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I was wondering about the resources you like to have on hand when planning?
My boys are 3 and 17 months, but I'm trying to collect resources a little at a time. We're doing a lot of Montessori work here and I plan to continue with Montessori as long as it suits our needs.
I have Real Learning, Young at Art, The Absorbent Mind, the Secret of Childhood, Basic Montessori, and Montessori from the Start.
Any advice on where to go from here?
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I have often thought about what I would have done differently with our first child during the ages of 3-6. Now that I have our second child due in January I have 3 resources that I plan on using. Before Five In A Row, homeschoolshare.com, First Arts by Mary Ann Kohl and Mommy Teach Me by Barbara Curtis. I spent TOO much time reading up on philosophies with my first child and not enough time snuggling up with good books and allowing her to explore through art projects and Montessori practical life and sensorial practices. These books will guide me in doing those things with my second.
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I forgot to mention that all of these resources can be utilized by 18 months or sooner and that's what I plan on doing.
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Hmmmmmm.....well, I'm sitting here staring at my shelves. I use different things for different seasons - of life and of the year.
I have a whole set of books I use for helping plan out the liturgical year. A different set I use for planning out some nature study topics, and an altogether different set for academics inspiration and picture book themes and reading.
Thinking.
I think if I were going to suggest one great new book for you to add to your planning library, it would have to be Cay's A Picture Perfect Childhood. You can make all sorts of delicious themed book baskets based on that book! Inspirational!
Hmmmmmm.....just thinking again....let me look up here on my shelves to see if there's anything else I find indispensable....ok  too many to list here.
Are you looking for a particular area to build some planning helps? Liturgical Year? Picture Books? Phonics? Nature Study? Crafting? Wish you could come over and borrow a few of mine!  One of my favorite passions is collecting beautiful, living books with noble thoughts in them. I feel better for just having them about me!
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I really thought Jim Trelease's book The Read Aloud Handbook was eye opening for me with my first child.
I also like Esme Codell's book Raising a Reader.
I think just reading loads of books was a great beginning for our homeschooling experience.
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Mackfam wrote:
| Are you looking for a particular area to build some planning helps? Liturgical Year? Picture Books? Phonics? Nature Study? Crafting? Wish you could come over and borrow a few of mine! One of my favorite passions is collecting beautiful, living books with noble thoughts in them. I feel better for just having them about me! |
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Sorry my post was kind of generic, but it's because I'm really looking to build everything! I feel like I have a pretty good base in Montessori books (and my mother has all of the books by Maria Montessori so I borrow from her if I need anything I don't have. I am especially looking for sources for nature study. That's an area I feel like I need to learn more about myself before I can teach my boys. My boys are still very young (1 and 3) but I'm the kind of person that needs to research and think through things for awhile before presenting it.
Thank you for the suggestion for Cay's book- it's going on my next amazon order!
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Marcia wrote:
I really thought Jim Trelease's book The Read Aloud Handbook was eye opening for me with my first child.
I also like Esme Codell's book Raising a Reader.
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Thank you for your suggestions! I've put them on hold at my library to check them out.
We read all the time right now, but I think my 3 year old is ready for something a little more structured like B4FIAR or something like that. For now we read and read and read some more!
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Someone else mentioned the FIAR manuals. I wouldn't be without them or Catholic Mosaic, since you already have Real Learning. If you would like one more philosophy style book, Educating the Wholehearted Child is the other book I gravitate to a lot (Sally Clarkson).
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[QUOTE=violingirl]
My boys are still very young (1 and 3) but I'm the kind of person that needs to research and think through things for awhile before presenting it.
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I'm also the type that must research and think through things before I can begin them, and this has served me well so far with the 2 boys who are "schooling". This or that plan and program can look very good on paper but once you apply it to your particular reality, it may not be such a good fit! Sort of like a planner...it's never quite what you need, but you don't know that until you've tried it out for a bit.
One thing with my guys is that they really didn't begin to show their learning preferences until age 6 or so. I would dabble in different methods, but when we seemed to be spending more time upset than learning, I'd back away for a time and wait for things to happen naturally. But during those "free learning" times, I was continually devouring books and blogs and magazines to learn more about what is available. THen when I caught a glimpse of "readiness to learn" I had many ideas at my disposal.
Go slow and be patient with both your children and yourself. You probably know a lot more about nature an dsuch than you think! Just being in nature and observing is the best tool at this age. If you learn the names of a few trees to ID, great! It's more than they know, so you're teaching. Not every subject needs a manipulative or a diagram or rabbit trail to follow....sometimes a tree is just a tree, in all it's glory and splendor of what God created a tree to be. Sometimes that's enough, especially for the littles.
Do you play violin? Just curious from your ID as mine is also instrument related!
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Do you play violin? Just curious from your ID as mine is also instrument related!
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Yes- I was a professional violinist in my pre-mama days. I don't perform very often any more, but I do have my own studio and teach part time. :)
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