Ambleside Online Site Map
AO Booklists - The curriculum booklists for each year.
AO Schedules - 36-week schedules for each year.
Curriculum Resources - Art Study, Music and Composer Study, Nature Study, Plutarch, Shakespeare, and Poetry.
AO Resources and Support - FAQ, help for new users, support groups, schedule and exam examples from members.
Etexts and Online Books - Texts used in AO or in Charlotte Mason's PNEU schools. (Not an exhaustive list.)
The CM Series - The original six-volume series by Charlotte Mason in various formats.
Articles and Topical Discussions - Articles and discussions by Advisory members and AO users about AO, CM, and homeschooling.
General Resources - General CM Resources for help with your own planning, including original PNEU Programmes and Exams.
Information - Background information about AO and the Advisory, User comments and reviews, License Agreement
Year 0
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4 (see also see also Year 3.5, a detour for students who arrive
at Year 4 before they're ready for the heavier workload)
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Pre-7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
Year 12 (in progress; you can view one AO student's Year 12 plan, based on books suggested by Advisory members and HEO list members from archived posts, here.)
AO-Help Emergency Lesson Plan for help
with homeschooling during a crisis
"Plan B" - A suggested lightened booklist for students in Years 7-11 who need less reading: Yr 7, Yr 8, Yr 9, Yr 10, Yr 11
Old (1999) Booklists and 36-week schedules
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4 (see also Year 3 1/2, for students who arrive at Year 4
before they're ready for the heavier workload)
Year 5
Year 6
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
Year 12 (in progress)
"Plan B" - 36-week schedules for the lightened booklists: Yr 7, Yr 8, Yr 9, Yr 10
Unofficial Schedules for Pre-year 3 (combines years 1 and 2), Pre-Year 5 (years 3 and 4), Pre-Year 7 (years 5 and 6) created by Missey Gray
Art Study Schedule for picture study
Ordering art prints
Gilbert Stuart notes
Gauguin, Cezanne, Seurat
notes
Composer Study schedule
Medieval Era Music notes
Hymns schedule
Folksongs schedule
Nature Study Schedule and Helps
Plutarch schedule
Aemelius study by Anne White
Brutus study by Anne White
Crassus study by Anne White
Demetrius text and study by Anne White
Fabius study by Anne White
Nicias study by Anne White
Pericles study by Anne White
Philopoemen study by Anne White
Poplicola study by Anne White
Timoleon study by Anne White
Dion study by Anne White
Summary of Alexander
by an Ambleside student
Summary of Solon by an Ambleside
student
Shakespeare schedule
Poets and Poetry Schedule for Years 1-6
Carl Sandburg collection
Christina Rosetti collection
Edna St. Vincent Millay collection
Emily Dickinson collection
and More Emily Dickinson
Eugene Field collection
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow collection
James Whitcomb Riley collection
John Greenleaf Whittier collection
Paul Laurence Dunbar collection
Poems for your Baby
Robert Frost collection
Rudyard Kipling collection
Sara Teasdale and Hilda Conkling collection
Tennyson collection
Walter de la Mare collection
William Blake collection
William Wordsworth collection
Year 1 Anthology complete or
listed by month: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Year 6 Anthology of 59 Poems
FAQ
Email Support
Group and email List helps and netiquette
Beginner's Page for new users
Schedule Examples from AO members
Exam Examples from AO members (a project that's still in the conceptual stage!)
Year 1 Exam
Year 2 Exam
Year 3 Exam
Year 4 Exam
Year 5 Exam
Year 6 Exam
Year 7 Exam
Year 8 Exam
Year 9 Exam
Year 10 Exam
Year 11 Exam
Year 12 Exam
23 Short Stories list for high school
Acrononyms abbreviations used in email list posts
Aesop suggested fables, linked to their online text
Alphabetized Booklist Years 1-11 arranged by Title or Author (Free Reading for years 7-12 is at the bottom of the Booklist pages)
Bambi study guide Bambi is free reading in Year 3
Bede's Ecclesiastical History etext divided for Year 8
Beginning AO with an older (7th grade and up) student
Beowulf study guide
Bible Memory Verse suggestions (compiled for AO-HELP)
Canada resources for AO Canadians
Credit Hours for planning High School
Current Events resource links blogs and news sources for older students
Files that were temporarily placed on the AO site when we ran short of space
Geography Options for High School
Hans Christian Andersen suggested fairy tales, linked to their online text
Links to formatted etexts, AO special support groups, and AO buy/sell/trade lists
Links to supplemental resources for AO studies
Marco Polo resources
Shakespeare Sonnet selection for Year 8
Sir Walter Scott's Waverley novels linked and listed by year/term for high school
Suggested Supplemental History Books for Years 3-6
Taxonomic Key for the Burgess Animal Book scheduled in Year 2 by Kelly Kenar
Where to Get the Books - book vendors and free etexts
Which version of the Oxford Book of English Verse? (for high school)
A New Handwriting by Monica
Bridges (pdf file here)
The British Museum for Young People by Frances Epps
A New Grammar of the English Tongue by J.M.D. Meiklejohn (in progress) There's a complete pdf file here; it's a huge (8MB) file.
Elementary Geography by Charlotte Mason (available in html or
pdf file; the pdf file may have missing pages.)
Heroic Deeds by Donald A. MacKenzie
Prophets and Kings (complete and proofread) by J. Paterson Smyth
The Bible for School and Home by Rev. J. Paterson Smyth
The Sciences by Edward Holden
When I Was a Boy in Japan by Sakae Shioya
Countryside Rambles by W.S. Furneaux
In Memoriam - A tribute written by students, co-workers and friends of Charlotte Mason after she died in 1923; this book includes concise explanations of her methods, selections from her books, personal remembrances and insight
into her character.
The Original Series
Modern English Paraphrase
Concise Summaries of each volume
Reading Schedule for the CM Series email list
Which Volume Should I Read First?
A Magical Expansion - A Study of CM's Principle 12 by Lynn Bruce
An Imaginary Conversation with a Great Mind - A Study of CM's Principle 8 by Tammy Glaser
An Oyster and a Jewel - A Study of CM's Principle 10 by Lynn Bruce
AO Placement For Those Coming From Textbooks
The benefit of reading books slowly over an extended period of time rather than cramming in lots of books quickly
Books Build Character by Wendi Capehart
Christians, Charlotte Mason and Fairy Tales
Copywork discussion
Cultural Fun by Wendi Capehart ideas for including culture on a modest income
Discussion about Foreign Language
Endangered Minds - Leslie's review of Jane Healy's book
Escapist Literature by Wendi Capehart
Free Reading - how to incorporate AO's extra suggested books in your schedule
Gaps by Wendi Capehart - What if we forget to teach something?
Grammar Discussion
Grammar Worksheets - 9 exercises for elementary students
Handicrafts Discussion
History - discussion and AO's chronological history sequence
Imparting Living Ideas to Children Advisory comments
Language Arts discussion
Language Arts Scope and Sequence for AO by Karen Glass
Math comment by Anne White
Narration discussion
Phonics Discussion
Picture Study discussion
Poetry discussion and CM quotes and PR articles about poetry
Raising Patriotic Kids: US History Through Holidays by Donna-Jean Breckenridge
Readaloud discussion - does CM discourage reading aloud?
Science: Homeschooling the High Schooler the CM Way by Wendi Capehart
Shakespeare discussion
Shearing Samson - the Place of Films in a Literary Education by Lynn Bruce
Should I Combine Children in 1 Year to Streamline our Schedule?
Should Pictures Have a Place in Education? Does Research Support Quality Over Quantity?
Solfa - shape note discussion
Some considerations about the books used (and not used) by AO
Some Thoughts on Narration by Donna-Jean Breckenridge
Special needs ("backward children") discussion
Teaching Music Appreciation
The benefits of Mother Goose
The Once and Future King book discussion
The Spiritual Octopus - A Study of CM's Principle 11 by Lynn Bruce
The Virtues of Tea by Lynn Bruce
Thoughts about Exams
Tips and suggestions for new members from current AO users
Toward a Definition of a Living Book by Colleen Manning
Was CM an evolutionist? Why does AO use evolutionary books like Hillyer's CHOW and Van Loon's Story of Mankind?
What is CM?
What Year/Level Should I Place My Child?
Why Read Plutarch? by George Grant
Why Read the KJV? by Lynn Bruce
Year 1 Primer - Lorraine Nessman's Tips on Implementing AO for Beginners
Year 7 - Wendi Capehart goes through book by book explaining why each book was chosen
You Know You're Hooked On AO When . . . (A fun look at AO)
Charlotte Mason's 20 Principles side-by-side original/paraphrase version of the 20 Principles that boiled down CM's education
Parents' Review Articles from the monthly magazine that was sent to parents and
teachers in CM's PNEU schools
In Memoriam - A tribute written by students, co-workers and friends of Charlotte Mason after she died in 1923; this book includes concise explanations of her methods, selections from her books, personal remembrances and insight
into her character.
List of Attainments - Charlotte Mason's lists of what a child know at age six, and at age 12.
Vintage PNEU Programmes - These were the Booklists for CM's own schools:
PNEU Forms/Class corresponded to grades and page count comparisons from included 1921 PNEU programme schedule
Programme for Term 1 Form I - approx 1st-3rd grade
Programme for Term 1 Form II - approx 4th-6th grades; the "N.B." at the bottom of these programmes means "nota bene," or take notice.
Programme for Term 2 Form III - approx 7th/8th grade
Programme for Term 42 Form Ia - approx 2nd and 3rd grades
Programme for Term 42 Form Ib - approx first grade
Programme for Term 42 Form II - approx 4th-6th grades
Programme for Term 43 Form Ib - approx first grade
Programme for Term 43 Form II - approx 4th-6th grades
Programme for Term 44 Form Ia - approx 2nd and 3rd grades
Programme for Term 90 Form I - approx 1st-3rd grade
Programme for Term 90 Form II - approx 4th-6th grades
Programme for Term 90 Form III - approx 7th/8th grade
Programme for Term 91 Form I - approx 1st-3rd grade
Programme for Term 91 Form III - approx 7th/8th grade
Programme for Term 91 Form IV - approx 8th/9th grade (still to come)
Programme for Term 91 Form II - approx 4th-6th grades
Programme for Term 92 Form I - approx 1st-3rd grade
Programme for Term 92 Form II - approx 4th-6th grades
Programme for Term 92 Form III - approx 7th/8th grade
Programme for Term 92 Form IV - approx 8th/9th grade
Programme for Term 93 Form I - approx 1st-3rd grade
Programme for Term 93 Form II - approx 4th-6th grades
Programme for Term 93 Form III - approx 7th/8th grade
Programme for Term 93 Form IV - approx 8th/9th grade
Programme for Term 94 Form I - approx 1st-3rd grade
Programme for Term 94 Form II - approx 4th-6th grades
Programme for Term 94 Form III - approx 7th/8th grade
Programme for Term 94 Form IV - approx 8th/9th grade
Programme for Term 95 Form I - approx 1st-3rd grade (half done)
An image of a PNEU weekly schedule - from a 1908 Parents Review magazine article
British currency conversion rates (to help translate book prices on PNEU programmes
Vintage PNEU Exams - These were the exam questions given to CM's students in her schools:
Exam for Term 42 Form I - approx 1st-3rd grade
Exam for Term 62 Form IV - approx 8th/9th grade (back page is probably mismatched from another Form IV exam)
Exam for Term 90 Form I - approx 1st-3rd grade
Exam for Term 90 Form II - approx 4th-6th grades
Exam for Term 90 Form III - approx 7th/8th grade
Exam for Term 91 Form I - approx 1st-3rd grade
Exam for Term 91 Form II - approx 4th-6th grade
Exam for Term 91 Form III - approx 7th/8th grade
Exam for Term 92 Form I - approx 1st-3rd grade
Exam for Term 92 Form II - approx 4th-6th grades
Exam for Term 92 Form III - approx 7th/8th grade
Exam for Term 92 Form IV - approx 8th/9th grade
Exam for Term 93 Form I - approx 1st-3rd grade
Exam for Term 93 Form II - approx 4th-6th grades
Exam for Term 93 Form III - approx 7th/8th grade (incomplete; only half was available)
Exam for Term 93 Form IV - approx 8th/9th grade (back page possibly mismatched)
Exam for Term 94 Form I - approx 1st-3rd grade
Exam for Term 94 Form II - approx 4th-6th grades
Exam for Term 94 Form III - approx 7th/8th grade (missing 2 middle pages)
Exam for Term 94 Form IV - approx 8th/9th grade
See the kinds of questions CM asked of her youngest students - (grades 1-3)
See the kinds of questions CM asked of her middle students - (grades 4-6)
See the kinds of questions CM asked of her older students - (grades 7-9)
The AO Exam project - (a group of volunteers compiling AO exams)
Printing Etexts benefits and instructions
Holiday Reading - poems, book suggestions, and music
16 Thanksgiving Poems
27 Christmas Carols
Christmas songs and CD suggestions
Poems for Christmas and New Years
36-week breakdown of chapters for Hillyer's Child's Geography of the World for those who want to use this book in Year 5
Hillyer's Child's History of the World and M.B Synge's 5-volume Story of the World chapters listed with historical periods
Charlotte Mason's review of Van Loon's The Story of Mankind
Advisory member biographies
About AO
How AO Began
HEO House of Education description
User reviews and thanks and helpful tips and suggestions from users
How does AO compare to other curriculums/methods?
June 2005 AO Conference in Dallas:
Member Reviews
Colleen Manning's Notes
from the conference
Sheri Bowland and Katie
Barr's Conference Notes
Pictorial
narration of the conference from an Advisory perspective
Purchase CDs
of conference talks from Sound Word
Page Counts for Year 7 to compare with CM's workload
License Agreement
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