Homeschooling
<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-47423994-1', 'fortunecity.ws'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> <center> <br> <div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://ad.broadcaststation.net/ads/show_ad.php?width=728&height=90"></script> </div> </center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=27 BGCOLOR="#CC3366" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="11f1b1f2dkcfyw.gif"> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#C0DCC0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="12453a10.gif" border=0 width="83" height="161" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#6633FF" FACE="French Script MT" ><B> <A NAME="to_the_mitzel_s_schoolhouse"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></FONT><IMG SRC="110d9540.gif" border=0 width="473" height="84" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="12453a10.gif" border=0 width="83" height="161" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> To the Mitzel Schoolhouse</div> <bR> <div> Books-books, books, give me ever more books, for they are the caskets wherein we find the immortal expressions of humanity- Words, the only things that live forever!</div> <div> - Eugene Field</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#our_day" TITLE="Homeschooling"><U><IMG SRC="10c35290.gif" border=0 width="53" height="41" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Andy" >Our Day</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#poetry" TITLE="Homeschooling"><U><IMG SRC="10d3a250.gif" border=0 width="58" height="37" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> Poetry </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#links" TITLE="Homeschooling"><U><IMG SRC="10e35290.gif" border=0 width="53" height="41" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> Links to Charolotte Mason Sites</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#great_read_alouds" TITLE="Homeschooling"><U><IMG SRC="10d3a250.gif" border=0 width="58" height="37" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A>Great Family Read Alouds</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="10b7c2e0.gif" border=0 width="636" height="46" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A NAME="our_day"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Our Day</div> <div> <IMG SRC="10f5e520.gif" border=0 width="94" height="82" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> I suppose I could write our "dream schedule" but since no two days are quite the same I'd rather just tell you what we try to accomplish each day.</div> <bR> <div> After Breakfast and morning chores we usually have family Bible time. We are currently working on memorizing I Corinthians 13. We are slowly working through the Old Testament and are learning a lot about the history of the Israelites. We're also learning 1 verse of a hymn each week. </div> <bR> <div> Each morning we try to make an effort to get straight to math first since minds are fresher in the morning! Austin is finishing up year 3 of <A HREF="http://www.saxonpub.com/products/Home_Study/products/Math3/Math3.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.saxonpub.com/products/Home_St"><U><B><U>Saxon Math</U></B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.saxonpub.com/products/Home_Study/products/Math3/Math3.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.saxonpub.com/products/Home_St"><U> </U></A>and is doing wonderfully! </div> <bR> <div> Austin then does some of his own work in <A HREF="http://www.pearsonlearning.com/mcschool/html/phonics.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.pearsonlearning.com/mcschool/"><U><B><U>Phonics</U></B></U></A> and Spelling while I do reading lessons with Ella. She is learning very quickly to read. I am not using a program with her but am using the <A HREF="http://www.howtotutor.com/guffy.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.howtotutor.com/guffy.htm"><U><B><U>McGuffey Primer</U></B></U></A> as a guide for introduction to sounds and words. Right now we are working our way through learning to read "<A HREF="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php3?author=treadwell&book=primer&story=_contents" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php3?a"><U><B><U>The Little Red Hen</U></B></U></A>".</div> <bR> <div> We are teaching our children using the <A HREF="http://home.att.net/~bandcparker/cmlinks.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://home.att.net/~bandcparker/cmlinks"><U><B><U>Charlotte Mason</U></B></U></A> philosophy of education and are really enjoying the freedom that comes with this. You would not believe the amount of information your children learn from reading good books. I would encourage you to follow the link to learn more about Charlotte Mason and her philosophy on education. </div> <bR> <div> Austin is currently in year one of the <A HREF="http://www.puo.cffh.com/curriculum/year01.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.puo.cffh.com/curriculum/year0"><U><B><U>PUO curriculum</U></B></U></A>, his books are very interesting and he's starting to really get a hang of <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/wa/beeme1/page2.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.angelfire.com/wa/beeme1/page2"><U><B><U>narrating</U></B></U></A> back to us what he's read. He also does a couple lines of <A HREF="http://home.att.net/~bandcparker/copywork.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://home.att.net/~bandcparker/copywor"><U><B><U>copywork</U></B></U></A> for handwriting each day. He selects the sentences he will write from one of his books, fables or poems. </div> <div> We enjoy our <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/pennygar/nature.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.aol.com/pennygar/nature.h"><U><B><U>nature studies</U></B></U></A>, <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/PennyGar/art.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.aol.com/PennyGar/art.html"><U><B><U>artist</U></B></U></A> study (currently it's AntoineWatteau) and doing handicrafts.</div> <bR> <div> We, as a family, are learning Spanish and an elementary introduction to Latin and Greek roots. Besides the books Austin is reading on his own we read to the children in the evening. Currently I am reading "Mother West Winds Animal Friends" by Thornton W. Burgess, "Myths Every Child Should Know" and various other short stories.</div> <bR> <div> We have a full but very rewarding day. With the Charlotte Mason method the children have plenty of freetime in the afternoon to pursue their interests and play outside. (after their afternoon chores of course) We are usually done with school before lunch at noon.</div> <bR> <div> Currently <A HREF="http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/desktop/1839/id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/de"><U><B><U>Austin</U></B></U></A> is in baseball and <A HREF="http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/desktop/1839/id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/de"><U><B><U>Ella</U></B></U></A> is in gymnastics, so we're kept pretty busy some evenings<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Andy" >.</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="#to_the_mitzel_s_schoolhouse" TITLE="Homeschooling"><U><IMG SRC="11f1b1f0.gif" border=0 width="27" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> back</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="10b7c2e0.gif" border=0 width="636" height="46" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="poetry"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>Poetry</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="10f5e520.gif" border=0 width="94" height="82" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>Currently we are working our way through "A Child's Garden of Verses" by Robert Louis Stenvenson. They are poems he wrote based on the memories of his childhood, he draws very vivid pictures with words that absolutely feed a child's imagination! here are a couple of our favorites... </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Block City</B></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> What are you able to build with your blocks? </div> <div> Castles and palaces, temples and docks. </div> <div> Rain may keep raining, and others go roam, </div> <div> But I can be happy and building at home. </div> <div> Let the sofa be mountains, the carpet be sea, </div> <div> There I'll establish a city for me: </div> <div> A kirk and a mill and a palace beside, </div> <div> And a harbour as well where my vessels may ride. </div> <div> Great is the palace with pillar and wall, </div> <div> A sort of a tower on the top of it all, </div> <div> And steps coming down in an orderly way </div> <div> To where my toy vessels lie safe in the bay. </div> <div> This one is sailing and that one is moored: </div> <div> Hark to the song of the sailors aboard! </div> <div> And see, on the steps of my palace, the kings </div> <div> Coming and going with presents and things! </div> <div> Yet as I saw it, I see it again, </div> <div> The kirk and the palace, the ships and the men, </div> <div> And as long as I live and where'er I may be, </div> <div> I'll always remember my town by the sea. </div> <bR> <div> My Shadow</div> <bR> <div> I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, </div> <div> And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.</div> <div> He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;</div> <div> And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.</div> <div> The funnist thing about him is the way he likes to grow - </div> <div> Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;</div> <div> For he sometimes shoots up taller like an india-rubber ball,</div> <div> And he sometimes gets so little that there's none of him at all.</div> <div> He hasn't got a notion of how children ought to play,</div> <div> And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way.</div> <div> He stays so close beside me, he's a coward you can see;</div> <div> I'd think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!</div> <div> One morning, very early, before the sun was up, </div> <div> I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;</div> <div> But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepyhead,</div> <div> Had stayed at home behind me and was fast asleep in bed.</div> <bR> <div> Robert Louis Stevenson</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/2012/poems/rls01.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropoli"><U><IMG SRC="121b15e0.jpg" border=0 width="177" height="94" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> Click here To read more </div> <div> poems from this book</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#to_the_mitzel_s_schoolhouse" TITLE="Homeschooling"><U><IMG SRC="11f1b1f0.gif" border=0 width="27" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> back</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="10b7c2e0.gif" border=0 width="636" height="46" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A NAME="links"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Charlotte Mason Links</div> <div> <IMG SRC="10f5e520.gif" border=0 width="94" height="82" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.puo.cffh.com/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.puo.cffh.com/index.html"><U><B><U>PUO</U></B></U></A> Parent's Union School online a full CM curriculum for free!</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/PennyGar/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.aol.com/PennyGar/index.ht"><U><B><U>Penny G</U></B></U></A><A HREF="http://members.aol.com/PennyGar/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.aol.com/PennyGar/index.ht"><U><B><U>ardners Site</U></B></U></A> a CM approach to education. Lots of links and things to learn here!</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.homestead.com/charlottemason/homeschooling.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.homestead.com/charlottemason/"><U><B><U>Homeschooling the Charlotte Mason Way</U></B></U></A> Here you can subscribe to this bimonthly publication.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://homepage.bushnell.net/~peanuts/faq1.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://homepage.bushnell.net/~peanuts/fa"><U><B><U>An ABC overview of CM Education</U></B></U></A><A HREF="http://homepage.bushnell.net/~peanuts/faq1.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://homepage.bushnell.net/~peanuts/fa"><U> </U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="#to_the_mitzel_s_schoolhouse" TITLE="Homeschooling"><U><IMG SRC="11f1b1f0.gif" border=0 width="27" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> back</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U><IMG SRC="10b7c2e0.gif" border=0 width="636" height="46" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A NAME="great_read_alouds"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>Great Read Alouds</div> <div> <IMG SRC="10f5e520.gif" border=0 width="94" height="82" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Any book by <A HREF="http://www.thorntonburgess.org/Burgess%20Books.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.thorntonburgess.org/Burgess%2"><U>Thornton W Burgess</U></A></div> <bR> <div> Any <A HREF="http://www.bibliomania.net/Landmarks.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bibliomania.net/Landmarks.htm"><U>"Landmark"</U></A> Book</div> <bR> <div> <I> Name of Book Author </I><I> Name of Book Author </I><I> </I></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="345" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 21 WIDTH="155"><div> <I>Black Beauty</I> </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="171"><div> Ann Sewell</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 40 WIDTH="155"><div> <I>Island of the Blue Dolphins</I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="171"><div> Scott O'Dell</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 40 WIDTH="155"><div> <I>Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH</I> </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="171"><div> Robert O'Brien</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 21 WIDTH="155"><div> <I>The Borrowers</I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="171"><div> Mary Norton</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 21 ><NOBR><div> <I>The Railway Children</I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="171"><div> Evelyn Nesbit</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 21 WIDTH="155"><div> <I>Caddie Woodlawn</I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="171"><div> Carol Ryrie Brink</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 21 ><NOBR><div> <I>The Wizard of Oz</I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="171"><div> Frank Baum</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 44 WIDTH="155"><div> <I>The Sign of the Beaver</I> </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="171"><div> Elizabeth Speare</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 29 WIDTH="155"><div> <I>Little Women</I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="171"><div> Louisa May Alcott</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 30 WIDTH="155"><div> <I>Winnie-the-Pooh</I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="171"><div> A. A. Milne</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 27 WIDTH="155"><div> <I>Call It Courage</I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="171"><div> Sperry Armstrong</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 30 WIDTH="155"><div> <I>Heidi</I> </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="171"><div> Johanna Spyri</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 31 ><NOBR><div> <I>Mary Poppins</I> series</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="171"><div> P.L. Travers</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 40 WIDTH="155"><div> <I>The Adventures of Tom Sawyer</I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="171"><div> Mark Twain</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 29 ><NOBR><div> <I>Swiss Family Robinson</I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="171"><div> Johann Wyss</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="372" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 21 WIDTH="182"><div> <I>Rabbit Hill</I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="171"><div> Robert Lawson</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 21 WIDTH="182"><div> <I>The Jungle Books</I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="171"><div> Rudyard Kipling</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 21 WIDTH="182"><div> <I>The Water Babies</I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="171"><div> Charles Kingsely</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 21 ><NOBR><div> <I>The Wind in the Willows</I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="171"><div> Kenneth Grahame</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 21 WIDTH="182"><div> <I>The Black Stallion</I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="171"><div> <I>Farley Walter</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 40 WIDTH="182"><div> <I>The Adventures of Pinocchio</I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="171"><div> Carlo Collodi</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 40 WIDTH="182"><div> <I>Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland</I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="171"><div> Lewis Carroll</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 21 WIDTH="182"><div> <I>The Secret Garden</I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="171"><div> Frances Hodgsen</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 21 WIDTH="182"><div> <I>Peter Pan</I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="171"><div> James Barrie</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 21 WIDTH="182"><div> <I>Polyanna</I> </div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="171"><div> Eleanore Porter</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 21 ><NOBR><div> <I>Chronicles of Narnia</I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="171"><div> C. S. Lewis</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 21 WIDTH="182"><div> <I>Little House</I> series</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Laura Ingalls Wilder</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> This is by no means an exhaustive list. There are many wonderful books available for read-alouds. This is a good starting point though. Not only do these books hold my 4 year old and 8 year olds attention but they are great books for me to read! Start now having a nightly family reading time! Remember that you don't have to go through these books quickly I usually don't read more than a chapter of any one book at a time and sometimes not even that much, depending on the length.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Andy" >Click here for: </FONT><A HREF="http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/"><U><B><U>Online Books</U></B></U></A> Tons of Classics available online. 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