Morning Sound MAMA
Read Aloud School
This is how we do school. To find out more about our day, look here.
We have collected all the info from our session at the MACHS Conference 2018. Many thanks to my kids for helping set this up.
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First is the workshop and its slideshow, below that we have the book lists.
Listen to the workshop presented at the 2018 MACHS Conference.
Our Book List
This list does not include all the good books on our shelf, or in the whole world, obviously. These are books that we would recommend for reading out loud. Some are best pre-read and/or edited as they are read. And always be sure to prioritize the Word of God, which has everything needed for life and godliness, the very Best Book of all.
The Very Best
The Little House Books Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Chronicles of Narnia C. S. Lewis
Around the World in Eighty Days Jules Verne
Owls in the Family Farley Mowatt
Watership Down Richard Adams
The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien
Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lindgren
Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson
Anne of Green Gables L. M. Montgomery
Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Educational Philosophy
(these have influenced us a lot)
Ignite the Fire Terri Camp
A Thomas Jefferson Education Oliver deMille
Dumbing Us Down (and others) John Taylor Gatto
Teaching the Trivium Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn
Andrew Pudewa audio from 2011 MACHS Conference
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Bible
Feasts of the Lord Ron Cantrell
Questions God Asks/ Jesus Asks Israel Wayne
Jesus in the Old Testament Meno Kalisher
Nothing But the Truth Brian H. Edwards
Creation Magazine
Timechart History of the World
The Annals of the World Ussher
Missionary Prayer Handbook
Good & Evil Michael Pearl
Then and Now Bible Maps Rose Publishing
Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan
Favourite Literature
Watership Down Richard Adams
Where the Red Fern Grows Wilson Rawls
Little Women Louisa May Alcott
Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson
Swiss Family Robinson Johann David Wyss
Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan
A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle
The Dog Who Wouldn't Be Farley Mowatt
My Side of the Mountain Jean Craighead George
Heidi Johanna Spyri
The Indian in the Cupboard Lynn Ried Banks
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe
The Little House Books Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Chronicles of Narnia C. S. Lewis
Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame
Little Lord Fauntleroy Frances Hodgson Burnett
Picture Books
"Peter Rabbit" series Beatrix Potter
"Little House" picture books
James Herriot picture books:
Moses the Kitten
Only One Woof and lots more
Bedtime for Frances Russell Hoban and lots more
Frog and Toad and other Arnold Lobel stories
Little Bear Else Holmelund Minarik
Phoebe the Spy Judith Griffin
Akiak Robert Blake
The Pineapple Story Otto Koning
Not So Very Long Ago Philippe Fix
The Velveteen Rabbit Margery Williams
The Lamb John R. Cross
The Real Winnie
Finding Winnie Linsay Mattick
Babar stories Jean de Brunhoff
Madeline stories Ludwig Bemelmans
Dr. Suess long books:
Happy Birthday to You!
If I Ran the Circus
Oh! The Places you'll Go! and lots more
Richard Scarry books
Amazing Buildings/ Cathedral
Up North in Winter Deborah Hartley
Baseball Bats for Christmas Michael Avaarluk Kusugak
I Can Read historical books
Alejandro's Gift Richard E. Albert
Prairie Boy's Summer/ Winter William Kurelek
Rick-a-chee and the Runaway Pennies
Edna O. Menzies, Rick-a-chee series
Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm Alice Provensen
Farm Elisha Cooper
Math
The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster
Mathemagic- one of the childcraft series
Champions of Mathematics biographies of mathematicians
Bedside Book of Geometry Mike Askew and Sheila Ebbutt
Life of Fred read aloud math curriculum
Mathstart paperbacks Stuart J. Murphy
"History and Research on the Teaching of Math"
appendix to Teaching the Trivium Bluedorn
(why we don't start formal math until age 10 or more)
English
The Logic of English Denise Eide
Eats, Shoots and Leaves Lynne Truss
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Good for Dads
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens
Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Where the Red Fern Grows Wilson Rawls
Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson
Historical Fiction
Johnny Tremain Esther Forbes
Amos Fortune, Free Man Elizabeth Yates
Caddie Woodlawn Carol Ryrie Brink
Sign of the Beaver Elizabeth George Speare
Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O'Dell
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor
Days of Terror Barbara Smucker
Underground to Canada Barbara Smucker
Across Five Aprils Irene Hunt
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
History Curriculums
Mystery of History Linda Lacour Hobar
Story of the World Susan Wise Bauer
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Autobiographies
Little Britches Ralph Moody
I am Hutterite Mary-Ann Kirkby
Peace Child Don Richardson
An Hour Before Daylight Jimmy Carter
The Story of My Life Helen Keller
Ten P's in a Pod Arnold Pent III
Facing the Lion Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton
Anne Frank's Diary (stageplay)
Young Listeners
Star of Light Patricia St. John
Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lindgren
The Family Under the Bridge Natalie Savage Carlson
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Kate Douglas Wiggin
The Little House Books Laura Ingalls Wilder
Charlotte's Web E. B. White
Trumpet of the Swan E. B. White
Anne of Green Gables L. M. Montgomery
The Chronicles of Narnia C. S. Lewis
Owls in the Family Farley Mowatt
Phoebe the Spy Judith Griffin
The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl
Peter Pan J. M. Barry
Sarah, Plain and Tall Patricia MacLachlan
The Borrowers Mary Norton
Winnie-the-Pooh A. A. Milne
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Robert C. O'Brian
Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling
Even Donkeys Speak Mary Ann McDonald
The Last Safe House Barbara Greenwood
James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl
Mary Poppins P. L. Travers
Poetry
Anthologies (books of favourite poems)
Poems for Memorization
Best Loved Poems
A Child's Garden of Verses Robert Louis Stevenson
Enjoy the Poems (Simply Charlotte Mason)
Complete Works of Shakespeare
The Essential Shakespeare Handbook
links to Shakespeare performances:
Science
The Disappearing Spoon Sam Kean
Basher Books- collection of various science topics
Nourishing Traditions Sally Fallon
The Maker's Diet Jordan Ruben
Champions of Science- biographies of scientists
Animals in Translation Temple Grandin
Magic Schoolbus
Know it All!- get your science questions answered
Why don't Penguins Feet Freeze?
Does Anything Eat Wasps?
Berenstain Bears Big Book of Science and Nature
Life in the Great Ice Age
Dinosaurs by Design Duane T. Gish
first aid
beekeeping
Parelli- method of horse training
Untold Story of Milk
The Universe in a Nutshell Stephen Hawking
Program or Be Programmed Douglas Rushkoff
Board books
Peepo Janet & Allan Ahlberg
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown
Time for Bed Mem Fox
Big Red Barn Margaret Wise Brown
I Love My Mommy Because... Laurel Porter Gaylord
Goodnight Gorilla Peggy Rathman
ABC book with real photos of everyday objects