Binder Timeline

Just found out about a resource for a Binder Timeline (many people call it a Book of Centuries - but I feel a Book of Centuries is a bit different... I have a post on that...)

I plan to use this soon...

http://www.guesthollow.com/homeschool/history/timeline.html

(Note: picture is not from the link above - is just a generic picture of a binder timeline.

Kindle Book Links

Another person has been working hard at getting the Ambleside Online booklist setup with links to Kindle-ready books (mostly free.) Many of the links are to Amazon, but there are other sources as well.

Although Maple Hill Academy isn't following AO directly, a lot of the books are used, just in different years.

I really appreciate the work this other homeschooler has done. Even if you don't own a Kindle, you can download a free Kindle for PC program (or one for MAC, or for some mobile devices).

Hope this helps someone!

Artist Index

*Updated 07 Dec 10*

As mentioned in other posts, I recommend at first starting picture study by picking artists with pictures you feel might interest your children, and then continuing to other artists work - possibly following the lists from Ambleside Online or other sites. I also provided a few online museum websites to find pictures you can use.

I'm adding in the links to the Ambleside Picture Study groups as a great place to get pictures. Thanks so much for the wonderful people who have provided that resource to us!

Sites in Index

The Year 0 site (an unofficial AO site, great no matter which year you are in)

AO 8.5x11 format A - (1999-2008 rotations)

AO 8.5x11 format B - (2009 + rotations)

(same pictures in other sizes)

AO 4x6 format

AO 2.5x2.5 format

AO 3.5x2.25 format

Angela Zimmerman's Version of AO selections - an unofficial (I think) site - has all the selections for a year in one pdf. Note that the naming of the files vary, and may have more than one artist in a file, so you do have to look carefully. In index - denoted by (AZ)

Non AO Websites

1. http://www.robertbateman.ca/

How to use the index

Here is a list of the artists that currently are on these sites. This is subject to change. This list is alphabetized by the last name.

• The numbers at the end indicate the official AO sites. They indicate which year it was used, to help you find them on the sites.
• Year 0 means the unofficial year 0 site.
• (AZ) means Angela Zimmerman's site.
• (N1), (N2) etc. means a non-AO site, as listed above.

If an artist has been done more than one year, or is in more than one site, check all locations, as there maybe different pictures and resources, or the quality may vary. If you don't know what the artist's style looks like, I would download the file from Angela's (AZ) site first, as you can quickly see several pictures. (Or you could do a search in google images to see a sampling of thumbnails.) This can help you decide if you do want to do that artist.

Index

B

• Robert Bateman [Canadian] - Note - pictures will still be copy protected. Sites given are to give ideas of what his pictures are like. You will probably need to find a book, or just look at the pictures online! (N1)
• Giotto di Bondone (04/05), (AZ)
• Alessandro Botticelli (00/01), (08/09), (AZ)
• Pieter Bruengel the Elder (06/07), (AZ)
• Michelangelo Buonarroti (05/06), (AZ)

C

• Michelangelo Merisi da Caravagio (99/00), (10/11), (AZ 2 files)
• Mary Cassatt (Year 0), (04/05), (AZ)
• Paul Cezanne (01/02), (AZ)
• Frederick Edwin Church (02/03), (AZ)
• Thomas Cole (02/03), (AZ)
• John Singleton Copley (02/03), (AZ)
• Camille Corot (03/04), (AZ)
• Gustave Courbet (03/04), (AZ)
• Jasper Francis Cropsey (02/03), (AZ)

D

• Michelangelo Merisi da Caravagio (99/00), (AZ)
• Leonardo da Vinci (07/08), (AZ)
• Jacques-Louis David (03/04), (AZ)
• Pieter de Hooch (01/02), (AZ)
• Edgar Degas (02/03), (AZ)
• Andrea del Verrocchio (00/01), (AZ)
• Eugene Delacroix (00/01), (10/11 *not there as of 7 Dec 2010, but should be there soon), (AZ - 2 files)
• Giotto di Bondone (04/05), (AZ)
• Asher B. Durand (02/03), (AZ)
• Albrecht Durer (99/00), (10/11), (AZ - 2 files)

E

• Jan van Eych (07/08), (AZ)

F

• Jean-Honore Fragonard (00/01), (AZ)
• Caspar David Friedrich (08/09), (AZ)

G

• Thomas Gainsborough (Year 0)
• Paul Gauguin (01/02), (AZ)
• Theodore Gericault (00/01), (AZ)
• Vincent van Gogh (08/09), (AZ)

H

• Winslow Homer (04/05), (AZ)
• Pieter de Hooch (01/02), (AZ)

L

• Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (Year 0), (AZ) [the AZ prints were not an AO selection]
• Sir Thomas Lawrence (Year 0)

M

• Edouard Manet (02/03), (AZ)
• Henri Matisse (AZ) [not an AO selection]
• Mauve (AZ) [not an AO selection]
• Claude Monet (Year 0), (09/10), (AZ)

R

• Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Year 0), (01/02), (AZ)
• Rembrandt van Rijn (07/08), (AZ)
• Auguste Rodin (01/02), (AZ)
• Peter Paul Rubens (03/04), (AZ)
• Jacob van Ruisdael (01/02), (AZ)

S

• Raphael Sanzio (09/10), (AZ)
• John Singer Sargent (09/10), (AZ)
• Georges Seurat (01/02), (AZ)
• Gilbert Stuart (02/03), (AZ)

T

• Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (06/07), (AZ)
• Joseph Mallord William Turner (06/07), (AZ)

V

• Diego Valazquez (03/04), (AZ)
• Jan van Eych (07/08), (AZ)
• Vincent van Gogh (08/09), (AZ)
• Rembrandt van Rijn (07/08), (AZ)
• Titian (Tiziano Vecellio) (06/07), (AZ)
• Jan Vermeer (05/06), (AZ)
• Andrea del Verrocchio (00/01), (AZ)
• Leonardo da Vinci (07/08), (AZ)

W

• John William Waterhouse (05/06), (AZ)
• Jean-Antoine Watteau (00/01), (AZ)

Great New Resource

I have recently found a Great New Resource of articles of interest to homeschoolers. Although it is designed for Latter Day Saints, there are topics of interest to everyone.

Check it out at www.latter-dayhomeschooling.com

I Found Book Samaritan!

I am not sure if you have heard about Book Samaritan - it is a non-profit group that help provide free books to homeschoolers.

Unfortunately, it seems that every year, their website would go down in the summer time.

If you do a search in Google for "Book Samaritan" - you are sure to find a lot of sites praising them - as well as a lot of messages saying "Where did they go?" and "Do they still exist?" and "I can't get on." There are messages like that in 2007, 2008, and this year... 2009. There are also messages in 2007 and 2008 along the lines of "It is working now".

Last year, we got books from them. I managed to get on the site long enough to get the address and request books - and sure enough, we got a nice selection of books. Not all fit what we were trying to do, but enough did that it was worthwhile - and I passed on the books that didn't.

This year, I have been trying to get on the site for months. I did send a request in August, having found the information from last year - but I haven't gotten a response yet. It is their busy time. The website address I had was down - and has been for a while. I found a post in July on a blog (in comments about the site being down) - that they were having problems and were going to make a new website.

Well - I found it! They have opened a blog instead of using their domain.

So - for those of you that either need assistance getting homeschooling books - or for those who have homeschool books that they are not using and would like to donate... Here is their location.

http://booksamaritan.blogspot.com/

They are located in the United States - but as I mentioned, they did send books to Canada for me last year. Keep in mind that shipping to Canada is more expensive to them - so if you are in the position to donate books - please do it. I don't know if they ship out of North America.

And - A big THANK YOU to these volunteers that make it easier to homeschool.

Drawing Resources

How to Teach Drawing to Children

A Preschool Child learns Observation Drawing

Another Article

eBook Resources

Here are some resources for free eBooks

Project Gutenberg

Many Books

Rare Books

Mobipocket Free eBooks

Adobe Digital Editions - Free eBooks

The Baldwin Project (some can be downloaded for free - or read online)

Internet Archive

Lit 2 Go - looks promising, has MP3's and PDF's.

More will be added as discovered.

Math Resources

Math Courses

http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/projects/mep/default.htm - MEP math course - free! - The main math course of Maple Hill Academy

http://ceure.buffalostate.edu/~csmp/CSMP%20Program/Primary%20Disk/Start.html - another free math program - I have not researched this course, but have listed it as a possible alternative.

http://www.stanleyschmidt.com/FredGauss/index2.html - Life of Fred Books - a set of books that teach math concepts in a story format. Starts at fractions. - Probably will be used at Maple Hill Academy starting around year 7.

Math Enrichment Activities

http://nrich.maths.org/public/ - Monthly fun math puzzles and challenges - part of Maple Hill Academy

http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/resources/codes/default.htm - Free Codes and Ciphers course!

http://www.cimt.plymouth.ac.uk/resources/ - Links to uses for real life math, puzzles, etc.

Living Math Book Resources

http://www.livingmath.net/ - source of info on "Living" Math books

http://www.k-state.edu/smartbooks/gradeindex.html - "Living" Math Books