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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom; the starting point. Learning, however, is a lifelong process that accrues day by day. It's on the daily route where we gather these tidbits of wisdom that challenge us and enrich our lives. I cherish the opportunity to "learn from those who have gone before". And I count it as a privilege if I can "Sher With You" some of what I am learning on my journey .

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Jul. 16, 2007
"Sher"ing Literature part 2 - Audio Selections 2006-2007
I thought I would post the list of audio books we chose this past school year.  In the future I'll explain some of my choices and also post our chapter book selections along with reviews of our favorite authors.  After each author is the date because I keep a list of when we start each book.  I find it easier for my portfolio recordkeeping to just keep a running list with the dates, title and author.  It's easy to see when we spent a lot of time in the car, as we often finished several audio books in a short timespan.

 I do not, however, keep a list of the picture book audio books as the kids usually do 2 a day on their own.  I probably should record these but think I would be writing things down all the time and they often listen to the audio "book and tape" combinations multiple times before they need to be returned to the library.

 As you can see, audio books have allowed us to more than double the number of chapter books we've read because Mom's time is freed up at least on one half of the equation.  My seven and five year old listened to all of these, while my 2 younger ones (3 and 1) were often hearing them, but they're little.  Need I say more?

  1. The Bronze Bow  Elizabeth George Speare                   07.20.06
  2. Just So Stories Rudyard Kipling                                    07.29.06
  3. Call It Courage  Armstrong Sperry                                08.03.06
  4. Anne of Avonlea  L. Maud Montgomery*                     08.10.06
  5. Little Women  Louisa May Alcott*                               08.15.06         
  6. Snow Treasure  Marie McSwigan                                 08.23.06
  7. Anne of the Island  L. Maud Montgomery*                   09.07.06                     
  8. Mr. Revere and I  Robert Lawson*                              09.12.06
  9. The Horse and His Boy  C.S. Lewis                             09.21.06
  10. Prince Caspian  C.S. Lewis*                                        09.29.06
  11. Helen Keller Autobiography  Helen Keller                     10.05.06
  12. Voyage of the Dawn Treader  C.S.  Lewis                    10.15.06
  13. The Silver Chair  C.S. Lewis*                           10.25.06
  14. The Last Battle C.S. Lewis                                           11.07.06
  15. The Enchanted Castle  Edith Nesbit                              11.14.06
  16. A Christmas Carol  Charles Dickens                             12.05.06
  17. Ben and Me  Robert Lawson*                          12.30.06
  18. The Rescuers  Margery Sharp                                       01.10.07         
  19. Island of the Blue Dolphins  Scott O’Dell                      01.29.07
  20. Johnny Tremain  Esther Forbes                         02.05.07
  21. Julie of the Wolves  Jean Craighead George                  02.14.07
  22. Julie  Jean Craighead George                                        02.23.07         
  23. Ginger Pye  Eleanor Estes                                             03.06.07
  24. Hooray for the Golly Sisters  Betsy Byars                      03.10.07
  25. Calico Captive  Elizabeth George Speare                      03.12.07
  26. The Moffats  Eleanor Estes                                           03.16.07
  27. This Present Darkness (abridged)  Frank Peretti            03.21.07
  28. Rabbit Hill  Robert Lawson                                           03.26.07
  29. Stuart Little  E.B. White                                                03.28.07
  30. The Railway Children (audio drama)  Edith Nesbit  03.30.07
  31. A Midsummer Night’s Dream  William Shakespeare 04.02.07
  32. The Black Stallion  Walter Farley                                  04.06.07
  33. Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales                             04.10.07
  34. The Hundred Dresses  Eleanor Estes                             04.16.07         
  35. Where the Red Fern Grows  Wilson Rawles*   04.21.07
  36. The Bears on Hemlock Mountain  Alice Dagliesh          04.29.07
  37. The Courage of Sarah Noble  Alice Dagliesh                 04.30.07
  38. Sugar on Snow  Nan Parson Rossiter                            05.01.07
  39. Call of the Wild  Jack London                           05.02.07         
  40. On the Banks of Plum Creek  Laura Ingalls Wilder        05.12.07
  41. Pinocchio  Carlo Collodi*                                             05.20.07
  42. Swiss Family Robinson  Johann Wyss               05.24.07
  43. The Secret Garden  Frances Hodgson Burnett* 06.03.07
  44. Thimble Summer  Elizabeth Enright                                06.12.07
  45. The Twenty One Balloons  William Pene duBois           06.18.07
  46. Sarah, Plain and Tall  Patricia MacLachlan                    06.29.07
  47. The Odyssey told by Odds Bodkin*                             07.01.07
  48.  D’Aulaire’s  Book Of Greek Myths  Ingri D’Aulaire  07.08.07
  49.  Old Yeller       Fred Gipson                                         07.10.07
  50.  Caddie Woodlawn      Carol Ryrie Brink                     07.12.07
  51.  Common Sense       Thomas Paine                               07.15.07

 

*Indicates literature that we then viewed on video to compare and contrast to the book.  Overwhelming verdict was that “the book was so much better.”


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Jul. 16, 2007 - great list

Posted by msack


We are getting ready to read Juile of the wolves for our homeschool book club!


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