Children’s Classics In Dramatic Form
Posted in Literature, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Public Domain, Reading, Upper Elementary on April 23, 2012
Children are dramatic by nature. They are for the time the kings, the fairies, and the heroes that they picture in their imaginations. Familiar stories from Aesop’s fables, Arabian nights, Grimm, Anderson, and more are made alive through dramatization. This book contains skits that children can perform in order to learn expressive voice, oral reading, and bodily 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 »
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 »
Stories of Abraham Lincoln
Posted in American History, College Prep, High School, Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Public Domain, Reading, Upper Elementary on April 10, 2012
Lincoln was perhaps our finest president, according to some. The story of his life is an amazing tale of moral character and achievement through thoughtful choices. Read about the man who went from a log cabin to the White House and changed the course of history: The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln The Story of Read More »
Little Busybodies: The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies
Posted in Animals, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Nature Studies, Public Domain, Reading, Upper Elementary on April 3, 2012
And we who wrote this book? Well, we, too, have been children. We used to climb trees and turn somersaults; why—But that is another story! And we remember so well what it used to be like to have to learn dull things we did not wish to know. So we said to ourselves, as we Read More »
