tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682457774245843924.post2903276466527294047..comments2024-03-23T08:55:43.666-07:00Comments on Joyous Lessons: What We're Reading :: JuneCelestehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834674328751444179noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682457774245843924.post-17433996132840840802020-02-24T21:36:28.077-08:002020-02-24T21:36:28.077-08:00So what they are doing here is to create a new boo...So what they are doing here is to create a new book that the reader can actually benefit from because of the great lessons that they teach you. If you are curious to get more details about sun of knowledge, here you can get <b><a href="https://canvas.umn.edu/eportfolios/2178/Home/Books_On_Religion_And_Spirituality_Way_To_Enlightenment" rel="nofollow">more information</a></b> about it.Jessica world smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16855494932991509704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682457774245843924.post-58565508565884657212017-07-17T18:22:51.108-07:002017-07-17T18:22:51.108-07:00Thank you so much for all of this wonderful inform...Thank you so much for all of this wonderful information! What a great resource! Thanks for sharing! Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058854518353320557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682457774245843924.post-53100570945982059432017-07-16T14:05:32.180-07:002017-07-16T14:05:32.180-07:00Hi Kelly! I don't have them organized all in o...Hi Kelly! I don't have them organized all in one place, though I probably should at some point! Right now, I have each year's substitutions under my write-up of our school plans for that year. For now, you can find those indexed here:<br />http://joyouslessons.blogspot.com/p/our-school-plans.htmlCelestehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834674328751444179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682457774245843924.post-28549069542636644182017-07-16T10:57:16.052-07:002017-07-16T10:57:16.052-07:00Thank you so much, Celeste! This helps a lot! Do y...Thank you so much, Celeste! This helps a lot! Do you happen to have a place where you post all your Catholic substitutions/alterations to AO?Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058854518353320557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682457774245843924.post-43315234876693163182017-07-13T13:17:19.284-07:002017-07-13T13:17:19.284-07:00Hi Kelly! I like to substitute saints' lives ...Hi Kelly! I like to substitute saints' lives for Trial and Triumph. We have used a variety of books for that: Our Island Saints, Heroes of God's Church, books from the Vision series that tie into the historical period, Lang's Saints and Heroes, etc. For Year 1, Our Island Saints is a good choice because it focuses on British saints and starts at roughly the same time period as Our Island Story does. It's free online at Baldwin and archive.org and written by Amy Steedman. You can also get a print copy here: http://amzn.to/2sVsb6B<br /><br />Hope that helps! :)Celestehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834674328751444179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682457774245843924.post-33683072074141534632017-07-08T18:42:17.520-07:002017-07-08T18:42:17.520-07:00Hi Celeste! I hope it's okay to post a persona...Hi Celeste! I hope it's okay to post a personal question here for you. We are Catholic, and I am going all in with Ambleside this year (starting in Year 1 with my newly 7 y/o and almost 6 y/o together). Do you have a good substitution for Trial and Triumph? Thanks for your advice! I thought you'd be the best one to ask!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17058854518353320557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682457774245843924.post-91356877530461724922017-07-03T11:20:08.155-07:002017-07-03T11:20:08.155-07:00So it's not just me then? That it's been h...So it's not just me then? That it's been hard for me to really get into it? I mean, it's written well. That's for sure! But it hadn't pulled me in yet. When I left off reading, I was just about to finish Book 5. Maybe I just need to give it more time. :) Karenhttp://livinglearninggrowingblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682457774245843924.post-81043168028006592412017-07-03T10:31:26.690-07:002017-07-03T10:31:26.690-07:00I am reading Brothers K with my local book club, w...I am reading Brothers K with my local book club, which is helping to keep me accountable. ;) I am in Book 7 and really enjoying it so far. It took me a while to get into it, but I am usually like that with Russian novels -- it takes me a bit to orient the names, characters, etc. Once the plot picks up, I am usually swept up in the story, and this one has been no exception. Still, I am not making super-quick progress because I have been SO tired at night during my usual reading times. But I'm hoping to finish it in the next couple weeks.<br /><br />I haven't read all of the Oz series, but my kids have read a good chunk of them. They still say the first is the best, but they have enjoyed several of the others also.<br /><br />I think the Book of History set will be hard to part with, but I'm leaning toward selling the other set simply because we're only covering the modern period so often and it's a big set for just that era. We'll see! :)Celestehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834674328751444179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682457774245843924.post-19274247425153755972017-07-03T10:28:17.006-07:002017-07-03T10:28:17.006-07:00Hi Katie! I have been just choosing as we go alon...Hi Katie! I have been just choosing as we go along, sometimes based on personality, sometimes on topic. I think most of those books have a lot of crossover appeal and can be used at a variety of ages, which is why I think they're great for Morning Basket -- they make good family reads. So I wouldn't necessarily assign them to particular grades. They are quite versatile! I do think that her With the Church books are really better for high school and adults. But the others I have read so far are good for mid elementary and up when read aloud.Celestehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834674328751444179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682457774245843924.post-8740592199752597702017-07-03T07:45:19.227-07:002017-07-03T07:45:19.227-07:00I have our First Communion suggestions in a blog p...I have our First Communion suggestions in a blog post I wrote when Gianna and Vincent were small: http://joyouslessons.blogspot.com/2013/05/preparation-for-first-holy-communion.html<br /><br />I will be preparing two to receive First Communion this year using many of the same resources. These two have already heard King of the Golden City and aren't quite ready for Halpin's Retreats, so we'll be focusing on Mother Mary Loyola's First Communion, Montessori's The Mass Explained, and the catechism. Celestehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834674328751444179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682457774245843924.post-79145069673256849962017-07-03T07:42:07.863-07:002017-07-03T07:42:07.863-07:00Ooo, I didn't know that -- thanks for the head...Ooo, I didn't know that -- thanks for the heads-up!Celestehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834674328751444179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682457774245843924.post-65952769702851692062017-07-03T05:06:42.126-07:002017-07-03T05:06:42.126-07:00I wanted to follow up to ask what books from St. A...I wanted to follow up to ask what books from St. Augustine Press you use for each age/grade. Praying for you as your big day arrives :)Jason and Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10232275181204878465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682457774245843924.post-31100125023369408972017-06-30T18:14:04.255-07:002017-06-30T18:14:04.255-07:00Celeste I love your posts about what you're re...Celeste I love your posts about what you're reading in your home! And I don't think I can help with your dilemma of keep or sell the books your grandpa passed to you! I'm doing something similar as I'm staring to pack our home to move: going through stacks of books I got from a school library, they're going to dump them and I couldn't bear that! So hard to make the decision so I headed to AO Forum and asked there what to keep or not :) It's working well! I have a question about the books you use for religious studies. My oldest son will be receiving first communion next year. Even though he goes to Sunday school during the school year, I'd like to do some work with him at home because he's so interested in that! Any book suggestions? Thanks in advance an thanks for sharing this awesome feast! Marianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14391525551287284637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682457774245843924.post-37289648250479654442017-06-30T09:17:18.338-07:002017-06-30T09:17:18.338-07:00St. Augustine Press is my favorite too! Did you h...St. Augustine Press is my favorite too! Did you hear they are coming out with a boy version of King of the Golden City? So excited!Jason and Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10232275181204878465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682457774245843924.post-25196993619402996702017-06-30T08:43:37.389-07:002017-06-30T08:43:37.389-07:00Keep or sell? Hmmm...that's a hard decision. P...Keep or sell? Hmmm...that's a hard decision. Personally, if they look like good books, I would probably keep them. They look like they would make great reference books. :) However, if space was limited and you really didn't have room for them, well then, I guess I would probably consider selling them. It's always hard for me to get rid of books though.....LOL<br /><br />I noticed some of The Wizard of Oz series. I just recently finished reading the first five books in the series. I was pre-reading them for my daughter since I hadn't read them before. I enjoyed them and I think my daughter is really going to like them as well. I bought a huge book that contained the first five books in it. And then I just recently bought the next one that contains books 6-10 in it. It was on the bargain shelf at a local bookstore! I'm looking forward to reading them. <br /><br />I just wrote about what we've been reading lately on my blog. (And there are pictures of the two big Wizard of Oz books.) For me, lots of children's books and pre-reading for Year 4. But I did manage to finish a couple of other fiction books that were my own reading. And I'm slowly working my way through "When the Church Was Young: Voices of the Early Fathers" by Marcellino D’Ambrosio. I'm reading some of the writings of the Church Fathers as I read this book. <br /><br />I didn't list A Tale of Two Cities or The Brother's Karamazov in my post though because I've stalled on both books and haven't read from them in awhile. A Tale of Two Cities is one my husband and I are both reading, but he hasn't listened to the audio in awhile so I'm not moving on in my reading of it until he catches up. ;) The Brother's Karamazov....I don't know why I've stalled on that one. I'm about halfway through. What are your thoughts on the book so far? I really should pick it up and try to finish reading it. Maybe once school prep is done...Karenhttp://livinglearninggrowingblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com