Flowers Shown To The Children
Posted in High School, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Nature Studies, Plants, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on March 7, 2013
Dear Children,—If you were old enough to go to the bookseller and ask for a book that would tell you about the flowers you see growing in the woods and fields in spring and summer-time, you would find there were already a great many books which had been written with that purpose. If you examined Read More »
The Children’s Longfellow
Posted in Literature, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Public Domain, Reading, Upper Elementary on March 7, 2013
For children who don’t quite understand epic poetry yet, here is a book that narrates eleven of Longfellow’s poems into a story form. This would work well during a poet-study. It could be used alongside A Day With Longfellow. You could read the poem first and then compare it to the style of the story. Read More »
Tennyson: Days With The Poets
Posted in Literature, Lower Elementary, Public Domain, Reading, Upper Elementary on February 23, 2013
In the course of the day the poet would devote considerable time and energy to his favourite exercise of garden work. To plant trees and shrubs, to roll the lawn, to dig the kitchen garden, and lovingly to tend the simple flowers which he had set, was his constant delight as long as his strength Read More »
The Story of Peter Pan
Posted in Literature, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Public Domain, Reading, Upper Elementary on February 3, 2013
When it was finished—it was built round Wendy as she lay on the ground—Peter knocked solemnly at the door, and Wendy opened it and came out, very pleased and happy. The Lost Boys knelt before her, and begged her to be their Mother, and tuck them in at night-time, and tell them stories before they Read More »
Long-ago People {British History}
Posted in Ancient History, Culture, Lower Elementary, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on January 27, 2013
From the author of Children of Ancient Rome comes a collection of stories about primitive man. These stories were originally told to children at camp, who were asking questions about how man used to live. There are 18 tales about the people of Britain before recorded history. Download Long-ago People from archive.org.
