Kindergarten Reading List

I asked for, and received, excellent recommendations for bedtime or storytime reading for 4-6 yr olds.  I needed to add some variety to our bedtime reading.  I think I'll print this and keep it in my homeschool planner so that it's handy when I reserve books at the library.  Also, I can just check off what we've read instead of write the titles in the book.

A Child's Garden of Verses

A Giraffe and a Half

Anansi the Spider

Andrew Henry's Meadow

Bats at the Library, Bats in the Band

Beatrix Potter stories

Billy and Blaze books

Blueberries for Sal

Bread and Jam for Francis

Caps for Sale

Chicken soup with Rice

Cinderella version by Marcia Brown

Chrysanthemum, Chester's way - anything by Kevin Henkes

Corduroy

Crocodile Beat

Curious George series

Doctor DeSoto, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

Elmer (David McKee)

Eric Carle books (there are many)

Frog and Toad

George and Martha series

Gerald and Piggie books

Granny and the desperadoes (Peggy Parish)

Harold & the Purple Crayon

Harry and the Lady Next Door

Harry the Dirty Dog

Harry Mouse & Tucker Kitten

It's Not a Box

Jamela's Dress (Niki Daly)

James Herriot's Treasury for Children

Jan Brett

King Bidgood's in the Bathtub

Little Bear

Little Black, a Pony

Lost in the Woods

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

Madeline series

Make Way for Ducklings

Mama and Papa have a store

Max Velthuijs books

Marshmallow (Clare Newberry)

Miss Rumphius

My hen is dancing

Officer Buckle and Gloria

Otis

Owl Moon

Patricia Polacco

Peter Spier

Peter's Long Walk

Petunia

Rain Makes Applesauce

Rapunzel, illus by zelinski
Richard Scarry books

Robert N. Munsch books

Robert the Rose Horse

Rumplestiltskin, illus by Peter Sis

Sam and the Firefly

Seven blind mice

Stone Soup by Marcia Brown

Stranger in the Woods

Tea for Two

The Barefoot Book of Monsters

The Berenstain Bears series

The drop in my drink

The Grumpalump

The Empty Pot

the Gruffalo

The Hiccupotamus

The Little House, Choo-Choo and Mike Mulligan's Steam Shovel

The Monkey and the Crocodile

The Paper Bag Princess

The Snowy Day

The Tiger Who Came to Tea

The true story of the three little pigs

There's an alligator under my bed

Tikki Tikki Tembo

Train Song

What is the Sun?

When I was Young in the Mountains

Where the Wild Things Are

Why don't you get a horse Sam Adams

Z is for Moose

First Grade Homeschool Choices

First grade is the year I begin more structured instruction.  My child can sit for 20 minutes and engage in a topic with me.  Reading the list below of the resources I use might seem long and overkill, but trust me when I say they get done in just a few minutes.  First grade should need only about an hour of seat work per day.  And it certainly doesn't have to be done all at once!  Sometimes sitting the child down with spelling and handwriting while you get dinner ready is just the right thing.  Here is a list of what I've used before for First Grade, and what I plan to use with my next first grader Insha'Allah.  As always, I advise you, the parent, to preserve the relationship over the curriculum.  While not all days are happy and smooth, you don't need your homeschooling hours to be full of stress, tears, and screaming.  Make dua and start small.  It's a journey for both you and your precious child.

Language Arts:

Spelling: Spelling Workout A and B (my first grader had already learned how to read and level A was too easy for her) (4 days a week about 10 minutes each)

Handwriting:  Handwriting Without Tears Level 1 (daily for 5-10 minutes)

Grammar: First Language Lessons Level 1  (3 days a week)

Writing:  Writing With Ease Level 1  (4 days a week)

Reading: Leveled readers from the library, practice phonics. Read aloud from many suggestions found online or in First Language Lessons/Writing With Ease.

 

Math:

I used Math Mammoth which you download in PDF and print pages.

Check out Math U See and Singapore Math.  The publisher websites often have sample lessons.

Saxon Math is very parent intensive K-3.

 

History:

Story of the World Volume 1: Ancients with Student  Activity Guide

 

Science:

Real Science Odyssey which follows the recommendations in The Well Trained Mind, it’s just all printed up and ready to go for you.  Again, check publisher websites for sample lessons.

There also Mr. Q's  science which is easy and Level 1 (which you would use) is free. You download it to a computer and print as needed or just read it together off the screen:

 

Art: crafts, there are learning DVD’s you can use or just from library books.

Islamic Studies: I Love Islam or a schedule of reading from some book you like.

Quran: Sometimes, a morning meeting of 15 minutes at the kitchen table to recite memory work from the Quran is effective.  You could use that meeting time for any Quran/Dua related memory work.  Quran classes at the local masjid can be great at this age.

 

Arabic:  www.ad-duha.org is good for handwriting and connecting letters.  I used it one year and since the instructions are in English, the kids could work on it themselves. I’m thinking of getting a book for Aisha this year.