I am a Christian and a wife and mother of three trying to live out God's purpose for my life. Our homeschooling journey was not a typical beginning. My husband and I had attended public school and had planned for our children to attend there as well. My oldest had attended a pre-k program at a Christian school to get him ready. It had been a bumpy start but he finally settled down and got used to it. When time came to tour the elementary school that our son was zoned for (which was known to be the best one in the county) we decided it wasn't for us. I was floored at what they had planned on teaching them in kindergarten and the learning environment was not inviting. We therefore decided to leave him at the private Christian school he was at and that is where he stayed until 3rd grade. By that time my middle child was ready for pre-k and I signed him up that year as well. Things went pretty well for him but my oldest through the years was bored and didn't want to go. He almost always got perfect scores and never studied. I tried talking with the teachers and they said there was nothing they could do until he got into the upper grades just to be happy that he was bright and "didn't need help." I was tired of paying big bucks for my son to sit and not be challenged so that is the year I took the plunge and pulled him out. It has been a learning road and I have spent many hours studying and learning what is best for my children. Everyone has a story and what works for their family. This blog is what has worked for mine. I hope that what I write will help others who are beginning or those who are always looking for things to help deepen their children's learning. Blessings!

Monday, September 2, 2013

Book List 5th Grade 2010-11

Studying NT and Rome & Greece & Chemistry, Geology 

 

This list consist of books read during and after school hours for the year.  Some my son picked out but loved like the Hardy Boy series :-)

Wise Guy Life Philosophy of Socrates
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Cleopatra (Stanley)
Black Ships Before Troy
D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths
Romans (Usborne Beginners)
Ancient Greeks (Usborne Beginners)
Archimedes and the Door to Science
Beric the Briton
The Bronze Bow
The Pomegranate Seeds
The Trojan Horse
The Silver Chair
The Last Battle
Winners Take All
Don't Talk to Me About the War
Roberto and Me
Aristotle (Dell)
The Sign of the Beaver
Alexander the Great (Gunther)
A Wrinkle in Time
Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Hardy Boys:  Extreme Danger
The Cat Who Went to Heaven
Twice Freed
Fizz, Bubble, & Flash
Adventures with Atoms and Molecules
The Mystery of the Periodic Table
Geology rocks
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Secret Garden
The Hobbit
Old Yeller
Hardy Boys:  Running on Fumes, Boardwalk Bust, Thrill Ride, Burned, Operation:  Survival, Top Ten Ways to Die, Rocky Road, Martial Law, Hurricane Joe, Blown Away, Trouble in Paradise, The Mummy's Curse, Death and Diamonds, Murder at the Mall, Pushed, Bayport Buccaneers, Foul Play, Comic Con Artist, Feeding Frenzy, Deprivation House, House Arrest, Murder House, Wanted, Kidnapped, Double Trouble, The Tower Treasure, Double Deception and Double Down (I should have just said he read everyone in the series :-)
Robinson Crusoe
The Door in the Wall
Diary of a Wimpy Kids Dog Days, The Last Straw
The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow
Baseball Science
Inside a Website
Inside a Television
Phineas Gage (Fleischman)




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