You will get more out of our Book Club if you use The Annotated Edition of Volume 1 published by A Charlotte Mason Plenary.
It’s a great study edition with annotations and wide margins for all your notes!
You can listen to Volume 1 for free on Librivox here.
Part 1 Resources
William Wordsworth poem: Intimations of Immortality (Ch 2)
John Keble poem: Seventh Day After Trinity (Ch 3)
William Wordsworth poem: Three Years She Grew (Ch 6)
Part 2 Resources
William Wordsworth poem: Tintern Abbey (Ch 3)
Isaac Watts poem: How Doth the Little Busy Bee (Ch 5)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Ch 5)
Charles Kingsley’s Lecture: The Aristocracy of the Future (Ch 8)
Charlotte Mason’s Geography Book: The Forty Shires (Ch 9)
P.N.U.E. Programmes:
- P.N.E.U. Programme for Form 1 (Grades 1-3): Programme 94 Form 1 (1922-1923) (Ch 10)
- P.N.E.U. Programme for Form 2 (Grades 4-6): Programme 94 Form 2 (1922-1923)
- P.N.E.U. Programme for Form 3 (Grades 7-8): Programme 94 Form 3 (1922-1923)
- P.N.E.U. Programme for Form 4 (Grade 9): Programme 94 Form 4 (1922-1923)
Naturalist’s Books Mentioned by Charlotte that are currently in print:
- Madam How and Lady Why by Charles Kingsley
- The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley
- A Little Brother to the Bear by William J. Long
- School of the Woods by William J. Long
- Secrets of the Woods by William J. Long
- Scouting for Boys (1908 Edition) by Robert Baden-Powell
- Eyes and No Eyes Series by Arabella Buckley:
- Trees and Shrubs
- Plant Life in Field and Garden
- By Pond and River
- Wild Life in Woods and Fields
CMP Recommendations for Modern Naturalist’s Books (Parent Resource Books):
The Naturalist’s Notebook by Nathaniel Wheelwright
The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling by John Muir Laws
Keeping a Nature Journal by Claire Walker Leslie
The Curious Nature Guide by Claire Walker Leslie
Drawn to Nature by Claire Walker Leslie
The Nature Connection by Clair Walker Leslie
A Field Guide to the Familiar by Gale Lawrence
Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv
The Nature Principle by Richard Louv
The Sense of Wonder by Rachel Carson
CMP recommendations for Specialized Nature Journals:
My Nature Journal by Adrianne Olmsted
The Laws Sketchbook for Nature Journaling by John Muir Laws
Nature Journal by Claire Walker Leslie
Plenary Picks for Children’s Nature-Lore Books:
The Burgess Animal Book by Thornton Burgess
The Burgess Bird Book by Thornton Burgess
The Burgess Seashore Book by Thornton Burgess
Pagoo by Holling C. Holling
Rocks, Rivers and the Changing Earth by Herman Schneider
Seed Babies by Margaret W. Morley
The Bee People by Margaret W. Morley
Little Wanderers by Margaret W. Morley
Part 4 Resources
The Purple Jar by Maria Edgeworth (Ch 1, pg 123)
Part 5 Resources
- CHAPTER 1: THE MATTER AND METHOD OF LESSONS
Smollett’s History of England link - Dr. Priestley’s Lectures on History link
CHAPTER 3: FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS OF THE KINDERGARTEN
Childhood, Boyhood, Youth by Tolstoy
The Story of a Child by Margaret Deland
John Keble poem: Seventh Day After Trinity
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
CHAPTER 4: READING
The Life of Wesley by Robert Southey link
Parables from Nature by Margaret Gatty
Lessons for Children by Anna Laetitia Barbauld
Poems by Anna Laetitia Barbauld
Evenings at Home by Anna Laetitia Barbauld
CHAPTER 6: READING BY SIGHT AND SOUND
Stories from the History of Rome by Emily Beesly
CHAPTER 7: RECITATION
A Book of Heroic Verse by Arthur Burrell link
Clear Speaking and Good Reading by Arthur Burrell link
CHAPTER 9: THE ART OF NARRATION
The World at Home: Pictures and Scenes from Far Off Lands by Elizabeth and Mary Kirby link
The Sea and It’s Wonders: A Companion Volume to The World at Home by Mary Kirby
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Dafoe
The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Heroes of Asgard by Annie Keary
CHAPTER 10: WRITING
A New Handwriting for Teachers by Monica Bridges link
CHAPTER 13: COMPOSITION
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
CHAPTER 14: BIBLE LESSONS
The Bible for School and Home by J. Paterson Smyth:
The Book of Genesis
Moses and the Exodus
Joshua and the Judges
The Prophets and Kings
The Book of St. Mark
The Book of St. Matthew
Bypaths of Bible Knowledge by Archibald Henry Sayce link to Vol. 13
Fresh Light from Ancient Monuments by Archibald Henry Sayce link
The Dwellers on the Nile by E.A. Wallis Budge
CHAPTER 15: ARITHMETIC
The ABC Arithmetic by Adolf Sonnenschein link
Hard Times by Charles Dickens
CHAPTER 16: NATURAL PHILOSOPHY
Evenings at Home by John Aiken and Laetitia Barbauld
Eyes and No Eyes Series by Arabella Buckley:
Trees and Shrubs
Plant Life in Field and Garden
By Pond and River
Wild Life in Woods and Fields
The Fairy-Land of Science by Arabella Buckley link
Life and Her Children by Arabella Buckley link
The Sciences by Edward Singleton Holden link
Real Things in Nature by Edward Singleton Holden link
Scientific Dialogues by Jeremiah Joyce link
Birds of the Air by Arabella Buckley
Wild Nature Won by Kindness by Eliza Brightwen link
Seaside and Wayside by Julia MacNair Wright
CHAPTER 17: GEOGRAPHY
Murray Handbook for Travellers in Asia Minor by John Murray link
The Personal Life of David Livingstone by William Blaikie link
Tropical World by George Hartwig link
Polar World by George Hartwig link
Unbeaten Track in Japan by Isabella Lucy Bird link
Geographical Readers by Charlotte Mason (in order):
1. Elementary Geography: Book 1 link
2. The British Empire and the Great Divisions of the Globe: Book 2 link
3. The Counties of England: Book 3 link
4. The Countries of Europe Their Scenery and Peoples: Book 4 link
5. The Old and New World: Asia, Africa, America, Australia: Book 5 link
CHAPTER 18: HISTORY
Ecclesiastical History of the English People by Bede
Chronicles of the Kings of England by William of Malmesbury
The Life of King Alfred by Asser
Chronicles of the Crusades by Bell & Sons link
Idylls of the King by Tennyson
Froissart’s Chronicles by Jean Froissart
Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans by Plutarch
Old Stories from British History by Frederick York Powell link
Sketches from British History by Frederick York Powell link
A History of England by Hugh Oakley Arnold-Forster link
The Citizen Reader by Hugh Oakley Arnold-Forster link
The Citizen Reader Updated for the United States by Hugh Oakley Arnold-Forster and Lisa Ripperton
The Laws of Everyday Life by Hugh Oakley Arnold-Forster
Tales from St. Paul’s by Mrs. Frewen Lord
Julius Caesar by Shakespeare
A First History of France by L. Creighton