Our Curriculum, 2010; or, A Big Fat List of Books We'll Read This Year

I'm probably more guilty of it than anyone else. I'd fight you for the title! What title? No, not any whatsoever, but the title of Curricula Voyeur. Yes, I LOVE to peek at the home school booklists of others. Seriously, it gives me a thrill bordering on worrisome. Anyway, in the spirit of all fairness, which is a man-made term that favors the speaker of those two syllables, I thought I'd share my own ample list in hopes that you'll post one, too. Yes, there's always a method to my madness.

Here goes, linkage to free resources entirely included (and then some)!

Fiona: Year 2

History:

• Our Island Story, by H.E. Marshall
• The Discovery of New Worlds, by M.B. Synge
• Leif the Lucky and Columbus by Edgar and Ingri d'Aulaire

Biographies:

• The Little Duke, by Charlotte M. Yonge
• Joan of Arc, by Diane Stanley

Geography:

• Tree in the Trail and Seabird, both by Holling C. Holling

Natural History:

• Nature Reader, Book 2, published by Christian Liberty Press
• Plant Life in Field and Garden and Trees and Shrubs, both by Arabella Buckley

Mathematics: MEP Maths, Year 2

English:

• A Modern Speller, Book One, by Van Wagenen
• Elson Reader, Book 2, by Elson and Runkel
• Italic Handwriting

Foreign Language: German (my own program)

Poetry:

• Walter de la Mare
• Eugene Field and James Whitcombe Riley
• Christina Rossetti

Literature:

• Among the Meadow People, Among the Night People, Dooryard Stories, all by Clara D. Pierson
• Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by E. Nesbit
• Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
• The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
• Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

David: Year 4

History:

• Our Island Story by H.E. Marshall
• This Country of Ours by H.E. Marshall
• George Washington's World by Genevieve Foster

Biographies:

• Poor Richard by James Daugherty
• Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution by Natalie S. Bober
• Plutarch's Lives: selected biographies

Geography:

• Tree in the Trail and Seabird, both by Holling C. Holling

Natural History:

• Nature Reader, Book 4, published by Christian Liberty Press
• A Child's Geography, Volume I by Ann Voskamp
• Plant Life in Field and Garden and Trees and Shrubs, both by Arabella Buckley

Science: Noeo Biology II

Mathematics: MEP Maths, Year 4

English:

• Intermediate Language Lessons, Part I, by Emma Serl
• A Modern Speller, Book One, Fourth Year, by Van Wagenen
• Italic Handwriting

Foreign Language:

• German
• Prima Latina

Poetry:

• Alfred Lord Tennyson
• Emily Dickinson
• William Wordsworth

Literature:

• The Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch (Chapters I-XIV only)
• Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
• The Incredible Journey by Shelia Burnford
• Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
• Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
• Shakespeare: Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer's Night's Dream, and Julius Caesar

Olivia: Year 6

History:

• Story of the Ancient World, a compilation of the writings of H.A. Guerber and published by Nothing New Press
• Story of the Greeks by H.A. Guerber
• Story of the Romans by H.A. Geurber

Biographies:

• Alexander the Great by Jacob Abbott
• Julius Caesar by Jacob Abbott
• Galileo and the Magic Numbers by Sidney Rosen
• Leonardo da Vinci by Jay Williams
• Albert Einstein by Robert Cwiklik
• Plutarch's Lives: selected biographies

Geography:

• The Book of Marvels: The Orient by Richard Halliburton
• A Child's Geography: The Holy Land by Ann Voskamp
• Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt; Ancient Greece; Ancient Rome by James Baikie

Natural History:

• The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson
• A Child's Geography, Volume I by Ann Voskamp
• Plant Life in Field and Garden and Trees and Shrubs, both by Arabella Buckley

Science: Noeo Biology II

Mathematics: Singapore Primary Mathematics, 6A/B

English:

• Intermediate Language Lessons, Part III, by Emma Serl
• A Modern Speller, Book Two, Sixth Year, by Van Wagenen
• Italic Handwriting

Foreign Language:

• German
• Latina Christiana I

Poetry:

• Alfred Lord Tennyson
• Emily Dickinson
• William Wordsworth

Literature:

• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein
• Animal Farm by George Orwell
• Stories from the Greek Tragedians by Alfred Church
• Tales from Ancient Egypt by Roger Lancelyn Green
• The Iliad for Boys and Girls; The Odyssey for Boys and Girls; and The Aenid for Boys and Girls, by Alfred Church
• Shakespeare: Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer's Night's Dream, and Julius Caesar

In addition to these, we study one composer and artist each twelve-week term, learn new hymns and folksongs in English and a small few in German, improve our artistic abilities, read tons more books just for fun, and get outside to explore and discover this lovely world in which we live as much as we can! Don'cha just love home school?!

Thanks for peeking! Now get cracking on your own. ;)