Interest Led Homeschool
- 3-5 Year Old, Curricula, English, Interest Led Homeschool, Math, Preschool, Science, Social Activities, Teaching, the Give Way, Theme, Tot School, Unit Study
Tot School
“Tot school” is a term someone coined for doing activities with a toddler. I’d never heard it before having a toddler, but it’s real. My favorite site — and inspiration for a lot of what I do — is 1+1+1=1. They have a fantastic amount of information about this kind of thing. Many parents will say that there’s no need for “tot school” since they never did it with their child. But really they did — they just never used the term. Every time a parent does something that helps their young child learn (talking to them, letting them help cook, etc.), that could be called “tot school.” The difference…
- 12-14 Year Old, 15-18 Year Old, 3-5 Year Old, 6-8 Year Old, 9-11 Year Old, Book Focus, English, Historical Fiction Book Lists, History/Social Science, Interest Led Homeschool, Teaching, the Give Way
Historical Fiction: Ancient India
[Part of an ongoing series of historical fiction book lists for students and teachers. For the full list and to see more info, click here.] Lower Grades (K-3) The Elephant Dancer: A Story of Ancient India-Gunderson (2.9/0.5) The Horse on the Hill: A Story of Ancient India–Gunderson (3.2/0.5) The Little Brown Jay: A Tale from India-Claire (3.4/0.5) The King’s Warrior: A Story of Ancient India–Gunderson (3.1/0.5) One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale-Demi (4.6/0.5) The Servant and the Water Princess: A Story of Ancient India-Gunderson (3.0/0.5) The Token Gift-McKibbon (4.9/0.5) Middle Grades (4-8) The Iron Ring-Alexander (4.8/10) In Defense of the Realm-Deshpande (4.6/2) (graphic novel) The Rajah’s Rice-Barry (5.0/0.5) Middle Grade + (6+)…
- 12-14 Year Old, 15-18 Year Old, 3-5 Year Old, 6-8 Year Old, 9-11 Year Old, Book Focus, English, Historical Fiction Book Lists, History/Social Science, Interest Led Homeschool, Teaching, the Give Way
Historical Fiction: India (1 CE to Present)
[Part of an ongoing series of historical fiction book lists for students and teachers. For the full list and to see more info, click here.] Lower Grades (K-3) Aani and the Tree Huggers-Atkins (3.3/0.5) Becka Goes to India-Wendel (2.7/0.5) The Birdman-Charles (4.7/0.5) Chachaji’s Cup-Krishnaswami (3.5/0.5) The Cherry Tree-Bond (3.9/0.5) A Crazy Day with Cobras-Osborne (4.0/2) Divali Rose-Rahaman (3.4/0.5) Fine Feathered Friend-Gavin (4.7/1) Hot, Hot Roti for Dada-ji – Zia (3.0/0.5) Incredible India-Thompson (4.0/0.5) Monsoon-Krishnaswami (3.4/0.5) Monsoon Afternoon-Sheth (3.7/0.5) The Reluctant Rajput-Moverley (3.6/0.5) The Sanyasin’s First Day-Shank (4.9/0.5) When I Met the Wolf Girls-Noyes (4.6/0.5) Middle Grades (4-8) Anni’s India Diary-Axworthy (4.9/0.5) Binya’s Blue Umbrella-Bond (5.1/1) The Blood Stone-Gavin (6.1/14) Boys Without Names-Sheth…
- 12-14 Year Old, 15-18 Year Old, 3-5 Year Old, 6-8 Year Old, 9-11 Year Old, Book Focus, English, Historical Fiction Book Lists, History/Social Science, Interest Led Homeschool, Teaching, the Give Way
Historical Fiction: Reconstruction
[Part of an ongoing series of historical fiction book lists for students and teachers. For the full list and to see more info, click here.] Lower Grades (K-3) A Band of Angels-Hopkinson (4.4/0.5) More Than Anything Else-Bradby (3.3/0.5) Walking Home to Rosie Lee-LaFaye (4.1/0.5) Middle Grades (4-8) Bigger-Calvert (5.7/6) Brotherhood-Westrick (4.7/10) Cause: Reconstruction America, 1863-1877-Bolden (9.5/7) Nonfiction Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule-Robinet (4.3/5) The Forty-Acre Swindle: George Washington Carver-Jackson (5.3/4) He Will Go Fearless-Lawlor (4.9/8.0) Janie’s Freedom: African-Americans in the Aftermath of the Civil War-Grant (4.9/5) The Journal of Joshua Loper: A Black Cowboy-Myers* (5.0/4) The Land-Taylor (5.0/18) The Road to Freedom: A Story of Reconstruction-Asim (5.2/5) Sugar-Rhodes (2.9/4) Upper Grades…
- 12-14 Year Old, 15-18 Year Old, 3-5 Year Old, 6-8 Year Old, 9-11 Year Old, Book Focus, Curricula, English, Historical Fiction Book Lists, History/Social Science, Interest Led Homeschool, Preschool, Teaching, the Give Way
Historical Fiction K-12 Book Lists
When I taught middle school History, one of my goals was to encourage a love of historical fiction. I offered lots of options each unit and read aloud as much as I was able. It’s been 20 years since I started my lists, and I’m still adding. My list grew and grew as I went spread out from teaching just US History. Now that I have a new platform here, I figured I’d share them. They are in no way complete, please let me know if you know of a book that I missed, but hopefully you’ll find some titles that work for you. Some of the books may be…
