This list is taken from Vocabulary Classic Texts. This list is an important first step in becoming a well-read individual. They, of course, will be sorted through with discretion:

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My second son has just begun reading Johnny Tremain. I found a website with added details to learn more things to do at a Language Arts website.
Vocabulary From Johnny Tremain

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These words need to be read and reread. They bring comfort, peace and hope and are from
God:
Psalm 91
14Because he hath set his love upon me,
therefore will I deliver him:
I will set him on high,
because he hath known my name.
15He shall call upon me,
and I will answer him:
I will be with him in trouble;
I will deliver him,
and honour him.
16With long life will I satisfy him,
and shew him my salvation.
Jeremiah 29
11For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD,
thoughts of peace,
and not of evil,
to give you an expected end.
Grace is Given by Charles Haddon Spurgeon from Back to the Bible

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On the LibriVox website there is a list of poems in audio that are well suitable for children. They are short and can be easily memorized.

I want to read many of the classic short stories with my children. I figured a simple way to do this is to listen to some of them online. I found a site that is full of all kinds of classic literature at Harrold.org and then I found some narration of some classics:
LoudLit.org
LibriVox
FreeAudio.org— historical documents
Kayray.org
Sherlock Holmes Audio
TellTale Heart
Talking Digital Books
The Story Spieler

Today is mine.
Tomorrow is none of my business.
If I peer anxiously into the fog of the future, I will strain my spiritual eyes so that I will not see clearly what is required of me now.
I was reading through a devotion by Elizabeth Elliot today from the Back to the Bible website. I discovered this good quote as a paragraph in the devotion I wanted to share it with you.

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“Mathematics is the alphabet with which God has written the universe.” — Galileo Galilei
Here are some good websites to help learn math that a teacher I helped found for her students:
1. AAA Math— lists many areas of math and has lesson that can be done online as fill in the blank
2. GoMath— This is a site that can help you learn the fundamentals of algebra, geometry and physics
3. FunBrain— This site is full of color and offers fun ways to learn math.
4. moneyopolis— This website helps 6th through 8th graders play video games to learn math (you have to sign up)
5. Mathplayground.com— The student can learn about logic, word problems. There are tutorial videos also.
6. Purple Math— Goes into detail about algebra
7. AlgebraHelp.com— Another site to help with algebra
8. Library.thinkquest.org— interactive math games
9. Factmonster.com— This is an entertaining site filled with all kinds of booklearning
10. CoolMath–This is a vivid colored interactive site kids needs to take several hours to sort through

Here’s a helpful website to learn more about explorers. I found it on Mrs. Happy Housewife.

Here is a national program called MathCounts. Students can get involved through schools. Here is a website which has drills to test your math ability. Here’s a webpage with practice problems.

“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.”
-Henry David Thoreau