Mom-ninja. Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Where do you get your ideas for Read Alouds and Readers? I, of course, get ideas here. Actually, I had a bunch of threads saved, and I accidently deleted them. :glare: I also look at the SL site. I tried AO, but we didn't care for many of the books in Year 1. Maybe I should look again. TWTM naturally. ;) Where do you look? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 (edited) Here are some good beginning readers: http://www.tanglewoodeducation.com/bksrd.htm And here is a list of literature to supplement history: http://www.redshift.com/~bonajo/history.htm Here is a list of living books to supplement science: http://www.redshift.com/~bonajo/sciencebooks.htm I also love the book Books Children Love by Elizabeth Wilson. It's a book of lists for us Charlotte Mason fans :) Edited July 6, 2009 by sagira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr8tcook Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 The well trained mind has some good ideas Honey for a child's heart Books for boys both are books with lists of books and age recommendations they have summaries in them too. plus my favorite is my MIL. she brings books to us from her shelves at home...many of them were from when she was a girl (in the 40's and 50's) she actually brought us a signed copy of the "the door in the wall once". She also brings us the books dh loved as a child. (she is a book horder)lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 SOTW AGs have tons of ideas. I also enjoy reading books I've heard about or read myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsunshine Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Other than the ones already mentioned, I usually look at Tanglewood, Veritas Press, Oak Meadow, The Highlands Latin School list, Thomas Jefferson Education, and Jim Trelease's Read Aloud Handbook. I think those are all my sources.:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyNellen Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 1000 good books list Honey for a Child's Heart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeindeed Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 I look at Sonlight and Winter Promise catalogs, as well as what others have already listed. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Another fan of Jim Trelease's Read Aloud Handbook - I received it when pg with my first and is now my fave baby shower gift!! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmamato3 Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 (edited) i echo everything that's been said here. did someone mention BOOKS CHILDREN LOVE? i have that one on my shelf as well. i just pull from everywhere . . . since we don't buy one big package of readers or readalouds, i scour the websites( and catalogs) for what Tanglewood, SCM, VP, WP, and a few others recommend for our grade level. i have a GIGANTIC list for 1st grade and prek/K of things i'd LIKE for my children to experience, and then i cross reference them for their presence at the library . . . and then we just go down the list. or i buy what's not available at the library. did the same last year for DS's K yr. it worked and I read a TON of books to him. :) the thing i struggle with, in all honesty, is knowing how many read alouds and readers to plot into my plans, and how much connectivity they should have with our subjects matters in history and science. i try to overlap as much as possible, but sometimes it's nice to NOT have them . . . . anybody else struggle with the planning part as much as I do? Edited July 7, 2009 by greenmamato3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 anybody else struggle with the planning part as much as I do? I do. A lot of books can cross over subjects. Then I ask myself if the book should be read now as a Reader (for building reading skill and just plain fun) or if I should wait to incorporate the book into the history cycle. Makes my head spin. I'm trying to relax about it. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bess1676 Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 what about honey for the child's heart and five in a row rebecca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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