Hey all who are dong the reading challenge,
My list was rather long, and there is no way I will get all that reading done in the next three months, so I have broken it down a bit into easier to bite off chunks.
For read-a-louds:
We just started our Autumn read-a-louds today.
Breakfast reads:
We are over half-way through Calendar Quest by Jennifer Johnson Garrity. We just read this morning about Julius and Augustus Caesar, and their contributions to the calendar (with absolutely NO tipovers! Yay!). I am aiming for at least 3 chapters a week in this book, as it was supposed to be done weeks ago as an overview before we started our ancients cycle again.
We will be reading The Victor Journey Through the Bible by V. Gilbert Beers and The Children's Illustrated Old Testament by Victoria Parker, as well as the KJV Bible concurrently. The kids have had no prior Christian/Bible studies in the past, thus the 3-way reading study. It fits in well with our Ancients study and is already bringing back to me my 10 years of Bible History from my school days!
Lunch read:
Tomorrow, I will start reading to the from The Story of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way by Joy Hakim. I read ahead today, and it starts with Creation, so is perfectly in tune with our other readings right now.
I am not sure where to fit inthe rading time for The Thinking Toolbox by Nathaniel and Hans Bluedorn, but we need to get this in as well. Maybe on Mondays.
I have decided to read The Epic of Gilgamesh translated by N.K. Sandars not out loud to both, but with just the Boy. This will probably wait till October, as first, we are reading How To Read a Book by Mortimer Adler, concurrently with the study guide, aptly titled How to Read How to Read a Book. I will be doing this during our afternoon study time.
My personal reads:
I will re-open The Journey tonight.
The Girl is finishing Little Women, and then will start Green's Stories of Ancient Egyptt as soon as I go pick it up from the bookstore. As stated above, the Boy will start Adler's How to Read a Book today. In his off time, I believe he is deep in the Amber series by Zelazny.
Mistress LB
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Hi,
Found your blog via Seasonal Soundings and have been enjoying it. Some great advice in your Nature Study Revisited post!
The reading group of homeschooling mom's that I belong to, Great Books Reading Partnership, discussed Adler's How to Read a Book and we will begin Gligamesh in just a week or so. There are some excellent insights from these wise ladies that may help you. You can find the group here:
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/ClassicalMamma/
My son loved From the Mixed Up Files... Currently our read aloud is The Master Puppeteer by Katherine Paterson and it is a treasure so far. Look forward to hearing about your homeschooling in the future :)
Barb
http://lvbirders.homeschooljournal.net/
Are you loving the Joy Hakim science book?
We've read the first two, and I think they're even better than her history books.
Crissy
Yay, no tipovers!! I wish I could say the same. :-)
Hope you are having a fantastic week of learning, sweetie.
Dy
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