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What are the 3 components of the Trivium? Grammar, Dialectic (also known as Logic), and Rhetoric. What are the 4 components of the Quadrivium? Arithmetic, Music, Geometry, Astronomy.

Games and Songs of American Children By William Wells Newell
This book, written in 1884 and available for free download here, is a gem of a find!  Don’t we all remember little games we played with our friends as children?  History buffs will especially love this book!
Sometimes the game is described in detail (with reference to [...]

Primary Education
Here is a semi-unit study on the Pied Piper of Hamlin for language arts. 
The Pied Piper is a fairy tale of sorts about the abduction of children in Hamelin, Germany.  This book contains background information, 2 8×10 posters, the full play, music score, and paper dolls.  Other books from the library can be [...]

Primary Education
This adorable (and very long!) public domain book, which can be downloaded and printed out for free here, offers a variety of games, songs, poems for children. Activities are broken up week by week and into subjects (hygeine, phonics, music, drawing, and even seatwork).
Children’s music score sheets, coloring pages, detailed articles about teaching [...]