This is a freebie from The Old Schoolhouse. If the crunch of the Christmas season (we have several birthdays and anniversaries to add to the financial load too) has got you thinking more seriously about dollars and sense, or if you are already pondering those New Year’s resolutions to manage your credit or eliminate it altogether, OR if you simply want to use this to help prepare your kids to be responsible stewards, this is a good free tool. Go here to cash in.
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Charlotte Mason Freebies
If you are a Charlotte Mason homeschooler, or have heard the name but are unfamiliar with this approach, Old Schoolhouse Magazine has plenty to offer:
Who is Charlotte Mason? What is copywork? What are nature studies? What is art study? What is literature-based math? What is twaddle? What are living books? You will find out all about this gentle teaching approach at this week’s freebie links!
I use the Ambleside Online curriculum mentioned here. They’ve done a great job of organizing and providing links for many of the books free online. I have also found the “Charlotte Mason Companion” to be helpful. Just click on the image to follow a link to Amazon.com.
Hope these are a blessing to you.
Homeschool Freebies: Oregon Trail Unit Study, Lap Book and more
We are smack in the middle of Oregon Trail country (the two-tracks can be seen easily from the highway on regular drives of ours past Red Canyon to South Pass), so this was of particular interest to me. Included in these freebies is a link for a free version of the Oregon trail game as well. Click here and enjoy…and y’all come and see us sometime!
Free Lapbooking Resources
Here is a link for some great lapbooking resources for your homeschool. This is a neat learning tool that I am only beginning to investigate, that may put my daughter’s love for creating and her lack of eagerness for reporting all together in a fun little package.
Have fun investigating links for over 300 free lapbooks at this site, including themes like: cooking, money, the “Little House” book series, ABC’s, fire safety, chemistry, lots of blank templates and more. Click here.
Free E Book from Old Schoolhouse–"Planning Your Course, and Letting the Lord Determine Your Steps"
Enjoy this wonderful free resource for the new school year. Lots of great tips for planning, organizing, and determining the direction for your school year. Seasoned homeschoolers share encouragement for unit studies, lots of great links for free planners, charts, and forms, and their own personal insight for what works, and what doesn’t. Just click the green graphic in the left sidebar and enjoy!
"The Wheels on the Bus"…and a few homeschool freebies!
This morning my son was apparently thinking of the upcoming school year. The public school bus comes right by our house very early each morning (we are several miles out of town, so some children need to be ready to leave at 7 a.m. or perhaps even earlier). I tease my kids periodically, saying (as they are still having breakfast in their jammies), “Well, here’s the bus! Ready to go?” 😉
Well, today my son made a sweet observation. He said, “Mom, those kids who have to get up so early…they don’t get to see their parents for 7 whole hours every day! That’s too bad. I feel sorry for them.” Yes, that’s just one of the great perks of homeschooling. I love my kids, and homeschooling provides the closeness which allows me to know them well enough to like them a whole lot as well. 🙂
I can’t say I’m quite ready to jump into school yet, but having this kind of outlook (and from a nine year old, at that!) sure helps.
Speaking of helps, here are a couple treasures I just learned about for the new school year:
- You can find lots of “file folder” games, divided by grades, and for many subjects by clicking here.
- Click here for an ABC Lap-n-Note lapbook for preschoolers (with scores of links for each letter of the alphabet) from Homeschool Share.
- At this link, explore Christian preschool printables, from crafts and coloring pages to felt board stories, puzzles and Bible memory cards.
- Click here for some lifesaving posts for homeschooling with preschoolers (I know this is a huge challenge for us…to keep our Kate engaged while the others are trying to get their studies done).
- If you want to save money (who doesn’t?) go to the Homeschool Buyers Co-op by clicking the pink sidebar widget (just scroll down). AND, if you join when you use this link (for free…and YOU get free Smart Points just for joining–spend ’em just like $$$), I get Smart Points toward our schooling materials too. I found the absolute best price on Switched on Schoolhouse here. Lots of freebies there too! You’ll love it…guaranteed.
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