Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Shepherd's 1st Grade Curriculum

1) Literature - Ambleside Online Year 1 Booklist.




-Bed time reading: Peter Pan by James Barrie, Charlotte's Web by E. B. White, Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingles Wilder, The Velveteen Rabbit, Pocohantas by Ingri D'Aulaire




-Day time reading: Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling, Aesops Fables by Milo Winter, Grimm Brothers Fairy Tales, Parables From Nature by Margaret Gatty.




-Daily Poetry: A Child's Garden of Verses by , Gyo Fugikawa







2) Nature Study/Science - Ambleside Online Curriculum




-Burgess Bird Book for Children by Thornton Burgess




-Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock




-Hours in the Great Outdoors




-Study Mammals - Term 1, Birds - Term 2, Wild Flowers - Term 3







3) Math




-Right Start Math Level B (began in Kindergarten/Year 0...complete in 1st Grade/Year 1)




-Right Start Math Level C







4)Bible/History - Simply Charlotte Mason Curriculum




-Genesis through Deuteronomy and Ancient Egypt




-Then and Now Bible Maps



The Children's Story Bible by Catherine Vos






5) Phonics



- All About Spelling Level II



-Copywork/Penmanship (this will be a combination of AAS II and scripture/poetry writing).







6) Habit training



-Laying down the Rails



7) Foreign Language


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