FIVE IN A ROW
A PRIMARY UNIT STUDY CURRICULUM
BASED ON QUALITY PICTURE BOOKS

Five in A Row / Before Five in a Row
Beyond Five in a Row
 

FIAR Cookbook
 

Five in a Row Cookbook

In the  Five in a Row Cookbook, you'll find more than 180 recipes to share with your children-­recipes relating to each of the 55 units found in Volumes 1-3 of Five in a Row and the first eight units of Beyond Five in a Row found in Volumes 1 and 2.

The Five in a Row Cookbook is far more than just recipes, however. This book is an interactive learning experience with areas for your children to record their own thoughts through drawings, photographs, writing and art. Your children will also be able to name each of the recipes themselves-­uniquely titled for your family and the story unit you've studied together. Your Five in a Row Cookbook will become a unique, personalized family treasure filled with memories.

You'll also find sections on cooking, table manners, kitchen safety and much more. These aren't children's recipes like "Ants on a Log" (raisins on peanut butter-covered celery). These are interesting, delicious recipes to prepare with your children--recipes you'll enjoy as a family and want to share with friends.

The kitchen is where so much learning takes place within a family.  From planning through preparation to cooking and cleaning up afterwards, family meals offer a delightful opportunity to share, to teach and to enjoy the wonderful benefits of the homeschool lifestyle. Reinforce the wonderful Five in a Row and Beyond Five in a Row lessons each week as you gather your children around you and enjoy these extraordinary cooking experiences. Supply is limited to stock on hand. This is a real softcover book.
(FIAR Cookbook ... $25.00) Supply limited to stock on hand.

Five In a Row

FIVE IN A ROW is a unit study program designed for children ages four through eight by Jane Claire Lambert. It is based on outstanding children's picture books, and its lesson plans for social studies, language arts, art, math, and science suggest activities that will make learning enjoyable. Each book studied is read aloud for five days in a row, and each day the parent/teacher picks an appropriate activity from a different subject area for that day's lesson. Teachers' manuals come with instructions for making teaching manipulatives, a semester planning calendar, a master topical index, a literary glossary, story disks, and specific instructions for teaching the proven FIVE IN A ROW way. The best part of this program is the collection of books you will introduce to your children. Many are out of print and can only be found in libraries and used book stores.

Due to a change at Five in a Row, we cannot continue to sell any of their publications except what we currently have in stock. We will continue to sell the  books the supporting the curriculum that are in print. The books we have in stock for the curriculum guides have links to our e-commerce site where you can check their availability and order them on line.

You can buy curriculum guides we no longer have at Five in a Row's website, where they now have chosen to sell direct exclusively rather than through other suppliers.

VOL. 1 (which we are now out of) includes 19 weeks of lesson material, sells for $32.00-D(for new spiral binding). Books covered include THE STORY ABOUT PING, 5.39-D; LENTIL, 5.39-D, MADELINE, 4.49-D; PAIR OF RED CLOGS, Hardcover, $15.26-D; ; THE RAG COAT, hardcover, 15.25-D; WHO OWNS THE SUN, OOP ; MIKE MULLIGAN AND HIS STEAM SHOVEL, 5.35-D; THE GLORIOUS FLIGHT, 6.29-D; HOW TO MAKE APPLE PIE AND SEE THE WORLD, currently out of print; CLOWN OF GOD, 6.20-D; GRANDFATHER'S JOURNEY, hardcover,15.26-D ; CRANBERRY THANKSGIVING, 5.39-D;   THE VERY LAST FIRST TIME, hardcover, $15.26-D; ANOTHER CELEBRATED DANCING BEAR, OOP; PAPA PICCOLO, hardcover, 15.25-D;  STORM IN THE NIGHT, 5.35-D; KATY AND THE BIG SNOW, 6.26-D; NIGHT OF THE MOONJELLIES, hardcover,  $16.16-D and STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING, hardcover, $14.39-D)

VOL. 2 : Only the publisher sells this now, but I still carry books to go with it.  Books it covers include THE GIRAFFE WHO WALKED TO PARIS, OOP; THREE NAMES, 5.36-D;   WEE GILLIS, OOP; OWL MOON, hardcover,15.26-D; A NEW COAT FOR ANNA, 6.29-D; MRS. KATZ AND TUSH, 6.29-D; MIRETTE ON THE HIGH WIRE, 6.29-D; THEY WERE STRONG AND GOOD, hardcover, 15.29-D; BABAR, TO DUET OR NOT TO DUET, OOP; STORY OF FERDINAND, 5.39-D; DOWN, DOWN THE MOUNTAIN, OOP; MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS, 7.39-D; THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT, hardcover, 6.29-D, paperback, 3.59-D; MR. GUMPY'S MOTOR CAR, OOP; ALL THOSE SECRETS OF THE WORLD, OOP; MISS RUMPHIUS, 6.29-D; LITTLE RED LIGHTHOUSE AND THE GREAT GRAY BRIDGE, 7.20-D; FOLLOW THE DRINKING GOURD, 7.19-D; HAROLD AND THE PURPLE CRAYON, 5.39-D; WHEN I WAS YOUNG IN THE MOUNTAINS, 6.29-D; AND GRANDMA’S WALK, OOP.
 

VOL. 3 We still sell the books to go with this, even the the book itself is now only available from the publisher.  Books covered include THE BEE TREE, 6.29-D; ANDY AND THE CIRCUS, OOP; THE WILD HORSES OF SWEETBRIAR, OOP;   PAUL REVERE’S RIDE, 3.93-B; HENRY THE CASTAWAY, OOP; TRUMAN’S AUNT FARM, 6.26-D; THE DUCHESS BAKES A CAKE, $16.16-D; ANDY AND THE LION, 5.39-D; DANIEL’S DUCK, 1.53-B; WARM AS WOOL, pb, OP, 1 left at 14.99. ; THE SALAMANDER ROOM, 6.29-D; CLIMBING KANSAS MOUNTAINS, OOP; AMBER ON THE MOUNTAIN, 6.29-D;  LITTLE NINO’S PIZZERIA, 5.40.-D

BEYOND FIVE IN A ROW

Beyond Five In A Row and the optional Christian Character Bible Study Supplements are aimed at ages 8-12. Three volumes are now available. Each volume will take one semester to complete. It is similar to Five in a Row, only Beyond uses "chapter books" rather than "picture books."  Each book has creative writing or essay projects with every lesson, social studies including history, geography, human relationships, science, vocabulary, career path studies, internet connections and much, much more. All you'll need to add is daily arithmetic and the trio subjects grammar/spelling/penmanship. Everything else is included. I still have Volume 1  in the original three-hole-punch version (one left at $15.99, BTH-4495) for convenience when using a notebook. I have the newer bound volumes as well. Take your choice.

        Volume 1 (22.46, BTH-437) utilizes The Boxcar Children (3.56-D) by Gertrude Chandler Warner and Homer Price (4.49-D) by Robert McCloskey as it's two fiction selections, and Thomas Edison (4.49-D) by Sue Guthridge and Betsy Ross (4.49-D)  by Ann Weil from the Childhood of Famous Americans Series for its two non-fiction selections.

Volume 2 (22.46, BTH-438) utilizes Sarah Plain and Tall (4.45-D) and Skylark (4.45-D) by Patricia MacLachlan as its two fiction selections, and The Story of George Washington Carver (4.05-D) by Eva Moore and Helen Keller (4.05-D) by Margaret Davidson from Scholastic Biographies for its two non-fiction selections.

  Volume 3   (22.46, BTH-439) utilizes The Cricket In Times Square (4.95-D) by George Selden, Illustrated by Garth Williams and The Saturdays (OOP)written and illustrated by Elisabeth Enright as its two fiction selections, and Neil Armstrong-Young Flyer (4.49-D) by Montrew Dunham and Marie Curie and the Discovery of Radium (6.25) by Ann E. Steinkefor its two non-fiction selections.

Christian Character Supplements: For each Beyond Five in a Row chapter lesson to be taught, there is a  Christian Character Bible Study Supplement which contains an accompanying group of Bible references. Often there are  several references so that you might choose one or two that seem the most appropriate to you. Use this material however it works best for your family. Consider the age and spiritual readiness of your student to keep the Bible lessons an enjoyable part of your Beyond Five in a Row studies!
  
    Christian Character Supplement, for Beyond FIAR 2, $5.50-D
        The title above was the original, punched for a three-hole notebook. There is one left.

Christian Character Supplement for all three Beyond FIAR books in a single volume: $16.16-D
BTH-436.

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