Spring time is the perfect time to come up with your next year's curriculum. I've been doing a lot of digging and if you've been following my blog, you'll know that I've come up with a few things for language arts, math, and piano lessons. Lately, I've been trying to come up with a list of books that I can read to the kids. A lot of them are classics and I'm super excited about that. I remember reading The Hobbit with my mom at a young age, and what I want my children to remember are the good times you can have as we read together.
It's a lengthy list, so bear with me. Here we go:
Green Eggs and Ham
Chester
Goodnight Moon
Sammy the Seal
Nate the Great
The Cat in the Hat
Danny and the Dinosaur
Amanda Pig and Her Brother Oliver
Little Bear
Amelia Bedelia
The Bravest Dog Ever
Curious George
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Henry and Mudge, The First Book
Mr. Putter & Tabby Pour the Tea
Floss
Frog and Toad are Friends
Angus and the Ducks
George and Martha
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Swimmy
Little Red Hen
Poky Little Puppy
The Egg
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Madeline
Harry the Dirty Dog
Caps for Sale
Stone Soup
A Chair for My Mother
Bread and Jam for Frances
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Horton Hatches the Egg
Where the Wild Things Are
Emperor's New Clothes
Corduroy
A New Coat for Anna
The Little Engine That Could
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
Doctor De Soto
Billy & Blaze
Millions of Cats
Velveteen Rabbit (abridged)
Thunder Cake
Andy and the Lion
And to think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street
The Story of Ferdinand
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Polar Express, The
Miss Rumphius
Story of Babar, The
Strega Nona
Blueberries for Sal
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Little House, The
Story About Ping
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
The Ox-Cart Man
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
John Henry
Flat Stanley
Make Way for Ducklings
If I Ran the Zoo
Tikki Tikki Tembo
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
Little Red Riding Hood
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
St. George and the Dragon
Librarian Who Measured the Eart
Charlotte's Web
The Trumpet of the Swan
Chronicles of Narnia
Any of the Ramona books
Pippi Longstocking
Dr. Seuss books
Eric Carl Books
(I hope I didn't repeat any)
I have a confession. I love books. I love old books, new books, picture books, and classic books. But the problem is that I love OWNING the books I love. I have issues with libraries. They're good for when you want to read a book that you've never read before, but if you love the book- you can't keep it. My point is: I probably spend way too much money on books. Haha!
Some of these books that I listed, I haven't actually read myself, but the great thing about homeschool, is that you get to broaden your own horizons. One of the great myths about homeschooling is that you HAVE to know things yourself in order to teach it. How many times are we teachers of something and we actually learn more from the students? I feel the exact same thing when I think about homeschooling. If I don't know a thing about a certain subject, I simply say, "Hey let's learn about this subject together." Heavenly Father never meant for us to stop learning. He wants us to learn regardless of our age or profession. Isn't that wonderful?!?
I'm so excited about this list! I don't even know where to begin. I'm always open to suggestions, too, so if you have a book that you just LOVE and would be appropriate for a 1st grader, let me know!!!
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