Saturday, October 27, 2007

A Child's Story Garden/Munseys

Wonderful short stories with a high moral tone, a few stories based on Bible heroes. These would be wonderful to read to younger children, and fairly easy to read for a fourth or fifth grade reader. Click here.

The United States' Spelling Book, With Appropriate Reading Lessons/19th Century Books


After a quick scan of this book, I'm quessing this spelling book would cover spelling for early elementary through about sixth grade. Click here.

The Scripture Guide : Being a Familiar Introduction to the Study of the Bible/19th Century Books

Friendly well written introduction to reading the Bible in story form - Uncle Austin teaches his nephews. Click here.

Word-primer : a Beginner's Book in Oral and Written Spelling by William Swinton/19th Century Books

Click here.

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Free Easy to Read Online Picture Books

Beautifully illustrated and written by Marilyn Scott Waters of the Toymaker.com, a folded paper toy store. Click here.

She is also offering some free paper toys.

HT to In Beauty and In Grace.

Saturday, October 13, 2007

Reading List: Books Sorted by Level

This book list is based upon the Robinson Homeschool Program which is homeschooling with quality vintage books on CD. Many of these books are available at Project Gutenberg, or at the links for free books on the sidebar. As a bonus, there are a few free tests/quizzes for some of these books.

This list is a nice guide, just another tool for organizing and sorting your collection of free homeschool curricula.

Sunday, September 16, 2007

50 Famous People A Book of Short Stories/Project Gutenberg

"Every boy and girl should remember the name of Benjamin Franklin. He was a great thinker and a great doer, and with Washington he helped to make our country free. His life was such that no man could eversay, 'Ben Franklin has wronged me.' "

Click here.