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MuddlePuddle
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It is just so hard to know where to get a book that will tell you what you want to know. Most of the following have been suggested by members of the MuddlePuddle List, so you know they are going to be related to the early years age group - others have come from lists I am on relating to Charlotte Mason and Montessori or indeed home education. I hope you get something worthwhile from them. Buying them through the Amazon Link will help with the upkeep of the site and your support is appreciated! I will create individual links as soon as I can but in the meantime a search box is located half way down the page.
If you have suggestions for books that could be added to this list, please send them to MuddlePuddleBooks
Montessori
Basic Montessori: Learning Activities for Under-Fives; David Gettmen - in my humble oopinion, just the best early years Montessori book around!
The Absorbent Mind; The Discovery of the Child; both by Maria Montessori - in-depth looks at the method from the lady herself.
Montessori Read and Write; Lynne Lawrence - how to use Montessori in the home for reading and writing. Ways to make and use materials.
Montessori Play and Learn; Lesley Britton - again, a brillaint manual; games t plan and make, ways to adapt everyday home life to Montessori ideals
Teaching Montessori in the Home: The Preschool Years; Elizabeth G. Hainstock - my favourite, warm and friendly with cheap and clever methods for making and using materials on a budget and at home.
Charlotte Mason
The Charlotte Mason Companion; Karen Andreola
Charlotte Mason Study Guid;Penny Gardner
Charlotte Mason Education; More Charlotte Mason Education; Catherine Levison
The Volumes; Charlotte Mason.
Home Education/Parenting/Play
One-to-One; Martin Williams, Nezert Books - absolutely loads of ideas and positive home education arguments but good for planning summer fun for a school goer too.
Teach Your Own; How Children Learn; John Holt
Your Child At Play 1 to 2; Your Child at Play 3 to 5; Marilyn Segal - lots of play ideas, these are the two i have used but there is quite a range.
Test Your Child; Dr Miriam Stoppard - an explanation of typical developmental goals . Not what it sounds like; an excellent and informative book for moments when you are worrying!
Educating the Whole Hearted Child; Sally and Clay Clarkson
Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons; Siegfried Engelmann.
Punished by Rewards; Alfie Kohn
Still teaching ourselves; Agnes Leistico.. a daily/monthly/ account of one family's experience
Do Not Disturb; Deborah Jackson - This isn't an education book, but I think most of what she has to say about letting children get on with things, is relevant to their learning.
Three in a bed; Deborah Jackson - I loved this; it helped me feel much better about our anxieties over bed sharing and made the progression from all together to separate both gentle and relaxed.
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Suggested Maths Resources
Planet Number and Planet Shape - to teach Key Stage 3 & 4 Geometry & Maths - from Liverpool John Moores University Learning Methods Unit - contact Tony 0151 231 5116
Enter The Maths Zone - 'Numbers' and 'Algebra' by Scottish TV through Channel 4 www.4learning.co.uk for keystage 3 maths
Football Maths by Don Shaw & John Shiels OUP 0198382324
Counting to Ten; Starting to Count; Usborne
Current Junior Fiction enjoyed by MuddlePuddlers (and their children too!)
The Fossil Girl by Catherine Brighton and Stone Girl, Bone Girl by Laurence Anholt - both tell story of Mary Anning who found first Ichthyosaur.
The Railway Children; Five Children and It; E Nesbit
Harry and the Dinosaurs; IanWhybrow - a fantastic fun read for the inevitable dinosaur phase!
Crispin The Pig Who Had It All;Ted Dewan
The Kingdom of Carbonel; Rosemary Sleigh
Finn Family Moomintroll; Jan Toveson
Farm boy; The Nine Lives of Montezuma; Michael Morpurgo
Dominic by William Steig
Bob the Builder stories;
Thomas the Tank Engine stories;
Pumpkin Soup; The Bear Under The Stairs; Helen Cooper.
Daisy-head Maisie; Green Eggs and Ham; Dr Seuss (plus anything else - they are great!)
The Pear Tree; Meredith Hooper - inhabitants of a pear tree through the months of the year, with beautiful pictures and it mirrors the words of 12 Days of Christmas.
Danny and the Great White Bear; Anne Cottringer
I'll Always Love You; Paeony Lewis
Dear Zoo; Rod Campbell
Little Turtle and the Song of the Sea; Sheridan Cain - story of a baby turtle hatching out of his egg and struggling to the sea. Great fun!
