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Hi everyone!

Boy, what a week this has been! I've been a LOT more busy than I like to be and it makes me realize just  how much I like it when my life is simpler. While sitting in the Dr.'s office this week, I had time to look through three magazines that had arrived the previous day. ALL of them had articles about "going green" and recycling/reusing. The April issue of SHAPE had an interesting tip for recycling - DO NOT throw the caps to bottles into your recycling bag. These caps cannot be processed by recycling machinery and so are cut off and thrown away, often ending up in oceans & rivers. Sometimes, sea animals swallow them causing them to choke. So, when you recycle, do not include the caps. All three of my April magazines  -SHAPE, Country Living and Natural Health - had articles on "going green" ... tips to help the environment and save our planet, eco-conscious fashion, green beauty routines, green cleaning, ways to conserve energy and more. I think it's great that magazines of all kinds are helping to spread the word about ways we can help our planet. On a side note, once I'm done reading my magazines, I recycle them by giving them to my hair stylist - she loves to have lots of good magazines for her customers to read!

Here are some more good things to share with you this week:

From Jocelyn Dixon - If you haven't already, you can check out  The 39th Homesteading Carnival: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM Edition! Please do so and then make sure you submit something for the next carnival using this EASY blogcarnival form form. All you do is add your URL and it will load your info. All you do is push send after that!

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If you'd like a chance to win a custom-made apron, check out the Not Quite June Cleaver blog for more details.

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If you homeschool and are looking for some great titles to add to your home library, you should check out The Book Peddler's latest news. Here is what I received in my email today:

Just wanted to send you a quick note and let you know that last week we received about fifty new bargain books. Most of them are hard cover, have a library binding and will sustain lots of use and abuse. Many of these books were sold to libraries at over $30.00 each. We have most of them priced at only $3.99! They are already selling quickly. I would encourage you to click here and see these great deals.

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From The Knowledge House Newsletter:

Knowledge House Monthly Newsletter ~ March 2008

Homeschool information, ideas, & inspiration www.KnowledgeHouse.info  

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Check out my NEW CALENDAR pages! www.knowledgehouse.info/month_00.html

Find fun facts, unit study ideas, and/or writing topics for every day of the year!

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LEARNING LINKS

The Color of Green

http://www.knowledgehouse.info/njfkgreen.html

St. Patrick’s Day

http://knowledgehouse.info/njfksaint.html

Easter/Resurrection Sunday

http://www.knowledgehouse.info/njfkeaster.html

Find more March Learning Links here:

http://www.knowledgehouse.info/month_03.html

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EXPERIMENT OF THE MONTH

As a service to home educators, Jane Hoffman (a.k.a. the Backyard Scientist) has offered to provide FREE hands-on experiments for readers of this newsletter. These hands-on science experiments are NOT contained in her award-winning Backyard Scientist books and science kits. This month’s experiment is titled: “Is There a Relationship Between Temperature and Metabolism?” To print out a copy, click here: www.knowledgehouse.info/BackyardScientist2008-2.doc (Since you will be getting another new experiment every month, I would suggest printing them double-sided and placing the pages in a three-ring binder.)

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Copyright © 2008 by Teri Ann Berg Olsen, www.knowledgehouse.info. Please feel free to forward or to print and distribute this e-mail newsletter in its entirety, as long you include the copyright notice with my byline and web link. (Permission does not extend to posting my articles on any other website or blog.) If you would like to subscribe to this free e-newsletter, simply send a blank e-mail to KnowledgeHouse-subscribe@yahoogroups.com and then follow the instructions in the confirmation e-mail that you will receive, or sign up on the web at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KnowledgeHouse. To unsubscribe, send a blank e-mail to KnowledgeHouse-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com.

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FREEBIES to share!

from the Freebie Friday newsletter - you can subscribe here

Bible in Living Sound is offering The Passion of Jesus Christ as a free MP3 download. This is a enthralling re-enactment with music and "live" sound effects putting your kids in the middle of the action. You will find the free downloads HERE.  (If your kids enjoy this dramatization we sell LOTS of these at the Schoolhouse Store! You will find them HERE.)

Easter Bunny, Are You For Real? - This is the complete text of the children's book written by Harold Myra

Evan, The Tree that Became the Cross - This is another story for children by David C Klem

Suddenly One Morning - The Shopkeeper's Story: An Easter Narrative by Charles R. SwindollInstructions to make your own Resurrection Eggs - Tell the story of the Easter using plastic eggs.

Jesus Lives - Free bookmarks to print.

Easter Cookie Recipe - Make cookies with your children and learn the true meaning of Easter.

If you would like more Easter freebies, you will find a LOT more HERE and HERE.

The Passion of Christ in Art - This is a sketch of the major moments of the Passion highlighted by major works of the Western art.

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Well, I think that is all for today ... see you again next week!

Kris Price
Senior Editor, HomesteadBlogger.com
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