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 By the Fireplace. By the Fireplace is an online library with thousands of books and short stories. As always, please visit this site on your own without your child before you allow them on the site. I would never be able to list this site if I tried to go through and read every book first ;-D. There are a ton of great classics on the site, that’s for sure. Some of the titles in the children’s section include the Tom Swift series, Oz series, The Bobbsey Twins series, Anne of Green Gables Series, and many more! Some authors in the young adults section include Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker, Mark Twain, and Jules Verne. You can’t actually download the books as a whole, but you can sit and read them at the computer. A great resource for all homeschoolers.
Word of the day: repine \rih-PINE\, intransitive verb:
1. To feel or express discontent.
2. To long for something.
This Day in History Oct. 10th
732 : Battle of Tours
1845 : The Naval School (now called US Naval Academy) opens at Annapolis
1846 : Neptune’s moon Triton discovered by William Lassell
1857 : American Chess Association formed (NYC) (Changed name and merged in 1939)
1868 : Cuba revolts for independence against Spain
1874 : Fiji becomes a British possession
1886 : 1st dinner jacket worn to autumn ball at Tuxedo Park, NY (the tuxedo)
1913 : Gamboa Dam in Panama blown up; Atlantic & Pacific waters mix
1938 : Germany completed annexation of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland
1943 : Chiang Kai-shek takes oath of office as president of China
1951 : Truman signs Mutual Security Act
1957 : Pres Eisenhower apologizes to finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbedemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Del, restaurant (African diplomat)
1961 : Otis M Smith appointed to Michigan Supreme Court
1963 : Treaty banning atmospheric nuclear tests signed by US, UK, USSR
1970 : Fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day)
1978 : Pres Carter signs a bill authorizing the Susan B Anthony dollar
1979 : Panama assumes sovereignty over Canal Area (ie Canal Zone)
Journal Prompt:
Howling winds on this cold October night send goosebumps down my neck…
Past Homeschooling Resource of the day
Note: At the time that this was written and published, the websites linked here are kid friendly. However, due to the changing nature of the web, we always recommend that the first time you visit a site, you check it out alone, without children present. This way, you are assured that the content is appropriate for your child.