Well its that time of year again, starting school back up. Although this is our 3rd week thus far. Started out slowly since we were going from mostly *textbooks* to Ambleside Online. My son really isn't sure what to think, I get the comments of "How many books do we need?" I'm like whatever it takes.........lol.

This is hopefully going to strengthen his reading and comprehension along with language arts. At least I hope.

So this year our list is as follows.

World History ~ Our Island Story

World History ~ Children's HIstory of the World

American History ~ This Country of Ours

Church History ~ Trial and Triumph

History ~ The Little Duke, Joan of Arc

Geography ~ Tree in the Trail, Seabird, Paddle to the Sea along with map work

Nature Study with Handbook of Nature Study book

Natural History ~ The Burgess Animal Book, Pagoo

Literature ~ Tales from Shakespeare, Pilgrims Progress, Understood Betsy, Wind in the Willows, Robin Hood, Parables from Nature

Poetry ~ Walter de la Mare, Eugine Field, James Whitcombe, Christina Rossetti

Artist study ~ Raphael Sanzio, John Singer Sargent & Claude Monet

Composer study ~ Ralph Vaughan Williams, Edward Elgar, Evard Grieg, Jean Sibelius, Maurice Ravel

Some other stuff along the way is a unit study with Leah's Pony, which is about The Great Depression and Dust bowl or "The Dirty Thirties" as it was called. So there's grasshoppers to discuss along with the economy issues, stock market crash etc.

Five Little Peppers and Hoe They Grew is also on the list to just free read.

Math ~ Saxon 5/4

Copywork goes with the Poetry/memory work and dictation.

Drawing Basics with Thomas Kinkade

Typing with Mavis Beacon(he's also trying his spelling words daily, takes his spelling test on the computer and typing up a page or 2 in random books as we read.

That looks like one heck of a list........lol. Shew. But everything is not done daily we are working out the schedule.

Normally he would take an art class with the homeschooling group but at this time its not going to happen. That could change in the next month or 2.