FOTR > Roadschooling > Language Arts
Reading
Listen to Books
- Audio Adventures has books for rent that are available at truck stops
- Cracker Barrel Stores can be found near the highway and they also have audio books for rent.
- Audible.com download audio books for a fee
- Librivox.com lets you download audio books for no charge
- More audiobooks available for free download
Read Books Online
- Gutenberg.org you'll find 19, 000 free e-books - download them to a PDA and read at your leisure.
- Wikipedia.org also has texts available online
Have your heard about Kindle?
- No monthly wireless bills, service plans, or commitments—we take care of the wireless delivery so you can simply click, buy, and read.
- Includes free wireless access to the planet's most exhaustive and up-to-date encyclopedia—Wikipedia.org.
- Email your Word documents and pictures (.JPG, .GIF, .BMP, .PNG) to Kindle for easy on-the-go viewing.
- Buy a book and it is auto-delivered wirelessly in less than one minute.
Visit our page dedicated to questions about taking books on the road and borrowing them from the library.
Historical Fiction Map
The FOTR community is putting together a map of Historical Fiction Locations with Google Maps.
This is a work in progress and we could use your help! If you have something to add email Kimberly for an invite.
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| Book | Author | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
The Legend of Sleepy Hallow
 | Washington Irving | Sunnyside and Philipsburg Manor in Tarrytown, New York | Go at Halloween to see the Headless Horseman |
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
 | Mark Twain | Hannibal, Missouri | Mark Twain's Boyhood home and inspiration for Tom Sawyer. Try to visit during 4th of July and join in the National Tom Sawyer Days celebration. Boys 10-13 can sign up for the fence painting contest and girls can compete in the Tomboy Sawyer contest. Camp at Mark Twain Caves. Read about one family's experiences at NTSD . |
Writing Resources and Ideas
- For those who want to publish and possibly sell their own books try lulu.com
- Writing Prompts from Writer's Digest
- Keeping an online journal for friends and family
- Send postcards, emails and letters
- Magnetic Poetry - if your RV fridge is not magnetic try buying magnetic paint to paint the ceilings and kids areas with. Just use caution with electronics in the magnetic areas.
- Online writing class for grades 6 and up. Offered by a homeschooling mom.
Language Games
- Apples to Apples
comes highly recommended by some of RVing Families. It is a card game that requires only minimal reading skills and is a great conversation starter. There is an Apples to Apples Junior Game
for the kids and Apples to Apples
for the adults and teens . Get a box of each and mix all of our cards together to even the playing field while keeping the adults entertained.
- Make your own Word Search puzzles. Just delete their word list and add your own.
- vocabulary games
Foreign Languages
- JapanesePod 101 - hundreds of lessons for all levels, free audio and more
