Monday, February 25, 2008
American History Stories by Mara Louise Pratt-Chadwick
Google Books:
Volume I
Volume II
Volume III
Volume IV
Audiobook and link to the ebook at The Baldwin Project.
Librivox: Source of Free Audiobooks
Librivox is an extensive library of free public domain audiobooks. Written summaries are included. Check the genres; there are many listed under the Children's genre which may match free online texts. A good number of the classics are available and the narration is very good. Click here. All recording as in public domain.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare: Shakespeare for Children/Baldwin Project, Audio-Internet Archive
The Baldwin Project has Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by E. Nesbit free online(printable), as well as a reprint for sale. Kessinger publishers(see sidebar) has also reprinted this book.
The Internet Archive has a free audio version of this book. You can listen to it online, embed it on your site, or download it onto your computer or MP3 player.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Introduction to Classical Latin Literature by William Cranston Lawton/Google Books
High school level. Click here.
Introduction to Classical Greek Literature By William Cranston Lawton/Google Books
High school level. Click here.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Guide to Selecting Children's Literature/Google Books
The Children's Reading by Frances Jenkins Olcott.
The Wide Awake Third Reader/Google Books
Third grade illustrated geography reader featuring stories about children from around the world. Click here.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
When Mother Lets Us Cut Out Pictures/Google Books
Very cute blacklines for children to cut, color and paste. Each picture has a didactic read-aloud. Some are quite simple, others are quite detailed like the intricate Scherenschnitte.
Click here.
Constructive Work: Its Relation to Number, Literature, History, and Nature Work
Interesting assortment of DIY crafts and projects. I couldn't find link to literature while browsing through this book. It looked like mostly science and math hands-on learning. Click here.
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