Academy Resources 2017-18

We had a great Academy (school as a group for my pre-school/elementary age kids) year.  For my own record-keeping purposes, this is a list of the resources we used.

I'm boggled by the truth that just a little bit of reading and working each day adds up to something marvelous.

American History
A Journey to the New World by Kathryn Lasky
Squanto: Friend of the Pilgrims by Clyde Robert Bulla
A Lion to Guard Us by Clyde Robert Bulla
Molly's Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen
Pocahontas by Edgar and Ingri Parin d'Aulaire
The First Thanksgiving by Alice Dalgliesh
If You Lived in Colonial Times by Ann McGovern
Can't You Make them Behave, King George? by Jean Fritz
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? by Jean Fritz
George Washington's Mother by Jean Fritz
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?  by Jean Fritz
Paul Revere's Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Illus. Ted Rand)
I Can Read About July 4, 1776 by Ellen Schultz
The Winter at Valley Forge by James E. Knight
North American Indians by Marie and Douglas Gorsline
American Lives and Legends, John Holdren ed., K12
American Government Today: The Presidency by Mark Sanders
Stories from the Life of Joseph Smith by Richard G. Turley and Lael Litke


World History/Geography
The Corn Grows Ripe by Dorothy Rhoads
A Grain of Rice by Helena Clare Pittman
Viking Tales by Jennie Hall 
The Bible Smuggler by Louise A. Vernon
Leif the Lucky by Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire 
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr

Science
How's Inky?  by Sam Campbell
Christian Liberty Nature Reader Book 1
Growing up Wild (film) by DisneyNature
Ghost of the Mountains (film) by DisneyNature
The Polar Bear Family and Me (film series) by Gordon Buchanan (BBC)
The Snow Wolf Family and Me (film series) by Gordon Buchanan (BBC)
The Gorilla Family and Me (film series) by Gordon Buchanan (BBC)
The Elephant Family and Me (film series) by Gordon Buchanan (BBC)
Tiger: Spy in the Jungle (film series)  by David Attenborough (BBC)
Bill Nye the Science Guy (film series--various episodes)
Marie Curie's Search for Radium by Beverly Birch and Christian Birmingham
Nature Anatomy: The Curious Parts and Pieces of the Natural World by Julia Rothman


Poetry/Shakespeare
Now We Are Six by A. A. Milne
The Tempest for Kids by Lois Burdett
Favorite Poems of Childhood compiled by Philip Smith

Grammar/English
First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind by Jessie Wise

Art Appreciation/Practical Art
Come Look With Me: Animals in Art by Gladys S. Blizzard
Elementary Art Curriculum by Shelly West of Redemptive Artistry
Artistic Pursuits by Brenda Ellis
Come Look with Me: The Artist at Work by R. Sarah Richardson
Usborne Step-by-Step Drawing People
Usborne Step-by-Step Drawing Animals

Character
 Wings and Stings by Charlotte Maria Tucker
In Grandma's Attic by Arleta Richardson

Advent/Christmas
Advent Morning Time Plans by Pam Barnhill
The Book of Mormon
lds.org (for hymns and videos)
Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones
A King James Christmas by Catherine Schuon and Michael Oren Fitzgerald
The Christmas Story by Rhona Davies
'Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore
Luke 2
Handel Who Knew What He Liked by M. T. Anderson
Hallelujah Handel by Douglas Cowling
The Beasts of Bethlehem by X. J. Kennedy
Room for a Little One by Martin Waddell
Advent Storybook by Antonie Schneider
The Very First Christmas by Paul L. Maier
Voices of Christmas by Nikki Grimes
The Christmas Story by Robert Sabuda
The Messiah by G. F. Handel
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson

Comments

  1. What a wonderful list of books. I remember sharing many of them with my children when they were younger.
    Blessings, Dawn

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  2. For math, I always liked “Can You Count to a Googol?”

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  3. Love this list! Thanks for sharing it.

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  4. Little but often sure adds up to something pretty amazing.😊

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  5. Isn't it rewarding to look back over a school year and see all the progress made?

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