's History of the World by Virgil Hillyer
Lightning by Seymour Simon
Kind and Brave (Abeka reader)
Why Do People Eat by Kate Needham
What Makes You Ill by Mike Unwin
Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs by Tomie dePaola
Arnold Fables: Fables
I Can Read About Weather by Robyn Supraner
"B" is for Betsy by Carolyn Haywood
Tut's Mummy: Lost and Found by Judy Donnelly
Mountain Born by Elizabeth Yates
Usborne Book of World History
Vote by Eileen Christelow
Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary
Jim Weiss:audio: Abraham Lincoln and the Heart of America, Treasure Island
Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher (great!)
Aesop's Fables illustrated by Jerry Pinkley, Milo Winter, Brad Sneed, and Ann Mcgovern
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash-Kellog
Whingdingdilly: Bill Peet
Usborne Book of World History
St. George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges
Gooney Bird Green, Gooney Bird Green is So Absurd, Gooney the Fabulous, Gooney Bird and the Room Mother -by Lois Lowry
Brer Rabbit Get's Brer Fox's Dinner
Hans Christian Anderson stories with various illustrators: Hansel & Gretel, The Frog Prince, The Pied Piper of Hamelin,The Princess and the Pea , Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault, Sleeping Beauty by Mahlon Craft & K.Y. Craft, Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky-etc.etc.Allison's Story (8 yo homeschool girl story)
Usborne Greek Myths for Young Children by Heather Amery Rapunzel's Revenge by Dean Hale, Shannon Hale
The Greek News by Anton Powell
Otis Spofford by Beverly Cleary
Pablo Picasso-various books
The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill
Follow My Leader by James B. Garfield
Poppy, Ragweed, Poppy and Rye, Ereth's Birthday by AVI
Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green
The Boy and His Horse by C.S. Lewis
Shoeshine Girl by Bulla
BabyMouse Dragonslayer
Igraine The Brave by Cornelia Funke
Magic School Bus: huge series by Joanne Cole and Bruce Degen
Daisy Come Home (Jan Brett-another of our favorite authors, many read)
Ancient China (DK book)
Little Pear by Eleanor Francis Lattimore
Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat
The Tortoise and the Hare by Aesop
The Great Wall in China by Leonard Everett Fisher
Who Owns The Sun by Stacy Chbosky
True Book: China
China : DK
Dumpling Soup by Jama Kim Rattigan
The Junior Thunder Lord by Laurence Yep
The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars by Jean Merrill
The Funny Little Woman by Arlene Mosel
George Muller: George and Janet Benge
The Wheel on the School by Meindert Dejong
The Lion and the Mouse by Aesop
Mr. Putter and Tabby+ Henry and Mudge + Poppleton-three series by Cynthia Rylant
Dust for Dinner by Ann Turner
Detectives in Toga's by Henry Winterfeld
Bridge to Terabethia by Katherine Paterson
When Mr. Jefferson Came To Philadelphia
Louisa May & Mr. Thoreau's Flute by Azarian
Rudy Rides The Rails-A Depression Era Story
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
The Flying Flea, Callie, and Me by Carol & Bill Wallace
The Mouse of Amherst by Elizabeth Spires
Audio/Visual:
DVD:Ancient Civilizations: Inca's & Mesopotamia & Ancient Egypt & Ancient Rome, & Greece (viewed repeatedly over the years)DVD: Grammar Rock, School House Rock
DVD: Prince Caspian
DVD: Storm Chasers
DVD: Weather for Children
DVD:All About Cowboy's for Kids
DVD: Explorer's of the World: The American Frontier
DVD: Magic School Bus: Inside Ralphie, Takes Flight, Ants in the Pants, Bats, Getting Energized, The Busasaurus, etc.etc
DVD:In Winter Still- A Claude Monet Story
DVD: Anne of Avonlea
DVD:Bill Nye: Magnetism, Digestion, Desserts, Electrons, Dinosaur,Powerful Forces, Forces, Reptiles and Insects
Core K books read and audio listened to (June 2008-March 2009) Part Two
Paddle To The Sea by Holling C Holling
Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Carrol
Flat Stanley
DVD: Bill Nye: Oceanography, Solar System, Human Body
The Adventures of Mr. Mocker by Thornton Burgess
American Girl series: Samantha 1-6
American Girl series: Felicity 1-6
American Girl series Julie 1-6
American Girl series Molly 1-6
American Girl series Kaya 1-6
Magic School Bus (probably every one written) At the Waterworks
Brother's Grimm-12 Dancing Princesses, The Twelve Huntsmen,...
Sir Lancelot (King Arthur Tales Book)
Dear America: Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell
American Girl: Felicity Discovers a Secret (small book from library)
In Grandma's Attic
More Stories From Grandma's Attic
Wild Places
DVD:Julie of the Wolves
The Fossil Girl: Mary Anning's Dinosaur Discovery
Patricia Pollacco--everything & all
The Tale of Desperaux by Kate DiCamillo
MagicTreeHouse: Dolphins at Daybreak, Ghost Town at Sundown, Lions at Lunchtime, Polar Bears Past Bedtime, Vacation under the Volcano........Viking Ships at Sunrise, Hour of the Olympics....
Cat Stories by James Herriott
The Four Story Mistake by Elizabeth Enright
The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright
The Shoo-Fly Girl by Lois Lenski
Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
CD:Jim Weiss: Tales From Cultures Far and Near and many, many other Jim Weiss disc's
CD: Magic Tree House books 1-8
Henry David's House by H.D. Thoreau
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (second time)
Capyboppy by Bill Peet (and lots and lots of Bill Peet's other books)
Lady Lollipop by Dick King-Smith
Clever Lollipop by Dick King-Smith
Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Rhapsody in Blue by Anna Harwell Celenza book & disc given to us by Aunt Ruth Mossman
Steven Kellog---lots and lots of his
First Biographies: Johnny Appleseed
Then There Were Five (Melendy Family) by Elizabeth Enright
Nate the Great and the Monster Mess
Scranimals & Poems by Jack Prelutsky
Nov. 2009 we finished Egermeier's bible for third time
The Indian in The Cupboard,
Return of the Indian,
Secret of the Indian by Lynne Reid Banks
The Story of Ping
Stone Fox
Mark Teague---lots and lots of his
Liberty Street by Candice Ransom
Landmark Book-Meet Abraham Lincoln
True Stories about Abraham Lincoln
Rip Van Winkle
The House at Pooh Corner (third time read)
A Grain of Rice
Study of Georgia O'Keefe, various books
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Richard Scarry's Please and Thank You Book
Grimm's Hansel & Gretel (Paul O. Zelinsky illustrated)
Alice In Wonderland by Lewis Carrol
Flat Stanley
DVD: Bill Nye: Oceanography, Solar System, Human Body
The Adventures of Mr. Mocker by Thornton Burgess
American Girl series: Samantha 1-6
American Girl series: Felicity 1-6
American Girl series Julie 1-6
American Girl series Molly 1-6
American Girl series Kaya 1-6
Magic School Bus (probably every one written) At the Waterworks
Brother's Grimm-12 Dancing Princesses, The Twelve Huntsmen,...
Sir Lancelot (King Arthur Tales Book)
Dear America: Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell
American Girl: Felicity Discovers a Secret (small book from library)
In Grandma's Attic
More Stories From Grandma's Attic
Wild Places
DVD:Julie of the Wolves
The Fossil Girl: Mary Anning's Dinosaur Discovery
Patricia Pollacco--everything & all
The Tale of Desperaux by Kate DiCamillo
MagicTreeHouse: Dolphins at Daybreak, Ghost Town at Sundown, Lions at Lunchtime, Polar Bears Past Bedtime, Vacation under the Volcano........Viking Ships at Sunrise, Hour of the Olympics....
Cat Stories by James Herriott
The Four Story Mistake by Elizabeth Enright
The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright
The Shoo-Fly Girl by Lois Lenski
Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
CD:Jim Weiss: Tales From Cultures Far and Near and many, many other Jim Weiss disc's
CD: Magic Tree House books 1-8
Henry David's House by H.D. Thoreau
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (second time)
Capyboppy by Bill Peet (and lots and lots of Bill Peet's other books)
Lady Lollipop by Dick King-Smith
Clever Lollipop by Dick King-Smith
Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Rhapsody in Blue by Anna Harwell Celenza book & disc given to us by Aunt Ruth Mossman
Steven Kellog---lots and lots of his
First Biographies: Johnny Appleseed
Then There Were Five (Melendy Family) by Elizabeth Enright
Nate the Great and the Monster Mess
Scranimals & Poems by Jack Prelutsky
Nov. 2009 we finished Egermeier's bible for third time
The Indian in The Cupboard,
Return of the Indian,
Secret of the Indian by Lynne Reid Banks
The Story of Ping
Stone Fox
Mark Teague---lots and lots of his
Liberty Street by Candice Ransom
Landmark Book-Meet Abraham Lincoln
True Stories about Abraham Lincoln
Rip Van Winkle
The House at Pooh Corner (third time read)
A Grain of Rice
Study of Georgia O'Keefe, various books
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Richard Scarry's Please and Thank You Book
Grimm's Hansel & Gretel (Paul O. Zelinsky illustrated)
Core K books read and audio listened to (June 2008-March 2009) Part One
Knights, volcanoes, Stone-Age Indians, and rainforest adventures await!
You'll laugh, cry and wonder in awe as you sail the seven seas, traverse the highest mountains, roam fertile plains, and trek uncharted wildernesses as timeless tales, stirring biographies and engaging historical fiction help you and your children discover how people used to live.Here are some of the books we read during Core K:
The Borrowers
Sarah, Plain & Tall
Caleb's Story
Skylark
Cricket in Times Square
Egermeier's Bible
Hero Tales
The Boxcar Children
Eric Carle's Animals, Animals
Magic Tree House: Earthquake in the Early Morning
Children's Encyclopedia
Mother Goose Rhymes
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle's Magic
James Herriot's Treasury for Children
Magic Tree House: Summer of the Serpent
The Apple and the Arrow
My Father's Dragon
Elmer and the Dragon
The Dragon's of Bluebeard
Jam by Margaret Mahy
The Winged Cat by Deborah Nourse Lattimore
The Popularity Contest (Arthur chapter book)
In Grandma's Attic
A Child's Book of Character Building Book 1 & 2 by Ron & Rebekah Coriell (repeatedly!)
American Girl:Josafina series
Magic Attic Club: Keisha Fairy Snow Queen
Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken
The Best-Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Five True Dog Stories
George Washington's Mother
Granny Han's Breakfast
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
The Hundred Dresses
Looking at Painting: Flowers
Laura Ingles Wilder: The Long Winter
Living Long Ago
The Light at Tern Rock
House at Pooh Corner
Leading Little Ones to God
It's About Time-Stuart J. Murphy
Looking at Dancers
The Family Under the Bridge
Twenty and Ten by Claire Huchet Bishop
Mary on Horseback
Disc: Sing the Word From A to Z
Disc:Ancient Mysteries: Ancient Egypt, Ancient Inca, Ancient Mesopotamia
Disc:Bugs in the Rainforest, American Girl: Samantha, Kit, Molly, Felicity
A School Like Mine (DK book)
A Christmas Story by Charles Dickens
Robert Louis Stevenson: A Child's Garden of Verses
A Little Shopping: Cynthia Rylant
The Silk Route 7,000 Miles of History by John S. Major
The Moffats by Eleanor Estes
The Middle Moffat
What Your First Grader Should Know: many, many of the stories inside
The Hobbit by Tolkien
Dolphin Adventure
Dolphin Treasure
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Only Opal by Barbara Cooney
Ramona's World by Beverly Cleary
A School Like Mine
Children Around The World
What To Do About Alice
Mozart Finds a Melody
The Silk Princess
A Story of the Southwest
Pocahontas by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
Saint George and the Dragon
Pinocchio
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