Mostly the trampoline has been this month's choice of play, hours and hours of perfecting new tricks.
The moment that I realised Jelly Bean can indeed read, she is this close_ to being an independent reader:) She bemoans that she can't, she resists daily effort, after all it is work, but can read easy readers with little help and is very close to easy chapter books.
The
consuming reading of books, in particular
living books comprises the bulk of our learning.
Audio Books
The Hobbit
The Silver Chair
The Magician's Nephew (all listened to by Michelangelo only)
Our Family Read Aloud
All of a Kind of Family - Sydney Taylor
Linnets & Valerians - Elizabeth Goudge
Poetry - Our focus has been Australian poets. The younger children have been enjoying a huge pile of individual illustrated picture books. Our aim is to enjoy at least 10 poems per week.
The older boys have been enjoying various poems from Around the Boree Log such as; Tangmalangaloo and "We'll All be Rooned" Said Hanrahan.
The Man From Ironbark - AB Patterson
Waltzing Matilda The Bush Christening
Mulga Bill's Bicycle Rattling in the Wind
Fur & Feathers - AB Patterson
Old Man Platypus - AB Patterson
Weary Will - AB Patterson
A Dog's Mistake - AB Patterson
With My Swag All On My Shoulder
The Wild Colonial Boy
The Drover's Dream
The Oath of Bad Brown Bill
Benjamin Bandicoot - AB Patterson
The Day McDougall Topped the Score
Collections- Oxford Children's Collection, Laurel and the Harp, Around the Booree Log
Picture Books
We aim to read at least 10 books per week.
The Little House - Virginia Lee Burton
Little Mo - Martin Waddell
Where's My Kitten - Michele Coxon
Spike and the Cowboy Band - Fern Hollow
Emmas' Lamb - Kim Lewis
Dilly-Dally and the Nine Secrets - Elizabeth MacDonald
The Patchwork Cat - Nicola Bayley
When We Went to the Zoo - Jan Ormerod
A Bit of Company - Margaret Wild
Luke's Way of Looking - Nadia Wheatley
Thank you Amelia Bedelia - Peggy Parish
Teddy and me Pretend to Be
Let's Go Home Little Bear - Martin Waddell
Bush Walk - Tricia Oktober
Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Mireille Levert
Up the Wooden Hill - Sam McBratney
Bush Song - Tricia Oktober
My Brown Bear Barney in Trouble - Dorothy Butler
The Tram to Bondi Beach - Libby Hathorn
Stellaluna - Janell Cannon
Pobblebonks - Garry Fleming
Little Platypus - Nette Hilton
The Pear in the Pear Tree - Pamela Allen
Sail Away the Ballad of Skip & Nell - Mem Fox
The Magic Hat - Mem Fox
Possum Magic - Mem Fox
Time for Bed - Mem Fox
Hattie & the Fox - Mem Fox
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge - Mem Fox
Miss Bilby - Colin Thiele
African Picture Books
Mbobo Tree - Glenda Millard
Adventures of Riley - Safari in South Africa - Amanda Lumry
Snuggle Up, Sleepy Ones - Claire Freedman
Can Your Hear the Sea? - Judy Cumberbatch
Osa's Pride - Ann Grifalconi
Catch That Goat - Polly Alakija
A Song for Jamela - Niki Daly
Enormous Elephant - Mwenye HadiThi
Amazing Animals Super Safari - Tony Mitton
Matemba - Annette Lodge
Lila and the Secret of Rain - David Conway
Individual Reading
Carpenter
Philadelphia Catholic in King James Court (Faith)
Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens (5 chapters)
Weka-Feather Cloak - Leo Madigan
Time Riders Book 1 - Alex Scarrow
Time Riders Book 2 - Alex Scarrow
Sabriel - Garth Nix (not rec. for all. many caveats)
Einstein
Scarlet Pimpernel - Baroness Orczy
To Kill a Mockinbird - Harper Lee
Genghis Khan (see above)
Time Rider Bk 1 _ Alex Scarrow
Time Riders Book 2 - Alex Scarrow
Agatha Christie Mystery Vol 5
Hit and Run
Michelangelo
Africa
Tusk, SOS - Colin Bateman
Greek Mythology
The Warrior Goddess - Doris Gates Tales the Muses Told - Roger Lancelyn Green
Myth Stories of Greece & Rome - Gladys Davidson
Lord of the Sky - Doris Gates
Exploits of Hercules Jedi Quest
Middle Ages
Medieval Tales - Jennifer Westwood
Ranger's Apprentice Ruins of Gorlan
Ranger's Apprentice Burning Bridge
Ranger's Apprentice Icebound Land
Ranger's Apprentice Oakleaf Bearers
Ranger's Apprentice The Sorcerer in the North
Ranger's Apprentice Bk6 &
Ranger's Apprentice Erik's Ransom
Too Deep 39 Clues
Jedi Apprentice The Rising Force
Jedi Apprentice The Dark Rival
Princess
Faith
Saints for Home &
School Six O'Clock Saints
American History
The Secret Soldier, Deborah Sampson The Story of Ben Franklin - Eve Merriam
Keep the Lights Burning Abbie
Helen Keller
Louis Braille
A House of their Own (little House)
Trina
Early British History
Eagle's Egg - Rosemary Sutcliffe
Africa
Uncle Edie & the Croc - Lucy Farmer (Africa)
Uncle Edie & the Hippos - Lucy Farmer (Africa)
Science
Magic School Bus Dinosaur Detectives (Science)
Magic School Bus Expedition Down Under (Science)
Ruby Throat Hummingbird
Hazel the Guinea Pig - AN Wilson
Big Ben - Jenny Dale
Ranger's Apprentice Bk 3
Ranger's Apprentice Bk 4
The Pink Motel - Carol Ryrie Brink
