Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Cornflower's AO Year 3 Term 1

Bible

The Gospel of John (group study)
Trial and Triumph by Richard Hannula (group study)
Boy, Have I Got Problems! by Kay Arthur, Janna Arndt
(kids' inductive study on the book of James)

Math

Scott Foresman Exploring Mathematics 3

English

Getty Dubay Italics Workbook D
Copywork
Spelling Wisdom I (studied dictation)
American Tall Tales by Adrien Stoutenberg
Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb
(2 chapters only)
The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
The Heroes by Charles Kingsley
Poetry of William Blake
English from the Roots Up

Science and Nature

All About Famous Inventors and Their Inventions by Fletcher Pratt
Science Lab in a Supermarket by Robert Friedhoffer
Science fair project

History/Geography

This Country of Ours by H.E. Marshall
An Island Story by H.E. Marshall
Child's History of the World by V.M. Hillyer
Da Vinci by Emily Hahn
Marco Polo: Voyager to the Orient by Carol Greene
Geography workbook (mapwork) from Instructional Fair

Fine Arts

Piano lessons
Violin lessons
Hymnsinging
Art of Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520)
Music of Edward Elgar and Ralph Vaughan Williams (20th Century)

P.E.

Ice skating once per week (not any instruction, just exercise)

(I'll mention here that most of these are books that will continue most of the year, and/or have been read slowly for the last two years. And as with Mariel's list, please Google the titles for more info.)

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