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At the grocery store (which never orders enough groceries):

“Be a good place to start a store.”

Tags: The Ol' Hermit

Next week there will be no new freebies from Homeschool Freebie of the Day, due to the lingering effects of the ice storm in Kentucky.

They will, however, leave up all the freebies from this week. If you missed any of them you have all of next week to get them.

Money Saving Meats from Living on a Dime

Quiet Times for the Busy, Stressed, Distracted, Dry Gals -Audio Seminar by Cindy Rushton (MP3 Audio) part 1

Quiet Times for the Busy, Stressed, Distracted, Dry Gals -Audio Seminar by Cindy Rushton (MP3 Audio) part 2

Fun with Tangrams pdf e-book

Gilbert Light Experiments for Boys pdf ebook

Thank you Erskines. We are praying the power is restored to you all soon.

Denese

Tags: education freebies, free e-books

The Gilbert Book of Light Experiments for Boys -originally published in 1909; from Homeschool Freebie of the Day, available today only.

The Exploratorium Science Snacks: Snacks about Light -44 different activities and experiments, grades K-5

The Science of Light Teacher’s Lab -from Learner.org; hands-on activities for teachers and students, grades K-5

Light Experiments -from HunkinsExperiments.com; 6 different experiments including how to make an onion glow and how to change the color of a goldfish

Wonders of Our World Light Unit -from Ohio State University; 11 hands-on activities in 2 parts with  suggested reading  and supply lists, grades K-5

Eye on the Sky Lesson Plan: What Makes Shadows -grades 1-3

Resources for Science Learning Activity: The Color of Light -grades 4-6

Discovery Education Lesson Plan Library: Sight and Light -grades 6-8

Science Netlinks Making Light of Science -3 part lesson, grades 6-8

Optics: Light, Color and Their Uses -NASA Educators Guide; activities in math and science, grades K-12

ThinkQuest.org Discovering Light -learn more about light in physics, technology, nature and culture

Optical Society of America: Exploring the Science of Light -all about optics including; history timeline, activities, experiments, optical illusions and much more

Optical Research Associates: Optics for Kids -learn about light, lenses, lasers and careers in optics; inludes online activities, downloads, more resource links

Molecular Expressions: Science, Optics and You -timeline in optics, pioneers in optics, museum of microscopy, teacher resources, student activities

Atmospheric Optics -beautiful photography and explanations of rainbows, water droplets, ice halos and more

How Light Bulbs Work

How Light Sticks Work

How does glow-in-the-dark stuff work?

Denese

Tags: education freebies, Science

Introduction to Tangrams pdf e-book, with three bonus links, is available free from Homeschool Freebie of the Day, for today only.

Tangrams: An Introduction -from The Center for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching

501 Tangram Challenges -free software download

CreativeImaginations.net Children’s Puzzles Tangrams

PBS Kids Cyberchase Tangrams Game

Tangram -by Archimedes-lab.org; printable tangram, different tangram puzzles, more links

Tangoes (based on tangrams)-play online free

Enchanted Mind Java Puzzles: Tangrams -play online

Randy’s Tangram Page -a ton of resources; history, downloads, make-your-own, links

Tangram Worksheet- from About.com Mathematics; pdf file

Tangram Fractions -from Teacher to Teacher Press; free pdf download (other math activity downloads available, also)

Japanese Tangram -printable image

Making Tangram Pieces from Folding Paper -3rd grade lesson plan from Utah Education Network

Tangrams 3 Day Lesson Plan -from LessonPlansPage.com; 4th grade

Exploring Geometric Figures 6 Day lesson Plan -from Buffalo State College Mathematics Education Program; 10th grade

Denese

Tags: education freebies, mathematics

For his anger [endureth but] a moment; in his favour [is] life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in the morning.

Psalm 30:5

Denese

Tags: nature-photos, scripture, Site Info

Here are some new homeschooling freebies for this week.

CurrClick

CurrClick’s free product of the week for this week is The Great Inventors Lapbook with Study Guide. This is for grades 3-7 and is free this week only. They have also added more products to their freebie page including some reading comprehension/copywork pages and Barack Obama Notebooking Pages.

HomeschoolRadioShows.com

This week’s Living Books for the Ears free program is “The Story of George Washington Carver”. This program focuses on Carver’s work and innovations and was originally broadcast in 1955. The Erskines have also included links to a coloring book about Carver and a list of his inventions.

Little Scholastic

Little Scholastic will send you a free book for your baby or toddler if you email them with your name and mailing address. Check it out here.

Denese

Tags: education freebies, preschool

One of the best ways to lower your electric bill is to not use electricity.

(It can be done, but I’ll tell you about that another time.)

Here are a few ways we keep our electric bill low.

• No dryer. I told you all about that already.
• We use only cold water to wash our clothes. (Most stains come out better in cold water anyways.)
• No electric heat. We use a woodstove for heat. If you can cut your own wood you will save even more money.
• No air conditioning. We use fans and keep the windows open in the summer time.
• No microwave.
• Non-electric kitchen gadgets. I don’t own an electric can-opener, potatoes are mashed by hand and we even do beating and whipping with a whisk instead of an electric hand-mixer. I have never owned a food processor, I chop everything up with a knife. (I do have a good set of knives and know how to sharpen them!)
• No curling irons or blow dryers. (We do have one blow dryer but it’s used for thawing out pipes in the wintertime!)
• Gas stove. It has cost us less money to use a propane cook stove than an electric one, but the price has gone up over the last year. (One of our goals for this year is to build an outdoor, wood-fired oven.)
• We only have one television. Does everybody really have to have their own? Television can be a big time-waster, too. We don’t own any video game consoles either.
• Unplug stuff. Even if they’re turned off, electric devices draw power as long as they’re still plugged in.

Warning: A lot of these things will cost you more time and physical labor… but they will save you money.

Denese

Tags: holler livin', money saving tips

Thank you all for the nice comments about the snow and icicle pictures, I am so glad everyone enjoyed them.

It’s all gone…for now. We never know what the weather is going to do around here until it gets here and sometimes it’s completely opposite of what the weatherman says!

I took some pictures of the pink clouds this morning and I’ll try to get them up later.

Denese

Tags: appreciation, thank-you

Homeschool Freebie of the Day is back to all new resources this week and the freebie for today is Money Saving Meats from Living on a Dime. This e-book is full of useful tips to help you shop better and use the meat you buy more efficiently. Free today only.

Do you like Thai food? I found a couple of free e-books full of authentic Thai recipes. Joy’s Thai Food Recipes has 50 recipes along with illustrations and  you’ll find 20 recipes in Joy’s Thai Desserts E-book. Get them at Joy’s Thai Food.

Denese

Tags: Cooking, free e-books, recipes, recipes and cooking

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You can also add your giveaway to the list.

Denese

Tags: giveaways