How many books for History/Geography?

HMMM…..it sounds a bit heavy to me, but all children are different.  I am also plannig for a ninth grader.  For literature I have six required selections.  I chose six to allow 4 to 6 weeks to read and savor each one.  If my daughter gets through all of the required selections, then we will add more.  For History she will read all of the books for grades 7-9 for the SCM Modules 2 and 3.  We also use the TQ guides commentary and Thinkwrites, but only add books as there is time and interest.  As far as budget goes, I buy most of my books.  For 3 kids, I am able to keep it under $1000/year.

Blessings,

Heather

Are those all for him to read alone or do they include the ones you will read? That would make a BIG difference!

I’m also planning for a ninth grader. He’ll read 6 history books and 6 lit books himself for our main program. He also chose to study Roman history (his request) and will do MANY books for that but he won’t necessarily get done in one year on that one.

I will be reading aloud MANY books (probably 9-18 lit + 2-3x that for history). My kids LOVE to have me read aloud : ). We use TQ also and I have a hard time saying no to the yummy books in there. I just move them to my reading aloud schedule though once we go “over” their limit.

I did just purchase a bunch of books (I didn’t have much for the MA/RR time we’re studying) and spent under $1000. If you want more exact than that, I can try to track stuff down. I do check all used places first though and then look for deals (like buy 4 get cheapest free) on Amazon, CBD, Half.com, etc.

I your really not sure what NOT to buy. You could always get the first few months worth, see how it’s going and then decide if you have to reduce on the rest of the list. I figure if I have to skip some, that’s fine. I still have them on the shelves for those that are interested.

Feel like I’m rambling so better stop : ).
-Rebecca

Thanks Sonya so I was not far off with my plan – I am sure that clarifies for a lot of people.  Some our books they will read all of, others they will read some of, and literature they will read all of the novels.  Linda

Ok, this is my first year to HS and we will be doing 5th grade, 2nd grade and I have a 4 yr old.  My 5th grader LOVES to read and last year probably read 80 books (They used the AR program at his school and I know he read 1.4 million words of AR books, b/c they track that and he got an award.  Plus he read non-AR books that didn’t count for that).  But those were of his choosing and primarily fiction.  I’m a little intimidated to think that we will need to be reading 90 books for school related topics!

Let’s clarify a few things to make sure we’re all on the same page, so to speak.

• Many of those books would be used all year (or even over 2 years), reading some each term. So the 30 books per term figure would include many continuing books from previous terms. It doesn’t mean a stack of 90 books to be read in full during the year.
• That figure is for 7-9 grade. Lower grades read fewer books and fewer pages.
• That figure includes all the books used across all the subjects, including some reference books.
• Just because Charlotte happened to use 30 books per term for 7-9 graders doesn’t mean you must do exactly the same. (gasp!) Keep the general principles in mind as you customize for your family: a wide variety of subjects and books; interesting and living books; your personal standards for content; and the best you can find.

Can someone give me some examples of books that you would just read part of? The ones we’ve picked have many pages and I can’t see stopping in the middle and waiting to read more later.

I know a book like the Famous Men of series would work but others?

Thanks

Here are the book and page counts that I’ve found for the younger grades.

• Grades 1-3 read from 16 books per term a total of 640-800 pages.
• Grades 4-7 read from 25 books per term a total of 1250-1500 pages.

Now, that seems huge until you break it down per week and day. If my math is correct, those figures translate into these averages:

• Grades 1-3 read from 2 or 3 books per day, about 4 pages from each book.
• Grades 4-7 read from 3 or 4 books per day, about 4-5 pages from each book.
• Grades 7-9 read from 4 or 5 books per day, about 5-6 pages from each book.

When you break it down, it seems completely doable!

And remember that those readings were interspersed between other subjects in order to use different parts of the brain and body as you progress through the day. Charlotte did not schedule all the readings back-to-back.

Hope this is helpful!