Week 11

April 6, 2006

Britannia: The Hallelujah Victory
Stories…World: The Snake Charmer
Read Me 1 date appropriate
Stories from India: The Monkey’s Heart
Bible: Moses in the Desert
Greek Myths: Daedalus and Icarus
Barefoot Princesses/Pirates: Story 2

Week 10

Britannia: Running Towards Paradise
Stories…World: The SingingToad
Read Me 1 date appropriate
Just So: How the Leopard got his spots.
Bible: Moses leads his people out of Egypt
Greek Myths: Echo and Narcissus
Barefoot Pirates/Princesses: Story 1

Week 9

Britannia: Boudicca the Firebrand
Stories…World: The Musicians of Bremen
Read Me 1 date appropriate
Just So: The Elephants Child
Bible: Moses in the Bullrushes
Greek Myths: The Many Tasks of Heracles (3/3)
Tales… Ireland: Oisin in Tir na nOg

Week 8

February 20, 2006

Week 8 is a planned consolidation week/catch up week to allow for holidays etc. It can be used whenever is most appropriate to you; moving it within the schedule will not affect the rhythm of the readings.

Some books are now close to an end. I’ll be posting links to the next books shortly, i’m just looking through some recommendations :)

Week 7

Britannia: The Resting Place
Stories…World:The Magic Fish Hook
Read Me 1 date appropriate
Just So: How the Whale Got his Throat
Bible: Joseph and his wonderful coat
Greek Myths: The Many Tasks of Heracles (2/3)
Tales… Ireland: The Soul Cages

Please forgive me, i forgot to post this last week, i think so many of us were away that it perhaps didn’t matter too much, but for those who got abandoned, i beg your pardon!

Week 4

January 23, 2006

Is designed as a break week, to allow you to catch up or look further at any points of interest. This is because the reading curriculum does not follow terms or an academic year, so short breaks allow flexibility. See you next week.

Week Three

January 15, 2006

Britannia: The Three Plagues of Lud’s Town
Stories…World: How the Turtle got its Shell
Read Me 1: date appropriate
Just So: The Beginning of the Armadillos
Bible: Noah and his Ark
Greek Myths: Persephone and the Seasons
Tales… Ireland: The Twelve Wild Geese

(Tales of Old Ireland - this weeks story seems fairly mild but if you have a sensitive child it would be as well to pre-read these tales and omit if not suitable for your child.)

Week Two

January 7, 2006

Britannia: King Leir
Stories…World: Leyla and the Lamp.
Read Me 1: date appropriate
Just So: How the camel got his hump.
Bible: Adam and Eve
Greek Myths: Pandora’s Box
Tales… Ireland: Fair, Brown and Trembling

Week One

December 31, 2005

Britannia: Gogmagog and the Exiles of Troy. (Or first in OIS)
Stories…World: Strong Magic (Australia)
Read Me 1 (see below)
Just So: The Sing Song of Old Kangaroo Man
Bible: How the World Began (this will be chronological)
Greek Myths: The Gift of Fire
Tales… Ireland: The Children of Lir (sensitive child alert)

This is what i am thinking…
Britannia/OIS, Bible, Greek Myths will be read just by going through the book.
Poetry - this particular book has a poem per day and i am going to look at them in batches of 7 and just pick our favourite/favourites. No reason not to use another book if you prefer.
Tales of Old Ireland can be subbed with a different book initially or permanently. I just had it and liked the look of it. I’d say that some sort of book of British Folk Tales would be good though.
Stories from Around the World and Just So (link to free version but i’ll be using the nice illustrated version because it affects what my kids think of the story!) can dot about to suit the general theme of the week.

Every fourth week we’ll have a break to allow people to catch up on missed readings and/or holiday, expand on what they’ve read etc. I have a vague plan to put together “gap week bundles” of a few themed stories or ideas for people who don’t need a space to do as a change from routine, but we’ll see what people think when we get there. Tell me what you think though, i’d really like to make this viable.

I have this feeling that this ought to be like we used to say at Slimming World classes; if you fall off the wagon, don’t panic, just forget it and carry on. In other words, there is very little of this that can’t cope with one chapter or reading being missed out, or being one out of sync, or being done with two books in one sitting.

Looking forward to it though :)

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