Wednesday, August 19, 2009

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:
Biographies:
Geography:
Natural History:
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:

David: Year 4
History:
Biographies:
  • Poor Richard by James Daugherty
  • Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution by Natalie S. Bober
  • Plutarch's Lives: selected biographies
Geography:
Natural History:

Mathematics: MEP Maths, Year 4

English:
Foreign Language:
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:
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:
Natural History:


English:
Foreign Language:
Poetry:
  • Alfred Lord Tennyson
  • Emily Dickinson
  • William Wordsworth
Literature:
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. ;)

3 comments:

  1. Excellent work! Excellent blog and style.

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  2. Thanks for stopping by and for the kudos! As you can see, I too am rather passionate about our home school. Could be worse! ;)

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  3. Wow! Looks great! We did Year 2 Ambleside, so I remember a lot of those books. :)

    I hope to post my own list later this week.

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