As I've mentioned here many times, I love Ambleside online.  Or rather, I love the idea of it.  I am forever drooling over the booklists and trying to figure out how we can use them.  I have attempted to use them full out, exactly as written, and we burned out quickly.  But because I love the idea of it so much, I decided that I'd try one more time--but tweak it to fit my children.  I really want the next 10 or so weeks to be really full, because once baby Regina is here, we're going to be very relaxed for a while.  So, I played around this afternoon and came up with this schedule.    In addition to all of that, we'll be doing daily math, spelling/phonics, then bi-weekly grammar lessons and copywork.  I'm attempting to fit in more dictation, but it's slow going.

Ambleside Year 1 Term 2:

Week 13
The Bible (2 NT stories)
1 Lesson from Faith and Life 1& 4
One story from Once Upon a Time Saints
Poetry : Robert Frost (1-2 poems a week or memory work)
An Island Story: Ch. 5
Making 13 Colonies: Ch. 9-14
Ben and Me: Ch. 6-9
Aesop's Fables: "The Ants and the Grasshopper"  and "The Ass Carrying the Image"
Tree in the Trail ch. 5-7
Science: begin unit on Birds Ch. 1-3 in Burgess Bird Book

Week 14
The Bible (2 NT stories)
1 Lesson from Faith and Life 1 & 4
One story from Once Upon a Time Saints
Poetry: Robert Frost (1-2 poems or memory work)
An Island Story: Ch 6
Making 13 Colonies: ch. 15-21
Ben andMe Ch. 10 – 15 (finish)
Aesop's Fables: "A Raven and a Swan” and "The Two Goats"
Tree in the Trail Ch. 8-10
Science: Bird unit Burgess Bird Book ch. 4-6
Tales from Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew

Week 15
The Bible (2 stories from NT)
1 Lesson from Faith and Life 1 & 4
One story from Once Upon a Time Saints
Poetry: Robert Frost (1-2 poems or memory work)
An Island Story Ch. 7
Making 13 Colonies: Ch. 22-29
The Sign of the Beaver ch. 1-6
Aesop's Fables: "The Ass and the Load of Salt" and “The Lion and the Gnat"
Tree in the Trail Ch. 11-13
Science: Bird unit Burgess Bird Book  ch 7-9
               Flute’s Journey
Tales from Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew



Week 16
The Bible (2 stories from NT)
1 Lesson from Faith and Life 1 & 4
One story from Once Upon a Time Saints
Poetry: Robert Frost (1-2 poems or memory work)
An Island Story: chapter 8
Making 13 Colonies: ch. 30-35
The Sign of the Beaver Ch. 7-13
Aesop's Fables: "The Leap at Rhodes” and "The Wild Boar and the Fox"
Tree in the Trail Ch. 14- 16
Science: Bird Unit  Burgess Bird Book ch. 10-12

Week 17
The Bible (2 stories from NT)
1 Lesson from Faith and Life 1 & 4
One story from Once Upon a Time Saints
Poetry: Robert Frost (1-2 poems or memory work)
An Island Story ch. 9
Making 13 Colonies ch. 36-42
The Sign of the Beaver ch. 14-19
Aesop's Fables: "The Ass, the Fox and the Lion" and "The Birds, the Beasts and the Bat"
Tree in the Trail Ch. 17-19
Science: Bird unit Burgess Bird Book ch 13-15
               Zoobooks: Birds of Prey
Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing

Week 18
The Bible (2 stories from NT)
1 Lesson from Faith and Life 1& 4
One story from Once Upon a Time Saints
Poetry: Robert Frost (1-2 poems or memory work)
An Island Story: chapter 10
The Sign of the Beaver ch. 20-25
Aesop's Fables: "The Lion, the Bear and the Fox" and "The Hares and the Frogs"
Tree in the Trail ch. 20-22
Science: Bird unit Burgess Bird Book ch. 16-18
Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing



Week 19
The Bible (2 stories from NT)
1 Lesson from Faith and Life 1&4
One story from Once Upon a Time Saints
Poetry: Robert Frost (1-2 poems or memory work)
An Island Story: ch. 11
If You Lived at…American Revolution pg. 6-26
Johnny Tremain ch. 1 - 2
Aesop's Fables: "The Fox and the Stork"  and "The Travelers and the Sea"
Tree in the Trail ch. 23-25
Science: Bird unit Burgess Bird Book ch. 19-21


Week 20
The Bible (2 stories from NT)
1 Lesson from Faith and Life 1 & 4
One story from Once Upon a Time Saints
Poetry: Robert Frost (1-2 poems or memory work)
An Island Story: chapter 12
If You Lived at…American Revolution pg. 28-43
Johnny Tremain ch. 3 - 4
Aesop's Fables: "The Stag and his Reflection” and "The Peacock"
Tree in the Trail ch. 26-27
Science: Bird unit Burgess Bird Book ch. 22-24


Week 21
The Bible (2 stories from NT)
1 Lesson from Faith and Life 1 & 4
One story from Once Upon a Time Saints
Poetry: Robert Frost (1-2 poems or memory work)
An Island Story ch. 13
If You Lived at…American Revolution pg. 44-75
Johnny Tremain  ch. 5 - 6
Aesop's Fables: "The Mice and the Weasels"  and "The Wolf and the Lean Dog"
Science: Bird unit Burgess Bird Book ch. 25-27


As you can see, I eliminated several books, and added in others. I'm hoping that we can do an exam week at week 22 (we've never done one, but I've always wanted to) but if baby is here then, I doubt it will happen.   

I've also been pondering lately what we'll do for school next year.  I really think I'm addicted to planning!  I'm still pondering, and I'll probably blog more about that in another post.

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