Wattle Gum Curriculum Year 1

 

 

Welcome to Wattle Gum Curriculum.

We offer a Charlotte Mason inspired, Literature Based Education.

Nurturing your family with a Literature Based Education is possible whilst still following the Australian Curriculum (and State Curriculums)

Whilst using our curriculum remember:

  • Whilst the suggested books are quality, there are many other worthy ones. You will not ‘get it wrong’ by making substitutions. You may choose to substitute a book due to availability or for other personal reasons. Choose what is best to serve your family.
  • If you do not read all these books suggested for this year, that is okay! If your child wishes to dig deeper, follow their lead. It’s the quality of learning not the volume of books that contributes to a good education.
  • Wattle Gum Curriculum is secular. Though easily adaptable to adding  resources to reflect your worldview. If you would like help in this area I’m more than happy to assist.
  • Make the curriculum fit you, not you to fit the curriculum. It’s a framework to assist the learning process.
  • If you have multiple children, you may choose to combine them to follow the various subject areas.
  • We don’t have to follow an exact formula of what or when. The beauty of home education is that you will cover the material at some stage.
  • Adjust your expectations regards the quality of work to your child’s individual needs and abilities.
  • We have designed this curriculum so that you heavily use your local library and inter-library loans.
  • I’m happy to consult with you to select ones to suit your local library.

The visual grid of books at the bottom of the page is sorted alphabetically. It continues over two pages.

Please do not hesitate to reach out and ask any questions you may have.

Enjoy your year, dig in and have fun!

Curriculum

Routine Suggestion

Suggested times for subjects and possible days for each subject. This is not a timetable but a weekly routine.

ImageNameWritersIllustratorsTagsSeriesTarget AgePrint StatusCurriculums
100 Easy STEAM Activities
A Bag and A Bird
A Child’s Garden of Verses
A Coral Reef Story
A Hollow is a Home
A Is for Aunty
Alight: A Story of Fire and Nature,
All About Reading
All About Spelling
Anna Hibiscus’ Song,
Ask Aunty: Seasons
Back On Country, ,
Beastly Biomes
Because of an Acorn,
Bessie’s War,
Bidhi Galing, , ,
Bird Builds a Nest,
Boss Ladies of Science
Burning the Bails, , ,
Carmichael’s Journey, ,
Cece Loves Science : Push and Pull
Ceremony: Welcome to Our Country,
Child’s Treasury Of Nursery Rhymes
Christmas Always Comes,
Christmas At Grandma’s Beach House
Cockatoo
Curious Creatures Working With Tools
Cyclone, , ,
Drought,
Dry to Dry : The Seasons of Kakadu,
Engibear’s Bridge
Eureka Stockade, ,
Excellent Engineering
Feel the Force
Fire
Flood
Forest Magic
Free Diving,
Gardening Lab for Kids
Hedy Lamarr
How Was That Built?
I Am Farmer, , ,
I Want to Be an Engineer,
In My Garden
In the Shadow of an Elephant
Life in a Hollow
Lighter Than Air,
Little Explorers Guide to Australian National Parks,
Looking After Country with Fire: Aboriginal Burning Knowledge With Uncle Kuu,
Louie and Snippy: Save the Sea
Make It Change!,
Maker Camp
Maths Australia
MathsOnline
Meet Grace,
Milbi
Ming’s Adventure on China’s Great Wall,
Ming’s Adventure with Confucius in Qufu,
Ming’s Adventure with the Terracotta Army,
Mrs White and the Red Desert,
Nano: The Spectacular Science of the Very (Very) Small
New Year Surprise!
Notebooking Pages
On The River
Our Australian Girl: Meet Daisy,
Our Australian Girl: Meet Letty
Our Australian Girl: Meet Lina,
Our Australian Girl: Meet Poppy, , , , ,
Our Family Dragon
Over and Under the Waves
Papa, Do You Love Me?,
Pollination: How Does My Garden Grow?
Rachel’s War: The Story of an Australian WWI Nurse,
Round and Round Goes Mother Nature
Sand Swimmers, , , , ,
Search for the Scarlet Macaws
Seasons
Seasons in the City
Secrets of the Saltmarsh,
Snooze-O-Rama
Spring Rolls and Vegemite Sandwiches
Star of Anise
Startwrite: The Handwriting Worksheet Wizard
Sulwe
Summer Blue
Summer Green to Autumn Gold
The Amazing Life Cycle of Plants
The Anzac Billy, , ,
The Beehive
The Bronze Dog,
The Bushfire Book: How to Be Aware and Prepare
The Camel Who Crossed Australia,
The Dunggiirr Brothers and the Caring Song of the Whale
The Elephants Come Home
The Empty Pot
The Great Southern Reef,
The Mystery in the Forbidden City
The One and Only Ruby,
The Puffin Book of Nursery Rhymes
The Road to Goonong,
The Secret Life of Oceans
The Sheep Beauty
The Snake Goddess Colors the World,
The Story of Jane Goodall,
The Story of Platypus,
The Things That I Love about Trees
The Trees
The Turtle and the Flood,
The Ultimate Guide to Gardening
The Unlikely Story of Bennelong and Phillip, , ,
Through the Smoke
Votes for Women!,
We Are The Gardeners
What the Elephant Heard
When We Were Very Young
Why Doesn’t the Moon Fall Down?
Working with Materials