Tag: Life Skills
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Indoor Gardening Unit ~ Free
Spring is a perfect time of year to study the fine art of gardening, and this free indoor gardening unit will get you started!
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Activity: Explore Electronics
Explore electronics to promote learning skills while encouraging creativity and problem-solving.
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Boy Birdhouse Architecture ~ Free eBook
Guide for building birdhouses and feeders, encouraging children to observe and care for local birds.
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The Blackboard Clock ~ Free eBook
The Blackboard Clock guides the teacher in teaching children how to tell time using a large analog clock.
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Betty Crocker Cooky Book ~ Free eBook
Betty Crocker’s Cooky Carnival is a collection of cooky (cookies) perfect for the holiday season.
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How to Grow a Pizza Garden
Round, pie-shaped, full of veggies, and just in time for spring! These 4-H instructions from will show you how to grow a pizza garden & learn.
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A Boy’s Text Book on Gas Engines ~ Free eBook
A Boy’s Text Book on Gas Engines explains the fundamental principles very clearly — replete with diagrams.
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Elements of Woodwork and Carpentry ~ Free eBooks
Elements of Woodwork is a part of an early 1900s vocational series aimed at middle school students, focusing on woodworking fundamentals such as types of wood, tools, and care of lumber.
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100 Best Books for Children ~ Nordhoff
Politics for Young Americans by Charles Nortdhoff is number 95 on the Hundred Best Books for Children found in The Book-Lover by Baldwin.
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100 Best Books for Children ~ White
John Stuart White’s selections from Plutarch’s Lives is number 90 on the Hundred Best Books for Children found in The Book-Lover by Baldwin.
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100 Best Books for Children ~ Beard
The Beard’s handy books are numbers 86 and 87 on The Hundred Best Books for Children found in The Book-Lover by Baldwin.
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The Value of Work
Our children need to understand the value of work. Their work will not be their value. But how they value their work will be critical to their success in life.
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10 Favorite Activities ~ 2022–2023
10 reader-favorite activities from the archives: balancing a checkbook, building a sunspot viewer, napkin folding, and more!
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100 Best Books for Children ~ Collyer
Talks to Young Men by Robert Collyer is number 79 on The Hundred Best Books for Children by Baldwin.
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100 Best Books for Children ~ Buckley
Oats or Wild Oats by James Monroe Buckley is number 78 on The Hundred Best Books for Children by Baldwin.
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100 Best Books for Children ~ Old Boy
Notes for Boys (and Their Fathers) on Morals, Mind, and Manners is number 77 on The Hundred Best Books for Children.
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100 Best Books for Children ~ Starrett
Two titles from Helen Ekin Starrett are Numbers 75 and 76 on The Hundred Best Books for Children.
