Bird World; A Bird Book For Children
Posted in Animals, Lower Elementary, Nature Studies, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on April 11, 2013
I’ve had this nature reader in my bookmarked list for quite some time. In fact, it was near the top. For some reason or another I hadn’t shared it with you. But when I went looking for resources this week I happened once again upon it. It has everything a living book needs – beautiful color images, Read More »
The Dance: Historic Illustrations Of Dancing
Posted in Elementary, High School, Hobbies and Crafts, Middle School, Public Domain on March 26, 2013
Dancing, music and poetry were inseparable. Dancing is the poetry of motion, and its connection with music, as the poetry of sound, occurs at all times. In our own day musical themes are marked by forms originally dance times, as waltz time, gavotte time, minuet time, etc. Dance is probably one of the most underestimated Read More »
Daddy Takes Us To The Garden
Posted in Home Economics, Lower Elementary, Nature Studies, Public Domain on March 24, 2013
This book would be fun to read as part of a home economics or gardening unit. This is a fun story of two children who help their father in the garden, but it also has a lot of detail on the actual science and art of gardening. There aren’t too many illustrations in the book, Read More »
The Quadrupeds of North America
Posted in Animals, High School, Middle School, Public Domain, Science, Upper Elementary on March 21, 2013
Amazing illustrations and descriptions of quadrapeds (four-legged animals) that are common to North America by none other than J. W. Audubon himself! Each species has a detailed illustration, synopsis of it’s looks, and a description of it’s habits and where it can be found. Download The Quadrupeds of North America from archive.org.
Folk Tales From The Russian
Posted in Lower Elementary, Middle School, Mythology, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on March 13, 2013
In sending forth the stories in the present volume, all of which are here set down in print for the first time, it is my hope that they may enable American children to share with the children of Russia the pleasure of glancing into the magic world of the old Slavic nation. Russian folk tales! Read More »
