Rhymes and Stories

Posted in Kindergarten, Preschool, Public Domain, Reading on July 2, 2012

This week at Homeschool Commons I want to share the books of Marion Florence Lansing. Then one day the little girl, who was Marion Lansing, went with her mother into Boston to see Mr. Ginn, who was publishing these Stickney Readers. He took her on his knee and said to her, “Will you make books Read More »

Stories of Inventors

Posted in American History, High School, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Public Domain, Reading, Technology, Upper Elementary on June 27, 2012

There are many thrilling incidents—all the more attractive because of their truth—in the study, the trials, the disappointments, the obstacles overcome, and the final triumph of the successful inventor. Every great invention, afterward marvelled at, was first derided. Each great inventor, after solving problems in mechanics or chemistry, had to face the jeers of the Read More »

Stories of Great Inventors

Posted in American History, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Public Domain, Science, Technology on June 25, 2012

Written at about a 2nd grade level, this book tells the story of 5 great inventors: Robert Fulton Eli Whitney Samuel Morse Peter Cooper Thomas Edison From the Young Folk’s Library of Choice Literature series. Download Stories of Great Inventors at gutenberg.org.

Little Bo-Peep

Posted in Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Preschool, Public Domain, Reading on June 22, 2012

This wonderful picture book contains numerous nursery rhymes with illustrations. There are lots of black and white drawings that would make great coloring and notebooking pages to do while you studied the different rhymes. Download Little Bo-Peep from gutenberg.org.

Construction Notebooking Pages

Posted in American History, Free Use, High School, Lower Elementary, Public Domain, Technology, Upper Elementary on June 15, 2012

My kids love the book Mike Mulligan.  Construction vehicles are big and fun to watch, even for older kids. I created these notebooking packs using public domain photos of construction vehicles.  They could be used in a unit study about construction, for a book like Mike Mulligan, or even in history lessons about the early Read More »