Sunday, December 12, 2010

Ambleside Years 1&2 merged

This is our booklist for this year. We're generally using Ambleside Online for our curriculum, but like so many families we've tweaked it to fit our needs. The first need was to combine Years 1 and 2. Sweetie was ready for the heavier Year 2 material, but there were some books that I didn't want us to miss.

There is a chance that I'll tweak this again later in the year, especially around the history material.

History
Story of the World volume 2
An Island Story
The History of US

Biography
The Little Duke by Charlotte Younge
Viking Tales
Leif the Lucky

Geography
Paddle to the Sea
Seabird

World Religions
Ramayana: Divine Loophole by Sanjay Patel (Hinduism)
selections from the Ramayana - William Buck version (Hinduism)
Ayat Jamilah (Islam)
Popol Vuh (Mayan)

Nature Study
Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Comstock
Burgess Bird Book
Burgess Seashore Book
Pagoo

Literature
Understood Betsy
Just So Stories
Wind in the Willows
Aesop's Fables
Outspoken Princess and the Gentle Knight
Robin Hood
Tales from Shakespere

Poetry
Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
World of Christopher Robin by A.A. Milne
Walter de la Mere

Our Faith Tradition
readings from the Lectionary
Winter Saints by Melissa Musick Nussbaum