"You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up." Deuteronomy 6:5-7



Our Books

"The most common and the monstrous defect in the education of the day is that children fail to acquire the habit of reading." --Charlotte Mason


Here is a list of some of the books that we used for Emma's 2nd grade school year (2012-2013). This list does not include our library books.

American Pioneers and Patriots
North American Indians
The Story of the U.S.
Red, White, and Blue
The Thanksgiving Story
The Fourth of July Story
D'aulaires George Washington
D'aulaires Thomas Jefferson
Usborne's First Encyclopedia of Science
Bird's Nests and Eggs
Bats
Whales
Koala's
Tornadoes
Underground Caves
Squanto
The Courage of Sarah Noble
The Sarah Whitcher Story
Mountain Born
On the Banks of Plum Creek
Farmer Boy
In Grandma's Attic
American Tall Tales
The Legend John Henry
America's Black Founders
Bessie Smith and the Night Riders
The Hindenburg
The Poetry of Langston Hughes
Annie Oakley Biography
The Little Sharp Shooter
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Book of Acts
Paul's Missionary Journey's
The History of the Roman Empire
The Colosseum
Martyrs
The Story of Jim Eliot
The Story of Corrie Ten Boom
The Story of C.S. Lewis
The Story of George Mueller


Here is a list of some of the books that we used for Emma's 1st grade school year (2011-2012). This list does not include our library books.

Come Look With Me: Exploring Art With Children
Come Look With Me: Exploring Landscape Art with Children
Farmer Boy (book two in the Little House Series)
The Boxcar Children Series (continuing from last year)
More Stories From Grandma's Attic
Follow My Leader
Henry Huggins
Homer Price
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle
The Wheel on the School
Mountain Born
George Muller
Amelia Bedelia Series
Crossroads of Character: Learning to Make Wise Choices (from the Boyer family)
Missionary Stories With the Millers
Favorite Childhood Tales
Gladys Aylward
David Livingstone
George Washington Carver
Hudson Taylor
A Family of Poems (Caroline Kennedy)
Proverbs for Preschoolers
Zero
One
Great Composers
Saint Paul
Paul's Travels
Science With Plants
Things Outdoors
Science With Water
Bible Reader
Wild Wild Wolves
Falling Up
The True Story of Pocahontas
Samantha the Snob
Gorillas: Gentile Giants of the Forest
I Can Read Bible Story Readers


Here is a list of some of the books that we are read last year (2010-2011). 
This list does not include our trips to the library



The House at Pooh Corner




The Story of Dr. Dolittle




The Story About Ping




The Arnold Lobel Book of Mother Goose




The Llama Who Had No Pajama




Richard Scarry's Please and Thank You Book




Johnny Appleseed




Capyboppy




My Father's Dragon




Dolphin Adventure




The Light at Tern Rock









The Apple & the Arrow




A Grain of Rice



The Hundred Dresses




Twenty and Ten




The Boxcar Children




In Grandma's Attic




Five True Dog Stories




Family Under the Bridge




James Herriot's Treasury for Children




Dolphin Treasure




Mary on Horseback




Egermeier's Bible Story Book










Sonlight's Create-A-Calendar




Wild Places




Living Long Ago




Usborne Internet-Linked Children's Encyclopedia



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