Sites for finding books that go with history time periods

History is one of our most central subjects here, so I love finding literature assignments and family read-aloud books that are about the eras being studied.  Here are a couple of wonderful sites to help with that!

http://www.readingyourwaythroughhistory.com/
http://www.redshift.com/~bonajo/history.htm

If you're not going to the Sistine Chapel anytime soon....

... or even if you ARE going, but won't be able to get up close to the ceiling, here is an interactive web site that shows all the detail of Michelangelo's work.

We think it's awesome!

http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.html

Good web site for games/activities

For those times when I'm trying to focus on one child, and another child needs something to do on their own, preferably educational, we have found this to be a nice solution:

Room 108

We've been exploring some of the activities on this site, and so far some of our favorites are:

http://www.netrover.com/~crose/memory/memory2.htm The old "Simon" game (memory practice)

http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/tetris/tetris2.html The old "Tetris" game (spatial relations practice

http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/clock/clock7hour.html For learning how to tell time

http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/missing/main.htm For counting practice

http://netrover.com/~jjrose/rush/rush108.html "Rush Hour" game (spatial relations, problem solving)

http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/body/body.html Body parts game