Year 1

Outdated - see here

This is the Maple Hill Academy Year 1 booklist, based on the research I have done, and what is a fit for my students.

Term numbers will be denoted by the number before the title as such: (1) Bookname. If there are no term numbers, the book is used for the entire term. (or has not been determined)

* denotes the book/resource is for the parent (at least mostly)

Download the file with the schedule for each term (36 weeks, in 3 - 12 week terms) from our Yahoo Group! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maplehillacademy/

Devotional

Family Rotation using Penny Gardner Storied Scriptures

Math

Mathmatics Enhancement Programme - Year 1

Reading Instruction (as needed)

*Teach your child to read in Just 10 minutes a day - Sidney Ledson. (or other phonics)

(1)Primer - Harriette Taylor Treadwell

(1)First Reader - Harriette Taylor Treadwell

Science/Nature

* Handbook of Nature Study - Anna Botsford Comstock - used for several years. 1911 version available here

* Wild Days - Karen Radcliffe

* Pocket Full of Pinecones - Karen Andereola

Burgess Bird Book for Children - Thornton Burgess

James Herriot's Treasury for Children - James Herriot

Family Science Rotation

History - Family

Learn about Mom and Dad, events they remember, places they lived, etc.

History - Canada

(1,2)A Pioneer Story - Barbara Greenwood

History - World

(1,2) 50 Famous Stories Retold - James Baldwin (selected chapters)

(2,3) Viking Tales - Jeannie Hall - Part 1, chapters 1-11

Family World History Rotation

Geography

General Map Reading skills using map of the city

(1)Childcraft, "World and Space" - chapter "Where in the World?" (if available to you.) - or find some basic map reading information.

(1) Overview of 7 continents and the Oceans

(1,2,3) Paddle to the Sea - Holling

Writing/Copywork

(1,2) Cursive First

(3)Simple Copywork

Poetry

(Read one poem a day - memorize 1 each term)

(1) A children's Garden of Verses - by Robert Louis Stevenson

(2) Now We are Six - A.A. Milne

(2) When we were very young - A.A. Milne

(3) Oxford Book of Children's Verse [if Available - very expensive] or other poem book

Read Aloud Literature

Aesop for Children - Milo Winter

Just So Stories - Rudyard Kipling

The Blue Fairy Book - Andrew Lang

Parables from Nature - Margaret Gatty

Literature

(Suggested to be read by student alone and narrated - however if student is not ready, you may do joint reading, or just read to them.)

(2) Follow My Leader - James Garfield

(3) Charlotte's Web - E. B. White

Additional Literature

(No narrations are required - can be family reads, or read during spare time.)

King of the Golden River - John Ruskin

Pinocchio - Carlo Collodi

The Red Fairy Book - Andrew Lang

The Velveteen Rabbit - Margery Williams

Little House in the Big Woods - Laura Ingalls Wilder

St. George and the Dragon - Margaret Hodges

The Cricket in Times Square - George Selden and Garth Williams

Selina and the Bear Paw Quilt - Barbara Smucker

A Fiddle for Angus - Budge Wilson

Shakespeare

Family Rotation

(using Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare - Edith Nesbit)

Sketching/Painting

Basic Observation Drawing - some resources

Picture Study

some info

Family Rotation

Handicrafts

will vary due to interest... suggestions (for both boys and girls)

• Plastic Canvas
• Spool Knitting
• Bead Buddies
• Rug Hooking
• Woodworking (free days at many renovation stores)

Music

(read how-to)

• Suzuki Violin - with instructor
• My First Piano Adventures - taught by parent

Foreign Language - German

(why German)

Powerglide German course for Children

(3)My Very First Little German Book

Alternate choices - French, Spanish, or other desired.

Citizenship

Polite Moments - Gary Maldaner - if I can find a source in Canada

Scouting

(extra badges may be worked on as desired)

Otters - Blue Paw (Activity)

Otters - Red Paw (Helping)

Otters - Tan Paw (Handicraft)

Otters - Safety Badge

(note - your Otter should plant a tree and look after it this year for the Green Paw)

UPDATED: 3 Nov 09