AngelaR Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 Is anyone familiar with her works? I am considering reading her The Wonderland of Nature to my K and 1st grader as a read aloud. We are currently reading The Burgess Book of Animals, which they absolutely LOVE, and I'm looking to find more books along that vein, books that they beg me to read to them. So far, they love Catherine Vos' The Story Bible, and the Burgess book. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Green Leaves Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Are you looking specifically for books about nature, or just for a good read aloud? For nature, my kids also liked the Burgess animal book, and the Burgess bird book. And there are lots of story books by the same author which are fun. I think we read Happy Jack and some others. Also on nature -- my kids liked Pagoo, by Holling Holling. We've read a few of their books and that's the only one that they really loved. Curious to see what others say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Lots of aussie homeschoolers use and love nuri mass! Living book press in aus have a bunch of nature study books including nuri mass and the burgess books https://www.livingbookpress.com/product-category/nature-study/?v=6cc98ba2045f Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 There are lots of nature stories on Librivox. And yes! We have Nuri Mass on our shelf from our nature study days. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelaR Posted November 15, 2020 Author Share Posted November 15, 2020 On 11/14/2020 at 8:27 AM, Little Green Leaves said: Are you looking specifically for books about nature, or just for a good read aloud? For nature, my kids also liked the Burgess animal book, and the Burgess bird book. And there are lots of story books by the same author which are fun. I think we read Happy Jack and some others. Also on nature -- my kids liked Pagoo, by Holling Holling. We've read a few of their books and that's the only one that they really loved. Curious to see what others say! Good question! I was in a bit of a hurry when I typed up my post. I'm looking for some really good read alouds that includes all subjects--History, literature, Bible, Geography, Music, Art, etc, etc. I guess "living books" is a good description. I've found a few books on Living Books Press website that I think might be really fun: another science book by Fabre called Storybook Science, but I think that is a 4th grade recommendation; The Wonderland of Nature also inspired me, although we're not Australians, and I'm not sure if she just specifically talks about Australian animals or many different kinds. Also, I think I LOVE her book about Little Grammar People--but K and 1 is probably too young to start that yet. Basically, the discovery of my children's response to Burgess' book and Vos' book is inspiring me to seriously consider Charlotte Mason style homeschooling more closely. I haven't really done much research on her methods/book recommendations, because starting this homeschool journey (we just started this year), I was so set on doing more of a classical approach--which I'm finding I loathe, and my children do not particularly love either. But they can't WAIT for me to read Vos or Burgess, and beg for more and more. I'd really like to be able to channel that enthusiasm somehow! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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