The latest buzz at the moment on SHE is First language lessons by Jessie Wise from The Well Trained Mind
I already had First languages Lessons (FLL) 1-2, but at the time A wasn't ready for it, and she showed no interest at all.
A has had this week ill off school, so I decided to start FLL 1-2 with her, she has done really well, she has had to memorise a poem by Cristina G. Rossetti, called The Caterpilillar and I have to say she learnt it pretty quickly. She has also been asking any adult about if they know what a Noun is. Then she will proceed to tell them, A Noun is a Person, Place, Thing, or Idea. This is only 3 lessons in! As a parent or teacher you have to play an active role in teaching it, but the lessons are scripted out, which makes it incredibly easy. There is 2 years worth of lessons in FFL 1-2
I've just bought FLL level 3 for T,
along with the workbook that goes with it
They are huge books, and I feel they are value for money, as I will be able to use both books with the other children, the workbook is consumable, but after looking at it, I think I can adapt it easily enough for the excersixes to be to in a notebook, while viewing the workbook. There is a years worth of lessons in this book.
I've enjoyed this week with A at home, I feel I've had a taste for HE again and it's a nice feeling to have.
*edited to add*
If you go to peacehillpress.com This gives you the blurb about First Language Lessons level 1-2, it also gives you sample pages, the link is just below the authors name (Jessie Wise). There is the list of contents, and the first 8 lessons listed, plus a couple of later lessons.
Thursday 27 November 2008
Saturday 22 November 2008
I love Enid Blyton, I've read so many of her books starting from when I was about 7 years old, when my dad started to read theAdventurous Four to me.
Shipwrecked! (The Adventurous Four) (Adventurous Four)
Enid Blyton is considered by some, a tad old fashioned, and in some cases non PC, ones would argue we have a wealth of brilliant modern day authors, who provide some great books to read therefore why read Enid Blyton?
Why indeed! - well for one I loved her stories when I was a child brought up in the 70's, most of her books were written in the 40's and 50's, so perhaps could have been considered old fashioned even for my day. But I was a bookworm, my friends were, and we just thoroughly enjoyed reading them. We enjoyed them for what they were, some great adventure stories.
Thus I'm enjoying them all over again, along with my children, we read all sorts of books, modern and older, enjoying the stories for what they are.
Which brings me to this book, Nature Lover's Book
I ordered it purely because it was Enid Blyton, well OK, because it was about nature too, which is something I love. I also knew it was a hard to get book, so I was delighted to see that it has been reprinted.
Well my copy arrived a couple of days ago, and I have enjoyed reading it. It will be a book that gets lots of use, that's why I am recommending it on here.
It's a hard back book with a dust jacket. There are 255 pages.
The contents consist of these headings;
NATURE WALKS
There are 2 stories to each month of the year, we are introduced to Janet, John and Pat and 'Uncle Merry' who takes them on these walks. They learn something each month
POEMS OF THE OPEN AIR
Shipwrecked! (The Adventurous Four) (Adventurous Four)
Enid Blyton is considered by some, a tad old fashioned, and in some cases non PC, ones would argue we have a wealth of brilliant modern day authors, who provide some great books to read therefore why read Enid Blyton?
Why indeed! - well for one I loved her stories when I was a child brought up in the 70's, most of her books were written in the 40's and 50's, so perhaps could have been considered old fashioned even for my day. But I was a bookworm, my friends were, and we just thoroughly enjoyed reading them. We enjoyed them for what they were, some great adventure stories.
Thus I'm enjoying them all over again, along with my children, we read all sorts of books, modern and older, enjoying the stories for what they are.
Which brings me to this book, Nature Lover's Book
I ordered it purely because it was Enid Blyton, well OK, because it was about nature too, which is something I love. I also knew it was a hard to get book, so I was delighted to see that it has been reprinted.
Well my copy arrived a couple of days ago, and I have enjoyed reading it. It will be a book that gets lots of use, that's why I am recommending it on here.
It's a hard back book with a dust jacket. There are 255 pages.
The contents consist of these headings;
NATURE WALKS
There are 2 stories to each month of the year, we are introduced to Janet, John and Pat and 'Uncle Merry' who takes them on these walks. They learn something each month
POEMS OF THE OPEN AIR
12 poems by Enid Blyton, one for each month
SOME INTERESTING THINGS TO DO
6 nature crafts to make
DO YOU KNOW THESE FLOWERS?
100 Flower descriptions, there are no illustrations, but the flowers are listed by what you might see in certain months
DO YOU KNOW THESE BIRDS?
24 birds listed along with a black and white illustration
DO YOU KNOW THESE POEMS?
One poem for each of the months by famous poets, including; Sir Walter Scott, John Clare, Wordsworth, Keats, Morris
DO YOU KNOW THIS TREE?
24 trees in black and white illustration, along with illustrations of their leaves and berries/seeds
NATURE STORIES
6 short nature stories by Enid Blyton to finish the book off.
It's a nice chunky book, I'm looking forward to breaking the months up next year, and searching for the flowers and trees in season.
Some might call it Twee, with it's old fashioned middle class roots.
I call it a cosy dip in nostalgia, with the added bonus of learning about nature in a simple and delightful way.
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