I'm keeping track of read-aloud selections each school year. (Find other such booklists at my main reading page). This particular list runs from July 2011- June 2012 and continues to be added to. It includes our history and literature reading, although picture book read-alouds are not documented here (except for historical picture books). I'm putting an * next to our very favorite selections.
Of course there is overlap in both history and literature, but I attempt to separate them for the sake of these lists. This year, we are reading our way chronologically through American history (Christopher Columbus through The Star Spangled Banner) , so the historical lists represent the order in which we are reading such selections.
Primrose's independent reading (assigned history reading and pleasure reading) is documented in a separate post.
Literature Read-Alouds
Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
*More Perfect Than the Moon by Patricia McClaughlan
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh
*All of a Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (Andy edited this slightly as he read aloud)
The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang
*Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien
Shadrach by Meindert DeJong
Audio Books
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
Justin Morgan Had a Horse by Marguerite Henry
The True Gift: A Christmas Story by Patricia MacLachlan
*Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsberg
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie (narrated by Jim Dale)
Historical Read-Alouds
(Christopher Columbus through The Revolutionary War)
Columbus by D'Aulaire
America Begins by Alice Dalgliesh
Pocahontas by D'Aulaire
Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha by Amy Welborn
The Thanksgiving Story by Alice Dalgliesh
If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 by Ann McGovern
Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims by Clyde Robert Bulla
*A Lion to Guard Us by Clyde Robert Bulla
Benamin Franklin by D'Alaire
*The Matchlock Gun by Walter Edmonds
George Washington by D'Aulaire
A Picture Book of George Washington by David Adler
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
If You Grew Up with George Washington by Ruth Belov Gross
*Toliver's Secret by Esther Brady
The Journey of the One and Only Declaration of Independence by Elizabeth St. George
A Picture Book of Thomas Jefferson by David Adler
*Thomas Jefferson: A Picture Book Biography by James Cross Giblin
When Washington Crossed the Delaware by Lynn Cheney
*I Feel Better With a Frog in My Throat by Carlyn Beccia
A Picture Book of Samuel Adams by David Adler
Revolutionary War on Wednesday by Mary Pope Osborne (read aloud by Primrose)
Betsy Ross by Alexandra Wallner
*Phoebe the Spy by Judith Berry Griffin
Historical Audio Books
Kaya: An American Girl (the whole series)
Felicity: An American Girl (the whole series)
Thomas Jefferson's America (Jim Weiss)
Historical Movies
(When I can't link to the movie, I link to the related book instead. We get all of these from our local public library)
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? by Jean Fritz
Now and Ben by Gene Baretta
Benjamin Franklin- Animated Hero Classics
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? by Jean Fritz
Miss Betty's American History Tours: George Washington's Hometown
George Washington- Animated Hero Classics
*Johnny Tremain
*Felicity: An American Girl Adventure
Shhh! We're Writing the Constitution! by Jean Fritz
Friday, February 3, 2012
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Sarah - I was wondering how you compile your historical reading lists. I have a slight phobia of just grabbing history-related books off the library shelf because of the possibility of all that misleading secularist content sneaking in.
ReplyDeleteMelanie- I totally get it. I'm using suggestions from Sonlight as well as Jessica's excellent lists. Both of those are reliable sources. If anything suspect comes up in our reading, we just discuss it on the spot if we can.
DeleteThanks Sarah. Although now I'm thinking about bypassing anything that could be considered work for myself, and starting off of your list right away. It looks like a great one...and Monday IS library day for us!
DeleteHope you had a restful weekend.
Wow, when you make a list like this, I'd say you look a lot like the homeschooling star mom that you said you weren't! But, I won't say it makes me feel totally inadequate. We did a science experiment yesterday. That's big!
ReplyDeleteBut you have to remember I'm a "reading" mom! So yes, we read a lot. A ton, actually, BUT- we don't do other things in order to get that much reading in. And we do that much reading because that's what comes naturally to me. Seriously- tell me to have my kids make a lapbook about a single one of these selections and you'll have mutiny on your hands. ;)
DeleteYour reading list post last year reminded me how much I love reading and the importance to pick up the habit again. I need to post a reading list on my blog so I can keep up with my selections (another idea from you).
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if you could share the link to the post that shares your curriculum choices for this year.
Hang in there mama! Your sweet miracle baby will be here soon!
The curriculum is listed in the checklists posted herebut I must admit we've changed a few things. For example, we aren't using Elemental Science or Elemental History anymore. We're just reading our way chronologically through history, doing casual notebooking pages here and there as we go. And for science we're reading books from the library (plus my kids take some science classes at a weekly homeschool partnership program). We dropped Writing With Ease and picked up Institute for Excellence in Writing. And I pretty much dropped everything I was doing with Snapdragon, and started Primary Arts of Language (IEW) with him, instead.
DeleteI guess I need to do a curriculum update, huh? :)
I have a totally random book recommendation, one of the best read alouds I've ever read to my kids. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin. It would be a wonderful "take a break for baby" book.
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