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Just wanted to let everyone know about that the time has come for this wonderful annual event at Currclick.com. Have FUN and get some really cool Free stuff! I got mine, so don't delay!
Leslie Valeska
~Contributing Writer~
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The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine has some wonderful resources for you to use this coming Easter, and they are completely FREE!
This is the sort of thing you'll want all of your friends to know about, so we'll even give you a handy button to put on your blog or website to do just that. Just copy the code in the box, paste it in your template or in a blog post (use source) and everyone you know will have access to these free instant downloads.
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The Erskine family of Homeschool Radio Shows has been hard at work! They have opened a new site that offers freebies for homeschoolers.
Each day a new freebie is posted. Just go to the website and download. YES it IS that easy! No strings attached!
Here is a sample of the e-books that have been offered this past week:
- Free College
- Straight Talk from Homeschool Graduates
- Complete Guide to Homeschooling
- Rainy Day Activities
- Time Management Tips for Your Kids
Jim has made it even easier to get the freebie everyday. If you don't want to forget to grab your freebie, sign up for the list and he will email you! It DOESN'T get any easier than that!
So, get on over to Homeschool Freebie of the Day, TODAY! You aren't going to miss even one freebie!
These are my thoughts.
Leslie Valeska
~Contributing Writer~
Leslie Valeska is the lucky wife of Thomas. With children ranging in ages from 4-16, she has had a lot of time to learn and experience much of the fine art of homemaking. Simple Journey Ministries was established to encourage, support, and inspire women, from all walks of life, to engage and continue on a path of Godly Womanhood. You can visit her at her blog Journey to Simplicity (www.leslievaleska.com/blog), Simple Journey Ministries (www.leslievaleska.com), and Simple Journey Bookstore (www.leslievaleska.com/bookstore)
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In today's issue of The Homeschool Minute, there was a HUGE list of freebies for Easter and I wanted to be sure you saw them. In addition, a friend of mine has the most incredible giveaway on her blog - you could win the latest edition of YOUR choice of Rosetta Stone Foreign Language curriculum!! Woo-Hoo!! I have their Spanish program and it is really good. Click here for more details of the contest and learn how you could have a chance to win this! And, without further ado, here are the freebies ... ENJOY!
Homeschool Freebies
Jamin!, Freebie Finder
Wow, Easter is early this year! Did you know it can actually only fall one day earlier? It will not fall this early again until 2160! If you would like to find out what date Easter falls in any year click HERE.
I have found a batch of wonderful Easter freebies. You may have seen some of these in Freebie Friday and some on my blog but, here they are all together for the first time!
Bible in Living Sound is offering The Passion of Jesus Christ as a free MP3 download.
Easter Bunny, Are You For Real? - Enjoy the complete text of the children's book written by Harold Myra. (You can click on the printer friendly version to view and print it without the banner ads.)
Evan, The Tree that Became the Cross - A sweet story for children by David C Klem
Suddenly One Morning - The Shopkeeper's Story: An Easter Narrative by Charles R. Swindoll
The Passion of Christ in Art - Here you'll find major moments of the Passion highlighted by major works of Western art.
Instructions to make your own Resurrection Eggs - Learn to tell the story of Easter using plastic eggs.
Here is another site with free printables to use to make Resurrection Eggs. (The kids and I will be making a set of these this week!)
Jesus Lives - Free bookmarks to print. (These would be great to hand out in Sunday School or give to friends.)
Easter Cookie Recipe - Make these special cookies with your children to learn the true meaning of Easter.
Here is a Christian Easter Preschool Curriculum. Here are all the printables to go with it.
Free Christian printables for kids. This site includes directions for a puppet, popup card and coloring sheets.
These Scripture cards can be printed and put together on a ring to help your family learn passages of Scripture related to Easter.
This notebooking project uses passages of scripture from the last week of the life of Christ. What a great keepsake! I can't wait to work on this one with my kids!
At this site you can take a virtual tour of the Holy Land. I really enjoyed this one!
Kris Price
Senior Editor, HomesteadBlogger.com
www.homesteadblogger.com/hsbfrontporch
www.homesteadblogger.com/athomewithkris
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If you don't already get The Homeschool Minute weekly newsletter, then you should sign up today .... even if it is just for the Freebies that are included in there each week. You don't have to homeschool to enjoy the thoughts that are shared. This week's issue is about the midwinter blues. Here are the freebie that were posted ... many would make great after school or weekend activities.
Homeschool Freebies
Jamin!, Freebie Finder
The best cure I have found for overcoming the midwinter blues in our homeschool is to do something FUN! Here are some ideas for free activities will boost you out of the blues!
Teach Art At Home is a great website where you can either select from the projects on the website or sign up for the newsletter and get a free lesson plan sent to you via email each month.
Linerider.com is a fun site where you can spend some time creating your own line rider tracks! This is LOTS of fun! You create an online track using a pencil and then let a boy ride his sled on the track you drew. Be careful, it's easy to crash! You can create landscapes, ramps, hills and more. Use your imagination! There are also lots of videos of other peoples creations to watch. If you have kids who like to design things on the computer they will LOVE this!
The Cooking with Kids website offers many great recipes to enjoy in the kitchen with your kids. They even have Easy Bake Oven recipes! (Nothing brightens a winter day more than an Easy Bake Oven! LOL)
Visit the Animal Cams at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park. You can see 20 different animals live on camera!
Find out what foods are associated with your state! Then cook up a few recipes from any state you choose!
Create a Wacky Web Tale. (They will never know they are learning parts of speech!)
Learn some new jump rope rhymes.
Play some online games that help you learn about the Bible. (My favorite is Bible Hangman with the books of the Old and New Testament.)
I hope you found something here that will help you and your kids refocus and get ready for the rest of the school year. Now go make some hot chocolate and enjoy this midwinter day!
Happy Homeschooling,
~Jamin
Kris Price
Senior Editor, HomesteadBlogger.com
www.homesteadblogger.com/hsbfrontporch
www.homesteadblogger.com/athomewithkris
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I was going to share these on my own blog, but thought it would be best to post them here to make sure that everyone sees them! I have created a new category and will post freebies & special offers that I come across once a week! Several of these come from The Homeschool Minute newsletter ... I highly recommend that you subscribe to it!
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A Great Start to 2008
We're pretty excited at TOS because our Winter issue is just about ready to send to the printers. It's going to be fabulous!
We've got articles on balancing home and work, tips on organizing your homeschool, a look at day-to-day life with Susan Wise Bauer, our first ever Freebie Directory, and so much more. I've been going through and checking out all of the neat products that the companies are offering and I tell you there is some really neat stuff in there! What a great way to start the New Year.
Here's the catch, magazines will start hitting mailboxes at the end of January so if you want to get the Winter issue, you need to subscribe by January 6, 2008.
Don't miss out on this chance get helpful tips and encouragement that can really make a difference in your homeschool. All the magazines on the newsstands right now are covering the most popular women's topics - losing weight, saving money, and organizing your home, but we're going to help you specifically as a homeschool mom.
We're going to show you some free resources for your homeschool, let you peek in on homeschool life for other families from Hawaii to South Africa, and give you unit study information on the Iditarod and Civil War. We've got tips on educational games to play with reference books, do's and don'ts on teaching history, and information on working at home and finding balance. I get excited just looking at all the titles!!
If you're already a subscriber, but you need to renew, now's your chance to do that so that you don't miss an issue.
Bonus Special Offer for THM Readers
Subscribe or renew by January 6, 2008 and we'll give you FIVE issues for the price of four. That's right, we'll tack on an extra issue to your one-year subscription for FREE. Just use coupon code FREEBIEPLUS4 in step two of the checkout to get an extra issue! The deadline is January 6, 2008 and we don't want you to miss this fabulous Winter issue. It's a great way to start 2008!
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Sled Dogs Lapbook
Before snowmobiles and 4-wheel drive vehicles, people who lived in the northern regions of the United States, Canada, Greenland, Siberia, Norway, and Finland, relied on teams of dogs to travel in the winter. Sled dogs were able to pull people and freight over areas that were otherwise impossible to cross. Your student can complete a lapbook about these special dogs in the 43-page Sled Dogs Project Pack from In the Hands of a Child. This Project pack includes an 11-page Research Guide and 15 hands-on activities to help your student learn the history, breeds, training, diet, and more about sled dogs.
A $13.99 value, FREE!
... and don't forget to visit The Schoolhouse Store and check out the eBook section. We have added so many E-Books this year that we had to break them up into sub-categories to make them easier to find. One fun new series is Melissa Markham's children's books about the Komodo Dragon, Ruby Throated Hummingbird, and the American Bison.
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Some of you may know the Dandelion Seeds blog on Homeschoolblogger.com. If you don't, you should visit her ... she is a totally open book and just blogs what's on her heart! Recently, she decided to offer her eBook, Create in Me a Clean Heart, to her readers for FREE. She has placed a "Donate" button underneath it and I ask that, if you decide to download her wonderful eBook, please pray about it and try to donate to her whatever your heart leads you to. You can order the devotional all printed out and bound for $20 if you don't want to print it out for yourself (it is over 200 pages!). Amy and her husband have had a precarious financial situation for a while now and I know that it would just bless their socks off to receive donations from those that feel led to do so!
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From The Homeschool Minute - Homeschool Freebies
Jamin!, Freebie Finder
Since the topic was "a look back", I thought I would share with you a few of my favorite freebie websites from 2007.
Free-411 is one I use all the time! If you are near a computer, you can go to their website and look up a number. If you prefer, you can call 1-800-FREE-411. I have this programmed into my cell phone. You may have to listen to an advertisement before receiving the number, but if you are willing to do that you can save the $1.50 the phone companies charge for information.
Here is a site that provides free homeschool ID cards. Fill out the form on their website and they produce the artwork and email it to you in pdf format. From there you can print it out or even have it laminated. Don't forget to make one for the teacher as well!
Allrecipes.com is a cool site I use a lot. Type in the ingredients you have on hand and it let's you know the recipes you can make!
Here (scroll to bottom of the page) is a great list of ideas for studying spelling words. From putting your words in alphabetical order to writing silly sentences, this list will spice up your spelling study time.
Thebestkidsbooksite.com is a cool website that allows you to type in a topic and it provides you with a list of children's books on that topic. Wow! How helpful is that?!
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See you next week with more great freebies and special offers!
Kris Price
Senior Editor, HomesteadBlogger.com
www.homesteadblogger.com/athomewithkris
