We use Ambleside Online. I love it because it's Charlotte Mason in a box for the thinking homeschool mum...well almost. The only problem is, it's Americanised Charlotte Mason in a box. That's okay - if you're American. We're not.
I've tried to Australianise AO as gently as possible. The benefits of following the programme as written are numerous, and I've always been one who tries not to reinvent the wheel if it rolls.
So here's what we do. We're only up to AO2. We'll have to update the later years when we get to them. Let me know what you think, girls - I'd really appreciate your input - afterall, we're pretty isolated down here... oops...I mean us - not Australia...though that's pretty isolated as well...
Our Australian History Rotation
Our Australian Poetry Rotation
Australian History Spines
AO0
AO0 Australian booklist
AO1
AO1 Booklist
AO1 Daily Schedule
AO1 Australian literature
Dot and the Kangaroo
The Way of the Whirlwind
AO1 Natural History/Science
Old Bob's Birds by CK Thompson
Maggie the Magnificent by CK Thompson
The Wonderland of Nature by Nuri Mass
AO1 Australian Poetry
A Book for Kids C J Dennis
AO1 Additional Books for Free Reading
Snugglepot and Cuddlepie by May Gibbs
Blinky Bill by Dorothy Wall
AO1 Exams
Term One
Term Two
Term Three
AO2
AO2 Booklist
AO2 Timetable
AO2 Schedule
AO2 Australian Literature
Australian Legendary Tales
AO2 Australian Geography
Magic Australia by Nuri Mass
Trim by Matthew Flinders
AO2 Australian Poetry
The Animals Noah Forgot by Banjo Paterson
Reading list ages 6-8
AO2 Additional books for free reading
The Muddle Headed Wombat by Ruth Park(710L)
Thiele Tales - Three Long Tales for Children by Colin Thiele
Scottie in Gumnutland by May Gibbs (840L)
The Magic Pudding by Norman Lindsay
AO2 Exams
Term One
Term Two
Term Three
AO3
AO3 Schedule
AO3 Australian Literature
Seven Little Australians by Ethel Turner
AO3 Natural History
Animals of Australia in Colour by Lyla Stevens
Little Dragons of the Never Never
AO3 Additional books for free reading
A Little Bush Maid by Mary Grant Bruce
Wilderness Orphan by Dorothy Cottrell
Storm Boy by Colin Thiele
The Flyaway Highway by Norman Lindsay
AO3 Australian Poetry
60 Classic Australian Poems edited by Christopher Cheng
AO3 Exams
Term One
AO4
AO4 Booklist
AO4 Daily Schedule
AO4 Australian History
AO4 Australian Literature
Children of the Dark People by Frank Dalby Davison
The Drover's Wife by Henry Lawson
AO4 Australian Geography
They Live in Australia by Eve Pownall
Old Man River by Leila Peirani
River Murray Mary by Colin Thiele
AO4 Australian Grammar
The Little Grammar People by Nuri Mass
AO4 Additional books for free reading
Mates at Billabong by Mary Grant Bruce
Family at Misrule by Ethel Turner
AO5
AO5 Daily Schedule
AO5 Australian History
AO5 Australian History
Burke and Wills by Frank Clune
Goldseekers by Greta Knudsen
Ned Kelly by Frank Clune
The Aussie Crusaders by Joseph Bowes
The Lighthorsemen by Elyne Mitchell
AO5 Australian Natural History
Bushland and Seashore by Robin Hill
AO5 Additional Books for Free Reading
February Dragon by Colin Thiele
Stradbroke Dreamtime by Oodgeroo
Norah of Billabong by Mary Grant Bruce
Gully of Gold by Mavis Thorpe Clark
AO5 Australian Poetry
Around the Boree Log by John O'Brien
AO6
AO6 Term 1 Daily Schedule
AO6 Australian Natural History
Australian Backyard Naturalist by Peter Macinnis
Spotty the Bower-Bird and Other Stories by E S Sorenson
Australian Backyard Explorer by Peter Macinnis
Australian Backyard Astronomer by Dr Ragbir Bhathal and Jenny Bhathal
AO6 Australian History
The Flying Doctor: John Flynn and the Flying Doctor Service by Barry Brown
Nowhere to Hide by Mavis Thorpe Clarke
AO6 Additional Books for Free Reading
The Randy by Dorothy Lucie Sanders
Sun on the Stubble by Colin Thiele
From Billabong to London by Mary Grant Bruce
Karalta by Mary Grant Bruce
AO6 Australian Poetry
Henry Lawson Poems and Stories by Dee Huxley
AO7
AO7 Australian Botany
Australian Nature Studies by J A Leach
AO7 Natural History
A Bush Calendar by Amy E Mack
Bush Days by Amy E Mack
AO7 Australian Grammar
The Word Spy by Ursula Dubosarsky
The Word Spy Returns by Ursula Dubosarsky
AO7 Additional Books for Free Reading
Jim and Wally by Mary Grant Bruce
Ash Road by Ivan Southall
Longtime Passing by Hesba Brinsmead
AO8
Open Air Studies in Australia by Frederick Chapman
AO8 Natural History
News from Nature - A Selection of Seasonal Gossip by Alec H Chisholm
Bush Charms by L G Chandler
AO8 Australian Literature
The Nargun and the Stars by Patricia Wrightson
AO8 Additional Books for Free Reading
Captain Jim by Mary Grant Bruce
AO9
Australian Flags
AO9 Additional Books for Free Reading
Pastures of the Blue Crane by Hesba Brinsmean
My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin
Back to Billabong by Mary Grant Bruce
Billabong's Daughter by Mary Grant Bruce
