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One of the most fun things about homeschooling so far has been researching and trying to decide on different curricula. For Kindergarten we haven't really done a curriculum per se, we've just been working our way through a bunch of different books, doing crafts, and working on reading and math skills. I haven't quite made up my mind what curriculum we will use for first grade this next year, but I've been searching through different options, and I've come to a conclusion - whatever we pick, I want to use (or build) a curriculum that uses real books. We got Wyatt the Usborne Children's Encyclopedia for Christmas, and he poured over it for two days. He asked me questions about all the pictures, and I told him what the words on the page said, and he was just fascinated. It was so fun to watch him learning just for the joy of it. While I think we will follow some sort of curriculum, I want to make sure we have plenty of interesting books around that fit in with what we are learning, to make the whole year more fun. I've been making book lists galore, but today I wanted to focus on Usborne books! A friend of mine, Brittney, asked me if I would host an Usborne Facebook party, and it sounded like a lot of fun - so I've been going through their thousands of books and making a list of the ones I'd like to get for school next year. I'll share the ones I'm thinking about getting, but first, let's talk quickly about the ones I have, shall we? Usborne Books We Already Have The Children's Encyclopedia - Like I said above, this one has been a hit. I think it's the full-page gorgeous illustrations that have really sucked Wyatt in. I'm not going to lie, there were a few pages I felt the required more explanation (like the world religions or aliens pages), but they are easy enough to skip if you don't agree with or your child isn't ready for some of it. How Things Work - This book is just so cool. It's a flap book, and under each flap it gives pictures and descriptions about how the different things in this book work. Horses & Ponies and Weather - I bunch these together because they are the same type of book. These books have fun illustrations and less text because they are meant for younger readers - but I love it because the few words are used really well, and these books get a lot deeper into the topics than you would expect them to. They have a bunch of these on different topics, and I'm hoping to get more! Birds Pocket Book - Have I mentioned that our family is really into birds? We don't know a lot about distinguishing birds, but we would like to learn more. All of my kids love flipping through the Audubon bird app on my phone, and this is like the book form! Starting Chess (not pictured) - I forgot I had this one until I sat down to start typing! Derek is very good at chess, and I picked this up as a supplement for when Wyatt is ready to start learning (which probably is sooner than I think). So those are the books I have, now on to the books I want. Usborne Books On My Homeschool To-Buy List These are the books that I would love to have as we introduce different subjects over the next few years, in addition to the ones I already have. Science And Nature The Outdoor Book - I think we would love this for ideas of activities to do outside and nature study! Human Body Reference Book and Shine-A-Light Human Body Book - This is my area of interest (biology), so I think this looks fun. And the shine-a-light book adds an interesting element! Poisonous Animals (etc.) - This is one of those great books for young readers! How Things Grow - I think I need this book to help my black thumb. Astronomy And Space Reference Book - I don't know if I even need to explain this. Yay for space! 100 Science Experiments - Someone told me I need this, and I think I do! History Big Picture Atlas - I think this will be good for context with different historical events. Living Long Ago - I'm still not sure my kids grasp how different life was 200 years ago, so this looks great! Christopher Columbus - One of the few American history books. Usborne, I know you are British, but more on the American History front please! See Inside Exploration And Discovery and The Story Of Inventions - These looked really interesting to me. Reading and Writing Illustrated Grammar And Punctuation - We are a way off from needing this yet, but my grammar nerd is coming out! I love this idea! Illustrated Dictionary and Illustrated Thesaurus - Same as above! Illustrated Classics: Huckleberry Finn And Other Stories - This is one of a few classics collections that are condensed and rewritten for young readers, and I am really curious about them. Miscellaneous (aka. Just For Fun) Over 50 Secret Codes - I would have loved this as a kid. Fingerprint Activities: Animals - This just looks adorable, and would be so fun for everyone, including the little two! First Book About The Orchestra - The kids love Maestro Classics (#affiliate), and I think this book would be a great visual to understand the different instruments. Big Keyboard Book - We are still hoping to teach our kids how to play the piano, and this looks useful! I could go on, but you get the idea! There are just a lot of really fun books. Clearly it's probably going to take me longer than the next year to collect all these! Maybe I should retitle this post "Usborne Books For Early Elementary", because I think all of these will last well beyond first grade! Now for a little plug - the Facebook party is tomorrow night at 8 PM EST, and Brittney has a bunch of fun things planned - including a drawing for a book prize! So if you want to check Usborne out, this is a good chance! If you comment below saying you want to join, I'll send you an email to add you to the party! Or if you have your eye on something and want to buy without attending the party...can you purchase through any of these links and select my eShow on the left before checkout? Because then I can earn discounts on books! (Shameless plug, I know.) Party is open until next Monday! Do any of you have some Usborne books? What would you recommend to me for the elementary school years? I'd love to hear! P.S. Brittany also made me this handy graphic for Usborne books that go with different curricula! Pin this!
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If the Milky Way Galaxy is just one of billions of galaxies in outer space, it stands to reason that there are probably other planets out there somewhere just waiting to be discovered. Based on that notion, and my chiropractor’s account of this amazing craft her daughter did at the library’s story time, my son made his own planet. Supplies: Styrofoam ball Old CD Toothpick Glue (white school glue; hot glue is optional) Paint, glitter, etc. Instructions: I cut the ball in half and gave my son some acrylic paints to decorate the two halves. Then I inserted a toothpick in the center of one ball and had my son thread the CD through. Next, I added some hot glue and then topped the toothpick with the second half of the ball. All that was left to do was hand over some white glue and glitter. Once we had glue and glitter everywhere, our ringed planet was complete. Now it was time to write about our new “discovery.” I created a short book with fill-in-the-blank sentences so my son could describe his planet. Download the “If I discovered a new planet …” book I made for free here. Once we’d finished writing about (and drawing) the very cold and sometimes invisible “Planet Laser Gun,” I read my son an amazing National Geographic Kids book. When I say amazing, I mean it. A lot of the books at our library were WAY too detailed and scientific for my son’s understanding. Becky Baines’ Every Planet Has a Place: A Book about Our Solar System provides text that is basic, but informative. The combination of real pictures with doodle-like art keeps the heavy subject-matter playful, too. It is a wonderful introduction for kindergarteners and first graders; check it out!
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History, Historical Fiction, and Literature This list took me for.ever. to put together, but I’m happy to have it all handy in one place. There were many books I didn’t add to the list because it was simply too long! Check your library. Check Amazon. The possibilities are endless. Wahoo!! (By the way, this post contains affiliate links. Thanks to those of you who help support my book addiction!) (Another aside: My boys read. A lot. There is no way I would attempt this list with non-readers. I’d just pick a few of the best for read-alouds and assigned independent reading at appropriate levels, and let the rest go like water off a duck’s back. But I can hardly keep them in books at the moment, so I figure they might as well read books that correspond with our history studies. Only Levi will be reading the more challenging chapter books.) (Oh, and I’ll be keeping track of all the books the boys read in addition to this list over the course of the year in our monthly reports (which are tagged as weekly reports even though they aren’t).) Without further ado, our Medieval/Early Renaissance book lists for this coming year: (Important or favorite books are marked with **) **The Story of the World: The Middle Ages: From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of the Renaissance (Vol. 2) and Activity Guide **The Usborne Encyclopedia of World History and The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia Famous Figures of Medieval Times (movable paper figures to cut, color, and assemble) Poetry memory: St. Patrick’s Prayer (400) May the Strength of God pilot us. May the Power of God preserve us. May the Wisdom of God instruct us. May the Hand of God protect us. May the Way of God direct us. May the Shield of God defend us. May the Host of God guard us. Against the snares of the evil ones. Against temptations of the world May Christ be with us! May Christ be before us! May Christ be in us, Christ be over all! May Thy Salvation, Lord, Always be ours, This day, O Lord, and evermore. Amen. A selection from Beowulf (possibly this one:) Then the minstrel sang Of rousing deeds of old. Like flames in the firelight The heart leapt to hear them. And when he had done And the harp lay silent, the Queen of the Danes spoke out: ’Beowulf, dearest youth, son of most favoured And fortunate of mothers, this your deed is matchless. Greater than all these. In the farthest corners of the earth your name shall be known. Wherever the ocean Laps the windy shore and the wave-worn headland, Your praise shall be sung.’ The Lady of Shalott by Tennyson (set in the time of King Arthur) (this is a long, long poem—we’ll see how far we can get) (Thanks, friends, for the Loreena McKennitt recommendations!) Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi (1200) Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen (From Shakespeare’s Henry V. (1400) “Once more unto the breach…”) Heidelberg Catechism (1500) (first question and answer) "What is your only comfort in life and death?" (Answer:) "That I am not my own, but belong--body and soul, in life and in death, to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ. He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood, and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil. He also watches over me in such a way that not a hair can fall from my head without the will of my Father in heaven; in fact, all things must work together for my salvation. Because I belong to him, Christ, by His Holy Spirit, assures me of eternal life and makes me whole-heartedly willing and ready from now on to live for him." Shakespeare (1600) (from The Young Person's Guide to Shakespeare: [Book-and-CD Set]): Hamlet, Act III, sc. ii, 1-8 (“Speak the speech, I pray you…”) As You Like It, Act II, sc. vii, 139-166 (“All the world’s a stage…”) Henry V, Act III, sc. I, 1-34 (“Once more unto the breach, dear friends…”) (1400s) Hamlet, Act III, sc. I, 58-90 (“To be, or not to be…” A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Epilogue (“If we shadows have offended…”) Sonnet 60 (“Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore…”) Death Be Not Proud (or various quotes), John Donne (1610) No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face. No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent. Classical Conversations: History memory: 24 sentences about Medieval-modern world history (+world history timeline review) IEW’s Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons for Levi and Luke in Essentials Art and Music: Picture That: Knights & Castles (Exploring History through Art) Cave Paintings to Picasso: The Inside Scoop on 50 Art Masterpieces Design Your Own Coat of Arms: An Introduction to Heraldry (Dover Children's Activity Books) What Makes a Bruegel a Bruegel? Pieter Bruegel (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) The Fantastic Journey of Pieter Bruegel (And many books about other Renaissance artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo) Do Re Mi: If You Can Read Music, Thank Guido D'Arezzo (an Italian monk in the 11th century) Science and Math: **The Story of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way **The Story of Science: Newton at the Center (And many books about Renaissance scientists) Faith: Monks and Mystics: Chronicles of the Medieval Church Courage and Conviction: Chronicles of the Reformation Church How the Bible Came to Us: The Story of the Book That Changed the World Literature: (Like Greek Myths and Homer this past year, we are heavy on King Arthur and Shakespeare this year…) **Beowulf the Warrior retold by Ian Serraillier (I adore this verse retelling. It is a fantastic read-aloud.) Beowulf: Dragonslayer retold by Rosemary Sutcliff (This is a great prose retelling for children.) Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney (We are listening to the abridged audio version by Heaney. It is fun to hear his voice telling the story.) **Favorite Medieval Tales by Mary Pope Osborne (This collection of retellings includes Finn MacCoul, Beowulf, The Sword in the Stone, The Song of Roland, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Robin Hood, and Chanticleer and the Fox (from The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer).) Fairy Tales: Favorite Celtic Fairy Tales Scottish Fairy Tales Favorite Fairy Tales Told in France Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Spain Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Russia Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Germany (And others in the series) Maples in the Mist: Children's Poems from the Tang Dynasty (China) Cool Melons - Turn To Frogs!: The Life And Poems Of Issa (Japan) **Valentine and Orson (retelling of a Medieval French romance, illustrations inspired by the painter Pieter Bruegel, told in Chaucerian iambic pentameter, with appearances by Pepin, King of France and the Green Knight) **Favorite Norse Myths by Mary Pope Osborne Nordic Gods and Heroes by Padraic Colum Myths Of The Norsemen by Roger Lancelyn Green **Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by J.R.R. Tolkien **The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White, illustrated by Dennis Nolan The Boy's King Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's History of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table illustrated by N.C. Wyeth King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green Merlin and the Making of the King by Margaret Hodges, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman The Kitchen Knight: A Tale of King Arthur retold by Margaret Hodges, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady retold by Selina Hastings Knight prisoner: The tale of Sir Thomas Malory and his King Arthur The Squire's Tale series by Gerald Morris (Levi’s and my favorite series) Saint George and the Dragon retold by Margaret Hodges, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman Saint George and the Dragon retold by Geraldine McCaughrean **The Questing Knights of the Faerie Queen by Geraldine McCaughrean DK Classics: Robin Hood by Neil Philip **The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green Chanticleer and the Fox by Chaucer, illustrated by Barbara Cooney **Canterbury Tales retold by Barbara Cohen, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman The Canterbury Tales retold by Geraldine McCaughrean The Apple and the Arrow by Mary and Conrad Buff (the legend of William Tell) Poetry for Young People: William Shakespeare Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare for Children by Edith Nesbit Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb **Shakespeare Stories by Leon Garfield **Shakespeare Stories II by Leon Garfield Various picture books Various performances Movies (with occasional editing for child-appropriate viewing): Henry V Much Ado About Nothing As You Like It Twelfth Night And others… Jim Weiss Story Recordings: Shakespeare for Children Romeo and Juliet King Arthur and His Knights Three Musketeers/Robin Hood Galileo and the Stargazers Masters of the Renaissance The Queen's Pirate (Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Francis Drake) History: **The Greenleaf Guide to Famous Men of the Middle Ages (short biographies of 40 famous men (plus Joan of Arc) from 400-1400 A.D.) Heroes: Great Men Through the Ages Don't Know Much About the Kings and Queens of England Lives of Extraordinary Women: Rulers, Rebels (and What the Neighbors Thought) Ten Kings: And The Worlds They Rule Augustine, The Farmer's Boy of Tagaste (Augustine of Hippo, 354-430) Across a Dark and Wild Sea (Ireland in 521 A.D., Columcille, writing books by hand) Saint Ciaran: The Tale of a Saint of Ireland The Life of Saint Brigid: Abbess of Kildare Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland (and other books about Saint Patrick) The Holy Twins: Benedict and Scholastica (6th Century Italy) Who in the World Was The Acrobatic Empress?: The Story of Theodora (Byzantine Empire, Emperor Justinian) Empress of China, Wu Ze Tian: Written by Jiang Cheng an ; Illustrated by Xu De Yuan The Silk Route: 7,000 Miles of History (From the Chinese city of Chang'an to the European capital of Byzantium during the Tang Dynasty (618-906)) Leif the Lucky by the D'Aulaires (and various other books about Leif Eriksson, Eric the Red, and the Vikings) Who in the World Was The Unready King?: The Story of Ethelred Castles (a fantastic over-sized illustrated book by Kingfisher) (and many other books about Knights and castles) Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam by Diane Stanley Saint Francis by Brian Wildsmith The Magna Charta by James Daugherty Joan of Arc by Diane Stanley Marco Polo by Demi **Famous Men Of The Renaissance & Reformation Johann Gutenberg and the Amazing Printing Press Who in the World Was The Secretive Printer?: The Story of Johannes Gutenberg How a Book Is Made by Aliki (modern-day process, but fascinating when learning about the printed word—fun illustrations!!) **The World of Columbus and Sons by Genevieve Foster (a wonderful world history narrative from 1450-1520) Around the World in a Hundred Years: From Henry the Navigator to Magellan by Jean Fritz The Discovery of the Americas: From Prehistory Through the Age of Columbus by Betsy and Giulio Maestro Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus? by Jean Fritz Who in the World Was The Forgotten Explorer?: The Story of Amerigo Vespucci Leonardo da Vinci by Diane Stanley Leonardo: Beautiful Dreamer by Robert Byrd Nicolaus Copernicus: The Earth Is a Planet Michelangelo by Diane Stanley Martin Luther: A Man Who Changed The World Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado William Shakespeare & the Globe by Aliki (love this one!) Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare by Diane Stanley Good Queen Bess : The Story of Elizabeth I of England Along Came Galileo by Jeanne Bendick Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei by Peter Sis Historical Fiction: Augustine Came to Kent (Augustine of Canterbury) The Ink Garden of Brother Theophane (picture book, Irish monasteries, writing books by hand) Otto of the Silver Hand by Howard Pyle (Medieval Germany) **Marguerite Makes a Book (picture book, Medieval France) Son of Charlemagne by Barbara Willard The Most Magnificent Mosque (a picture book set during the rule of the Moors in southern Spain) Viking Adventure by Clyde Robert Bulla Beorn the Proud by Madeleine Polland The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow by Allen French **A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain **Sir Nigel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle **The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, illustrated by N.C. Wyeth **The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame (with an appearance by St. George) A Medieval Feast by Aliki (lovely picture book) The Making of a Knight: How Sir James Earned His Armor (picture book) **Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess (picture book, hilarious!) Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village (lovely monologues) Ivanhoe adapted by Marianna Mayer, illustrated by John Rush (picture book) **Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott **The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson Tales of the Crusades by Olivia E. Coolidge The Saracen Maid by Leon Garfield The Secret Shofar of Barcelona (an appropriate picture book set during the Inquisition) Some shorter chapter books (for Luke and Leif): The Sword in the Tree by Clyde Robert Bulla The Minstrel in the Tower The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman The Door in the Wall by Marguerite De Angeli The Great and Terrible Quest by Margaret Lovett The King's Equal by Katherine Paterson Pedro's Journal: A Voyage with Christopher Columbus, August 3, 1492-February 14, 1493 The Kite Fighters by Linda Sue Park (Korea, 1473) The Apprentice by Pilar Molina Llorente (Renaissance Florence) Knight's Castle by Edward Eager (just for fun, during the time of Ivanhoe) Longer chapter books (for Levi): Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi The Hidden Treasure of Glaston by Eleanore M. Jewett A Morbid Taste for Bones: The First Chronicle of Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver by E.L. Konigsburg Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman The Samurai's Tale by Erik C. Haugaard (Japan) Shadow of a Bull (Spain) The Red Keep by Allen French Wulf the Saxon: A Story of the Norman Conquest by G.A. Henty The Boy Knight: A Tale of the Crusades by G.A. Henty Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park (12th-century Korean potters’ village) The Shakespeare Stealer series by Gary Blackwood (Shakespeare, c. 1600) The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly (Poland, 1400s) Master Cornhill by Eloise Jarvis McGraw (The Black Plague in 1665 and the Great Fire of London) The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean (13th century China) The Second Mrs. Gioconda by E.L. Konigsburg (Leonardo da Vinci) I, Juan de Pareja (17th-century Spanish painter Diego Velazquez ) Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer (Mary Tudor, King Henry VIII) The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt by Day by Scott O'Dell (Around the time of William Tyndale) The King's Fifth by Scott O'Dell (Conquistadors) Movies (just for silly fun): A Knight's Tale Ever After - A Cinderella Story The Princess Bride Robin Hood (for teacher research only—ha!) The Secret of Kells (Thanks to the recommendation in the comments—this is PERFECT! It fits wonderfully with the book Across a Dark and Wild Sea, and I’m now inspired to purchase The Book of Kells: An Illustrated Introduction to the Manuscript in Trinity College, Dublin for our family collection.) Any favorites that I missed? Or family favorites from this list? Please share in the comments!
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