Friday, August 03, 2007

School Plans For Cherub 5

Bible:
The New St. Joseph's Catechism (No. 1)
Bible History (by: Ignatius Schuster, D.D.)
Butler's Lives of Saints (By: Bernard Bangley)
Trial & Triumph (By: Richard Hannula)S
cripture Memory & Bible Notebook
** CCD (made available through our church)
*** First Holy Communion Preparation (FHC Spring 2008)

American History:
Benjamin Franklin (D'Aulaire)
Pocahontas (D'Aulaire)
Buffalo Bill (D'Aulaire)
George Washington (D'Aulaire)
The Story of the Clipper Ships
The Story of the Star-Spangled Banner
The Story of Mount Vernon
The Story of Old Glory
The Story of the Capitol
The Story of the Statue of Liberty
**Book of Centuries will be completed as needed daily / weekly.

World History:
Our Island Story (H.E. Marshall)
Fifty Famous Stories Retold (James Baldwin)
Viking Tales (Jennie Hall)
** Book of Centuries To Be Completed Daily / Weekly as needed.

Natural History / Natural Science:
Animal Book (Thorton Burgess)
Bird Book (Thorton Burgess)
James Herriot's Treasury for Children (James Herriot)

Handbook of Nature Study (By: Anna Comstock)
Weekly: Nature Studies & Nature Notebook

Geography:
Geography of the United States (By: Dover Publishing)
Paddle To The Sea (Holling C. Holling)
Tree In The Trail (Holling C. Holling)
SeaBird (Holling C. Holling)


Science & Biographies:
Apologia Botany (term 1)
Apologia Zoology I (term 2)

Math:
Saxon
4 "living Math books" (yet to be selected).
Math games (Muggins, Math It, etc)

Spelling:
McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book

Penmanship:
Handwriting Without Tears

Education & Business Skills:
Typing Instructor (software)

Foreign Language:
Rummy Roots (sets 1 & 2 ) - greek and latin roots
Spanish ?? Rosetta Stone ??

Shakespeare:
Shakespeare - Lamb's AND original plays (1 per term - yet to be selected)

Poetry:
Childs Garden of Verse (R.L. Stevenson)
Now We Are Six & When We Were Very Young (A.A. Milne)

Literature:
Aesop For Children (finish)
Blue Fairy Book (A. Lang)
Red Fairy Book (A. Lang)
Just So Stories (repeat) (Rudyard Kipling)
Parables From Nature

Artist Study:
Great Masters Study (By: Dover Publisher)
The Story of Painting: From Cave Painting To The Modern Times

Art:
Watercolor Technique
Oil Pastel Technique
Sketch Technique
Colored Pencil Technique

Composer Study:
Spiritual Lives of the Composers
Color The Classics #1

Health:
The Body Book

P.E.:
AYSO Soccer (practice and games)
Swim Team

Phonics & Early Reading:
A Handbook For Reading (Abeka)
Word Mastery: A Course In Phonics For 3 Years
McGuffey's Readers (Primer - ?)

Additional Reading:
Little House Series (5 books) (By: L.I. Wilder) READ ALOUD BY SIBLING
King of the Golden City READ ALOUD BY SIBLING
Sarah Plain and TallREAD ALOUD BY SIBLING
The Weight of the Mass READ ALOUD BY SIBLING
The Hundred Dresses READ ALOUD BY SIBLING
The Twits READ ALOUD BY SIBLING
The Pilgrims' First ThanksgivingREAD ALOUD BY SIBLING
Squanto - Friend of the Pilgrims READ ALOUD BY SIBLING
Treasury of Winnie-The-Pooh (READ ALOUD BY PARENT)
Treasury of Thomas The Tank Engine (READ ALOUD BY PARENT)
Treasury of Beatrix Potter (READ ALOUND BY PARENT)
Patron Saint of First Communicants: The Story of Imelda Lambertini (READ ALOUD)

Easy Readers (to be read alound by Cherub 5):
God Is Good Series (9 books)
Biscuit books (3)
Little Bear books (5)
Henry & Mudge (3)
**More to be added later according to progress made.

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