2012-2013 Kindergarten/First Grade
Morning Routine
Catholic Calendar
- Saint of the day
Morning Prayers
Saint Stories
Composer Study
Poetry
- A Child’s Garden of Verses
illustrated by Tasha Tudor - A Child’s Garden of Verses illustrated by Eloise Wilkin
- Poems to Read to the Very Young illustrated by Eloise Wilkin (I prefer the out-of-print 1980s hard cover book)
- The Child on His Knees by Mary Dixon Thayer
Art
- Artistic Pursuits
- Art 1 for Young Catholics
- Various art supplies as needed
French
- Bonjour Les Amis! (All of my children have watched and enjoyed these DVDs over the years.)
- First Fun with French
- First Thousand Words in French
- Various French song CDs from my brother
History
- American History 1 for Young Catholics
- D’Aulaire’s biographies
- The Columbus Story (and other history picture books by Alice Dalgliesh)
Language Arts
- Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
- Primary Phonics Storybooks
- Kindergarten Handwriting for Young Catholics
- Phonics 1 for Young Catholics
- Journal for God’s Littlest Ones
Literature
- Aesop’s Fables for Children: Includes a Read-and-Listen CD (Dover Read and Listen) illustrated by Milo Winter (We have an earlier hard cover edition of this book which did not include a CD.)
- A Treasury of Children’s Literature
- Various picture books from our personal library and the public library
Math
- Montessori materials
- Flash Cards
- Calculadders MasterPak 1 (addition practice sheets)
- Mathematics 1 for Young Catholics
Music
- Classical Music
- French CDs
- Raffi CDs
- Religious Music CDs
- Wee Sing CDs
- And more
Natural History
- Days on the Farm
- James Herriot’s Treasury for Children – This title is also available as an audio book, but I suggest staying with the actual book. My children delight in looking at Ruth Brown’s and Peter Barrett’s illustrations
- My Little Book About God
- The Year At Maple Hill Farm
and Our Animal Friends At Maple Hill Farm
- Other story books
- Butterfly Lifecycle (order caterpillars for Lent)
- Nature Notebook (maybe)
- Vegetable Gardening
Religion
- A Year with God
- Bible Stories for Little Children
- Catholic Children’s Treasure Box
- Chats with God’s Little Ones
- Leading the Little Ones to Mary
- Religion 1 for Young Catholics
- Fr. Lovasik books
- Saint Bernadette: A First Book for Little Catholics (and others in this out-of-print series)
- St. Catherine’s Gazette (The Wilson family puts together this newsletter each month and CeAnne shares it on her blog.)
Field Trip Possibilities
- Beach
- County Fair
- Farm
- Flight Museum
- Mountains
- Science Center
- Zoo
These resources are similar to the ones that I will be using with Elizabeth with a few exceptions. Finnian and Elizabeth enjoy listening to stories together.
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