Words are Wonderful Things
Keep a watch on your words, my darling,
For words are wonderful things;
They are sweet like the bees’ fresh honey,
Like the bees they have terrible stings;
They can bless like the warm, glad sunshine,
And brighten a lonely life;
They can cut, in the strife of anger,
Like an open, two-edged knife.
– Mrs. E. R. Miller
WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND
by Christina Rossetti
Who has seen the wind?
Neither I nor you;
But when the leaves hang trembling
The wind is passing through.
Who has seen the wind?
Neither you nor I;
But when the trees bow down their heads
The wind is passing by.
This classic textbook is a lovely, literature-based collection of plant and nature study lessons and activities prepared for 10-12 yr olds, but easily adaptable for younger or older students. It includes Lessons on: how plants grow, seeds, roots, herbs, trees, moss, flowering plants, ferns, mushrooms and more… with lovely poems and readings interspersed throughout.
This is a scanned PDF of the original vintage book, so it is best viewed on a computer.
To download this PDF ebook, RIGHT CLICK HERE then “save link” to your computer. Mac users, press the “control” key, then click the link and save to your Mac.
Created by a 25+ year professional photographer, photo journalist and college photography instructor, this excellent ebook clearly explains five “core” photography tips/principles to taking outstanding photographs:
Identifying Light and Using It Correctly
Photo Composition Techniques
How to Capture Moments
Photographing People
Using “Point of View” to Capture Unique Images
The ebook includes 40 beautiful images and examples that clearly illustrate the principles taught. Whether you’re using a camera or phone, this is a perfect mini-course that will help both you and your kids take much better photos. Think “Photography 101!”
To download this PDF ebook, RIGHT CLICK HERE then “save link” to your computer. Mac users, press the “control” key then click the link and save to your mac.
EducationWorld has a great section of their website called “5 Minute Lesson Plans” – and that’s exactly what they are. Dozens and dozens of short, creative lessons in math, english, spelling, critical thinking, puzzles, measurement skills, and much more. Many of these include hands-on activities. This is a great page to bookmark and refer back to whenever you want to do some short activities to introduce new concepts, or review and reinforce your current studies.
Click here to go to the site!
More cartoons at CrunchyBunny.com
Y’all really need to read the post that goes along with this one. CrunchyBunny
ArtTango offers free art lesson projects for kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, fourth grade and fifth grade students. Each grade level offers 30 hands-on art education projects covering line, shape, color, and all the elements of art. The lessons are free to use and do not require any registration.
CLICK HERE to go to the website
Here are a few recent freebies we posted in July just before the lights went out:
This “History for the thoughtful child” by Rob & Cyndy Shearer outlines a reading program which will take you through the history of Israel by reading through the historical books from Genesis to Nehemiah chronologically. Old Testament history is divided into 196 Bible readings (approximately 1 chapter each) along with some suggestions of how to cover the material and keep it interesting. For each reading there is a series of questions to help you focus on the significant details. There are also a number of background notes and some suggestions for further study. This book won’t answer all your questions, but it will give you a well thought out program of reading and studying the ancient history of Israel. This is intended as a first history course for the early elementary grades (though many parents are using it with high school students).
The complete ebook is available at this link on Lulu. You’ll need to go through checkout to download it, but it is totally free.
Here’s a wonderful freebie for your nature studies. The Cornell Institute of Ornithology offers its 12 page BirdSleuth Explorer’s Guidebook absolutely free to download and print.
The full color 14 page booklet includes lots of great stuff for identifying birds, including some fun activities and worksheets to fill out. This is a great printable to help get kids interested in birds and will teach them lots of the basics of bird watching and bird identification.
Pages include:
• Wake up your ears
• What’s a habitat?
• Habitat scavenger hunt
• Bird search
• Identification clues
• Bird count
• I wonder
CLICK HERE to go to the download page at MagicalChildhood.com. You can find it at the very bottom of the page.
Here’s a unique “living history” twitter account, which livetweets the events of the Second World War as it happened in “real time” on this day in 1940 & for 5 years to come. Events unfold as they happened during the war, with frequent updates throughout each day. It’s filled with amazing period photos and brief commentary — great for students studying WW2.
CLICK HERE to go to this Twitter account!
Do you know someone who has had to begin homeschooling a high-school age student at the last minute? Who doesn’t? Well, this resource will be of tremendous help in that situation.
HomeschoolCollegeUSA.com put together this “emergency” page for parents looking for courses they can begin immediately with a student pulled from a public school system, with little or no time to research and prepare for homeschooling, It was put together as one a student can start at any time without a lot of prep work. The courses listed (with the exception of their recommended math courses) are all free and only require internet access, plus paper and pens/pencils for note-taking when needed.
HomeschoolCollegeUSA also offers a four year curriculum for high school students, plus resources that help students to earn college credit via CLEP while still in high school. Check out the whole site… loads of great resources for homeschooling any high school students.
CLICK HERE to go to the site!
