genny Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 DH is in the states and I'd like him to get me some vintage books... Any author title recommendations? I got Emma Serl... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 New Augsburg Drawing books 1-4. Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Old thread about the books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Some people like the 1885 Ray's book s best. They are even more out of date, but are written for less trained teachers. Notice the comprehension question is Practical Arithemetic. Practical Arithmetic Book 3 Primary Arithmetic Book 1 Intellectual Book 2 I think this is the partial answer key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Ray's Practical Arithmetic supplements. These are meant for the newer edition, but work well with the 1885 edition. Dubbs Arithmetic Problems answers are included it the back. Ray's New Test Examples answers are included in the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genny Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 Thanks Hunter!!! I'm going to email him these:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genny Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 Any other suggestions??? Readers aside from McGuffey... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 The Treadwell Readers are more about the literary content than the phonics. The Elson readers are popular but I had no use for them. Sorry I don't have links right now. How much time do we have before he leaves? For a LONG list of readers, here is a thread where I basically was talking to myself :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genny Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 I have a few days...I want to really stock up because he doesn't visit the USA often. I'll definitely be reading your thread tonight. :thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Genny, some members here with unlimited bandwidth will e-mail you ebooks that are not too large to be sent through e-mail. I've got some tech and internet problems that mean I have to severely limit my offers to do this right now, but if you get desperate for a certain book everyone is raving about, do try asking one of us to send it to you. I'll try to post you some more links. I hope others do too :confused: at the lack of response. I think a lot of people START to use these books and then hop elsewhere, so aren't in a rush to post in a "tried and true" thread. The McGuffey Eclectic series is hard to get entirely in clean pdfs. I think the main eclectic 4th reader is still unavailable for free. I ended out purchasing the dollarhomeschool versions to know I had all the right ones. I can really be OCD. I was making myself nuts trying to track them down and confirm I had complete sets. There are SO many sets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Don Potter has a lot on his site. This is one of his favorites. Far and away the BEST exercise book for cursive is The Champion Method of Practical Business Writing by Mary L. Champion. Teachers using cursive exercises for curing ADHD will find this book most helpful. I use the drills every day in my classes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Grube's Method is the granddaddy of Waldorf and many other more modern conceptual programs that don't bother to give him credit. Here is a link to a thread about Grube's Method and Franklin Arithemetic that is based off of it. For a free African version of Waldorf, these are awesome. Make sure to download the child development pdf as it's a scope and sequence that is well worth reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Summarized Bible Old Testament. I'm looking for a complete or NT copy, but am having trouble finding one. EDIT: Here we go. Here is the NT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Froehlich textbooks of Art Education Book 1 is a beautiful introduction to painting. More books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genny Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 Genny, some members here with unlimited bandwidth will e-mail you ebooks that are not too large to be sent through e-mail. I've got some tech and internet problems that mean I have to severely limit my offers to do this right now, but if you get desperate for a certain book everyone is raving about, do try asking one of us to send it to you. I'll try to post you some more links. I hope others do too :confused: at the lack of response. I think a lot of people START to use these books and then hop elsewhere, so aren't in a rush to post in a "tried and true" thread. The McGuffey Eclectic series is hard to get entirely in clean pdfs. I think the main eclectic 4th reader is still unavailable for free. I ended out purchasing the dollarhomeschool versions to know I had all the right ones. I can really be OCD. I was making myself nuts trying to track them down and confirm I had complete sets. There are SO many sets! Maybe I should rename the thread...I don't want to scare people off :lol: I guess I titled it that way because there are just sooo many vintage books to choose from. I'm just curious to know what are the standard one's most people use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genny Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 I just changed the titled...I won't hold anyone accountable for books that turn out to be stinkers :ack2: :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Ayer's Measuring Scale for Spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 There is an overwhelming number of vintage books that are not the most efficient thing to use today. I would have thought your thread title was perfect. :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genny Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 Maybe I smell... :smilielol5:Sorry, it's been a LONG day with the 4 kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genny Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 Just got the cursive book...really nice. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I'm not sure if you're looking for specific ages or subjects, but here are a few that I like.... (I'm in Okinawa right now and can't open Google books anymore either...I've found that Archive does open over here.) Nature's Children http://archive.org/details/natureschildrenl00hawkrich Dramatizations of School Classics http://archive.org/details/cu31924014450104 Operas That Every Child Should Know http://archive.org/details/operasthateveryc00bacouoft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I like Fred Newton Scott's explanations of the 4 types of paragraphs: descriptive, narrative, etc. in Elementary English Composition. Not the lessons, but the introduction and the conclusion of his chapters. At the end of each chapter, he explains whether a topic sentence is usually used or not. My student and I were really struggling with trying to make topic sentences in the exact type of paragraphs Mr. Scott says we don't need to. Mr. Scott is my hero this month. Mr Scott also wrote Lessons in English. In book 2 he gives composition outlines that can be used over and over for generic report outlines, that would be great for almost any unit study. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genny Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 Thanks Kfamily...I'll check out your suggestions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genny Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 My oldest is 6 but I'm open to any suggestions...I like looking at things ahead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 There is an old Latin book that goes on and on and on and on forever with 1st declension words. Does anyone know the title and have a link? I would have sold a kidney for that book back in the day when my little guy was writing 1st declension stories and hanging them on the fridge. :crying: I miss the Lupa and umbra stories with the stick figure drawings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nansk Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 :confused: at the lack of response. I think a lot of people START to use these books and then hop elsewhere, so aren't in a rush to post in a "tried and true" thread. I guess I am wondering why the OP is looking only for vintage books. If my dh were to go on a trip to the US, I would rather get good reference books for Logic and Rhetoric stage that are recommended in the WTM and on these forums. I download the vintage books from archive.org and read them on my Kindle or on my computer. Also, Genny, I am not sure what grades your kids are working in. For elementary, apart from Emma Serl's two Language Lessons books, I would recommend the Elson readers and the Free&Treadwell readers. I would not recommend vintage books for maths. I have seen the Ray's books and I thought they would be boring for a modern child. Look at CIMT-MEP or Math Mammoth instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily_Grace Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 We've recently started using An Elementary Study Of Chemistry, by William Edwards Henderson. It's been a nice change for my teen who has had 2 years of chem but likes to come at it from a different perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeLovePassion Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Thank you for all the links! I love those art and cursive books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genny Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 The reason I'm asking for vintage book recommendations is because everything else is readily available to me. I can shop RR or any other USA store or locally for all other curriculum. I can't download most vintage books from where I am. In reference to math, we are doing Singapore and so I've got that covered. I wouldn't mind looking over any decent math vintage books though. As far as grades go, I interested in looking at everything. I like to look ahead and since I'm just beginning my hs'ing journey, all grades are needed. Thanks for the Elson reader suggestion...I'll add that to my list nansk. I'll look at your suggestion Lily Grace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayne J Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 http://books.google.com/books?id=-lIXAAAAIAAJ&num=9 With Pencil and Pen I plan on using this with my 2nd grader next year. It is an early, gentle language arts book. http://books.google.com/books?id=UqIXAAAAIAAJ&source=gbs_slider_cls_metadata_7_mylibrary The Dutch Twins by Lucy Fitch Perkins There are many titles in this series, and my kids love them. We've read The Japanese Twins, The French Twins and The Irish Twins so far. http://books.google.com/books?id=tOo1AAAAMAAJ&num=9 The Honey Makers by Margaret Warner Morley She writes good Nature Study living books. Anything by her would be worth a look. http://books.google.com/books/reader?id=SpXEY_HmYbAC&num=9&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&pg=GBS.PP1 How to Conduct the Recitation by C.A. McMurray. For the teacher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayne J Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 http://books.google.com/books?id=J88AAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=the+mother+tongue&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6Y8bUcLIIZHH0AHyqoCQDw&sqi=2&ved=0CEkQ6AEwAw The Mother Tongue. A grammar book. If you like it, there is a part two, and I believe even a part three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 My absolute favorite vintage books are Journeys through Bookland. We love them so much that I have more than one set bc my dd asked for her own copies. The parent. Volume, number 11 is full of wonderful teaching suggestions, so definitely try to get an edition that has a copy if you decide to get a set. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=journeys+through+bookland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I've been reading Willie's first drawing lessons to my son. It's a story book that helps the student see how you can break things down into lines (straight and curved) for the purpose of drawing. It also has provided discussion opportunities with my son about math concepts (perpendicular, angle types, etc) and science (how does a plumb line work). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genny Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 Thanks for all the suggestions...I'll be keeping dh busy :hurray: :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahW Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I've been reading Willie's first drawing lessons to my son. It's a story book that helps the student see how you can break things down into lines (straight and curved) for the purpose of drawing. It also has provided discussion opportunities with my son about math concepts (perpendicular, angle types, etc) and science (how does a plumb line work). What a fascinating little book. :thumbup1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 A lot of vintage books are available on archive.org, if you miss downloading any. Anyhow I once tracked down all the Treadwell readers, so here are the links, because they were (at the time) misnamed on Google books. Here's my old post: Incidentally, you can get all the Treadwell/Free readers online up to grade 6 at least. I used them and liked them (and we discussed them in the recent non-babyish readers thread). From Google Books -- where some are mislabeled -- Reading--literature: the primer Reading-literature: Book 1 Reading Literature: Second Reader Reading Literature: Third reader Reading-literature fourth reader Reading Literature: Fifth reader (took me forever to find!) Reading-literature : sixth reader And the manual -- Primary reading and literature: a manual for teachers Primer through Year 3 at Main Lesson (nicely formatted for reading off a computer screen). Actually it's only though Y1 at Main Lesson. I also like Home Geography for Primary Grades by CCLong http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12228 http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=longcc&book=geography&story=_contents http://books.google.com/books?id=EUkAAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 My absolute favorite vintage books are Journeys through Bookland. We love them so much that I have more than one set bc my dd asked for her own copies. The parent. Volume, number 11 is full of wonderful teaching suggestions, so definitely try to get an edition that has a copy if you decide to get a set. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=journeys+through+bookland Oh for goodness sake. Those look nice. I just got a set of The Children's Hour at the library book sale (where I passed over a copy of My Book House because I already bought it! aaaaaagh) and now have two shelves with all my vintage series things together. I think I like them more than anyone else (!), but my son enjoyed Childcraft non-fiction volumes a lot when he was a newish reader. I can't buy anymore though...no more space! I did find some of the older My Book House on Google Books, once, hmm, let me see, here's one http://books.google.com/books?id=OYoXAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicheleinMN Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 "William Henry Maxwell" at Google books. My favorite is "Primary Lessons in Language and Composition," but there are a lot more to chose from. http://www.spanish-k...sh-download.php http://www.textkit.c...8/author_id/13/ and the answer key http://www.textkit.com/learn/ID/158/author_id/13/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalmia Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Plants and Their Children by Mrs. William Starr Dana (Theodora Parsons) (botany) Dame Bug and Her Babies by Edith Marion Patch (entomology) Little Nature Studies for Little People: A Primary Reader by John Burroughs Little Nature Studies for Little People: A Second and Third Reader by John Burroughs Wheeler's Graded Studies in Great Authors William Henry Wheeler Elementary Speller: William Henry Wheeler Stories of Rocks and Minerals for the Grammar Grades by Harold W. Fairbanks First Book in English by William Henry Maxwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas_mom Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Love this! Great stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I've been reading Willie's first drawing lessons to my son. It's a story book that helps the student see how you can break things down into lines (straight and curved) for the purpose of drawing. It also has provided discussion opportunities with my son about math concepts (perpendicular, angle types, etc) and science (how does a plumb line work). This is PERFECT right now. I had forgotten about this book. I'm deep into some more advanced art books that assume something like this has already been covered. It looks like art was taught alongside a lot of geometry 150 years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 http://books.google....ved=0CEkQ6AEwAw The Mother Tongue. A grammar book. If you like it, there is a part two, and I believe even a part three. I like this one. A lot of the first books in an English series are not so explicitly taught. I'm assuming most series are expecting the teacher to be familiar with the later books and to be teaching more than is in the student text. I appreciate the rules, in early texts, though. I once tracked down all the Treadwell readers, so here are the links, because they were (at the time) misnamed on Google books. Here's my old post: I also like Home Geography for Primary Grades by CCLong http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12228 http://www.mainlesso...story=_contents http://books.google....epage&q&f=false Thanks for posting these!!! :hurray: I did NOT want to have to go hunting for these links. :willy_nilly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genny Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 I'm so happy to see others benefiting from this post! :thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I found a blog post with links to most of the Journeys Through Bookland PDFs on Google books. http://freehomeschoolinglibrar.blogspot.com/2008/03/journeys-through-book-land-with.html They are also on Gutenberg, most or at least some without pictures. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1875 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 The vintage book I have probably used the most is really the collection of Lang's fairy books. You can download them all over the place, but there are, what, twelve of them, and you could have your reading set for life! At least folk tale- wise. You can get an epub or pdf version for each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genny Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 DH has asked if I have anything else to add before he heads out...anything else I should get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahW Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Have you seen GrammarLand yet? That's cute, and people have made worksheets to go with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genny Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 yep...got it...thanks :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I like Parker's Readers and Pollard's Reading and Spelling series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_thurm Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Thanks for all the ideas! It has been fun to see them! Are there any on ancient history or history in general even? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnL Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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