Welcome to another edition of homeschooling resource of the day. As always, if you see something you want changed, you have something you would like added, or know of something that should be featured please feel free to leave me a comment.
Today’s website is Planet PDF. Planet PDF has seven pages of free book downloads. They have them from some of the greatest classics such as Charles Dickens, Aesop, Lewis Carroll, Hans Christian Andersen and many more. A great place to get some free books to add to your curriculum or just have some extra readers around.
Word of the day: segue \SEG-way; SAYG-way\, intransitive verb:
1. To proceed without interruption; to make a smooth transition.
noun:
1. An instance or act of segueing; a smooth transition.
Today’s homeschooling book(s) of the day is: Real-Life Homeschooling: The Stories of 21 Families Who Teach Their Children at Home. I read this book several years ago when I checked it out from the library. It is the stories of and tips from 21 families who are very different from one another with the exception that they all homeschool. It tells about their experiences and what works for them. It was a good read. Appropriate for both new homeschoolers and experienced homeschoolers, everyone can and will learn something from this book.
This Day in History Sept 24th
1493 : Columbus’ 2nd expedition to the New World
1789 : The First Supreme Court
1789 : Congress creates the Post Office
1869 : Black Friday; Wall St panic after Gould & Fisk attempt to corner gold
1895 : 1st round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months)
1936 : Jim Henson is born
1960 : 1st nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, launches (USS Enterprise)
1973 : Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau) declares independence
1997 : U.S. blamed for Asian Flu
Journal Prompt:
Create your own board game. Describe the game, the rules, the board, the pieces.
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