Saint Patrick and Irish Children's Stories, Activities and Music

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Stories of Saints, 1880, about a fourth grade reading level and up.

The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, 1866, detailed history for older children.

The Every-day Book and Table Book , Saint Patrick biography for older students

Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints: With Reflections for Every Day in the ... - Page 171 , middle elementary grade reading level.

Saint Patrick from Our Island Saints by Amy Steedman, middle elementary reading level and up.

The Seven Champions of Christendom: A New Version from the Most Ancient , Saint Patrick, middle elementary reading level and up.

Children's Stories and how to Tell Them, BARNEY NOONAN'S FAIRY HAYMAKERS (Re-told from the Irish) .

World Stories Retold for Modern Boys and Girls: One Hundred and Eighty-seven ... - Page 86 , Saint Patrick and the Snakes.

European Hero Stories By Eva March Tappan, Saint Patrick, middle elementary reading level

Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland

The Mary Dawson game book: a manual of original games and guessing contests, didactic games, good for unit studies.

Child-garden: Story, Song, Play, The Four-Leaved Clover, Kindergarten

The World and Its People, Ireland where the Shamrock Grows, fifth grade

The American Normal Readers: Fourth Grade, An Irish legend.

Golden Rod Fairy Book, THE FIELD OF BOLIAUNS

The Red Fairy Book, THE BLACK THIEF AND KNIGHT OF THE GLEN.

Irish Fairy Tales

Celtic Fairy Tales

Poems by Grades: Containing Poems Selected for Each Grade of the School , seventh grade, Song of the Clover(not specifically Irish)

An Elementary Class-book of General Geography, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The Old-fashioned Fairy Book, THE LEPERHAUN. A Legend of the Emerald Isle.

The Guyot Geographical Reader and Primer: A Series of Journeys Round the World , Great Britain and Ireland

Reading with Expression: Fifth grade, THE FAIRY SHOEMAKER

The American School Readers, Fourth Grade, The Magic Well

The World's Story: A History of the World in Story, Song and Art, Celts, high school level

Child-garden: Story, Song, Play: The Four-Leaved Clover, elementary school.

Celtic music(MIDIs)

Free Celtic Monastery Model

Multi-Grade Thanksgiving Day Stories

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Elementary and Middle School Readings for Columbus Day/Google books

The Story of Columbus and Magellan

A First Book in American History: With Special Reference to the Lives

A History of the United States and Its People: For the Use of Schools

The Beginner's American History

Thirty More Famous Stories Retold

Socializing the Child: A Guide to the Teaching of History in the Primary Grades

Stories of Early American History

An Elementary History of Our Country

American Hero Stories

The Patriotic Reader: For Seventh and Eighth Grades and Junior High Schools

The Story of Mankind

Founders of Our Country

History Primer

Barnes's Elementary History of the United States

Type Lessons for Primary Teachers

Memorial Day Multi-Grade Readings for Children

Public School Methods, Memorial Day lesson suggestions. Elementary school.

One Year of Sunday School Lessons for Young Children, Gideon's Army.

The Patriotic Reader, for Seventh and Eighth Grades, Memorial Day.

Seat Work and Industrial Occupations: A Practical Course for Primary, pages 88-89, craft.

Fifth Reader, Liberty or Death!

Memorial Day (Decoration Day) Its Celebration, Spirit, and Significance, high school.

History primer, late elementary - middle school.

Stories for Every Holiday middle elementary school.

Home Occupations for Boys and Girls, elementary school.

Reading suggestions from above: Lincoln's
Gettysburg address should be read. Also Lowell's "
The Present Crisis."(high school) "Bugle Echoes," compiled by
Francis F. Browne, contains 150 poems of the Civil
War, both Northern and Southern(high school).

Story Hour Readings, seventh grade, Woodrow Wilson address.

Printable Memorial Day short stories for elementary school.

Mother's Day Short Story Printables

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Wild Flower Study/ Google Books

Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents by ANNA BOTSFORD COMSTOCK:

Hepatica, Yellow Adder's Tongue, Bloodroot, Trillium, Dutchman's Breeches and Squirrel Corn, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, The Violet, May Apple or Mandrake, Bluets, Yellow Lady's Slipper, or Moccasin Flower, Common Buttercup, Hedge Bindweed, Dodder, Milkweed, and Evening Primrose(Elementary - middle school).

Botany: An Elementary Text for Schools

The Fairyland of Flowers: A Popular Illustrated Botany(elementary - middle school). In addition to botany, this book contains poetry and literature relating to the flowers.

Reference Guides:

How to Know the Wild Flowers: A Guide

A Guide to the Wild Flowers

Southern Wild Flowers and Trees

Also see the cherry blossom post.

Spring Multigrade Story Printables for April and May

All are free and in public domain. Printing Google Books: Follow the link, right click on the image of the page, and print picture. It will print as a full sized page. Entire books are also downloadable.


The Lincoln Fourth Grade Reader: Voices of Spring Poem by William Wordsworth.

Games and Songs of American Children: Flower Games and the Birch Broom.

Standard Catholic Fourth Grade Reader: The Daisy and the Lark by Hans Christian Anderson

The Little Girl's Own Book of Games and Activities: May Morning.Elementary school.

Three Years with the Poets: A Text-book of Poetry - First grade: Verses from the Song of Solomon and Pippa's Song by Robert Browning. Second grade: April, the Runaway Brook and Little May Spring, Song of the Fairy by William Shakespeare More here, pages 70-76.
Third grade: pages 103-105 and 131-138.

A little about the Flower Festivals in Japan from The World and Its People.

For the Story Teller: Story Telling and Stories to Tell: The Selfish Giant. Elementary school.

Reading-literature: Fourth(Grade) Reader Apollo and Daphne

Nature Study in Elementary Schools - Second Grade: April - May Teacher's manual: April through May Synopsis and April - May course of study.

Language Lessons from Literature(high school): Rhoecus

The New Barnes Third Grade Reader: Rhoecus

The Classic Myths in English Literature(high school): Rhoecus and here.

Junior High School Literature Book Three(ninth grade): Rhoecus Poems: Lines Written in Early Spring, Wordsworth, the Call of Spring, Noyes and April North Carolina.

Stories from the Poets: A Reader for the First Grade: Rhoecus

Day by Day in the Primary School(early elementary) : April and May.

The Child's World Fourth Grade: Rhoecus

Children's Literature: A Story of Springtime(Myth) and The Miraculous Pitcher(Philemon and Baucis) by N. Hawthorne

Elson Primary Fourth Grade School Reader: The Miraculous Pitcher(Philemon and Baucis) by N. Hawthorne

The Progressive Road to Reading Fifth Grade: The Miraculous Pitcher(Philemon and Baucis) by N. Hawthorne

The Young and Field Literary Readers: Old Pipes and the Dryad.

A Fourth Grade Reader: Old Pipes and the Dryad.

Spring Nature Study(elementary school)

Farm Life Fourth Grade Reader: The Little Brown Seed(poem)

The Robin Reader - A First Reader: Two Little Seeds

The Sprague Classic Second Grade Reader: The Story of a little Plant,Pussy Willow Has Come, and Spring.

Good English, Oral and Written Fourth Grade: Baby Seed Song(poem)

Live Language Lessons: Springtime Stories, Persephone(middle school)

Songs of Happy Life: April music sheet.

New Fifth Grade Reader: Spring(poem) and Early Spring, Tennyson(poem)

The Heart of Oak Books Sixth Grade: The Dandelion(poem).

Story Land - A Second Reader: Baby Seed's Song(poem) and A Spring Folic.

Poems and Verses By Mary Mapes Dodge:
Now the Noisy Winds Are Still.

Nature Study and the Child: Work for April

St. Nicholas By Mary Mapes Dodge: The Hyacinths

Kindergarten Stories and Morning Talks: April - May.

Brooks's Seventh Grade Reader: Spring(Poem) and April and May poems, pages 131-132.

Cyr's Fourth Grade Reader(mislabeled on Google): Biography of Tennyson. Two of his spring poems: Early Spring and The Progress of Spring.

The Elson Eighth Grade Reader: Flowers in the Crannied Wall, Tennyson. Same in fifth grade reader.

A School Second Grade Reader: Ceres and Propserpine.

Lessons in Art - A Book for Class-work: Ceres and Proserpine.

American Primary Teacher: Lesson Plans for April - May.

Evenings with Grandpa: A May Morning, Milton and The Story of the Season Proserpine.

The Fifth Grade Reader: An April Day

Flower Children - Little Cousins of the Field

Songs of Happy Life: See bottom of table of contents - Natures and Seasons

Little Flower Folks(nature science - botany)

In celebration of Shakespeake's birthday on April 23th:

Three Years with the Poets(second grade): Lullaby for Tatiana

The Jones Fourth Grade Reader: Voice of Spring(Poem) and The Magic Juice(Midsummer's Night's Dream)

Shakespeare for Children.

Also see my daffodil post.

Scandinavian Children's Stories(Folklore and Fairy Tales)

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Children's Lent, Holy Week and Easter Printables

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Open Sesame!: Poetry and Prose for School-days, middle school: Lent, Good Friday, and Easter hymn.

The Every-day Book and Table Book, 1839 London: Good Friday discussion of traditions, high school.

A History of English Literature, discussion of Easter dramas/pageantry during the middle ages and Renaissance, high school.

Stories to Tell to Children, Robert of Sicily, a king who finds redemption at Easter, elementary school.

Monumental Christianity: Or, The Art and Symbolism of the Primitive Church , Jesus as Sufferer Passover, high school.

The Christ Story By Eva March Tappan, elementary school.

The Catholic children's magazine, Passion Flowers and Snowdrops, elementary school.

Poems by Grades: A Song of Easter, third grade.

Educating by Story-telling: The Rabbit and the Easter Eggs(Bavarian Folk Tale) and The Easter Eggs, a story in ethics.

Elson Second Grade Reader: The Easter Rabbit, Teacher's Manual for this story.

The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holy Days , high school

The Book of Easter, for young and old, stories and poems.

Good English:Easter customs, third grade.

Festival Poems: Eastertide, young and old.

Games of Dutch Children, Easter, elementary school.

One Year of Sunday School Lessons for Young Children: Easter

Lesson Stories for the Kindergarten Grades of the Bible: Easter

In My Nursery: The Easter Hen, a poem, early elementary school.

The Nursery Magazine for Young People: Hunting for Easter Eggs, early elementary school.

For the Children's Hour : Easter stories, including the Snowdrop, elementary school.

Elson Primary School Reader: Easter Play(German tale)

Outlines for Kindergarten and Primary Classes: Easter/Spring/April, some of the recommended reading resources are in public domain available at GoogleBooks.

The American Normal Readers Second Grade(Catholic): Palm Sunday, Easter, The Easter Lily, The Lily.

Child-garden Story, Song, Play: The First Easter, elementary school.

First Poems: Easter Lily, elementary school.

The Goose Quill: Easter lesson, what the Bible says about lilies, elementary school.

An Easter Surprise(Lesson 15, pages 150-151), Kindergarten or preschool.

A Thought for Passion Week, and Easter Message, and The Children's Easter Hymns.

The Children's Hour: More About Easter Eggs, elementary school.

Stories for Sunday Telling: Bunny Bobtail's Easter, The Wonder Egg, and Harold's Happy Easter, early elementary school.

Stories for Every Holiday: Finding Easter, elementary school.

World Stories Retold for Modern Boys and Girls: The First Easter Day, elementary school.

Cherry Blossoms Children's Literature Collection

The Nursery, a poem(elementary school)

Leaves and Flowers, Or, Plant Studies for Young Readers

The Flowers and Gardens of Japan

The Beautiful Book for Little Children (poem)

Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan (high school)

Child Training: A System of Education for the Child Under School Age - by Virgil Mores Hillyer (elementary school)

First Days in Number: A Primer of Arithmetic (flower math - counting)

Practical Work in the School Room: Given in Primary Department, Grammar (shapes of flowers - elementary school)

Favorite Songs and Hymns for School and Home (music score)

The Mary Dawson game book: a manual of original games and guessing contests (party games)

Bright Ideas for Entertaining; Two Hundred Forms of Amusement (planning a Japanese cherry blossom party)

Daffodil(AKA: Lent Lily) Stories, Poems and Activities by Grade, Some Lesson Plans

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