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The Erskines have another great line-up of freebies for us this week:

• Monday, July 27th: A Classical Copybook (PDF ebook)  -For beginning grammar stage students, focuses on a traditional cursive style writing. Covers early modern history, from Pocahontas to Kit Carson. From Kimberly Garcia at Write from History. If you sign up for the Write From History newsletter, you can get another free ebook, “A Charlotte Mason Writing Plan:from copywork to composition”.
• Tuesday, July 28th: Gabriel And The Hour Book (PDF ebook) -A wonderful character-building story set in 15th century France, about a young peasant boy named Gabriel, an apprentice to a monk who creates illuminated texts. A well written "living history" book for all ages. Highly recommended!
• Wednesday, July 29th: Raggedy Ann Stories by Johnny Gruelle (PDF ebook) -The very first "Raggedy Ann" book with all the stories and colorful illustrations included!
• Thursday, July 30th: Taming The "Homeschool Information Overload" Monster (PDF ebook) -Eight practical strategies for dealing with "homeschool information overload". Learn how to free up more of your precious time for what is really important in your life.
• Friday, July 31st: Getting Started Homeschooling Lessons  -Five weekly lessons from Homeschooling ABCs; step-by-step "how to get started" and "what do do next" information especially for homeschool newbies, with bite-sized chunks of wisdom and advice, plus action steps for each week.

Don’t forget, you can only get each of these resources on their respective days at Homeschool Freebie of the Day. If you’d like advance notice of the weekly freebies plus an extra freebie each week, just sign up for the newsletter.

Blessings,

Denese

Tags: education freebies, free e-books, handwriting

Free Sample Of Gain

Submit your name and address for a free sample of ‘Gain with Febreze Freshness’.

For US residents only.

Hair Care Sample

Get a free sample of  Oil Moisturizer and Reconstructing Deep Treatment Conditioner with organic shea butter and green tea, from Softsheen-Carson.

This offer requires phone number and email address. Available to US residents only, while supplies last.

Total Cereal Sample

Submit your name, address and birthday for a free sample of new Total Blueberry Pomegranate Cereal.

This offer is available to US residents only, while supplies last.

Nescafe Taster’s Choice Sample Pack

Enter your email and address for a free stick pack sample of Nescafe Taster’s Choice coffee.

Offer good for US residents only, while supplies last and limited to one per person/two per household.

Blessings,

Denese

Tags: free-samples

Get a free cake and pie server from Eden Dreams Cake Boutique.

This offer is available in the US and Canada only, for a limited time and while supplies last. Requires phone number and email address.

Blessings,

Denese

Update: This offer is no longer available.

Tags: freebies

Websites

NASA History Division: The Apollo Program –links to NASA and non-NASA sites about the Apollo Space Program; press kits, flight journals. transmission transcripts, audio and video segments, technical info and commemorative sites, online books.

National Space Science Data Center: The Apollo Program (1963-1972) –from NASA’s permanent archive for space science mission data; a short overview of the program and a ton of links; info on each spacecraft and mission, lunar landing site map, info on the moon trees, images, audio clips and much more.

Unit Study

Men on the Moon: Apollo 11 and the Space Race Mini Unit Study –online mini unit study from Learning Through History.

Notebooking Pages

Apollo Notebooking Pages – six pages briefly summarizing a successful Apollo moon landing; includes places to mount images (also included). From Pamela at Three For Thee.

Paper Spacecraft Models

Real Spacecraft Paper Models for Download –scroll down for Apollo spacecraft.

Apollo Lunar Module –very detailed paper model.

Blessings,

Denese

Tags: Apollo, moon, space-exploration

We’ve been walking in the woods again…most of the flowers are gone, but there are plenty of  mushrooms in all different shapes, sizes and colors!

These were the biggest mushrooms we’ve seen this year –the size of dinner plates!

Twins

Something was hungry!

We usually see these shelf-type mushrooms growing on logs, but these came out of the ground.

This one is the same type as the one above, but it looks like it’s eating a walnut.

Coral in the woods.

Related Posts:

• Mushrooms In The Mountains
• Fall Mushrooms (from my blog’s old BlogSpot site)

Blessings,

Denese

Tags: mushrooms, nature, photos

I meant to have this out yesterday but was tied up with phone calls and paperwork all day!

Homeschool Freebie Of The Day

Monday, July 20th: CHARACTER STUDY NOTEBOOKING PAGES (PDF ebook) -subtitled "Sowing Seeds of Great Character… One Habit at a Time". From  NotebookingPages.com.  (Still available)

Tuesday, July 21st: WHEN MOTHER LETS US SEW (PDF ebook) -practical little guide to basic hand sewing written in 1910. This is filled with sweet illustrations and very well done step by step instructions for teaching basic stitches and sewing skills to little learners.

Wednesday, July 22nd: THE SEVEN LAWS OF TEACHING (PDF ebook) -originally published in 1886 for use in Sunday Schools, but highly applicable in all settings. Examines basic, unchanging laws of learning: The "law" of teaching; the teacher; the learner; language; the lesson; the teaching process; the learning process; and the law of review.

Thursday, July 23rd: ABC COLORING BOOK: CREATION SCIENCE & GEOLOGY (PDF ebook) Great coloring book filled with interesting creation science facts, provided by www.mediaangels.com.

Friday, July 24th: CREATIVELY SIMPLE: HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE LAUNDRY SOAP (PDF ebook) "We live on a farm, we work hard we play hard and the clothes get dirty. Not a little dirty, but a LOT dirty. And good laundry soap is not only hard to find but it gets expensive when you do as much laundry as we do. So, we decided to make our own. There are a hundred ways to make laundry soap, but this is the easiest, costs only pennies per load and it WORKS! Come on in and we will show you how." Another delightful guide courtesy of Penny Raine.

Each freebie is available one day only, unless otherwise noted.

Homeschool Radio Shows

The Stories of Joel Chandler Harris –biography of the author of the Uncle Remus stories. Originally broadcast on the old radio show “Cavalcade of America” in 1941. Available all week.

Happy teaching and learning,

Denese

Tags: education freebies, free audio, free e-books, notebooking, old-time-radio, sewing

And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:

And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

Genesis 9: 12-17

Tags: nature, photos, rainbow, scripture

“Whur’s the cornbread?!”

Tags: The Ol' Hermit

From the blogosphere:

Tipper is Making Blackberry Jelly – The Old Time Way at Blind Pig And The Acorn.

At Heavenly Homemakers, you can learn how to Make Homemade Chocolate Chips!

Blessings,

Denese

Tags: canning, Cooking, make-it-yourself

Free Astronomy Fair

The Fifth Annual Southern California Astronomy Exposition takes place this Saturday, July 18th, from 10am-7pm at Oceanside Photo & Telescope, 918 Mission Avenue, Oceanside, California.

Almost forty astronomy product manufacturers & organizations will be on hand demonstrating their newest products, holding mini-seminars and offering special pricing plus there are three giant giveaways this year.

Astronomy Giveaways

• The SCAE Onsite Giveaway for attendees of the July 18th event, aged 14 & up.
• The SCAE Kid’s Giveaway, for kids up to 14 who attend the event on July 18th in the company of a parent or guardian.

(Over 25 prizes worth $20,000 will be awarded, must be present to win.)

And…

The Online Giveaway For Everybody

The SCAE Online Giveaway, where everyone, even those not attending the expo, can sign up for a chance to win one of four prizes worth a combined total of $12,000. Prizes include:

• Apogee U8300 CCD Camera and filter wheel
• FLI Microline ML8300 Color Imaging System
• Stellarvue SV80ST Telescope with M1 Mount & Accessories
• Orion Skyquest XX12 Intelliscope Dobsonian

One entry per person, must be 18 years old. Winners will be chosen at the SCAE on July 18th, 2009.

I’d really like to have one of those telescopes, wouldn’t you?

Enter today!

Blessings,

Denese

Tags: astronomy, free-events, giveaways, science