Reading is always core time, of course, but if you wanted reading and language arts time that you might be able to consider social studies, then this may be an option for you. I happen to enjoy reading public domain material on my Kindle. One such book is entitled, "Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit"[1] and it happens to dovetail quite well into home school lesson.
Perhaps, we could start with giving some respect to our friends and benefactors at Khan Academy. These are some people with both more competence and more industry than I possess. They happen to have a nice little introduction to the subject, "A beginner's guide to Hindu art and culture." This is free material and probably worth going over before reading the book as it gives a glimmer of insight into the culture behind the tales in the above mentioned book.
Returning to the book, "Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit," you have a series of fairy tales. However, the authors of the work very nicely added in their own study questions. If one has a slight exposure to Hindu culture, it is possible to understand the morality the fairy tales intended to convey.. particularly with the study questions to draw your attention to the most important points.
For example,
21. What would you have thought about this wonderful supply of food, if you had been one of the woodcutter's children?
22. Was it a good thing for those children to have all this food without working for it? If not, why was it not a good thing?
As an example of a snippet from the story,
The secret he kept from the wife to whom he used to tell everything soon began to spoil the happiness of the home. The children who had no longer anything to do quarrelled with each other.
By doing this, a child practices ...
- Reading
- Reading Comprehension
- Ethics (Non-core time..)
- Social Studies (Hindu)
- Writing (The Essay Answers)
I hope others will find this suggestion profitable and entertaining.
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