book ideas for newbie… ages 5-6

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  • April 28, 2013 at 12:43 pm
    HSMom03
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    Hey All!  Every Spring I get obsessed with planning out our next school year and researching all kinds of educational materials.  So that is where this post comes from! 

    I really need some extensive booklists for the following categories (all for K student, age 5-6):

    1) Easy-to-Read books – Basic Literature

    2) Easy-to-Read books – History (family, local, world).

    3) Easy-to-Read books – Social Studies (neighborhoods, maps, foreign countries, immigration, and our government).

    Anyone know of a good resource or booklist for this or have any ideas for me?  I would prefer the titles to be appropriate for conservative Christianity, not counter-biblical, and obviously CM-friendly.

    Thanks so much, I really appreciate the help.  I still have yet to reply to all the wonderful responses I received on my last post but I am incredibly thankful.  I am also up to my eye balls in curriculum research!  Everyone has been extremely helpful though.  Thanks again!

    Oh and I know about the early years read-aloud suggestions in the SCM early years guide but I don’t know if that is going to meet all of our needs.  I am really hoping to find an extensive list, if anyone knows of one.  Thanks!!

    April 28, 2013 at 3:14 pm
    Tristan
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    Are you wanting books to read to the student or books they can read? I’m thinking it is the former.

    So here are books I love reading to my Kindy age children:

    Basic Lit:

    Charlotte’s Web

    Trumpet of the Swan

    The Twenty-One Balloons

    All of Beatrix Potter’s Tales

    Paddington Bear books

    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    Fun Picture Books for geography at this age are:

    How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World

    How to Make a Cherry Pie and See the USA

    Fun math read alouds for this age:

    Check out the MathStart series at your local library. Lots of titles all fun picture books that cover math concepts in fun ways.

    Others:

    Just Plain Fancy (tells of amish children in a sweet story with eggs that hatch into unexpected bird)

    Also be sure to read them scripture stories a lot! Either straight from the scriptures or find a children’s version you like.

    April 28, 2013 at 4:50 pm
    sheraz
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    You might also check out this book that contains many lists of picture books that teach art, science, history, music, etc:

    http://www.lulu.com/us/en/shop/cay-gibson/a-picture-perfect-childhood/paperback/product-2218524.html

    The ebook is listed on the right lower side at half the cost.

    April 28, 2013 at 11:37 pm
    Shannon
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    Here is a listing of the best books we read last year, when my sons were 5-6.

    http://pinterest.com/jordanfarm/year-0-reading-list-completed/

    I love the book Books That Build Character. Almost everything out of this book has been excellent. I also have Books Children Love, which is a CM compilation yet so far it hasn’t been as great a fit for us. I’ll keep using it and hope as we get more of the books I’ll feel differently. I have list upon lists of ‘excellent’ books to pull from, my problem is keeping them all organized!

    June 1, 2013 at 12:23 am
    HSMom03
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    Wonderful!  Thanks everyone!

    June 2, 2013 at 2:22 pm
    greenebalts
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    Here’s our list….

     

    http://reflectionsfromdrywoodcreek.blogspot.com/2011/10/all-star-books.html

    June 3, 2013 at 4:27 am
    Wings2fly
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    Me on the Map for neighborhoods/maps. My 6 yo likes to draw her own maps of where we live after reading it.

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