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Homeschool/Education Freebies: Carpentry for Boys, St. Patrick’s Day, Classic Audio and More

Teaching Boys Woodworking

Carpentry For Boys -classic introductory book on carpentry by J. S. Zerbe, originally published in 1914. Free e-book from Homeschool Freebie of the Day, today only.

Leo Tolstoy Audio

God Sees the Truth, But Waits -free audio dramatization of the classic short story by Leo Tolstoy, originally broadcast as an episode of the old radio show "Favorite Story" in 1946. From Homeschool Radio Shows, available all week.

Learning to Tell Time

Math Mammoth Clock -e-workbook that covers telling time and reading the clock, telling time intervals, and understanding the calendar. Free weekly product from CurrClick.

More St. Patrick’s Day Resources

St. Patrick: The World’s Greatest Missionary -a Holiday Helper unit by Living Books Curriculum with picture study, copywork, mapwork and more. Another freebie from CurrClick.

Saint Patrick’s Day Lapbook -a free Project Pack by In the Hands of a Child to promote Read an E-book Week. Also from CurrClick.

The Civil War

Sample Lesson of "The Civil War" -free sample lesson from the newest Time Travelers History Study, from Homeschool in the Woods.

Have a beautiful day,

Denese

Homeschool/Education Freebies: Science Experiments, The Vikings, Patrick Henry and More

Science

Three Science Project Mini E-books -from Homeschool Freebie of the Day; make an “Ocean in a Bottle”, a “Cartesian Diver Toy” and a “Tornado Simulator”.
If you haven’t done so already, sign up for their newsletter and receive advance notice of all freebies for the week plus an extra freebie for subscribers only.

Free Online Science Seminars -sign up at Homeschool Science Academy to get dates and times for free, live, 45 minute online seminars.

“Anatomy and Physiology of the Pancreas”
“SAT and ACT – What You Should Know”
“Top 10 Academic Mistakes Homeschoolers Make – and How to Avoid Them”
“There’s Life in the Blood”
“So, You Want to be a Doctor – What it Takes Now and What to Expect”
“How to do Well on Timed Tests”
“But What About Socialization?”
“What You (students) Can Learn From My TA’s.. the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”
“What I’ve Learned from Human Cadavers.. about Life, Death, God, and Anatomy”
“Working Toward Academic Excellence – A Practical and Biblical Guide”
“Teaching the Sciences – 6th – 12th Grade”
“Sports Scholarships for Homeschooled Students – How to Get Them”
“Creation Clues – The Urge (to go) and Other Rarely Thought of Human Body Characteristics”

Space Exploration: The Moon

Launching to the Moon and Beyond Fun Pages -labeled drawings of the Ares rockets that will take astronauts to orbit and return them to the moon, a word search puzzle, maze, connect-the-dot puzzle and a cut-out Ares I rocket. From NASA for grades K-4.

On the Moon Educator Guide -from NASA for grades 3-12. This guide brings hands-on engineering and the adventure of space exploration to life for students and they will be challenged to design and build:

An air-powered rocket.
A shock-absorbing system that will protect two marshmallow “astronauts.”
A rubber band-powered rover.
A cardboard crane for maximum load-lifting ability.
A paper cup modified so that it can carry a marble down a zip line and drop the marble onto a target.
A solar hot water heater to cause the greatest rise in temperature.

Nature Study

Free Sample Pages of “Outdoor Secrets” -three story excerpt from a classic book of nature stories, “Outdoor Secrets” by Margaret P. Boyle. From Simply Charlotte Mason.

The Vikings

The Viking Empire Mini-Activity Study – includes links, printables and recipes. From Hands On Teaching Tips, available for the month of March.

Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry Lesson -printable “Give Me Liberty or Death” speech*and 12-page study guide, from Knowledge House.
*March 23, the anniversary of Patrick Henry’s famous speech.

Happy learning,

Denese

Presidents Day Educational Freebies

Happy Presidents Day!

Or, if you’re in Canada, Happy Family Day!

There are all kinds of online homeschooling freebies for Presidents Day.

Some great educational resources on George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are available at Homeschool Freebie of the Day, today only.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum

Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello -The Home of Thomas Jefferson

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum: A President’s Day -Materials, Resources and Activities for Teachers

American President’s Life Portraits is a site to complement C-SPAN’s 20th Anniversary television series, American Presidents: Life Portraits March-December 1999. Biographical facts, videos, key events of each presidency, Presidential places and reference material.

Listen to or download The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, at Radio Nostalgia Playhouse. This is an episode of “You Are There”, an old-time radio program that takes you back in history.

Moments in Time, a podcast of historical events that changed the world, you can listen to or download FDR Speaks bout the War Beginning In Europe 9/3/39.

Old Time Radio History Shows has some free historical audio downloads of past presidents’ speeches, scroll down the page to listen or download.

There is a ton of little-known facts at Presidential Fun Facts.

Also see 20 Things You Didn’t Know About U.S. Presidents for more presidential trivia.

Want to know what ailments George Washington suffered from? Check out Medical History of American Presidents.

Life of George Washington : Written for Children is a classic bioography you can download in e-book format.

Learning Through History has an Abraham Lincoln Mini Unit Study.

Free George Washington lapbook

The American President Unit Study

Worksheets and Printables

U.S. Presidents Worksheets

President’s Word Search

Connect-the-dots Lincoln -for younger children

Help Lincoln Get to The Whitehouse Maze -for younger children

Presidents Day Crafts

Make Washington’s wig

Make Lincoln’s Log Cabin

Make the American Flag

Make Presidential Puzzles

Kaboose President’s Day page -12 different crafts including; powdered wig, future president pin, Abe Lincoln hat, finger puppets, pretzel log cabin

Happy learning,

Denese

Robert E. Lee

Today is the day the United States observes Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, but it is also the birthday of another great American, General Robert E. Lee.

picture of young Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee was born on January 19th, 1807 at Stratford, Virginia and was the youngest son of major-general Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee.

Robert entered West Point in 1825, graduated 2nd in his class four years later, and was commissioned in the Corps of Engineers. He distinguished himself in the Mexican War, served as superintendent at West Point, commanded a calvery regiment in West Texas and suppressed the raid by John Brown at Harpers Ferry in 1859.

picture of Robert E. Lee

Despite being against secession and slavery, Lee was unwilling to fight against his home state of Virginia. In 1861, Robert E. Lee rejected Lincoln’s offer to command the Union Forces and resigned his Army commission. He went to Richmond where he assumed command of Virginia’s forces and was eventually named commander of the Confederate Armies in 1865.

picture of Robert E. Lee on horse

Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865, leading to the end of the Civil war.

“We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.”

After the war, Robert E. Lee became president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia and urged southerners to keep the peace and accept the outcome of the war. “Make your sons Americans.” he pleaded.

picture of Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee died on October 12th, 1870 after a brief illness and is buried in the chapel he built on the campus of Washington College, which was re-named Washington and Lee University after his death.