Muddy Toe Scholars

Muddy Toe Scholars is the work of one mom raising 6 kids with the goal of sharing resources on how to raise free range traditional children. The resources and articles you will find here are based on my soul belief of encouraging self reliant children with a steadfast moral and ethical compass. This mom's only training on child rearing is life itself.

Saturday, November 4, 2017

Misc books to categorize

Child-Garden of Story, Song and Play, Volume 1









The Story of General Anthony Wayne (Mad Anthony): The Hero of Stony Point

By Percy Keese Fitzhugh
















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Friday, November 3, 2017

Antique Educational Journals

I like to look through these journals to help give me ideas of publications to search for.  I also enjoy the tid bits of information provided in them.  Some struggles never change.

The Public School Journal a.k.a School and Home Education Index


Volume 38, September 1918 - June 1919
Volume 39, September 1919 - June 1920

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Free Spelling Books




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I am currently updating this post with antique books that can be obtained free as free domain books.  I will add to this list.  If you have any suggestions or categorizing of this list, please leave it in the comments. 

Henderson's Test Words in Spelling by By Nathaniel P. Henderson, 1872 - 
This amazing book of just over 100 pages word list with definitions and pronounciation.

A High School Spelling Book by  Arthur Willis Leonard, Claude Moore Fuess

The Infant School Spelling-book and Pictorial Dictionary By F. Wilby, 1844




Columbia graded spelling books for city schools By William Joseph Moran, Charles Henry Brelsford, 1901 - 

This book has lessons in dictation and spelling word list.  It is listed as 7th level. It has some fun product advertising at the end. 


Common School Spelling Book By Frances Boardman Squire Potter, 1913 - over 400 hundresd lessons


Sixteen Spelling Scales, Standardized in Sentences for Secondary Schools By Columbia University. Teachers College, 1921 - This has list of sentences with the spelling words in italics. Word list are listed by most frequently misspelled.


The Union Spelling Book By American Sunday-School Union, 1838 - 

This has a beautiful alphabet picture book introduction.  The book can be used as a spelling or readig list. Stories are included with beautiful pictures that would lend this book for spelling, reading, dictation, and copy work.










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