Montessori:
Toddler:
Apples and Pumpkins – Anne Rockwell
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? – Bill Martin Jr.
Noah’s Ark – Lucy Cousins
Bird Color – Alison Hill Spencer
Primary:
A is for Altar, B is for Bible – Judith Lang Main
Blueberries for Sal – Robert McCloskey
Madeline – Ludwig Bemelmans
Peter’s Old House – Elsa Beskow
Saint George and the Dragon– Margaret Hodges, Trina Schart Hyman
The Art Lesson – Tommy dePaola
The Gardener- Sarah Stewart, David Small
The Snowy Day – Ezra Jack Keats
Math: Mathstart Level 1 books – Stuart J. Murphy
Nature Studies: Any books on dinosaurs, fossils, animals, plants, water, the solar system, the seasons, the senses, simple machines, magnets
Latin: Gregorian Chant (these are the suggestions for all of the grades)
www.dominicanajournal.org/records/
www.amazon.com/Chant-Music-Cistercian-Monks-Heiligenkreuz/
www.amazon.com/BENEDICTA-Marian-Chant-Norcia-Monks/
Kindergarten:
Favorite Fairy Tales (there are stand alone books and numerous compilations of good fairy tales)
The Children’s Book of Virtues – William Bennett
Math: Mathstart Level 1 books – Stuart J. Murphy
Nature Studies: Any books on dinosaurs, fossils, animals, plants, water, the solar system, the seasons, the senses, simple machines, magnets
Latin: Gregorian Chant (these are the suggestions for all of the grades)
www.dominicanajournal.org/records/
www.amazon.com/Chant-Music-Cistercian-Monks-Heiligenkreuz/
www.amazon.com/BENEDICTA-Marian-Chant-Norcia-Monks/
1st Grade:
Aesop’s Fables – illustrated by Milo Winter (Dover Publishing)
The Velveteen Rabbit – Margery Williams (illustrated by William Nicholson)
Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne, Illustrated by E. H. Shepard
Math: Mathstart Level 2 books – Stuart J. Murphy
Nature Studies: Books on animals, plants and trees, the human body
Latin: Gregorian Chant (these are the suggestions for all of the grades)
www.dominicanajournal.org/records/
www.amazon.com/Chant-Music-Cistercian-Monks-Heiligenkreuz/
www.amazon.com/BENEDICTA-Marian-Chant-Norcia-Monks/
2nd Grade:
Augustus Caesar’s World – Genevieve Foster
St. Patrick’s Summer – Marigold Hunt
(these books can be read the entire year, not just the first quarter)
Math: Mathstart Level 2, or Level 3 books – Stuart J. Murphy; Math is CATegorical series – Brian Cleary
Nature Studies: Books on fossils and rocks, soil and magnets, climate and weather, astronomy, water
Latin: Gregorian Chant (these are the suggestions for all of the grades)
www.dominicanajournal.org/records/
www.amazon.com/Chant-Music-Cistercian-Monks-Heiligenkreuz/
www.amazon.com/BENEDICTA-Marian-Chant-Norcia-Monks/
3rd Grade:
Augustine Came to Kent – Barbara Willard (illustrated by Mary Beth Owens)
Math: Mathstart Level 3 books – Stuart J. Murphy; Math is CATegorical series – Brian Cleary;
Sir Cumference Reading Series (there are 9 books in this series) – Cindy Neuschwinder and Wayne Geehan
Nature Studies: Books on insect life, food chains and webs, plants and animal cycles
Latin: Gregorian Chant (these are the suggestions for all of the grades)
www.dominicanajournal.org/records/
www.amazon.com/Chant-Music-Cistercian-Monks-Heiligenkreuz/
www.amazon.com/BENEDICTA-Marian-Chant-Norcia-Monks/
4th Grade:
Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson (Dover Thrift edition)
Math: Sir Cumference Reading Series (there are 9 books in this series) – Cindy Neuschwinder and Wayne Geehan; Math is CATegorical series – Brian Cleary
Nature Studies: Books on earth movements and the water cycle
Latin: Gregorian Chant (these are the suggestions for all of the grades)
www.dominicanajournal.org/records/
www.amazon.com/Chant-Music-Cistercian-Monks-Heiligenkreuz/
www.amazon.com/BENEDICTA-Marian-Chant-Norcia-Monks/
5th Grade:
The Sign of the Beaver – Elizabeth George Speare
Math: The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure by Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Latin: Gregorian Chant (these are the suggestions for all of the grades)
www.dominicanajournal.org/records/
www.amazon.com/Chant-Music-Cistercian-Monks-Heiligenkreuz/
www.amazon.com/BENEDICTA-Marian-Chant-Norcia-Monks/
Nature Studies: National Audubon Society Field Guide to Weather: North America
www.amazon.com/National-Audubon-Society-Field-Weather/
6th Grade:
Mara, Daughter of the Nile – Eloise McGraw
Math: Lost in Lexicon by Pendred Noyce
Latin: Gregorian Chant (these are the suggestions for all of the grades)
www.dominicanajournal.org/records/
www.amazon.com/Chant-Music-Cistercian-Monks-Heiligenkreuz/
www.amazon.com/BENEDICTA-Marian-Chant-Norcia-Monks/
Nature Studies: Explore… Simple Machines By: Anita Yasouda
www.amazon.com/Explore-Simple-Machines-Great-Projects/
or, if that feels too young:
The Kids’ Book of Simple Machines By: Kelly Doudna
www.amazon.com/Kids-Book-Simple-Machines-Activities-ebook/
7th Grade:
The Spear: A Novel of the Crucifixion – Louis de Wohl
The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien
Math: Lost in Lexicon by Pendred Noyce
Latin: Gregorian Chant (these are the suggestions for all of the grades)
www.dominicanajournal.org/records/
www.amazon.com/Chant-Music-Cistercian-Monks-Heiligenkreuz/
www.amazon.com/BENEDICTA-Marian-Chant-Norcia-Monks/
Nature Studies:
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Edition
www.amazon.com/Audubon-Society-Field-Guide-American/
or,
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers: Eastern Region
www.amazon.com/National-Audubon-Society-American-Wildflowers–E/
8th Grade:
Mourt’s Relation: A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth – downloadable pdf from the internet; or on Amazon with Dwight Heath, editor
Math: Lost in Lexicon by Pendred Noyce
Latin: Gregorian Chant (these are the suggestions for all of the grades)
www.dominicanajournal.org/records/
www.amazon.com/Chant-Music-Cistercian-Monks-Heiligenkreuz/
www.amazon.com/BENEDICTA-Marian-Chant-Norcia-Monks/
Nature Studies: National Audubon Society Field Guide to Rocks and Minerals: North America