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Explorers – 1990
Without Doors: Canada includes the overall framework to successfully implement 28 weeks of lessons in Bible, history, geography, literature, poetry, picture study, composer study, hymns, and nature study for students in 1st-8th grade. One printed book per family combined with the items noted on the supply list provides a rich study of Canada.
Conveniently included in the book are picture study paintings, poetry, links to hymns, copywork, and more. The lessons are simple and clearly laid out in a weekly plan.
The content in each subject area is coordinated around Canada, creating a rich, immersive study and a harmony of lessons.
Your student will develop good habits in nature journaling, narration, map-drawing, recitation, copywork, dictation, keeping a Book of Centuries, keeping a Commonplace Book, and more!
This effortless curriculum will bring joy and freedom to your family!
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Bible includes scripture highlighting God as a Creator and scripture memory that coordinates with each passage. In addition to narration, older students are encouraged to transcribe Bible passages into their Commonplace Book.
The weekly history lessons begin with the First Nations and early European explorers through the late 20th century. The living history spines are simple and engaging for families as they navigate through this time period together. There is also a weekly living picture book related to each history topic.
Older students add suggested dates to their Book of Centuries.
Without Doors: Canada includes the geography of Canada’s National Parks with corresponding atlas study prompts, Canadian province map-drawing assignments, reading and narrating Paddle-to-the-Sea, and an overview of the journey of Champlain.
Students develop the habit of narration by responding to literature with oral and written narration. The weekly narration prompt rotates between history, geography, literature, nature study, and enrichment.
Students will respond to the narration prompt in their Narration Notebook, a notebook with lines for writing and a blank space for drawing.
Narration expectations (amount of words and/or paragraphs) should be different for younger vs. older students.
A Narration Notebook is a keepsake!
Without Doors: Canada includes rotating enrichment activities including: Composer Study, Artist Study, Hymn Study, and Handicrafts. The two composers, four artists, four hymns, and four handicrafts are all carefully chosen to coordinate with the study of Canada.
Composer Study includes Oscar Peterson and Glenn Gould.
Artist Study includes Clarence Gagnon, Paul Kane, Emily Carr, and J.E.H. MacDonald.
Elementary folk songs by Canadian artist, Raffi, included.
The nature lore readings delight families while grounding students in scientific knowledge of tide pools and farms.
Out-of-door nature walks and nature journaling prompts inspire an interest in God’s beautiful creation.
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*More living picture books are listed in specific categories below.
Abigail’s Wish, by Gloria Ann Wesley
ABC of Canada, by Bellefontaine
A Canadian Year: Twelve Months in the Life of Canada’s Kids, by Tania McCartney
An Arctic Story: The Animals of the Frozen North, by Jane Burnard
Anne of Green Gables: Stories for Young Readers, by Lucy Maud Montgomery adapted by Deirdre Kessler
A is for Algonquin: An Ontario Alphabet, by Lovenia Gorman
A Newfoundland Alphabet, by Dawn Baker
B is for Bluenose: A Nova Scotia Alphabet, by Susan Tooke
Canada Wild: Animals Found Nowhere Else on Earth, by Maria Birmingham
Carson Crosses Canada, by Linda Bailey
C is for Chinook: An Alberta Alphabet, by Dee Hobsbawn-Smith
Charlotte, by Janet Lunn
Eenie Meenie Manitoba, by Robert Heidreder
F is for Fiddlehead: A New Brunswick Alphabet, by Marilyn Lohnes
F is for French: A Quebec Alphabet, by Elaine Arsenault
G is for Golden Boy: A Manitoba Alphabet, by Larry Vestraete
Good Night, Canada, by Adam Gamble
I Know Here, by Laurel Croza
Ida and the Wool Smugglers, by Sua Ann Alderson
Kamik: An Inuit Puppy Story, by Donald Uluadluak
L is for Land of Living Skies: A Saskatchewan Alphabet, by Linda A.
Looking for Loons, by Jennifer Lloyd
Louis Riel Day: The Fur Trade Project, by Deborah L. Delaronde
Lucy Maud and the Cavendish Cat, by Lynn Manuel
Nature All Around: Plants, by Pamela Hickman
Nature All Around: Trees, by Pamela Hickman
Mary’s Atlas, by Gwen Smid
Mary of 18 Mile, by Ann Blades
M is for Maple: A Canadian Alphabet, by Michael Ulmer
M is for Mountie: A Royal Canadian Mounted Police Alphabet, by Polly Horvath
Moose, by Robert Munsch
Ode to Newfoundland, by Geoff Butler
On the Shoulder of a Giant, by Neil Christopher
P is for Puffin: A Newfoundland Alphabet, by Janet Skirving
Pettranella, by Waterton/Blades
Race the Wild Wind, by Sandra Marckle
See Saw Saskatchewan, by Robert Heidreder
S is for Spirit Bear: A British Columbia Alphabet, by Gregory Roberts
T is for Territories, by Michael Kusugak
The Flying Squirrel Stowaways: From Halifax to Boston, by Marijke Simons
Tommy’s New Block Skates, by Garth Vaughn
The Auction, by Jan Andrews
The Killick: A Newfoundland Story, by Geoff Butler
Very Last First Time, by Jan Andrews
Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Mongomery
A Puli Named Sandor, by Sharon Siamon
Belle’s Journey, by Marilynn Reynolds
Canadian Summer, by Hilda Van Stockum
Canada’s Maple Leaf: The Story of our Flag, by Ann-Maureen Owen
Heartwood Hotel: A True Home, by Kallie George
If You’re Not From the Prairie, by David Bouchard
Loon, by Susan Vande Griek
Loonies and Toonies: A Canadian Number Book, by Michael Ulmer
Madeleine Takes Command, by Ethel Brill
Owls in the Family, by Farley Mowat
Paddle-to-the-Sea, by Holling C. Holling
The Light at Tern Rock, by Julia L. Sauer
The Giant of the North, by R. M. Ballantyne
The Incredible Journey, by Sheila Burnford
The Kid’s Book of Canada, by Barbara Greenwood
The Magical Christmas Light of Old Nova Scotia, by Bruce Nunn
Our Flag: The Story of Canada’s Maple Leaf, by Ann-Maureen Owens
The Mitchell’s, by Hilda Van Stockum
The Trumpet of the Swan, by E.B. White
Waiting for Whales, by Sheryl McFarlane
Weird, but True! Canada, by National Geographic Kids
Who Has Seen the Wind, by W.O. Mitchell
Wild Animals Have I Known, by Ernest Thompson Seton
Canada: A People’s History, Volumes 1 and 2, by Don Gillmor and Pierre Turgeon
Canada Year by Year, but Macleod
Famous Canadian Stories, by George Tait
Great Canadian Lives: Portraits in Heroism to 1867, by Karen Ford
My First History of Canada, by D. Dickie
The Big Book of Canada, by Christopher Moore
The Canadian Story, by May McNeer
The Kids Book of Canadian History, by Carlotta Hacker
The Story of Canada, by Janet Lunn and Christopher Moore
The Story of Canada, by George W. Brown
The Story of Canada, by E.L. Marsh
Wow Canada! Exploring This Land From Coast to Coast to Coast, by Vivien Bowers
Anak the Eskimo Boy, by Piet Prins
A Salmon For Simon, by Waterton/Blades
As Long as the River Flows, by Larry Loyie
Buffalo Woman, by Paul Goble
Hiawatha, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, pictures by Susan Jeffers
Lost in the Barrens, by Farley Mowat
Morning on the Lake, by Jan Bourdeau Waboose
Mwakwa Talks to the Loon, by Dale Auger
Paddle-to-the-Sea, by Holling C. Holling
Seasons of the Circle, by Joseph Bruchac
The Adventures of Sajo and Her Beaver People, by Grey Owl
The Birchbark House, by Louise Erdrich
The Life of Joseph Brant, by Ryan Nagelhout
A Dog Came Too, by Ainslie Manson
Cartier Discovers the St. Lawrence, by William Toye
Champlain, by Christopher Moore
Exploring the Frozen North, by Pierre Berton
Explorers Who Got Lost, by Diane Dreher
Henry Hudson: Seeking The Northwest Passage, by Carrie Gleason
He Went With Champlain, by Louise Andrews Kent
John Cabot, by Tanya Larkin
Leif the Lucky, by d’Aulaire
Norsemen of the West, by R.M. Ballantyne
Samuel De Champlain: From New France to Cape Cod, by Adrianna Morganelli
The Great Canoe, by Leitch
The Vikings, by Elizabeth Janeway
Viking Adventure, by Clyde Robert Bulla
Who Were the Vikings, by Jane Chisholm
Abigail’s Wish, by Gloria Ann Wesley
A Pioneer Christmas, by Barbara Greenwood
A Pioneer Sampler, by Barbara Greenwood
A Pioneer Thanksgiving, by Barbara Greenwood
A Proper Acadian, by Downie & Rawlyk
Dear Canada: The Plains of Abraham Diary of Geneviève Aubuchon, by Maxine Trottier
Escape From Grand Pre, by Thompson
Father Gabriel’s Cloak, by Swayze
Indian Captive, by Lois Lenski
Roughing It in the Bush, by Susanna Moodie
Sign of the Beaver, by Elizabeth George Speare
The Backwoods of Canada, by Catharine Parr Traill
The King’s Daughter, by Suzanne Martel
The Nor’Westers: The Fight for the Fur Trade, by Marjorie Wilkins Campbell
The Settlers in Canada, by Captain Marryat
The Young Fur Traders, by R.M. Ballantyne
With Wolfe in Canada, by G.A. Henty
With Wolfe in Canada, by G.A. Henty
Danger in the Coves, by Thompson
Louis Riel Day: The Fur Trade Project, by Deborah L. Delaronde
Lukey Paul From Labrador, by Leitch
Making Room, by Joanne Taylor
Rats in the Sloop, by Nan Doerksen
Stories of the Maple Land, by Katherine A. Young
The Heroine of Long Point, by Benham
The Impossible Railway, by Pierre Berton
The Summer of the Marco Polo, by Lynn Manuel
Bully Boys, by Eric Walters
Laura Secord: A Story of Courage, by Janet Lunn
The Battles of the War of 1812, by Pierre Berton
The Scout Who Led an Army, by Ballantyne
Adventure at the Mill, by Bramwell
Crossing to Freedom, by Virginia Schwartz
Follow the Drinking Gourd, by Jeanette Winter
Elijah of Buxton, by Christopher Paul Curtis
Henry’s Freedom Box, by Ellen Levine
I Came as a Stranger, by Bryan Prince
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, by Deborah Hopkins
The Last Safehouse, by Barbara Greenwood
Underground to Canada, by Barbara Smucker
Unspoken, by Henry Cole
Canada Moves West, by Pierre Berton
Gold Rush Fever, by Barbara Greenwood
Jason’s Gold, by Will Hobbs
Pedro’s Pan: A Gold Rush Story, by Matthew Lasley
The Great Klondike Gold Rush, by Pierre Berton
The Golden Trail: The Story of the Klondike Rush, by Pierre Berton
The Klondike Cat, by Julie Lawson
Megan, by Iris Noble
West to the Cariboo, by Lorrie McLaughlin
A Prairie Boy’s Summer, by Wiliam Kureleck
A Prairie Boy’s Winter, by William Kureleck
Dear Canada: The Titanic Diary of Dorothy Wilton, by Sarah Elllis
At Vimy Ridge, by Hugh Brewster
Canadian Boys Who Rocked the World, by Tanya Lloyd Kyi
Canadian Girls Who Rocked the World, by Tanya Lloyd Kyi
Canada’s Greatest WWI Victory, by Hugh Brewster
Dieppe – Canada’s Darkest Day of WWII, by Hugh Brewster
Emily of New Moon, by L. M. Montgomery
Emma and the Silk Train, by Julie Lawson
Great, by Glen Gretzky
High Flight: A Story of World War II, by Linda Granfield
Incident at Hawk’s Hill, by Allan Eckert
In Flanders Fields, by Norman Jorgensen
Mine for Keeps, by Jean Little
This Can’t Be Happening at MacDonald Hall!, by Gordon Korman
The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be, by Farley Mowat
The Dust Bowl, by David Booth
The Hockey Sweater, by Roch Carrier
The Island Horse, by Susan Hughes
The Sky Is Falling, by Kit Pearson
Trapped in Ice, by Eric Walters
Terry Fox: His Story (Revised), by Leslie Scrivener
“Is there not some need for ‘mother culture’? But how is the state of things to be altered? So many mothers say, ‘I simply have not time for myself!’ ‘I never read a book!’ Or else, ‘I don’t think it is right to think of myself!’ They not only starve their minds, but they do it deliberately, and with a sense of self-sacrifice which seems to supply ample justification.” -Charlotte Mason
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