melmac Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 (edited) Does anything like this exist? For various reasons, we are not going to be able to make it to the library often, if at all. Hoping to find something online. :) Thanks! Edited March 11, 2009 by melmac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmac Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 I have history on the brain because we'll be starting our 2nd round of the Ancients next week, but really any ebook sites suitable for children is fine. The kiddos I'm schooling are 2nd and 5th grades, if that helps. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Have you looked at tanglewoodeducation.com (exactly what you asked for) and oldfasionededucation.com, also amblesideonline, obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmac Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 Have you looked at tanglewoodeducation.com (exactly what you asked for) and oldfasionededucation.com, also amblesideonline, obviously. I couldn't find the ebooks at tanglewood. Thank you, I love oldfashioned education site, it's great. Thanks for reminding me of ambleside, I had forgotten all about that site. And I now remember another I'll mention in case anyone is interested, Baldwinproject is great. Thanks! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 I frequently use http://www.mainlesson.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 (edited) archive.org has free books, including anthologies of fables, myths, folk tales, hero tales and the like. Tanglewood has an actual links integrated in here: Free online reading schedules are available Our Young Folk's Josephus is free in one of these... I think it was Guttenburg. Edited March 11, 2009 by Lovedtodeath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmac Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 I frequently use www.mainlesson.com. Thanks! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmac Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 archive.org has free books, including anthologies of fables, myths, folk tales, hero tales and the like. Tanglewood has an actual links integrated in here: Free online reading schedules are available Our Young Folk's Josephus is free in one of these... I think it was Guttenburg. I'm confused, all I see are lists of books that are not in the public domain (except for Young Folks Josephus) that correlate with SOTW. I don't see any other free ebooks. Am I missing something? Thanks! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Should I assume you're teaching the middle ages because your kids are in 2nd and 5th grades? I have this plan for medieval times. It's western culture only, not correlated, and entirely mainlesson.com titles. I have other titles too, scattered over my computer and various CDs. If you tell me what era, I'll make a list. Chapters Title 13 Stories from Dante by Mary Macgregor 13 Stories of William Tell Told to the Children by HE Marshall 34 Famous Men of the Middle Ages by Poland & Haaren 15 Viking Tales by Jennie Hall 30 The Boys Cuchulain by Eleanor Hull 10 Stories of Beowulf Told to the Children by HE Marshall 9 Stories of Robin Hood Told to the Children by HE Marshall 21 King Arthur and His Knights by Maude Radford Warren 16 In the Days of the Giants by Abbie Farwell Brown Total Chapters = 161. Total Books = 9. Therefore, read 1 chapter per day, take one day to introduce each book and one day to discuss after it's been read. Total Discussion Days = 18. Total Chapter Days = 161. Total Lesson Days = 179 Take 1 day to set the books in historical order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmac Posted March 11, 2009 Author Share Posted March 11, 2009 Should I assume you're teaching the middle ages because your kids are in 2nd and 5th grades? I have this plan for medieval times. It's western culture only, not correlated, and entirely mainlesson.com titles. I have other titles too, scattered over my computer and various CDs. If you tell me what era, I'll make a list. Chapters Title 13 Stories from Dante by Mary Macgregor 13 Stories of William Tell Told to the Children by HE Marshall 34 Famous Men of the Middle Ages by Poland & Haaren 15 Viking Tales by Jennie Hall 30 The Boys Cuchulain by Eleanor Hull 10 Stories of Beowulf Told to the Children by HE Marshall 9 Stories of Robin Hood Told to the Children by HE Marshall 21 King Arthur and His Knights by Maude Radford Warren 16 In the Days of the Giants by Abbie Farwell Brown Total Chapters = 161. Total Books = 9. Therefore, read 1 chapter per day, take one day to introduce each book and one day to discuss after it's been read. Total Discussion Days = 18. Total Chapter Days = 161. Total Lesson Days = 179 Take 1 day to set the books in historical order. Actually, we'll be starting our 2nd round on Ancients next week. But I'm keeping this middle ages list for next year, looks great. Thanks! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 If you click on the reading schedule in the ancients on tanglewoodeducation.com, there are stories on pdf's scattered throughout the reading schedule. I hope that is more clear. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 I put a google search in mainlesson.com for ancient grammar and it came up with suggestions for grammar stage history on Rome and etc. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmac Posted March 12, 2009 Author Share Posted March 12, 2009 Thank you so much, Carmen. That helps a lot. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatConnolly Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Melmac wrote: If you tell me what era, I'll make a list. This is a very nice list. I'll be starting the ancients with my 5th grader next year. Any chance that you have a list for that already? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmac Posted March 12, 2009 Author Share Posted March 12, 2009 Melmac wrote: If you tell me what era, I'll make a list. This is a very nice list. I'll be starting the ancients with my 5th grader next year. Any chance that you have a list for that already? :) Actually, Dragons wrote that. I'm in the same boat as you and am eagerly awaiting her list. Meanwhile, check out the other links. They're all very helpful. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 The site I was going to direct you to for a bunch of good ones for ancients is Wowio. It no longer seems to offer the books I was going to recommend, and it looks like it's a pay site now too, no longer free. I'm sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmac Posted March 13, 2009 Author Share Posted March 13, 2009 Oh, well. Thanks for letting me know. :) The site I was going to direct you to for a bunch of good ones for ancients is Wowio. It no longer seems to offer the books I was going to recommend, and it looks like it's a pay site now too, no longer free. I'm sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmac Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 (edited) I found these and wanted to post them in case anyone else can use them. I can only find these schedules for year one and year two. If anyone has anything similar for years 3 and 4, please let us know. :) This lines up Ambleside, SOTW, CHOW, etc... Year 1 Schedule - Missey Gray Missey Gray's Schedule - 2 Edited March 17, 2009 by melmac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmac Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 This could work for year 3 AO Pre-Year 5 Schedule and this for year 4 AO Pre-Year 7 Schedule There are also lists on the TOG site under Literature for each year that are online, not all but most. HTH :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Wow! Thanks for posting this. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
materursa Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 http://www.heritage-history.com has a ton of free ebooks. They are color-coded by level too, which is helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmac Posted March 20, 2009 Author Share Posted March 20, 2009 You're welcome. :) Wow! Thanks for posting this. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmac Posted March 20, 2009 Author Share Posted March 20, 2009 OMG, I love this site. Thank you so much for posting this. :grouphug: www.heritage-history.com has a ton of free ebooks. They are color-coded by level too, which is helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 (edited) Not exactly free, but I found a couple of books that cover a lot, so you aren't buying a book for every chapter. I plan to use them in my curriculum. I hope they are as good as they look, I don't have them yet. I don't want to have to switch them out. Seven Wonders of the Ancient World DK How Children lived covers several civilizations. Replacing the "growing up in ancient..." series. Egyptians Kid Kit A book and several activities for $10 Illustrated Book of Myths instead of Greek Myths, Egyptian Myths, and several separate books with myths of India, China and Mesopotamia, get them all in one book. HTH Edited March 30, 2009 by Lovedtodeath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 http://bringinguplearners.com/mosaic/ This free curriculum has a lot of websites that have information, pictures and activities that you may be able to use in the place of books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leah Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Oooh, I love this! Thank you for posting this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted March 30, 2009 Share Posted March 30, 2009 http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=andrews&book=ten&story=kablu http://www.archive.org/details/historicalreader00blakrich http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=abbott&book=pyrrhus&story=olympias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmac Posted April 2, 2009 Author Share Posted April 2, 2009 These all look great! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skaterbabs Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 You might want to check out www.manybooks.net as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=scales&book=boys&story=_contents found another one http://www.mainlesson.com/displaybooksbygenre.php Look at History here... lots of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmac Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 You might want to check out www.manybooks.net as well. Thanks so much for posting this, I didn't know it existed. It looks really useful. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melmac Posted April 3, 2009 Author Share Posted April 3, 2009 Thanks! :) http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=scales&book=boys&story=_contents found another one http://www.mainlesson.com/displaybooksbygenre.php Look at History here... lots of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skaterbabs Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Thanks so much for posting this, I didn't know it existed. It looks really useful. :) YW! I *love* that site. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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