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JennGM wrote:
| Side question, does your organizing by history mean your period fiction, too? |
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Yes. Historical fiction, biographies, realistic historicals, journals, fables, folk tales & legends...all are categorized historically on my shelves.
JennGM wrote:
| Do you have other books that are cultural and geographical in separate areas of organization? |
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I do keep a specific area for geography/cultures when they predominantly speak to a culture rather than a period of history. An example would be Stories From the Americas by Frank Henius. This book lives on my geography/world cultures shelves.
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| What a daunting task, but satisfying when it's done! Thanks for the inspiration. |
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Yes!!! Very!!! It's immense...and once started, I got to the middle of the project and started to panic...books everywhere...small people taking books that looked oh-so-delicious and tantalizing once they saw them stacked  BUT SO WORTH IT!!!!! I stuck with it...and then used my label maker to label all my shelves! PERFECTO!!!
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Donna Marie wrote:
question#1:
Do you happen to have a list of topics that you have divided your books into?? Like science topics for example. I am making myself dizzy second guessing that topic in a logical fashion. |
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Let's see if I can give you my list breakdowns:
Science
** Field Guides and Reference
** Science biographies
** General Science (these are mostly early years guides)
** Physical Science - to include:
Physics
Chemistry
** Earth Science - to include:
Geology
Oceanography
Meteorology
Paleontology
Astronomy
** Natural History (which crosses over into Life Science so much, but it's enough of a focus in our days that it rates its own section)
** Life Science - to include:
Botany
Zoology
Anatomy & Physiology
History
** Ancient History (Creation through the time of Christ)
** Greek History
** Roman History
** Middle Ages
** 12th century
** 13th century
** 14th century
** 15th century
** 16th century
** 17th century
** 18th century
** 19th century (Europe/England)
** 19th century (America)
** 20th century - Modern
** Presidents
** Indians
** Wars
Donna Marie wrote:
| I am just starting to delve into our extensive book collection...culling and trying to figure out a logical order for storage and display...they would be stored in boxes under beds when not in use and on certain shelves when in use. Sounds tiresome, and it is, but if I don't...no one will really find anything and the shelves will just be a decoration on my wall with other boxes in front of it blocking access to them! |
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It does sound like a worthwhile undertaking though!!! Think of the great use you'll be able to make of all those blessings your husband worked so hard to provide for your family! That's what I use for motivation anyway...when I'm in the middle of a gigantic book re-org...and concerned for my sanity!
Donna Marie wrote:
question #2:
If you are putting John Bosco with the January books, how do you cross reference him with history...a master list or what?? |
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3 ways
First, on the inside first page of EVERY.SINGLE.BOOK we own that fits into a period of history, I have penciled the following:
century (with significant date in parentheses)
Feast date if appropriate
setting
short note sometimes
So....here's what Edmund Campion: Hero of God's Underground looks like:
** first, it is shelved under December
FRONT INSIDE COVER SAYS:
** 16th century (b.1540 - d.1581)
** Feast Dec 1
** England
** persecution of Catholics in England, Jesuit priest
Second way...I am working on a spreadsheet so that I can have something in my binder to use as a reference while planning. It's a work in progress. I wanted to get the shelves working first, and they do...and it's wonderful!!! Now, I can catalog away...and cross reference away.
Third way...I am including a small tag taped to the spine of my liturgical year books that has a number on it. That number will be indicative of the century the saint's story takes place in. So, the number 16 is on the spine of St. Edmund Campion book. I use my labelmaker again for this because its stick value is high, and I don't want these peeling off.
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question #3: Pacing?
How do you decide how many books your children will cover in a quarter. I understand that age would come into play here, but what helps you make that decision of when and how much? |
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I do have a general idea of how much each child is capable of reading, so that does factor in. I go by Charlotte Mason's guidelines for book coverage:
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Grade: # of Books read/term pages read/term
1 - 3...................16.......................640-800
4 - 6...................25.......................1250-1500
7 - 9...................30.......................1800-2100
10 - 12...............35ish....................2450-2800 |
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This is a guide, but the books I've chosen this year are pretty reflective of this breakdown. Source: The Books and Things Seminar from Simply Charlotte Mason.
How'd I do, Donna Marie? Did I answer your questions?
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Here's a bit more on pages covered in a term for 9th grade from Ambleside Online:
Ambleside wrote:
| Charlotte Mason's students covered approximately 1600-2000 pages in a term by Year 9, using about 40 different books. |
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Oh, my goodness, Jen, you never fail to amaze me! (I've said that before, haven't I? Well,I'll probably say it again and I'll mean it every time.)
I have a question about the recommended reading guidelines.
For grades 1-3, 640-800 pp. Does that include read-alouds? I sure hope so... 
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lapazfarm wrote:
| For grades 1-3, 640-800 pp. Does that include read-alouds? I sure hope so... |
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Yes!!! Definitely includes read alouds. It would include any book that child encounters -- field guides, reference books used regularly, read alouds -- all books!
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Mackfam wrote:
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| For grades 1-3, 640-800 pp. Does that include read-alouds? I sure hope so... |
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Yes!!! Definitely includes read alouds. It would include any book that child encounters -- field guides, reference books used regularly, read alouds -- all books! |
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Oh, good! *whew* I'm not as slack as I was beginning to think!LOL! 
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So, did anyone else stay up all weekend reorganizing their bookshelves?
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Paula in MN wrote:
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I did - another few days and I should have the school room all done and photos up on my blog.
I even have empty bookshelves - whatever will I do?
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FILL THEM!
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How funny! As a matter of fact, I did stay up and organize books! With hubby and ds11 away at Boy Scout camp, and the little ones in bed at a reasonable hour, that gave me lots of time to play with books and shelves...one of my favorite pastimes! 
I organize our school shelves by grade level/year right now, since I'm only hs'ing 2 of my dc, and they're doing much of everything together. I've plotted out several years in advance, with those books in ascending levels of shelves, and it's mostly based on which historical period we're covering that year, plus our math and science, art and music books.
Then I have shelves set aside for series of books (mostly free reading stuff) because I like how they look all uniform on the shelf! If I need a book from a series for a particular year, but want to leave it on the uniform shelf, I put a paper "bookmark" in between the books it WOULD have sat between to remind myself to go get it when it is time.
Separate tower of shelves for religious and devotional books and materials (going to attempt some home CGS this year).
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CrunchyMom wrote:
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FILL THEM! |
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Oh I will - the Summer tent sale at the library is in 3 weeks!
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Paula in MN wrote:
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Well I did, in fact I went to a garage sale and bought more shelves
You see I hadn't unpacked my adult fiction and faith books, now I have 
These shelves have an interesting life  they have gone from housing steamy romances (they came from a shop) to housing theology.
I do admit to finally being rather embarrassed though, it really looks like a library in there. Now I do need to buy a label maker so I can remember what is where.
And good news is, when I finish (I'll be at this for days yet) I think I may have spare shelving!! What should I do?? I suspect I shouldn't buy more
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OH.MY.STARS
I am in love, Erin!!! Dreaming wistfully of former romance novel shelves turned into home library shelving! That looks absolutely amazing! I'm doing the happy dance for you across the pond!
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EMBARRASSED?????? Are you kidding??? You've got half the 4Real membership turning pea-green with envy! Who wouldn't want that luscious library in their home??? And found at a garage sale?? That just makes it all the more delish!
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More happy dances of course...and then, I just have confidence that you'll figure out something to do with those extra shelves!
Seriously, that is a terrific home library you've got there!   Is this the same room you posted pics of on the first page of this thread? Or a different one?
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Wow. Just wow. I'm totally geeking out about those shelves.
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Well with such enthusiasm I'll admit to paying $40 each  Not too sure if you realise that these shelves are double sided so they really equal about the size of 3.5 of my other bookcases each. Yes it is the same room, which meant I had to pack away the book bins  which I totally loved but I'll think of something yet
dh told me that he thought they'd also make good display shelves, they are only narrow, the size of paperbacks.
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I could tell they were double sided - what great book storage space!!!!!
Your room is so bright and open now with the shelves. It's so cheery and inviting!!!!
I was thinking like your husband that you could display a few books facing out...maybe alternating that depending on what you're reading in history/literature/liturgy.
You might also be able to display a clear canister of nature treasures on the shelf near your nature study books, or a thin basket of something appropriate...do you have Holy Traders? Or Mary Lotto card games? Those could go in a basket near your liturgical year books. How about a basket of novena cards near your theology section, or prayer books?
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LOVE your ideas!!!
Now my creative juices are stirring, but first I need to make inroads in choosing which adult faith books will never be read  So I'll try to restrain myself until I get all the books sorted and onto shelves.
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Oh Erin, my sin for the day is definitely envy. Can I come live with you? I don't need a room of my own, I'll just curl up in the library....you won't even know I am there.
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I don't know what made me grin the most, your fabulous room Erin, or Jen's reaction!
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I'm just seeing this and Erin, I am really amazed at such a great library! Those shelves are perfect. I think I am going over to our used book store and see if they might have some old shelves in the back they want to sell!
I also wanted to add on to Jen's idea about displaying some of the books facing out. For the littlest ones, you could put some picture books, facing out, on the bottom shelves. My littles don't do a great job of returning books to shelves properly unless they are displayed that way. It doesn't look like you could do really big books that way, but the smaller, board type books should fit.
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