Vintage Christmas Clip Art

Posted in Art, Hobbies and Crafts, Public Domain on November 19, 2011

Here is another huge collection of public domain clip art!  These vintage images would be great as little decoupaged ornaments, additions to your Christmas letter, or as website graphics. Most of them depict family or nature scenes.  There are 130+ images that you can use to your heart’s delight! I have compiled them into an easy zip file for Read More »

Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements

Posted in College Prep, High School, Hobbies and Crafts, Public Domain, Science on November 18, 2011

I found this gem while browsing for cool mechanical clip-art.  This book is chock-full of awesome illustrations of everything used in hydraulics, steam engines, pneumatics, and all kinds of other machines. Each numbered illustration is accompanied by descriptive text on the opposite page.  Even the motions of the machines are shown! This would be a great Read More »

What to Draw and How to Draw It

Posted in Art, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on November 18, 2011

This is one of my favorite drawing books to use with the kids.  The drawings are simple and yet they teach complex lessons about the basic shapes of objects. Each page has instructions for one or more objects, whether that be animals or buildings or something else.  The instructions are well-done and simple to follow. Read More »

Christmas Graphics

Posted in Art, Hobbies and Crafts, Public Domain on November 16, 2011

Just in time for all your Christmas and holiday projects- may I present a collection of simple graphics: This public domain collection is perfect for cutting, tracing, and using in your crafts and cards this year.  The images can easily be turned to black and white and used for stencils or templates. Include them in Read More »

Physics For Free

Posted in College Prep, Creative Commons, High School, Science on November 16, 2011

The website Physics for Free is a very plain looking place.  It contains three free books written by Frank Firk, former Chairman of the Department of Physics at Yale. The great thing about these pdf downloads is that they are expressly copyright-free. The three books build off one another and are perfect for advanced high schoolers and Read More »