"A good laugh is sunshine in a house."

The light in the eyes of him whose heart is joyful rejoices

the heart of others. Proverbs 15:30

The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading How to Read a Book, Revised In this book you will learn about the dimensions of reading, reading levels, how to determine an author's message, and how to x-ray a book. Reading this book will allow you to measure your own progress in reading skills, comprehension and speed.

 

You're on a quest for relevant supplemental reading for your students---perhaps something about 14th-century England. Find it fast with this conveniently organized reference! Approximately 1,300 books are listed by three separate categories: story location/century, author, and title. Entries include category and reading level codes, and brief comments.Let the Authors Speak (Revised)

My Side Of The Mountain

This is a great resource to teach your teens about saving their sexual activity for marriage. There is information about STD's, and several high school and college students are interviewed. It will spark appropriate discussions between you and your children.

   Book Lists 

Book lists are a very important part of planning your child's curriculum. Making good choices will develop an intrinsic taste for well-written literature. You probably will assign certain books for your child to read throughout the school year. It is helpful to connect solidly with different eras in history, or certain scientific accomplishments. One way to do this is to assign biographies to read of different famous men and women. After I plan this, I also create a reading schedule of my own. It is called, "Mom's Reading List." This keeps me on track, reading aloud to my children year round. I devise this list by counting the chapters or pages in the book, and divide them up throughout our "school days." Including an assortment of books that meet the academic needs of my children, while also, taking their interests into account, I try to mix and match selections to have a fun filled year.

These are some places I return to, looking for quality ideas.

1000 GOOD Books List http://www.classical-homeschooling.org/celoop/1000.html

Ambleside Online Charlotte Mason Curriculum  http://www.Amblesideonline.org 

Hoagie's Gifted Kids Reading Lists www.hoagiesgifted.org/reading_lists.htm

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Baldwin Project- Bringing Yesterday's Classics to Today's Children http://www.mainlesson.com

Project Gutenberg- Free ebooks http://www.gutenberg.net

World Wide School Library http://www.worldwideschool.org

A few books we have read over the years:

Aesop's Fables

Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille

Cricket in Times Square - Audiobook on Cassette

The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare

Minn of The Mississippi by Holling, Holling C.

Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink

The Princess and the Goblin

The Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald

Julie of the Wolves by George

The Railway Children

Carry On Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham

The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White

Hinds' Feet on High Places: Illustrated and Arranged for Children

Little House on the Prarie Series by Laura Ingalls

Mattimeo: A Tale From Redwall

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

David Livingstone: Missionary and Explorer, Heroes of Faith Series

Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Chronicles of Narnia: 7-Volume Slipcased Commemorative Softcover Set

The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien

Christian Kids Explore Chemistry Chemistry of the Blood The Mystery of the Periodic Table The Case for Christ, Student Edition Mystery of History, Volume 1 We love listening to all the Classical Kids CD's: Beethoven Lives Upstairs Story on CD Tchaikovsky Discovers America - Audiobook on CD Nate Saint: On a Wing and a Prayer By Janet Benge / Ywam Publishing This American pilot served Christian missionaries in Ecuador's jungles until his death at the hands of Auca Indians in 1956. His death along with his fellow-laborers opened to door to the gospel for the unreached Aucas, and many sahy that no single event of the twentieth century awakened more hearts to God's call to serve in missions. For ages 10 and up.     Reader~ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain / Penguin Putnam Inc. When Huckleberry Finn flees from his brutal father, he meets up his an old friend, the slave Jim, who is also running away. Together, they travel by raft down the Mississippi, tumbling in and out of amazing adventures - from a floating house to a funeral, a shipwreck to a circus - and experience some of the strange ways of people in the Deep South. Literature Guide~ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn American Library Association http://www.ala.org/