NACHE 2004 handout
Pioneer Stories
Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
(Cherry Jones audio version is great!)
My First Little House picture books
The Little House prequels by Melissa Wiley
Inside Laura’s Little House
A Pioneer Sampler
Pioneer Girl
My Great Aunt Arizona (Houston)
Pioneer Life from A to Z (Kalman)
Warm as Wool
See www.4realearning.com for more suggestions
Nature Study
Read Alouds for everybody:
Upper Level Study (middle and high school)_
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Elementary
The Herriott Treasury for Children
Picture book biographies to share:
Bug Watching with Charles Henry Turner
Bird Watching with Margaret Morse Nice
Flower Watching with Alice Eastwood
Fish Watching with Eugenie Clark
Exploring the Earth with John Wesley Powell
Wildlife Watching with Charles Eastman
Picture Books (but I really
think everyone should share them):
Louisa May and Mr. Thoreau's Flute
Joanne Ryder
Eric Carle:
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?
Cynthia Rylant
More good stuff:
America the Beautiful (W. Minor illustrator)
Salamander Rain: A Lake and Pond Journal
Crinkleroot's guide to Knowing the birds
Crinkleroot's Guide to Animal Habitats
Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing the Trees
Resources and books for Mom and/or high schoolers:
Golden Guides: Pond Life, Insects, Birds
Wild Days
The Curious Naturalist: Nature's Everyday Mysteries
Writing Naturally: A down to earth guide to nature writing
Fun With Nature Take Along Guide
More Fun with Nature Take Along Guide
A Crow Doesn't Need a Shadow—great for writing nature poetry
Hurricane Reading
Galveston's Summer of the Storm
Magic School Bus inside a Hurricane
Picture Study
Thomas Locker:
Helpful booklists:
http://www.readingyourwaythroughhistory.com/
https://charlottemason.tripod.com/
First Communion Book Pages:
What my name means (Patron Saints)
God made the World and He made Me
Creed (memorize and copy)
God gave us the Bible
Guardian Angel
Original Sin
Gospel of Children (JPII)
My Baptism
Deuteronomy (Our family’s verse)
Noah’s Ark
The Ten Commandments (re-state in my own words)
The Prodigal Son
The Vine and the Branches
The Lost Coin
The Lost Sheep
The Steps to a good confession (cut apart and paste them in order, with my own definition of the steps)
The Act of Contrition
Old Testament foreshadowing of the Eucharist (Fr. Peffley):
Manna from Heaven
Ark of the Covenant – the tabernacle is our new ark of the covenant
Paschal Lamb (the last plague)-prefigurement of Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God
Psalm 110. M both priest and king who offered a special sacrifice of bread and wine. Christ offered an unbloody sacrifice at the last supper.
Malachi 1:11. “From the rising of the sun to the setting of the sun, a perfect offering will be made.” Universal Church
New Testament:
Jesus Christ is truly the Son of God. He is divine. He forgave sins. He worked miracles.
Wedding at Cana narration John 2. Jesus changed water into wine and showed that he had power over material elements
Loaves and Fishes (Small Gifts in God’s Hands narration) again, showing power over material elements
Jesus walked on water—showed power over his own body
Resurrection—again, power over his own body
Storm on the Sea—when Jesus speaks, it becomes a reality
The Last Supper—all the miracles rolled into one miracle.
Road to Emmaeus—the disciples did not recognize him until the breaking of the bread. We might not recognize him but he is really present. Because Jesus is glorified, he is not limited to normal physical limitations.
(1Corinthians 10 and 1: 1 Christians who do not recognize the Body and Blood of Christ.) No narration but discussion.
John 6: I am the bread from Heaven
Order of the Mass
What we see at Mass
The Weight of a Mass (narration)
The Little Caterpillar That Finds Jesus (narration)
Letter from me to Jesus asking to receive Communion
Letter to child from parents with our prayer for her.
At the end of the book are two pages signed by guests at First Communion and all the pictures taken that day.
Resources for Bible stories:
The Parables of Jesus (de Paola)
DK Illustrated Family Bible
New Catholic Picture Bible
Resources for a learning lifestyle:
Real Learning: Education in the Heart of the Home
A Charlotte Mason Companion (Andreola)
Educating the Wholehearted Child (Clarkson)
How to Create a Unit Study & other books by V.Bendt
Relaxed Home School & Joyful Home School (Hood)
To Sing You Must Exhale—poetry by Kathryn Mulderink,--a balm for mom’s soul http://www.mariancatechist.com/html/writersapostolate/mulderink/centralmulderink.htm