Half Hours With The Mammals
Posted in Animals, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Nature Studies, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on November 22, 2012
Another collection of nature stories, this time about mammals. These short chapters, designed to be read in under a half hour, are very detailed and would work great for notebooking. There are plenty of great illustrations. Some of the information on dinosaurs and ancient beasts might be out of date, but they could be Read More »
Half Hours With The Lower Animals
Posted in Animals, Lower Elementary, Middle School, Nature Studies, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on November 19, 2012
In the following readings the story of lower animal life has been presented on broad lines, divested of technicality, and at almost every step supplemented by forceful and explanatory illustrations as ocular aids to the reader. Discover the life inside a drop of water, crustaceans, worms, insects, and more all in half-hour reading increments! This Read More »
Shells and Sea Life
Posted in Animals, Nature Studies, Public Domain on October 22, 2012
It is the author’s hope that this little volume may give to many children a better knowledge of the life of mollusks than they would be apt to obtain otherwise, and that even dead and dry shells may awaken trains of thought, and restore, as it were, the life of the creatures which once inhabited Read More »
Mushroom Culture
Posted in Nature Studies, Plants, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on October 16, 2012
This ebook is fairly short and would be fun for a unit study. Learn how mushrooms are cultured, grown, and harvested. The book also details the various types of common mushrooms, as well as which ones are edible and how to cook them. There are great illustrations of the mushrooms as well as mushroom houses, Read More »
Woodland Tales
Posted in Kindergarten, Lower Elementary, Nature Studies, Public Domain, Upper Elementary on October 4, 2012
These Mother Carey Tales were written for children of all ages, who have not outgrown the delight of a fairy tale. It might almost be said that they were written chiefly for myself, for I not only have had the pleasure of telling them to the little ones, and enjoying their quick response, but have also Read More »
