For awhile now I’ve wanted to write regarding my eldest and the books used for her home education. (I really prefer home education to home school, but since so few people use it, I usually stick with the more popular term.) Susan will be eight next month, so I figure now is a good time to record the books we used for the past year. As home schoolers, we care deeply about our books, but do not rely totally on them for learning. More on that some other time.
Now for my records, and perhaps, for your amusement, the books:
First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mnd by Jessie Wise
Prima Latina (Introduction to Christian Latin) by Leigh Lowe
Spelling Workout A and B by Modern Curriculum Press
The Harp and Laurel Wreath (Poetry and Dictation for the Classical Curiculum) by Laura M. Berquist
Chrisitan Liberty Nature Readers Books 1 and 2
Stories About God’s People (a Rod and Staff book)
1-2-3 Draw Super Fun Stuff by various authors
United States coloring book
Susan also read various pictue books that I meant to keep a list, but it never happened. All are books from our home library and many were Magic School Bus books. She did read the first Little House book aloud to me with much complaining. Susan is a fine reader, but the passion for books is not there yet. As her mother and teacher it’s hard not to push. It would break my heart if she turned away from loving books and reading because I tried to force it. We still have lots of time. And she has come along way. At the moment she is sitting on the sofa reading aloud from a book about reptiles to her brother.
Math consisted of Rod and Staff workbooks, real-life situations and at the beginnings of Math-u-see Beta. I’m not going to link the books to any other websites; they’re easy to find on Amazon or through Google. Last year I attempted The Story of the World vol. 2 but it didn’t work for us. Too much information for a little girl still learning to tell time? Too overwhelming? Too boring? We’re going to try again with history in the Fall.
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[...] By the light of the lamp next to the bed, Susan, my eight-year-old, reads a passage of the book to her younger brothers, one at her left shoulder, the other on her right. The toddler is sleeping in her crib across the room, already lulled to sleep by the sound of Susan’s voice. [...]