Ambleside Online Y4 not to miss books| Charlotte Mason Homeschool

[@steadfastschoolhouse]

I love these not to miss videos!!

[@LionWolverine]

We've loved these books too! I agree with waiting on Abigail Adams, I loved it very much for myself, but my then 10 yo daughter struggled with it once she got past Abigails childhood. How do you incorporate these books with cmec? Do you add them in or replace something else that cmec assigns?

[@joycherrick]

I swap out here and there for like books- and will offer them as free reads if it doesn’t line up. For the most part, there is a ton of overlap with the CMEC so it’s pretty simple;)

[@LionWolverine]

@@joycherrick yes, I love how there is a lot of overlap!

[@heatherray2025]

My kids do not enjoy Fabre. We have loved Trial and Triumph, but I do tell others to preread if sensitive. We changed how we school so I use AO list heavily but we all do same time period. We start Abigail Adams after the holidays!

[@homeschoollifemom]

All my kids not being on the same time period is one of the biggest reasons I don’t want to use AO. So I would love to know how you worked that out. I also really don’t like that they books carry over from year to year. I feel like we can’t jump in at any grade level and start. It’s almost like you have to have started from the get go.

[@heatherray2025]

@@homeschoollifemom I don't actually use AO. I follow the history cycle from ADE (a four year rotation) and then use AO and a few others for my booklists to plug into each appropriate time slot for history. I do often follow AO for literature, science etc especially in early years for independent readings. For example we are doing colonial time right now and we read TCOO as family, but they each have biography at their level of a colonial- currently Benjamin Franklin. We also read OIS for same time period together (on a different day) but they each have a short book also they read for "world" history- next term it will be more focused on world history of 1700s with minimal american...etc. Its a lot of work on front end, but it has been a better fit for our big family.

[@LionWolverine]

​@@heatherray2025I've thought of doing something similar but it seems so overwhelming to plan everything myself. How long does this planning take you? Next year I'd have students in form 1, 2 and 3, plus a toddler!

[@heatherray2025]

Honestly a while, but also I try to have a goal for the year but only plan 12 weeks at a time, that way if we get "behind" we can loop it to the next term without a lot of stress. I try to start accumulating a running booklist of books I might want to consider months ahead of time and then buckle down a couple months before new term giving a few hours each week to narrow down list and make some semblance of order. Making my own template like the AO grid really helps me with pacing and planning. Then a month before I order books/materials for first term. @@LionWolverine

[@jerilyn-ourhomeschooltable]

This series is wonderful! 😊

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