Schoolboys punished with detention for refusing to kneel in class and pray to Allah
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1031784/Schoolboys-punished-detention-refusing-kneel-pray-Allah.html
Sex education ’should begin at four’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/health/newsid_7489000/7489128.stm
I had to look up the definition to see why folks are so concerned:
socialization
The process whereby a child learns to get along with and to behave similarly to other people in the group, largely through imitation as well as group pressure.
Homeschooling’s socialization snobs
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=68777
“It’s largely due to the “socialization” children get in public schools that convinced us to homeschool.”
“Homeschooling allows us to be socialization snobs.”
“It’s been said that too many rats locked up together in too small a cage will soon start tearing into each other. Same with kids. Schools force children to associate with other children based strictly on age. They are locked into cages containing dozens of rats … er, kids with one powerless and overworked teacher who is expected to be psychologist, counselor, nanny, babysitter and, oh yeah, teacher all rolled into one.”
“If one child gets snarky with another, the other children encourage him until the snarkiness turns to meanness, which often leads to violence. This is the breeding ground for public school socialization.”
“For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory.” 1 Thessalonians 2:11,12 NIV
encourage
1. To inspire with hope, courage, or confidence; hearten.
2. To give support to; foster: policies designed to encourage private investment.
3. To stimulate; spur: burning the field to encourage new plant growth.comfort
1. To soothe in time of affliction or distress.
2. To ease physically; relieve.soothe
1. To calm or placate.
2. To ease or relieve (pain, for example).King James Version:
“As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, that ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.” 1 Thessalonians 2:11-12exhort
To urge by strong, often stirring argument, admonition, advice, or appeal: exhorted the troops to hold the line.admonition
1. Mild, kind, yet earnest reproof.
2. Cautionary advice or warning.comfort
1. To soothe in time of affliction or distress.
2. To ease physically; relieve.soothe
1. To calm or placate.
2. To ease or relieve (pain, for example).charge
To impose a duty, responsibility, or obligation on: charged him with the task of watching the young swimmers.
Children growing up alongside the rise of social networking websites may have a “potentially dangerous” view of the world, says a leading psychiatrist.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7487723.stm
“Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.” Psalm 42:5,6
“David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.” 1 Samuel 30:6
“You were wearied by all your ways, but you would not say, ‘It is hopeless.’ You found renewal of your strength, and so you did not faint.” Isaiah 57:10
“The bricks have fallen down, but we will rebuild with dressed stone; the fig trees have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.” Isaiah 9:10
“Your words have supported those who stumbled; you have strengthened faltering knees. But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed. Should not your piety be your confidence and your blameless ways your hope? Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed?” Job 4:4-7
“When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings [a] and crowned him with glory and honor.” Psalm 8:3-5
“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[a] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6-7
“Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the LORD.” Psalm 31:24
“We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him. There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.” 1 John 4:13-18
“And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.” 2 Corinthians 3:18
“And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.” Matthew 10:30-31
“When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul.” Psalm 94:19
“All this is evidence that God’s judgment is right, and as a result you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.” 2 Thessalonians 1:5
I have been a dittohead since the beginning - the late eighties. I listen to Rush online at this station: http://www.wmal.com/Article.asp?id=453473
Late-Period Limbaugh
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/magazine/06Limbaugh-t.html?_r=2&hp=&oref=login&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin
In the studio the day we spoke, Limbaugh was more emotional. “I thank God for my addiction,” he told me. “It made me understand my shortcomings.”
Being Limbaugh, he said he believes that most of these shortcomings stemmed from his inability to love himself sufficiently. “I felt everyone who criticized me was right and I was wrong,” he confided. But, he says, he left his insecurities behind in Arizona. “It’s not possible to offend me now,” he said. “I won’t give people the power to do it anymore. My problem was born of immaturity and my childhood desire for acceptance. I learned in drug rehab that this was stunting and unrealistic. I was seeking acceptance from the wrong people.”
Hat Tip: The $400 million man: Limbaugh locked up through 2016
Japanese doll a hit with older women
Toy maker targets the cuddly companion at adults as birthrate drops
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fi-doll1-2008jul01,0,6778009.story?track=rss
I found this article quite sad. My grandmother had a doll collection. I think she had about the same number of dolls as she had grandchildren. She lived far away from all of her grandchildren, and she did indeed love dolls.
I believe she missed her family so much that when she and my grandfather became too old to visit, her hope was lost, and she began to lose her memory to block the pain of separation. I think Alzheimer’s has a purpose.
“Families are living apart these days, so grandkids are giving the dolls to their grandmothers and daughters are giving them to their mothers,” said Bandai’s Tajima, 24. “It’s a little odd, but the dolls become like a substitute.”
Waiting for the Canada Day parade to begin
Watching the parade
Brothers
Have a great Canada Day!
My new camera dumps pictures in files by date, so I don’t always notice all of them unless they were taken on the day I transfer them.
Here are C6 and L3 helping Derek wash the car earlier in the spring.
I found another picture I forgot to post. Here are the children helping me construct the new bookcases (here and here.) I mentioned before that they helped me stain them as well.
Low Incomes, High Standards
Can private schools make a difference for low income families?
http://www.fraserinstitute.org/commerce.web/product_files/LowIncomesHighStandardsChildrenFirst2008.pdf
Inexpensive Private Schools Better than Public Schools: The Fraser Institute
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jun/08062505.html
“‘The parents surveyed reported lower incidences of bullying, fighting, drug use, and racism in inexpensive private schools compared to public schools. They also found their children did better academically and had improved social skills.’”
“The families with children in private schools reported that their children’s academic performance improved and behavioural problems decreased, while a large proportion of families with children at public schools reported that the child’s academic performance, social skills and behaviour had worsened.”
“‘We were astounded to see that small independent schools make such a difference for disadvantaged children, particularly considering that these schools cost, on average, 45 per cent less than public schools.’”
“‘The survey results strongly show that parents of limited income who make the sacrifice to send their children to independent schools, whether or not they do so through a Children First grant, are much more satisfied with the academic and social environment of their children’s school than the parents whose children attend public schools.’”
“Similar results were found with the problems of bullying, fighting, drugs, cheating, racism, and stealing.”
“Three times as many parents with children in public schools said these behavioural problems were serious issues in their schools, with bullying being the most reported issue, compared to parents with children attending private schools.”
Saudi marriage advice: Try waiting a few years before deflowering your infant child bride
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/06/25/saudi-marriage-advice-try-waiting-a-few-years-before-deflowering-your-infant-child-bride/
If Dan Quayle or George Bush made these mistakes, they would be all over the news. I hadn’t heard the breathalyzer one before. LOL
“I used to get up in the morning and go to an office. Now I get up and go to a plane. My kids still don’t care where I am. They just know both parents work in their household, and as long as we’re back for bedtime, they could care less.” Michelle Obama
I have been having a hard time even mentioning this guy. I feel like I shouldn’t even be talking about “He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named”.
10 Concerns about Barack Obama
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MzQ4YTY4YjQyMzRjYjA5MGZlNDBiZTkwYmEyODg5NTc=&w=MA==
9. Barack Obama is to the left of Hillary Clinton and NARAL on the issue of life. As a state senator in Illinois, Barack Obama voted against the Induced Infant Liability Act, a law that would have protected babies if they survived an attempted abortion and were delivered alive.
10. Barack Obama is actually to the left of every member of the U.S. Senate. According to the National Journal, “Sen. Barack Obama…was the most liberal senator in 2007.”
Whom will a man this far left appoint to the Supreme Court?
Barack Obama Is Not a Christian
http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/06/02/barack-obama-is-not-a-christian/
Obama is the Most Pro-Abortion Candidate Ever
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/TerenceJeffrey/2008/01/09/obama_is_the_most_pro-abortion_candidate_ever
Jill Stanek, who was a nurse at Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, Ill., testified in the U.S. Congress in 2000 and 2001 about how “induced labor abortions” were handled at her hospital.
“One night,” she said in testimony entered into the Congressional Record, “a nursing co-worker was taking an aborted Down’s Syndrome baby who was born alive to our Soiled Utility Room because his parents did not want to hold him, and she did not have the time to hold him. I couldn’t bear the thought of this suffering child lying alone in a Soiled Utility Room, so I cradled and rocked him for the 45 minutes that he lived.”
Stanek testified about these bills in the Illinois Senate Judiciary Committee, where Obama served. She told me this week he was “unfazed” by her story of holding the baby who survived an induced labor abortion.
On the Illinois Senate floor, Obama was the only senator to speak against the baby-protecting bills.
Freedom - narrated by Sen. Fred Thompson
http://www.youtube.com/v/issg3oUACz4&hl=en
I love to organize. I love to organize books the most. I have been collecting homeschool materials for the past twelve years, and I have always wished to have nice bookcases. My dream has come true this past spring.
We have a fairly large homeschool library with literature, curriculum, and material that covers pre-school through grade ten+. We also have a few children homeschooling at different levels. Here are some things I do to make the books more organized.
I group most books according to subject in my bookcases. For example, I have shelves for science, history, Bible, Canadian history, writing, grammar, art, Latin, Greek, French, health, poetry, music, etc. Each of those areas is generally arranged in order of difficulty.
1st column Science / 2nd History / 3rd Bible / poster storage
1st bookcase
Logic, Omnibus, Law, Physics
Saxon Math
ABeka Math
2nd bookcase
Geography, Art, Poetry, Health
Writing, Creative Writing
Vocabulary, Spelling, Grammar/Language
(Behind doors - French, Greek, Latin)
3rd bookcase
Canadian History
Conservative Studies
Music
Large Children’s Books
I also have some bookcases full of “just reading books” which are arranged in order from beginners through grade ten+. This is where several of the shelves are layered with a second row in behind. There are also shelves for Tolkien books, all the J.K. Rowling books (which include two raggedy sets of all the HP books), and many other series that can be read in a variety of grades.
Literature - Pre-School through Grade Ten+
The smaller bookcase below is for beginner reader books like Bobbsey Twins, Boxcar Children, Magic Treehouse, and Great Illustrated Classics.
Beginner Reader Books
At the beginning of each school year, I prepare a bookcase for each child that holds the material for every subject that is expected to be covered during that grade.
B’s books (last year, grade four)
N’s books (last year, grade nine)
When I purchase a new book, I try to put a small little sticker on the binding that shows the grade(s) in which it is likely to be read. When this is begun with the oldest child, it makes things more efficient when I collect the books for the other children. It may seem time-consuming, but it prevents me from feeling overwhelmed by looking at tons of books and not having a clue what grade might be appropriate.
Each of the children is pleased to let me know when he or she finishes reading a book. We then write his or her first initial and grade on the inside of the back cover of that book. (That task is not always done that very minute, but we set them aside so we won’t forget.) For example, this past year, my nine-year-old would write B-4 because his names starts with B, and he was in grade four. (All our children’s names begin with a different letter.)
We write the inital and grade for a few reasons. It tells us if the child read the book (it is possible to forget) and the grade(s) in which it was read. It is helpful when collecting books for the next child. For good or bad reasons, it also creates a competitiveness for the younger children which may not be common in many homeschools. C6 began reading chapter books younger than her older brothers (math is another story), so when she looked at the back of a book and saw a B-2 or an N-3, she was pretty pleased to write C-1. (Meaning her brothers read it in grade two and three, and she read it in grade one.)
N read this book in both grade two and three.
(He has always tended to read books over and over.)
B read it in grade two.
C read it in grade one.
N read this in both grades four and nine.
B read it in grade four.
We usually stack the “just finished” books next to the computer. Each time a book is read, (in addition to the initial/grade in the back), I add the title to a list showing books that particular child read in that particular grade. (I usually have a little stack before I do this.) It serves as a helpful portfolio and a guide for the next children.
Since I am talking organization, here are the insides of four storage cabinets in the same room.
Little Kids Books (has doors with childproof lock)
Toys for Girls
My Little Ponies, Polly Pockets, dolls, stuffed animals
(More toys in behind)
I got rid of a lot of our little kid books and bought a big wicker rectangular basket that we keep in the living room for library books. We borrow at least 50 picture/story books every few weeks or so and store them in the basket. Since our home books are generally kept upstairs, they are less likely to get mixed up with the library books that are in the living room.
Toys for Boys (has doors with childproof lock)
Small Army Guys, Big Army Guys, Assorted
(More toys in behind)
(There is an identical cabinet for Lego and K’Nex in B9’s room.)
Little Kids Toy Cabinet (has doors with childproof lock)
Blocks, big Lego, play animals
Medium Lego, Little Tikes Toys, Fisher-Price Toys
(more toys in behind)
Craft Cupboard (has doors with childproof lock)
Balls and marbles, rock collection, tiny toys (pieces), shells, paints
Puzzles, base ten blocks, magic kit
Art bin, math bin, marble game, clay, play-dough, crafts
(more in behind)
Anyway, there are tons of things I am lousy at, but I won’t list them today. Organizing is not one of them. *grin*
Just now, we, along with Nana and Papa, watched this big fellow for a while in the back field. He kept lying down and then disappeared.
Woman sat dead in front of TV for 42 years
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2008/05/16/woman-sat-dead-in-front-of-tv-for-42-years-86908-20419070/
I gave B9 the go-ahead to begin reading his new grade five books as soon as he finished grade four. Big mistake. He read four books in the past day and a half. I am tempted to hide his new books, but I also want him to read as much as he likes. It is really difficult to supply the demand for literature around here.
Our two local libraries are VERY limited and inter-library loan gets complicated if you get more than a couple books, so that is why I have to buy a lot of books for our homeschool. Fortunately, books make wonderful hand-me-downs.
These are the books B9 just finished. C6 is reading the second book in the series.
Grade 10
Last Of The Mohicans ~ Richard Slotkin
Complete Poems ~ Walt Whitman
Legend Of Sleepy Hollow And Other Stories ~ William Hedges
Picture Of Dorian Gray ~ Oscar Wilde
Heart Of Darkness ~ Joseph Conrad
Red Badge Of Courage ~ Gary Scharnhorst
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era ~ James M. McPherson
The Guns of August ~ Barbara W. Tuchman
Atlas Shrugged ~ Ayn Rand
The Sun Also Rises ~ Ernest Hemingway
Grade 5
Gentle Ben ~ Walt Morey
The Black Pearl ~ Scott O’Dell
The Book of Pirates ~ Howard Pyle
Prince And The Pauper ~ Jerry Griswold
Traitor The Case Of Benedict Arnold ~ Jean Fritz
Yankee Doodle Boy: A Young Soldier’s Adventures in the American Revolution ~ Joseph Plumb Martin
Swallows and Amazons ~ Arthur Ransome
Hero Tales from American History ~ Theodore, IV Roosevelt
Seaman: The Dog Who Explored The West With Lewis And Clark ~ Karwoski Gail
Guns of Thunder ~ Douglas Bond
Grade 2
Math 1-2 Deluxe Ed Ages 6-8
Math 1 On-Track CD-Rom
Math On-Track CD-Rom Gr 2
Addition & Subtraction Book Set W/CD
Einstein Math Tutor #1 DVD
C6 (and L3 for that matter) has learned to skip count with this CD:
One Hundred Sheep: Skip Counting Songs from the Gospels CD
Now, she is (kind of) trying to learn her multiplication facts. She seems to understand the 4 groups, 3 in each group line of thought, but she has a long way to go in memorizing the facts. (She is only six.) We found this website yesterday, and it was the first time she “loved” doing math facts.
http://www.multiplication.com/flashgames/FairyFun.htm
Here is the main site:
Books N14 read this past year in grade nine.
Veritas Press Omnibus III: Reformation to the Present
Semester 1 ~ Primary (5 days/week)
The Westminster Confession of Faith (Weeks 1,2)
The Pilgrim’s Progress ~ John Bunyan (Weeks 3-5)
Of Plymouth Plantation ~ William Bradford (Weeks 6-8 )
The Social Contract ~ Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Weeks 9,10)
Foundational American Documents (Weeks 11-13)
Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers (Weeks 14,15)
A Tale of Two Cities ~ Charles Dickens (Weeks 16-18)
Veritas Press Omnibus III: Reformation to the Present
Semester 1 ~ Secondary (3 days/week)
The New Foxe’s Book of Martyrs (Weeks 1,2)
Frankenstein ~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Weeks 3,4)
Pride and Prejudice ~ Jane Austen (Weeks 5-7)
Gulliver’s Travels ~ Jonathan Swift (Weeks 8-10)
Autobiography of B Franklin (Weeks 11-12)
Autobiography of Charles G. Finney (Weeks 13-14)
The Pit and the Pendulum (Week 15)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ~ Mark Twain (Weeks 16-18)
Veritas Press Omnibus III: Reformation to the Present
Semester 2 ~ Primary
Reflections on the Revolution in France ~ Edmund Burke (Weeks 1,2)
Uncle Tom’s Cabin ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe (Weeks 3,4)
L’s Speeches (Week 5)
Slave Narratives (Week 6)
The Communist Manifesto ~ Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (Week 7)
The Treaty of Versailles (Week 8 )
The Great Gatsby ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald (Weeks 9,10)
Mein Kampf ~ Adolf Hitler (Week 11)
Philemon (Week 12)
The Epistles of John (Week 13)
The Epistles of Peter and Jude (Week 14)
Nineteen Eighty-Four ~ George Orwell (Weeks 15,16)
Veritas Press Omnibus III: Reformation to the Present
Semester 2 ~ Secondary
Little Women ~ Louisa May Alcott (Weeks 1,2)
The Killer Angels ~ Michael Shaara (Weeks 3-5)
Christianity and Liberalism ~ J. Gresham Machen (Weeks 6-8 )
The Old Man and the Sea ~ Ernest Hemingway (Weeks 9)
Animal Farm ~ George Orwell (Weeks 10,11)
Death of a Salesman ~ Arthur Miller (Week 12)
Postmodern Times ~ Gene Edward Veith (Weeks 13-15)
How Should We Then Live? ~ Francis Schaeffer (Weeks 15,16)
Other Literature Read in Grade Nine
The Scarlet Pimpernel ~ Baroness Orczy
Les Miserables ~ Victor Hugo
The Count of Monte Cristo ~ Alexandre Dumas
Sackett’s Land ~ Louis L’Amour
The Princess and the Goblin ~ George MacDonald
The Nine Tailors ~ Dorothy L. Sayers
Animal Farm ~ George Orwell
The Bartimaeus Trilogy:
The Amulet of Samarkand ~ Jonathan Stroud
The Golem’s Eye ~ Jonathan Stroud
Ptolemy’s Gate ~ Jonathan Stroud
The Divine Comedy II: Purgatory ~ Dante
The Divine Comedy III: Paradise ~ Dante
Ascent to Love ~ Peter J. Leithart
Why America Doesn’t Work ~ Chuck Colson, Jack Eckerd
To Kill a Mockingbird ~ Harper Lee
Whose Body? ~ Dorothy L. Sayers
Watership Down ~ Richard Adams
The Man Who Was Thursday ~ G.K. Chesterton
The White Company ~ Arthur Conan Doyle
Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained ~ John Milton
Hornblower Beat to Quarters ~ C.S. Forester
The Deerslayer ~ James Fenimore Cooper
Knowing God ~ J.I. Packer
Waiting for His Coming ~ Lewis Neilson
The Sovereignty of God ~ Arthur W. Pink
The Great Divorce ~ C.S. Lewis
The Problem of Pain ~ C.S. Lewis
How Should I Live in this World? ~ R.C. Sproul
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God ~ Jonathan Edwards
Everlasting Man ~ G.K. Chesterton
Exploring Creation with Biology
Scientists of Faith ~ Dan Grave
The Motley Fool Investment Guide for Teens ~ David and Tom Gardner
The Lively Art of Writing ~ Lucile Vaughan Payne
Story ~ Robert McKee
Professor Van Dusen The Thinking Machine ~ Jacques Futrelle
Saxon Advanced Math
French flashcards
Latin flashcards
The Philosopher’s Stone was published in Canada in 2000. The evening before it was released, we were in a Chapters bookstore in a nearby city. We had never heard of Harry Potter. Derek, N (who was 6), and I (wearing B) happened to walk by a table which appeared to hold secret books hidden under a large table cloth. A news reporter and photographer were hanging around and quickly approached us to borrow N for a picture. They explained a bit about the book, and for some reason, I consented. N pretended to peek under the table cloth while the photographer took the picture. N was wearing a Tilley hat. 
The photo made the front page of the city newspaper - in color. It was a couple more years before N actually read the book. We were soon addicted to the books and the movies, even to the point of waiting in the midnight line for the last two books and the last movie.
Vitamin C About to be Made Illegal in Canada!
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/06/19/vitamin-c-about-to-be-made-illegal-in-canada.aspx?source=nl
Books B9 read this past year in grade four.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ~ Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ~ Mark Twain
The Jungle Book ~ Rudyard Kipling
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood ~ Howard Pyle
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table ~ Roger Lancelyn Green
The Hobbit ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
The Story of the Amulet ~ E. Nesbit
The Railway Children ~ E. Nesbit
The Phoenix and the Carpet ~ E. Nesbit
The Enchanted Castle ~ E. Nesbit
The Story of the Treasure Seekers ~ E. Nesbit
DragonQuest 2 ~ Donita K. Paul
DragonKnight 3 ~ Donita K. Paul
DragonFire 4 ~ Donita K. Paul
The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow ~ Allen French
Where the Red Fern Grows ~ Wilson Rawls
The Ides of April ~ Mary Ray
The Apprentice ~ Pilar Molina Llorente
The Door in the Wall ~ Marguerite De Angeli
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ~ Roald Dahl
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiller ~ E.L. Konigsburg
The Twenty-One Balloons ~ William Pene du Bois
Eragon ~ Christopher Paolini
Sugar Creek Gang The Swamp Robber 1 ~ Paul Hutchens
Sugar Creek Gang The Killer Bear 2 ~ Paul Hutchens
Sugar Creek Gang The Winter Rescue 3 ~ Paul Hutchens
Mandie and the Dangerous Imposters 23 ~ Lois Gladys Leppard
What Katy Did ~ Susan Coolidge
What Katy Did at School ~ Susan Coolidge
What Katy Did Next ~ Susan Coolidge
The Door Within ~ Wayne Thomas Batson
The Rise of the Wyrm Lord ~ Wayne Thomas Batson
The Final Storm ~ Wayne Thomas Batson
The Dark is Rising Over Sea, Under Stone ~ Susan Cooper
Leven Thumps and the Eyes of the Want ~ Skye
Dangerous Journey The Story of Pilgrim’s Progress (Eerdmans)
The Aesop for Children
Aesop’s Fables
Madeline Takes Command ~ Ethel C. Brill
Space and Beyond
The Castle of No Return
Bruno and Boots The War with Mr. Wizzle ~ Gordon Korman
The Story of Helen Keller ~ Lorena A. Hickok
Helen Keller’s Teacher ~ Margaret Davidson
Mary Poppins ~ P.L Travers
Mary Poppins Comes Back ~ P.L Travers
Mary Poppins in the Park ~ P.L Travers
South Sea Island Rescue ~ John G. Paton
(and more)
Show Me Thy Ways Grade 4 ~ Gertrude Hoeksema
Window on the World ~ Daphne Spragget with Jill Johnstone
Christian History The 100 Most Important Events in Church History
The Victor Journey through the Bible ~ V. Gilbert Beers
A Child’s History of the World ~ V.M. Hillyer
The Middle Ages A Watts Guide for Children ~ editor William Chester Jordan
Cultural Atlas for Young People The Middle Ages ~ Mike Corbishley
Famous Men of the Middle Ages ~ John H. Haaren LL.D. and A.B. Poland Ph.D. (Shearer)
Famous Men of the Renaissance and Reformation ~ Robert G. Shearer
Augustine The Farmer’s Boy of Tagaste ~ P. De Zeeuw, J.Gzn
Monks and Mystics Volume 2: Chronicles of the Medieval Church ~ Mindy and Brandon Withrow
Luther the Leader
The Life of John Calvin ~ Theodore Beza
Viking Life ~ Early Civilizations
Viking Adventure ~ Clyde Robert Bulla
Usborne Who Were the Vikings?
Usborne Viking World
Dominion of Canada ~ Suzanne LeVert
The Story of Canada ~ Janet Lunn and Christpher Moore
A.D.S. Canadian Workpac 309
Canada “From Sea to Sea” Series Discover ___ ~ Bill MacDonald
Canada’s Electoral System
Prime Ministers of Canada 1867-1980
How Canadians Govern Themselves
ABeka The History of Our United States
ABeka Understanding God’s World Science Grade 4
The Usborne Science Encyclopedia
ABeka Developing Good Health Grade 4
ABeka Read and Think Skill Sheets 4
ABeka Oral Language Exercises ~ William A. Kappele
Easy Grammar Grade 4
From Lesson 65 of Saxon Math 7/6 to Lesson 84 of Saxon Math 8/7
Some Read-Alouds
Bridge to Terabithia ~ Katherine Paterson
Rowan of Rin ~ Emilu Rodda
Where the Red Fern Grows ~ Wilson Rawls
Prince Caspian ~ C.S. Lewis
(and more)
