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Little Flower Folks: Living Botany Books
Posted in Lower Elementary, Middle School, Nature Studies, Plants, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on April 20, 2012
Everyone loves flowers. They are the beauty of nature. These two books explore the delicate makeup of flowers, as well as the plants that produce them. There are plenty of great illustrations to visualize the living botany lessons in these volumes. They would make great additions to a notebook or lapbook project. Download the Read More »
Nature Study In Elementary Schools
Posted in Animals, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Nature Studies, Plants, Upper Elementary on April 19, 2012
This first level reader contains stories, pictures, and poetry for each month corresponding to the traditional school year. Bonus: Each section has a list of words that would serve as a vocabulary list! This is a beautiful book. Children will learn about bees, seeds, animals, and more as they read the beautiful poems and tomes. Read More »
The Pilgrim’s Progress
Posted in Bible, Culture, Literature, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Reading, Upper Elementary, Western Civilization on April 18, 2012
The Pilgrim’s Progress was a book for men and women; and it was aimed to teach the great truths of the gospel. For many years it has been in my mind, not to re-write the Pilgrim’s Progress, for that would destroy its greatest charm, but to change the words here and there to simpler ones, Read More »
The Little Soldier’s ABC
Posted in Public Domain on April 18, 2012
The illustrations in this picture book were just too great to pass up! Published in 1894, this book falls into the public domain. The ABC of military terms would be fun for an American history project or as beautiful clip-art. Download The Little Soldier’s ABC pdf book from Homeschool Commons.
Exploring Nature With Your Child
Posted in Animals, High School, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Nature Studies, Plants, Preschool, Public Domain, Reading, Upper Elementary on April 16, 2012
An Introduction to the Enjoyment and Understanding of Nature You are going to love this book! Written in 1952, Exploring Nature With Your Child is an awesome companion to any nature study. It contains 470+ pages of information on studying all aspects of nature with your children. Some of the topics covered: Birds Fish Flowers Read More »
