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Date Posted: 08:15:51 09/04/02 Wed
Author: Sharon
Subject: Guess what I found
In reply to: Liann 's message, "More ideas for you....." on 20:27:43 09/03/02 Tue

I was searching through my books today and ran across two I'd forgotten I had. There's The Story of Flight by Mary Lee Settle. It's got 86 pages, but it's very big print with lots of pictures. I also found Wilbur and Orville and the Flying Machine by Max Marquardt. It's from the Britannica Book Club and is an easy reader. I found another book in the same series about Thomas Edison.

I also found in a craft book how to make a whirlybird toy like the Wright brothers played with when they were boys.

I don't know how many times I've told my husband I wished Mrs. Edison had written a book. If you ever run across a book written by a mom of an inventor, let me know.

Happy Homeschooling!
Sharon


>Sharon a.k.a. "Mrs. Edison",
>
>We also have at least five or six books on Thomas A.
>Edison too. Gabriel is just about to finish reading
>Childhood of Famous Americans Thomas A. Edison book.
>It is great. This one is all about his childhood. It
>is the first "big" chapter book that Gabriel has read
>all by himself. I'm so proud of him!!
>
>The book is First Flight: The Story of Tom Tate and
>the Wright Brothers by George Shea pictures by Don
>Bolognesse. It is An I Can Read Chapter Book and is
>48 pages. Since it was written in 1997, Brittany may
>not be interested. But, since it is a popular kids
>book you may be able to inter-loan it through your
>tiny library and not have to purchase it. I just wish
>that Mrs. Edison or Mrs. Wright had written a book
>about how to deal with inventor sons and
>homeschooling. Somedays he can be so bossy and
>stubborn. He is so sure of himself and his ideas. It
>is a good thing, if I could just teach him how to use
>his tenacity effectively. Oh well, I'm trying.
>
>We went to Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museaum
>last month and bought a membership. Now we can go as
>many times as we would like for the year. You might
>want to look it up on line since they have the orginal
>home of the Wright Brothers, Henry Ford and Thomas
>Edison's Menlo Park. They also have the boarding
>house that Thomas Edison used to live in and it was
>the first house ever to have electric light. It is a
>great place. That is where Gabriel first got his love
>for inventions. We bought a membership during his
>first grade year when he was still in public school.
>Since we started homeschooling him that spring, we
>were able to spend a lot of time there that year.
>
>I would love to know any ideas that you have. I will
>be one week behind you since we are starting with
>Constenoga Wagons next week. But then we will flip
>back to unit 1 after unit 2, so you will always be
>ahead of me and can give me great ideas. Yippeee!!
>Since I tend to plan ahead, I should be able to give
>you some ideas too.
>
>Oh, thanks for the patentcafe.com site. It is
>wonderful. I am going to show it to the boys when we
>start school next week as a surprise.
>
>Since Brittany like older books, have you ever read
>any of the Thorton Burgess series. Gabriel is able to
>read these. They were written in the early 1900's.
>Some libraries carry them, but they are available from
>Dover for a dollar each!! We bought the whole series
>of about 18 books. I actucally have a couple of extra
>copies if you want me to send them to you, I could.
>They do have some older words in them, but the boys
>don't seem to notice much. They just as me to explain
>the words. Have you ever bought anything from Mark
>Hamby's ministry The Lamplighter. He specifically
>re-publishes old books that are just gems!! I think
>he is on-line. Let me know if you need more
>information. Also Richard "Little Bear" Wheeler of
>Mantle Ministries and Doug Phillips of Vision Forum
>also re-publish old out of print books. That may help
>you find some books that Brittany would love.
>
>I am the librarian for my homeschool support group and
>just love books and homeschool conferences so I tend
>to have a wealth of information lying around here.
>
>Blessings,
>Liann
>a.k.a. "Mrs. Wright"

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