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Anybody can and may use this curriculum by the terms of this license, but by choosing to use it, you are agreeing to never copyright it for your own use or to sell it. All copyrights of the authors of this curriculum are expressly retained and no ownership interest in such copyrights are transferred or assigned by reason of this license agreement. For the protection of each author and the curriculum as a whole, we want to make certain that everyone understands there is no warranty for this free curriculum.

*Private schools and umbrella schools seeking authorization to use or modify these materials will be considered on a case-by-case basis by the Advisory.

__________________________ ~.~ __________________________

Year 1 is currently under revision. (View current stage of revisions here) Probable changes may include moving "This Country of Ours" to a later year and using "Our Island Story" by H. E. Marshall and/or "Fifty Famous Stories Retold" by James Baldwin in Year 1 (both of these will be online by the time the revised booklist is finalized). Nature book(s) by Thornton Burgess or Tommy Smith are also being discussed. They will also be available as free online etexts. Changes, including a revised 36-week schedule, will be finalized and posted before the new school-year begins.

Asterisks refer to which term the book is used.

* the book is used in term 1

** the book is used in term 2

*** the book is used in term 3

In order to complete the curriculm, daily or weekly instruction should be provided in the following areas.

Daily Instruction or Practice

Penmanship or Copywork

Weekly Instruction or Practice

Music, including the teaching of 1-3 folksongs and hymns each term

This site has many versions; it is preferable for a child to become accustomed to the language and flow of the KJV, as a familiarity with King James English will make other literature more accessible.

This Country Of Ours by H.E. Marshall

Child's History of the World by V.M. Hillyer purchasing information evolutionary content in Hillyer's

*Paddle to the Sea by Holling C. Holling

**Tree in the Trail by Holling C. Holling

***Seabird by Holling C. Holling

Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock

James Herriot's Treasury for Children by James Herriot

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons by Engelmann, Haddox and Bruner

Alpha-Phonics: A Primer for Beginning Readers by Samuel L. Blumenfeld

Home Start in Reading by Ruth Beechick

Mathematics (choose one)

Developmental Mathematics by L.George Saad

Making Math Meaningful by David Quine

*Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson

**Now We Are Six/When We Were Very Young by A.A. Milne

***Oxford Book of Children's Verse by Iona and Peter Opie

and/or download Ambleside Online's Children's Collection of 176 poems

Aesop for Children by Milo Winter

Aesop's Fables soon moving to http://www.aesopfables.com/

Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang (If you prefer not to use Lang's you may want to look at
Hans Christian Andersen's Tales) read about fairy tales from CM's original PUR magazine 1 2 3

Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling read Wendi Capehart's article about Fairy Tales

Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

Peter Pan by James M. Barrie

Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi

Red Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

St. George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges

The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams

Columbus by Ingri D'Aulaire

Lief the Lucky by Ingri D'Aulaire

Pocahontas by Ingri D'Aulaire

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

For those on a strict budget trying to buy as few items as possible by making use of online resources and library books, recommended purchases are:

Hillyer's Child's History of the World (to be used for 3 years)

Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock (to be used for 6 years)

Books by Holling C Holling that your library does not have

D'Aulaire books if your library does not have them (Columbus, Lief the Lucky, Pocahontas)

childrens picture books by James Herriot if your library doesn't have them

Aesop's Fables illustrated by Milo Winter, paperback, is nice to have

a well-illustrated (not by Thomas Kinkade) version of A Child's Garden of Verses is good to own

Laura Ingalls Wilder books if your library does not have them

Other books can be read online or borrowed from the library.

There are some wonderfully illustrated versions of children's poems out there to choose from. Children enjoy seeing pictures of children like themselves. While Thomas Kinkade's paintings enjoy popularity with many people, they aren't really geared for children; they're charming, idyllic scenes that appeal more to adults who may be drawn to peaceful scenes of country tranquility. Since there are so many alternatives that would be better suited to children, the concern was that Kinkade's current fame might cause a parent to choose the version with his pictures based on the fame of a name alone rather than with a child's eye.

My favorite versions are illustrated by Eulalie and Jessie Wilcox Smith. Children dressed as real children were in Robert Louis Stevenson's day helps to set the poems in their correct time context and may help a child form a perspective that children who lived a long ago were a lot like they are today, which I believe gives a better idea of our place in the world; ie, people who lived before were just as real as people who live today. It would be a shame for children to miss seeing pictures of children alongside these poems about children.

One that I especially recommend:

"A Child's Garden of Verses - a classic illustrated edition conceived and collected by Cooper Edens"

ISBN 0877016089 Chronicle Books San Francisco

http://www.chroniclebooks.com/Chronicle/servlet/at/load-kids and search for Stevenson



Ambleside Online - Year 1 Booklist www.AmblesideOnline.org Home Ambleside Online License Agreement ~PLEASE READ IN FULL BEFORE USE~ The booklists, schedules and articles on this website are subject to applicable copyright laws and the terms of this License. The copyright holders provide these materials to the general public free of charge solely through this website. You may use them legally within certain limits. This license is intended to guarantee your freedom to privately share this free curriculum in its pure and original form without charge, to personalize this free curriculum as needed for your own family's private use,* to maintain the integrity of the copyrighted materials, and to insure that the materials remain free for all users. Altering these licensed copyrighted materials is not allowed. You may, of course, adapt the materials for your own private use with your family. You are permitted to privately distribute verbatim copies of this licensed material, printed directly from this website, at no monetary charge. Any distributed copies of this program must include this License Agreement and all copyright notifications, for the legal protection of all concerned. You may not charge a fee for this material. It is free and should remain free. You are not authorized to distribute copies of these licensed materials on more than an individual basis, including, but not limited to, the inclusion of these materials within any form of distributed publication or generally accessible internet location, without the express written consent of the Ambleside Online Advisory. If the curriculum is modified and distributed in violation of this license, we want its recipients to know that what they have is not the original, so as to protect the reputations of the original authors. To that end, we encourage all users to compare any received copies of this curriculum to the materials posted by the Advisory at www.AmblesideOnline.com. We authorize webmasters to link only to our main homepage, www.AmblesideOnline.com, but not to our content pages, which the Advisory improves, rearranges and updates too frequently for foreign sites to keep current and thus maintain in an accurate reflection of copyrighted materials. This is for the benefit and protection of webmasters and users as well as the copyright holders. Webmasters must obtain Advisory permission before linking to our main page. Anybody can and may use this curriculum by the terms of this license, but by choosing to use it, you are agreeing to never copyright it for your own use or to sell it. All copyrights of the authors of this curriculum are expressly retained and no ownership interest in such copyrights are transferred or assigned by reason of this license agreement. For the protection of each author and the curriculum as a whole, we want to make certain that everyone understands there is no warranty for this free curriculum. Private schools and umbrella schools seeking authorization to use or modify these materials will be considered on a case-by-case basis by the Advisory. __________________________ ~.~ __________________________ Year 1 is currently under revision.* (View current stage of revisions here) Probable changes may include moving "This Country of Ours" to a later year and using "Our Island Story" by H. E. Marshall and/or "Fifty Famous Stories Retold" by James Baldwin in Year 1 (both of these will be online by the time the revised booklist is finalized). Nature book(s) by Thornton Burgess or Tommy Smith are also being discussed. They will also be available as free online etexts. Changes, including a revised 36-week schedule, will be finalized and posted before the new school-year begins. Asterisks refer to which term the book is used. * the book is used in term 1 the book is used in term 2 * the book is used in term 3 In order to complete the curriculm, daily or weekly instruction should be provided in the following areas. Daily Instruction or Practice Penmanship or Copywork Phonics notes on teaching phonics in a CM education Math Foreign language Weekly Instruction or Practice Art Handicrafts Music, including the teaching of 1-3 folksongs and hymns each term Nature Study An artist and a composer each term Bible This site has many versions; it is preferable for a child to become accustomed to the language and flow of the KJV, as a familiarity with King James English will make other literature more accessible. American History This Country Of Ours by H.E. Marshall World History Child's History of the World by V.M. Hillyer purchasing information evolutionary content in Hillyer's Geography Paddle to the Sea by Holling C. Holling Tree in the Trail by Holling C. Holling *Seabird by Holling C. Holling Nature Study Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock James Herriot's Treasury for Children by James Herriot Phonics Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons by Engelmann, Haddox and Bruner Alpha-Phonics: A Primer for Beginning Readers by Samuel L. Blumenfeld Home Start in Reading by Ruth Beechick Mathematics (choose one) Developmental Mathematics by L.George Saad Making Math Meaningful by David Quine Math U See homepage Miquon Math Foreign Language Lyric Language Phrase-A-Day Poetry Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson Now We Are Six/When We Were Very Young by A.A. Milne *Oxford Book of Children's Verse by Iona and Peter Opie and/or download Ambleside Online's Children's Collection of 176 poems Tales Aesop for Children by Milo Winter Aesop's Fables soon moving to http://www.aesopfables.com/ Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by Edith Nesbit Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang (If you prefer not to use Lang's you may want to look at Hans Christian Andersen's Tales) read about fairy tales from CM's original PUR magazine 1 2 3 Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling read Wendi Capehart's article about Fairy Tales Parables from Nature by Margaret Gatty dnld text doc,includes 29 Parables purchase here Suggested Additional Reading Charlotte's Web by E.B. White King of the Golden River by John Ruskin Peter Pan by James M. Barrie Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi Red Fairy Book by Andrew Lang St. George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Columbus by Ingri D'Aulaire Lief the Lucky by Ingri D'Aulaire Pocahontas by Ingri D'Aulaire Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder For those on a strict budget trying to buy as few items as possible by making use of online resources and library books, recommended purchases are: Hillyer's Child's History of the World (to be used for 3 years) Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock (to be used for 6 years) a Math program Books by Holling C Holling that your library does not have D'Aulaire books if your library does not have them (Columbus, Lief the Lucky, Pocahontas) childrens picture books by James Herriot if your library doesn't have them Aesop's Fables illustrated by Milo Winter, paperback, is nice to have a phonics program a well-illustrated (not by Thomas Kinkade) version of A Child's Garden of Verses is good to own Laura Ingalls Wilder books if your library does not have them Other books can be read online or borrowed from the library. 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	There are some wonderfully illustrated versions of children's poems out there to choose from. Children enjoy seeing pictures of children like themselves. While Thomas Kinkade's paintings enjoy popularity with many people, they aren't really geared for children; they're charming, idyllic scenes that appeal more to adults who may be drawn to peaceful scenes of country tranquility. Since there are so many alternatives that would be better suited to children, the concern was that Kinkade's current fame might cause a parent to choose the version with his pictures based on the fame of a name alone rather than with a child's eye. My favorite versions are illustrated by Eulalie and Jessie Wilcox Smith. Children dressed as real children were in Robert Louis Stevenson's day helps to set the poems in their correct time context and may help a child form a perspective that children who lived a long ago were a lot like they are today, which I believe gives a better idea of our place in the world; ie, people who lived before were just as real as people who live today. It would be a shame for children to miss seeing pictures of children alongside these poems about children. One that I especially recommend: "A Child's Garden of Verses - a classic illustrated edition conceived and collected by Cooper Edens" ISBN 0877016089 Chronicle Books San Francisco http://www.chroniclebooks.com/Chronicle/servlet/at/load-kids and search for Stevenson

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