I've made a few free copy work pages with classic children's poetry in public domain. These are free for personal use, enjoy! I'll be adding to this list as I make new ones. Note: These forms print correctly, even though they appear differently online.
The Months
The Wind by Christina Rossetti
The Rainbow by Christina Rossetti
Words, about using them wisely.
Little Things
Printing tip: In order to get rid of the extra print on the top and on the bottom of the page which shows the document title and web page address, go to print preview and delete the header and footer before printing.
Here's the directions for other version of IE and Fire Fox at Google Documents.
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Monday, July 30, 2007
Girl's Adventure Series: The Campfire Girls/Project Gutenberg
How Ethel Hollister Became a Campfire Girl (Benson)
Ethel Hollister's Second Summer as a Campfire Girl (Benson)
Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes; The Quest of a Summer Vacation (Francis)
Campfire Girls in the Allegheny Mountains; or, A Christmas Success against Odds (Francis)
The Camp Fire Girls at Camp Keewaydin; Or, Paddles Down (Frey)
The Camp Fire Girls at School; Or, The Wohelo Weavers (Frey)
The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit; Or, over the Top with the Winnebagos (Frey)
The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods; Or, The Winnebagos Go Camping (Frey)
The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring Or, Along the Road That Leads the Way (Frey)
A Campfire Girl's First Council Fire; The Camp Fire Girls In the Woods (Stewart)
The Camp Fire Girls at Long Lake; Bessie King in Summer Camp (Stewart)
The Camp Fire Girls on the Farm; Or, Bessie King's New Chum (Stewart)
The Camp Fire Girls on the March Bessie King's Test of Friendship (Stewart)
The Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill (Vandercook)
Ethel Hollister's Second Summer as a Campfire Girl (Benson)
Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes; The Quest of a Summer Vacation (Francis)
Campfire Girls in the Allegheny Mountains; or, A Christmas Success against Odds (Francis)
The Camp Fire Girls at Camp Keewaydin; Or, Paddles Down (Frey)
The Camp Fire Girls at School; Or, The Wohelo Weavers (Frey)
The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit; Or, over the Top with the Winnebagos (Frey)
The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods; Or, The Winnebagos Go Camping (Frey)
The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring Or, Along the Road That Leads the Way (Frey)
A Campfire Girl's First Council Fire; The Camp Fire Girls In the Woods (Stewart)
The Camp Fire Girls at Long Lake; Bessie King in Summer Camp (Stewart)
The Camp Fire Girls on the Farm; Or, Bessie King's New Chum (Stewart)
The Camp Fire Girls on the March Bessie King's Test of Friendship (Stewart)
The Camp Fire Girls at Sunrise Hill (Vandercook)
The Lincoln Story Book/Project Gutenberg
A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President. Click here.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
A Guide to the Best Historical Novels and Tales/Project Gutenberg
A Guide to the Best Historical Novels and Tales by Jonathan Nield is featured on Project Gutenberg with a link list to free texts from Nield's suggested course of study. How neat! The list is geared toward adult and high school level study; however, there are two suggested courses of study for boys and girls.
Printing and Binding books
Printing can get very expensive, so I bought the Brother HL5150D(duplex printer, prints both sides) which is recommended by Robinson Homeschool . I got a good deal for a refurbished model online from Office Depot two years ago. Robinson Homeschool curriculum is vintage books all on cd's, and they require quite a bit of printing, so I thought they would have good recommendations for low cost copies.
The Brother HL5150D is a laser printer which runs less expensive copies than ink jets. It got excellent reviews across the net, especially at PriceGrabber.com. This site which sells the replacement laser toner cartridges reports that the printing cost per page is .011 cents! A very good price for copies, especially two sided copies which would run you half that amount per page, about .0055 cents per page.
You can always bind the books yourself. Here are some home book binding helps:
Book binding tutorial Skip to step 3 if you are making your own copies. This looks very labor intensive, but you might pick up a few helpful tips even if you don't make a book from scratch.
Homemade leather or book binding glue
Office Depot charges .08 cents a copy, so I won't be asking them to copy a book for me. They will do a nice comb binding for $2.39. You can punch holes in pages and use brads, but a comb binding makes turning pages so much easier. I plan to try this with a few books soon. I'll post when I do.
Another idea would be to punch holes in a book and place it into a ring binder. This would be especially good for books which you plan to just use for school, rather than reading books you plan to keep in your library.
Feel free to add ideas for binding books.
The Brother HL5150D is a laser printer which runs less expensive copies than ink jets. It got excellent reviews across the net, especially at PriceGrabber.com. This site which sells the replacement laser toner cartridges reports that the printing cost per page is .011 cents! A very good price for copies, especially two sided copies which would run you half that amount per page, about .0055 cents per page.
You can always bind the books yourself. Here are some home book binding helps:
Book binding tutorial Skip to step 3 if you are making your own copies. This looks very labor intensive, but you might pick up a few helpful tips even if you don't make a book from scratch.
Homemade leather or book binding glue
Office Depot charges .08 cents a copy, so I won't be asking them to copy a book for me. They will do a nice comb binding for $2.39. You can punch holes in pages and use brads, but a comb binding makes turning pages so much easier. I plan to try this with a few books soon. I'll post when I do.
Another idea would be to punch holes in a book and place it into a ring binder. This would be especially good for books which you plan to just use for school, rather than reading books you plan to keep in your library.
Feel free to add ideas for binding books.
Friday, July 27, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007
A History of Painting/Project Gutenberg
A Text-Book of the History of Painting 110 black and white illustrations(some in color online), published in 1909.
FIG. 45.—SODOMA. ECSTASY OF ST. CATHERINE. SIENNA.
FIG. 46—CORREGGIO. MARRIAGE OF ST. CATHERINE AND CHRIST. LOUVRE.
FIG. 45.—SODOMA. ECSTASY OF ST. CATHERINE. SIENNA.
FIG. 46—CORREGGIO. MARRIAGE OF ST. CATHERINE AND CHRIST. LOUVRE.
Rollo at Play & Rollo in the Woods by Jacob Abbott/Project Gutenberg
"Although this little book, and its fellow, "ROLLO AT WORK," are intended principally as a means of entertainment for their little readers, it is hoped by the writer that they may aid in accomplishing some of the following useful purposes:—
1. In cultivating the thinking powers; as frequent occasions occur, in which the incidents of the narrative, and the conversations arising from them, are intended to awaken and engage the reasoning and reflective faculties of the little readers.
2. In promoting the progress of children in reading and in knowledge of language; for the diction of the stories is intended to be often in advance of the natural language of the reader, and yet so used as to be explained by the connection.
3. In cultivating the amiable and gentle qualities of the heart. The scenes are laid in quiet and virtuous life, and the character and conduct described are generally—with the exception of some of the ordinary exhibitions of childish folly—character and conduct to be imitated; for it is generally better, in dealing with children, to allure them to what is right by agreeable pictures of it, than to attempt to drive them to it by repulsive delineations of what is wrong."
Rollo in the Woods
Rollo at PlaySafe Amusements
1. In cultivating the thinking powers; as frequent occasions occur, in which the incidents of the narrative, and the conversations arising from them, are intended to awaken and engage the reasoning and reflective faculties of the little readers.
2. In promoting the progress of children in reading and in knowledge of language; for the diction of the stories is intended to be often in advance of the natural language of the reader, and yet so used as to be explained by the connection.
3. In cultivating the amiable and gentle qualities of the heart. The scenes are laid in quiet and virtuous life, and the character and conduct described are generally—with the exception of some of the ordinary exhibitions of childish folly—character and conduct to be imitated; for it is generally better, in dealing with children, to allure them to what is right by agreeable pictures of it, than to attempt to drive them to it by repulsive delineations of what is wrong."
Rollo in the Woods
Rollo at PlaySafe Amusements
Books by Jane Austen/Project Gutenberg
Emma , Emma audio book Lady Susan
Love and Friendship
Mansfield Park
Northanger Abbey , audiobook Northanger Abbey
Persuasion
Pride and Prejudice , audiobook Pride and Prejudice
Sense and Sensibility
Memoir of Jane Austen by James Edward Austen-Leigh 1798-1874
About Jane Austin
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
The New Vertical Script Primer/19th Century Books
According to the Introduction, this primer is both a penmanship and beginning reader. For modern day purposes, all but the first few sections is advanced for first grade, and could easily be used a section at a time from grades one through three.
This is the seventh lesson:
Click here to view the book.
This is the seventh lesson:
Click here to view the book.
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