Homeschool Discoveries

On this page I’ll be keeping a list of our projected and completed read-alouds for this school year.  The list is tentative and definitely subject to change.

As the year begins, the only books listed here will be “literature” read alouds that are not correlated with history.  (See my US History Year 1 page for a link to a document with our projected American history read alouds). As we complete various chapter book read alouds and I write blog posts about them, these book titles will turn into links if I write a post about the book.

(Updated as of 7/19/13, but does not include “summer” read alouds for Miss M. We mostly read our history-related read alouds this year).

Read Alouds for Miss M, 3rd grade:

• Wind in the Willows (tried it, didn’t like it)
• Cheaper by the Dozen
• Island of the Blue Dolphins
• Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankwiler
• Black Beauty
• Tales from Shakespeare
• Princess and the Goblin
• At the Back of the North Wind
• Call it Courage
• Pollyanna
• Tanglewood Tales
• Ballet Shoes
• King of the Wind
• Rabbit Hill
• 21 Balloons

 Read Alouds with Mr. E (Kindergarten) and Miss M:

•  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (finished, no review yet)
• Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (in progress)
• The Chocolate Touch (Miss M read it independently)
• My Father’s Dragon
• Nim’s Island
• Stuart Little

 Read Alouds for Just Mr. E:

• Mr. Popper’s Penguins
• Henry Huggins (possibly others in the series)
• The Mouse and the Motorcyle
• Various “Great Illustrated Classics” (Treasure Island, etc)