Memoria Press has great Recitation lists available for dollars digital or print.

http://www.brightideaspress.com/2013/11/geography-hangout/

After this thread I did a search and saw there is also all the Narnia books in full color too. I also have just gotten the first two MTH books in color. :)

Love your review! My spell correct caught hold of my comment but I think the point comes across.

Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web are available in full color. As in really all illustrations are with color. I didn't know about the Trumpet and the Swan in full color, but with the others I believe it's possible.

I'm not sure if I have commented on this thread or not. Last year we went through JrK and I wrote lots about it on my blog. This year we are in week 11 of Kinder and love it. It is exactly what my DD needs. As far as writing in kinder... basically it starts you from the beginning. Individual letter focus and with tracing and sight/line copywork moving into dictation in both words and numbers. I could talk about MP for hours so if you want to know anything about the earliest full packages I would love to elaborate.

We used MP JrK last year and I too went and added in HWOT PreK then (and HWOT K) this year and I think it made things a lot easier to understand with similar shapes, and starting in capitals etc. The Copybook for MP K is essentially the Bible lesson and math spills over into it as well with learning to form numbers. You read read the story on Monday (Golden Children's Bible), Tuesday is discussion the specific verse words and memorization if possible, Wednesday is literally copying the verse, Thursday - correct any errors, Friday is review. So if you already have copywork you like and your religious studies set then you'd survive without it. We too add in little copywork from the shorter poems and from the literature choices. I wasn't planning to use the Rod & Staff Arithmetic for math but we were blessed by circumstances into and love it. However it does not affect the enrichment part of the curriculum. The enrichment maybe my favorite part of the curriculum. In JrK it was part of it with the discussion questions on the literature choice, realted craft for science or social elements too. Now it is much more detail and truly wonderful. Biography blurbs and info on the author, illustrator, artist, musician for the week. Info for teaching the basics of the topic choice. I have added in my own references to the specific sections on the Handbook of Nature Study and our children's encyclopedias we have on hand. Most things are provided but some I want some back up on. Like 'talk about All Saints Day'... I need more of a reference for that but most things are covered. The literature choices are fabulous. The discussing questions are great and perfectly thorough (before you read, during and after). The added resource books for science, history, geography, social studies and all are so fun and perfectly matched to the art and music and literature and time of year that I can see the wheels churning in my daughter's brain as she makes connections and she will go back to the books time and again. Nobody else has a program quite like this and I cannot wait to see what they plan for first grades enrichment.

If you have any specific questions I'd be glad to help. We are in week 9 and use both the lesson plans and the enrichment guide. You could definitely use it alone without the lesson plans. It has detailed discussions and check boxes. The lesson plans add to it in phonics, math, and copybook (including Bible). So in turn lesson plans and enrichment share music study, art study, literature discussion, social studies (history/ geography), poetry study, nature study (science), etc. We are loving every second. Memoria Press is doing an awesome job with their curriculum packages that could fit your every need, but also the bits and pieces to make whatever you're doing complete. (Out of personal curiosity what else are you using instead?)

When we first tried by her request it was impossible. Went to trying in all CAPS and she did it well mid-three. She turned four in July and is just now starting to get ot in lowercase bit that is with an example in front of her. This is a nine letter name with one repeating letter. Mostly this week she has written it in all CAPS with three or four lowercase letters adding in substitution. At this points I'm delighted with that. The format is also pretty perfect. :) proud mama)

Part Two is up! http://creativemadne...art-ii-phonics/

Part One of my review is posted! http://creativemadnessmama.com/blog/2013/04/29/memoria-press-junior-kindergarten-review-part-i/

I was curious if after time the bugs had been worked out from the My Well Planned Day software and was shocked to see front and center there is still information that expired LAST August. That's a bit overkill in neglect on a website. :( The only reason I stayed away from it is the astronomical price in comparison to everything else. I guess it's print and bind for me. :(

We just finished P3/4 and are just starting P4/5. Love the selections for the most part! @startingover - You said almost five and loves FLL. When did you start it? I've been debating going ahead soon...

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We're all set with a three year old's first haircut!

You can download some to print from Jan Brett with her artwork for each letter. http://janbrett.com/alphabet/alphabet_main.htm

I Can Read! (HarperCollins) has come out with "Phonics Fun" box sets that are similiar to Bob Books. I've reviewed a couple of them and they are not all on the same level. http://creativemadnessmama.com/blog/tag/phonics/ There is another one we're working through right now with Little Critter and those are early readers too. Still not quite as "simple" as Bob Books, but they are neat.

That's awesome! I'm so glad you got such a bargain Michelle. If they are that nice in the beginning I think it might be worth it all along.

One good example is like today there is a sale on the Kindle format of Mary Poppins for $1.99 while the physical book is almost $11. With several things like that the savings add up! I keep up with freebies from all over and including classics and new released Christian Fiction (and non fiction) I have thousands of books I got for free (even if they were only available at $0.00 for one day and then went up). I definitely found that my Kindle paid for itself in books... and the space it saves on my shelves definitely makes my Enginerd happy and we still have a large physical library.

By following some of the freebie blogs, I get at least one free audible book a month and I have never had a paid account. Just the linked one through Amazon.

These are "professional" recordings from Audible. ETA: Audible is an Amazon store, and you can use your same log in credentials for a free account. I bought the Kindle eBook for $0.00 and then clicked the link to go to the "professional recording" page on Amazon. It said the price, the click through for a free trial etc. When I clicked it to go through to Audible, the price then shows "special price of $0.00". After adding them to my Audible cart, I double checked to make sure they were all still $0.00 and checked out. :) 27 free eBooks and 27 free "professionally recorded" audiobook classics. :) I originally discovered it through Books on the Knob (a blog that reports freebies). http://blog.booksontheknob.org/2012/09/free-classics-from-audible.html To add these to your account, first "buy" the free ebook at Amazon, then click thru to the Audible listing and add that selection to your cart. Make sure that you uncheck the box to use a credit, if you do have a paid membership, then click on Update. Once you are sure that you don't have the box checked and the price is still showing as free, click to complete your order (you'll have to log in and confirm; on the confirmation page, you can double check that no credits are going to be used). Once my order was completed, I was dumped into a page wanting me to install software - if you've used Audible in the past, just ignore that page and go to your library to download or send to your Kindle, as you have always done. You can get that message to go away forever by turning off Software Verification under Account Details. Just follow the steps above (ignore what it wants to charge on the Amazon product page). 1) buy the book at Amazon 2) go to the audible page and put the related book in your cart 3) if you have a subscription, click to uncheck the "use credit" box and click update 4) you should now see a $0.00 total - click to checkout (log in, if prompted) 5) On the confirmation page, just be sure your total is $0.00 and that you are not using any credits. If all is well, click to confirm. The next page (if not the annoying software download page) will prompt you to send the audiobooks to your Kindle You do have to have a LINKED account in the two stores (using the same email address), in order to get these free audiobooks.

27 Classics. Buy the Kindle copy $0.00 and then click through to Audible to get the Audiobook reduced to $0.00. It will have WhisperSync which means you can switch back and forth between the two w/o losing your place. NEat! Kindle list of books HERE :D

I think I'd like to see all your shopping and wishlists. These are beautiful!

Uh! Now another one to research. I love the Smithsonian-type of thing and I wonder if their reference type books would be worth the penny. I'm starting to find that DK is pretty well respected and that one seems to have them both. Thanks! That looks like right on the level that we'd need. Thanks! :)

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