This was written in 2004 and is an archive of our previous home ed style for posterity.
This year I am working my way through the Ambleside Online, Charlotte Mason Year One reading list with my six year old. As I go I am investigating Sonlight, looking at “Living Book” lists, dipping into other types of Classical Education methods and getting as many ideas from others as I can about great books that bring what is worth knowing about to life. We aren’t particularly religious and my daughter doesn’t have a massive concentration span (nor do I feel an overwhelming need to moralise to her!) so I have adapted what I have found to suit “us” and I am making a record of what we do here so that should it be useful to revisit this level with my other children, I will be able to remember what we liked and how we approached it. I anticipate we will expand it further as we come across more and more books through the year.
This is therefore a record of what we have liked, in levels and quantities that have suited us. It draws from what is celebrated by many sources but puts it into a framework that we are enjoying and in no way pretends to be an example of an particular “form of curriculum” – equally, although its giving us great pleasure to use this as part of our week, I do not suggest that it is a complete educational curriculum on its own :~)
You may find it useful to visit various Online Libraries where non-copyright literature can be found. I will also be adding links to Amazon so you can buy the books we are using, if you wish. I will put these through my planner and also on a separate page as and when I have the time.
Week One | Week Two |
Bible: Creation Story.OIS: The Stories of Albion and BrutusAesop – Belling the Cat
Just So Stories – How the Whale got his Throat. Flower Fairy Poems applicable to season/garden Hans Christian Anderson – The Snow Queen (1-4) (Additional Great Story! The Whale and the Snail!) |
Bible: Adam and Eve OIS: The Coming of the Romans Aesop: The Eagle and the Jackdaw Baldwin’s 50: The Sword of DamoclesFlower Fairy Poems applicable to season/gardenThe SnowQueen (Stories 5-7) |
Current Topic and Useful BooksRevisiting GardeningThe Gardener
Eddie’s Garden Dig and Sow Katy Meets the Impressionists The Paradise Garden Starting Gardening Camille and the Sunflowers |
Current Topic and Useful BooksRevisiting SealifeThe Snail and the Whale
An Island in the Sun Dolphins I Wonder Why… the Sea is Salty |
Week Three | Week Four |
The Bible: Noah OIS: The Romans Come Again Aesop: The Boy and the Filberts Baldwins 50: Damon and PythiasFlower Fairy poems applicable to season/gardenBlue Fairy Book: The Glass Slipper(Addition possible stories! Tales from the Ark by Avril Rowlands) |
The Bible: Isaac and Rebekah OIS: How Caligula Conquered Britain Baldwin’s 50: A Laconic Answer Aesop: Hercules and the WagonerFlower Fairy Poems applicable to season/gardenBlue Fairy Book:Beauty and the Beast (First Half) |
Current Topic and Useful BooksRevisiting VolcanoesHill of Fire
Pompeii: Buried Alive! |
Current Topic and Useful Books Investigating Africa Marriage of the Rain Goddess The Animal Boogie |
Week Five | Week Six |
The Bible: Joseph and His Wonderful Coat OIS: The Story of a Warrior Queen Aesop: The Wolf and the KidBaldwin’s 50: The Brave Three HundredFlower Fairy Poems applicable to season/gardenBlue Fairy Book:Beauty and the Beast (Second Half) Just So Stories: Camel |
The Bible: Moses in the Bulrushes OIS: The Last of the RomansAesop: Town Mouse and Country MouseBaldwin’s 50: Alexander and Bucephelas |
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Week Seven
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Week Eight
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The Bible: OIS:Aesop:Baldwin’s 50: |
The Bible: OIS:Aesop:Baldwin’s 50: |
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Week Nine
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Week Ten
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Week Eleven
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Week Twelve
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Week Thirteen
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Week Fourteen
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