Poke Salad Annie Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 (edited) I thought I'd start a new thread to call attention to the many great free resources to use for various subjects. Here are mine. Please add yours as well. MATH MEP and CSMP Ray's texts at google books Arithmetic Books One and Two by Jacob Wm. Albert Young Elementary Algebra and Plane Geometry by same author Intellectual Algebra by David Tower (nice for setting up equations) GRAMMAR KISS Grammar Sheldon's Primary and Advanced Language Lessons First English and Introductory Lessons by William H. Maxwell LATIN Latin Book One yahoo group BIBLE Calvary Chapel Padfield Bible Study VOCAB Glencoe Vocabulary 6th grade Mary F. Hyde Derivations of Words Latin and Greek roots flash cards at quizlet.com WRITING/COMPOSITION School Composition and Writing in English by William H. Maxwell Chateau Meddybemps Story Starters Ida Brautigam's Composition series, Books One, Two and Three READING COMPREHENSION Third and Fourth Year Language Readers by Franklin Baker and Thorndike MISC Librivox audios Owl and Mouse maps Zaner Bloser handwriting worksheet maker Paula's archives for Drawing with Children Edited March 15, 2011 by Poke Salad Annie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satori Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 I think there was a fairly recent thread on this, you might want to do a forum search. You can add Khan Academy to your list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Jo Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 MATH Colburn's Arithmetic (First book covering mental math) LATIN Latin Primer and Latin Reader from H.C. Nutting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koerarmoca Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Vocab. http://www.wordlywise3000.com/ Science http://msnucleus.org/curriculum/curriculum.html Spelling http://www.zaner-bloser.com/spellingconnections/practice-pages.html Grammar http://www.sfreading.com/resources/ghb.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poke Salad Annie Posted March 15, 2011 Author Share Posted March 15, 2011 MATHColburn's Arithmetic (First book covering mental math) LATIN Latin Primer and Latin Reader from H.C. Nutting Thank you for the mention of Colburn's Arithmetic. That's a very nice one. Oh, and I forgot all about the Nutting Latin books. Thanks for the reminder! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poke Salad Annie Posted March 15, 2011 Author Share Posted March 15, 2011 (edited) I think there was a fairly recent thread on this, you might want to do a forum search. You can add Khan Academy to your list. Thank you for the reminder about Khan Academy. What I actually meant by favorites are those you use and can recommend, and that's why I didn't do a forum search. I should have titled my thread appropriately. Edited March 15, 2011 by Poke Salad Annie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Cozy Grammar has a free spelling program. http://www.splashesfromtheriver.com/spelling/index.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Keeper Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Math: Number Stories From Long Ago by David Eugene Smith (google books; Graded Work in Arithmetic (there are eight books total, I think) by Samuel Baird (google books, or archive.org) We have been using both of these this year, and enjoying them. MEP is also one of our maths. Latin: First Latin Lessons by Harry Fletcher Scott (same guy who authored the Latin:Book One available on Yahoo) My oldest is doing reading and translation work out of this right now. Reading: My youngest boy is working his way through Blend Phonics and Word Mastery (from Don Potter's site) Spelling: We have also used Zaner-Bloser's Spelling Connections. It was well liked by both the older boys. We've also been listening to Mara Pratt's American History Stories available on Librivox. The handwriting pages from DonnaYoung.org have been a lifesaver for us-so many line widths, blank tops, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poke Salad Annie Posted March 16, 2011 Author Share Posted March 16, 2011 Math: Number Stories From Long Ago by David Eugene Smith (google books; Graded Work in Arithmetic (there are eight books total, I think) by Samuel Baird (google books, or archive.org) We have been using both of these this year, and enjoying them. MEP is also one of our maths. Latin: First Latin Lessons by Harry Fletcher Scott (same guy who authored the Latin:Book One available on Yahoo) My oldest is doing reading and translation work out of this right now. Reading: My youngest boy is working his way through Blend Phonics and Word Mastery (from Don Potter's site) We've also been listening to Mara Pratt's American History Stories available on Librivox. I love those Graded Arithmetic books! I have one of Harry Fletcher Scott's books, Using Latin, copyright 1961. I had no idea there was something in public domain by this author. Great find! Also like the Mara Pratt stories you found at Librivox---didn't know about those either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sara Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 Thank you for the links. Could you please post the link for Ida Brautigam's Composition series, Book One. Could not find it in google books. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Keeper Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 (edited) A few more we use(d): Fifty Famous Stories, Thirty More Famous Stories Retold, Stories from Don Quixote, by James Baldwin (all found on mainlesson.com or google books) My oldest was reading through Don Quixote again today for fun and laughing out loud. :) We are going to use Inquiry in Action (someone posted a link on here not too long ago) next year as we all stumble through chemistry together. Classical Academic Press has quite of bit of freebies we have enjoyed for Latin (coloring pages, audio, videos, worksheets) on their website and on headventureland.com William Linney's free audios for his Latin books are wonderful. So thankful I didn't have to buy anything other than the book. My oldest boy has been doing writing exercies from Second Primary Language Book, by O.S. Reimold (google books), while the seven year old has been doing writing from With Pencil and Pen, by Sarah Arnold (google books once again). Edited March 16, 2011 by Zoo Keeper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poke Salad Annie Posted March 16, 2011 Author Share Posted March 16, 2011 I have not used this yet, so cannot vouch for it, but Kara Shallenberg recently recorded Stories of Great Composers for Children at Librivox. I already have on hand plenty of CDs and cassettes of many of the composers, so the narrative will be nice to add for our study. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poke Salad Annie Posted March 16, 2011 Author Share Posted March 16, 2011 Thank you for the links. Could you please post the link for Ida Brautigam's Composition series, Book One. Could not find it in google books. Thanks! Sorry, I cannot locate it either. I hope it has not disappeared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Keeper Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 I love those Graded Arithmetic books! I have one of Harry Fletcher Scott's books, Using Latin, copyright 1961. I had no idea there was something in public domain by this author. Great find! Also like the Mara Pratt stories you found at Librivox---didn't know about those either. :) Glad to help. We use Graded Arithmetic as our mental math by doing it mostly oral. I love how it uses all four operations in one lesson; this has really helped my oldest with his understanding of division. Thanks for starting this thread; I was thinking of a thread like this a while back. I know everyone is in planning mode, and it might be a help to see that there are people who do actually use some of these freebies, and not just link to them. Sitting down and looking at the freebies I do use has encouraged me to rethink some of my Rainbow Resource order. ;) Like everyone else these days, our dollars have to stretch. I have Using Latin sitting on my shelf as well! A local private school was going to throw it out when they were purging their book closets. I just have the student book, do you know if there is a teacher edition still available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 I'm using NCERT's Math Magic books (from India) as a supplement. I find them a great way to introduce real-life situations and various skills like estimating. They are bringing something else to the table, something both fun and thought-provoking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJinLOCA Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 My absolute favorite free math source is the multiplication drill "Multiflyer": http://www.brainormous.com/online/loader_multiflyer.html My son would play that for HOURS. It really worked - absolutely painless math drill! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 I've also found Librivox to great. Really, really great, actually. Here's a link to recordings of books from Ambleside's program: http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Recordings_of_Books_on_the_Ambleside_List Even if you don't use Ambleside, it's useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 I'm using NCERT's Math Magic books (from India) as a supplement. I find them a great way to introduce real-life situations and various skills like estimating. They are bringing something else to the table, something both fun and thought-provoking. :iagree: On Stripe's recommendation I downloaded these and have really enjoyed using them as a supplement. For those with iPads, they look smashing on this device. The English language series (is it called "Marigolds"?) is also very charming. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 I'm using NCERT's Math Magic books (from India) as a supplement. I find them a great way to introduce real-life situations and various skills like estimating. They are bringing something else to the table, something both fun and thought-provoking. :iagree: On Stripe's recommendation I downloaded these and have really enjoyed using them as a supplement. For those with iPads, they look smashing on this device. The English language series (is it called "Marigolds"?) is also very charming. Bill I thought I would add that on the NCERT website the files are now visibly "watermarked," which is done to prevent commercial piracy (which is understandable, but annoying). The same materials are available in unwatermarked versions for noncommercial use only at http://www.notemonk.com Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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