How long the first batch of books will last.
Poetry - has a poem for every day of the year so at least one year.
Britannia - 100 weeks (so more than 2 years and OIS is much the same if you use that.)
Old Testament - 21 weeks (which then leaves the New Testament but i’m planning on looking at a different faith after it and coming back to the NT)
Greek Myths - 17 weeks
Stories from around the World - 22 weeks
Just So - 8 weeks
Tales from Old Ireland - 7 weeks
Plan is to have a break every 4th week initially, so the above is for “reading weeks”. So the top 2 will last all year, the middle 3 will last approx half a year and the bottom 2 will be replaced by similar books about every 3 months. That means i guess you can expect to spend around £100ish (obviously i don’t really know quite yet) on the whole year, if you buy them all from scratch.
And yes, i’d love ideas, particularly from Barefoot/Orchard/Usborne or free online books and also especially on world faith and culture stories.
As I’m new to this kind of thing, could you explain how you use the books. Ie:do you read them aloud to the kids, do they do narrations, write about them/illustrate etc. How many bits each day etc. Sorry for all the questions
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Comment by Louise — January 1, 2006 @ 2:57 pm
If the the festival shop gets its act together, be worth browsing there for multicultural inspiration. Kirsty and I got a good set of books that take you through the seasons with information about all different faiths and festivals. Not readalouds, though, just resources. Wonder where they are…
Comment by Jax — January 2, 2006 @ 12:20 am
Louise, i’ve got some links which i’ll post later but i think that going with your personal flow is also a really good idea and just seeing where it takes you.
Comment by Administrator — January 2, 2006 @ 12:19 pm
while the bear sleeps - fantastic for winter and in the bearfoot book sale. get it!!
http://www.barefoot-books.com/uk/site/pages/productone.php?pid=33
Comment by HelenHaricot — January 2, 2006 @ 8:02 pm
Helen!!! I’m supposed to be being frugal… argh….
Comment by Administrator — January 2, 2006 @ 10:40 pm
Oh go on Merry it’s a bargain!!!!
Comment by Ruth — January 2, 2006 @ 11:06 pm
it is frugal - its 1/3 normal price!
Comment by HelenHaricot — January 3, 2006 @ 6:09 pm
I had a thought last night and went looking on line for it too. That is about looking at all the Counties in England, Wales and Scotland and learning stuff about each of them including festivals and folklore etc and any history. Just simple at first but then in more detail later as I would love to know more about our country in that way (as well as the ‘main’ history thread).
Comment by karen b — January 9, 2006 @ 7:26 pm