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Here’s a lovely freebie from Proverbs 22:6 Academy:

A Copybook of Love: Passages from 1 John 4:7-21 –This 21 page Bible copybook is available in 3 different writing styles; manuscript, transitional manuscript and cursive. Each copywork page contains a Bible verse (KJV) from 1 John 4:7-21, space for your child to copy the verse plus a place for illustrations. This is a wonderful resource for handwriting practice and scripture memorization.

Blessings,

Denese

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Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.

We might come closer to balancing the Budget if all of us lived closer to the Commandments and the Golden Rule.

Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6, 2011 in Tampico Illinois and became America’s 40th president on January 20, 1981. He died on June 5, 2004 at the age of 93.

Did you know?

• In college, Ronald Reagan served tables and washed dishes in exchange for his meals.
• In addition to being an actor, he was also a construction worker, lifeguard and sports announcer.
• At age 69, Ronald Reagan was the oldest elected President.
• He was the first president to have been divorced.
• He was longest living president.
• He appointed the first woman to the Supreme Court -Sandra Day O’Connor.

Would you like to learn more about President Reagan?

Websites And Free Educational Resources About President Reagan

• The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library –Administered by the National Archives and Records Administration, the repository of presidential records for President Reagan’s administration.
• Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library –The 99th Birthday Celebration will be streamed live on Saturday, February 6th from 10:30am-12:30pm PST.
• Ronald Reagan Quotes
• The Heritage Foundation Remembers Ronald Reagan –A collection of thoughts, images and remembrances.
• Presidential Speech Archive –Free transcripts, audio and video of speeches by America’s Presidents.
• President Ronald Reagan Lesson –Students read about the life of President Ronald Reagan and his accomplishments. The reading is accompanied by multiple choice questions.
• 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall Curriculum –4th grade and higher.
• Ronald Wilson Reagan: A Presidential Unit –Online mini-unit study.
• President Ronald Reagan Coloring Pages
• Ronald Reagan Interactive Word Find

Blessings,

Denese

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Don’t forget to stop by Homeschool Freebie of the Day for your daily freebie:

The Children’s Object Book (PDF ebook) -A beautiful, full color picture book from the late 1800s, depicting household and outdoor objects, scenes from city and farms, animals, tools, etc. Truly delightful to look at and see how many items your young ones can identify. Also great for printing and cutting out dollhouse objects.

Blessings,

Denese

For even more free educational resources, please check my educational freebies tag archive and my Free Homeschooling Page.

From Homeschool Freebie of the Day, a free ebook:

Mother Goose Finger Plays (PDF ebook) -Vintage collection of Mother Goose rhymes, with accompanying finger activities and games, compiled by Irene Margaret Cullison. Lots of fun and a great learning activity for littlest "students".

A classic animated video from The Internet Archive:

Mother Goose: Little Miss Muffet –An animated version of the Mother Goose Story of Little Miss Muffet, using what is called "3 dimensional" animation.

Listen to a free Mother Goose audio book from Librivox:

Mother Goose in Prose –An audio reading of the book by L. Frank Baum, who collected the rhymes and created short stories around them which add context and understanding for children who are drawn to the familiar melodies.

Mother Goose coloring pages from TLSBooks.com:

Printable Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes –This collection of print and color nursery rhyme pages includes 19 classic nursery rhymes, each with a charming picture to color.

The Mother Goose website:

www.MotherGoose.com –Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes, free Games, Crafts, Stories & Videos

Blessings,

Denese

For even more free educational resources, please check my educational freebies tag archive and my Free Homeschooling Page.

Free audio from Homeschool Freebie of the Day:

The Mysterious Pirate Pit (MP3 audio) –Almost 200 years ago, three boys found an odd tree and a shallow round pit on deserted Oak Island in Nova Scotia and realized that they may have actually stumbled across buried pirate treasure. But when they started to dig… they were amazed and mystified at what they found. This is an amazing story about one of the most mysterious and fascinating puzzles ever devised. Kids LOVE this story!

Newest free products from CurrClick:

Gladys Aylward Mini Unit Study –Would you like your pre-school and elementary children to learn about the great Christian Missionaries? This study goes through part of the life of Gladys Aylward a missionary to China. Your children will love to draw pictures and place themselves in the life of the orphans she helped escape.

The Book of Obadiah with Geometric Designs and Three Fonts –This copywork book will make it easy to study Obadiah, includes all three of our fonts and also includes geometric designs and coloring pages for added interest.

February Daily Assignments Mini Helper –Use these assignment sheets to give your children a starting point each day.

Presidents Day Notebooking Pages -Print out a decorated page and allow your child to write his own narration, copywork, or report about Presidents Day. In the blank spaces provided, he can add a map, illustration, or other graphic to accompany his written work.

This week from SchoolExpress:

SchoolExpress Weekly Newsletter: Week of January 31, 2010 –SchoolExpress is now offering a free theme unit every week, this week’s unit is Recycling and is available until February 6.

Wordplay for kids of all ages:

Free ebook of WordPlay Café – Cool Codes, Priceless Punzles & Phantastic Phonetec Phun. A fun, educational romp through the more common aspects of linguistics for kids.

HT to The Homeschool Mom

Blessings,

Denese

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Today’s freebies are all about teeth and oral hygiene.

Free ebook from Homeschool Freebie of the Day:

A Child’s Book of the Teeth (PDF ebook) –A classic little book that teaches kids all about teeth: what they are, why we need them, how teeth do their work, animals & their teeth, baby teeth, molars, permanent teeth, wisdom teeth, the right way to brush, cavities, etc., etc. Very enjoyable text, and well illustrated with great line drawings.

Science experiments from HealthyTeeth.org:

Healthy Teeth Experiments and Activities –4 experiments for grades 4-6:

• The Power of Fluoride
• Acid Attack
• Hidden Sugar
• Floss is the Boss

Teeth Unit Studies:

• Let’s Talk Teeth –A dental health/teeth study for grades K-5.
• Homeschool Share Teeth Unit  –Includes mini-books, worksheets and hands-on activities. Uses the following books: “Throw Your Tooth on the Roof” by Selby Beeler, “Science Fair Bunnies” by Kathryn Lasky, and “Open Wide” by Laurie Keller.
• Animal Teeth –Includes activities and printables, grades K-6.

Online Fun and Games:

• Colgate Kids –Online games and activities for ages 2-9
• The Smilestones Teeth Cleaning Game –Brush away the germs that appear to keep the teeth healthy and clean.

Blessings,

Denese

For even more free educational resources, please check my educational freebies tag archive and my Free Homeschooling Page.

From Homeschool Freebie of the Day:

Thursday, January 28th: POCO A POCO: A Direct Method for Learning Spanish (PDF ebook) PLUS TEACHER’S GUIDE! –By popular request, we are rerunning this great beginner’s Spanish language primer in which you learn the language "poco a poco" (little by little) – by reading basic lessons written entirely in Spanish. Presented in both question & answer, and conversational format, each day’s lesson are presented orally by the teacher, and build on the previous day’s lesson and words learned. Great curriculum! Includes a complete vocabulary & grammatical guide. This time, we are also including the newly re-discovered TEACHER’S GUIDE for this Spanish learning course!

More Free Resources For Learning Spanish:

Spanish Grammar: Free lessons with audio from Don Potter –36 printable PDF lessons with MP3 audio.

If you are studying Spanish on your own, you will find this Spanish Grammar (1942, 1943) by Eric. V. Greenfield very helpful. I am making the printed Lessons available in Adobe pdf, and the audio in mp3:. I found this book very helpful in my early Spanish studies, it is also good for basic vocabulary and comprehensive grammar review. It built around a graded reader that teaches high frequency words and comprehensive college level grammar.

Scroll down on Don’s page for links to more free resources for learning Spanish.

Spanish Language Learning Games –Word matching games aimed at beginner and intermediate Spanish learners, many of the games include audio.

Bendiciones y aprender feliz (Blessings and happy learning),

Denese

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Don’t forget your freebie from Homeschool Freebie of the Day, a classic from 1910:

Wednesday, January 27th: BEEBE’S PICTURE PRIMER (PDF ebook) –A wonderful  beginning reading primer, with delightful line illustrations on every page. Great both for reading practice and also for printing out to use as individual coloring pages.

Blessings,

Denese

For even more free educational resources, please check my educational freebies tag archive and my Free Homeschooling Page.

Free Audio Story Of “The Snow Queen”

Today’s freebie from Homeschool Freebie of the Day is an MP3 audio of Hans Christian Anderson’s “The Snow Queen” plus bonus coloring pages for your little ones.

The Snow Queen -A mysterious magic mirror gives the Snow Queen the power to turn good children evil and keep them captive forever in her ice castle! Can a faithful friend’s love triumph over evil?

This is also the free program for the week at Homeschool Radio Shows –available through next Monday, February 1, 2010.

Read “The Snow Queen” Online

The Snow Queen In Seven Stories by Hans Christian Andersen –Illustrated  version from Hans Christian Anderson’s “Fairy Tales and Stories”. Read free online.

Free Video Of “The Snow Queen”

Watch online or download an animated version of The Snow Queen at The Internet Archive.

The Snow Queen (animation) –1959 US dubbed version of the classic 1957 animated Russian film Snezhnaya koroleva. This version features the very sentimental Christmas introduction by Art Linkletter. Features the voices of Sandra Dee, Louise Arthur, Tommy Kirk and Paul Frees. Based on a story by Hans Christian Andersen.

If you are on dial-up, it may not be possible to view or download this film –it’s a very large file. You may purchase this film at Amazon:

Blessings,

Denese

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Today’s freebie from Homeschool Freebie of the Day:

Monday, January 25th: "Life Begins: An Amazing Adventure"(PDF)  -A comic book published by Human Life Alliance designed to teach grade school children about the humanity of the pre-born child. It is a walk through the first nine months of life, lead by two adventurous narrators, Carl and Tickles. Children will enjoy their antics while learning important life-affirming information about how a baby grows inside a mother’s womb. The story is very tastefully and modestly done, and is great to share with all ages.

Newest Freebies from CurrClick:

English Builders: Valentines –English builders is a new series of language games based on early language skills.Their colorful illustrations and original activities ensure that children have fun while learning.

Flower Mini Books –This set of mini books is designed to go with Exploring God’s Creation Butterfly Lovers Writing Pages and More Super Pack butterfly study, or use for whatever you choose.

CurrClick Live: Purim Costume Party! –Free class. Totally interactive fun costume party remembering Queen Esther from the Bible, from a Jewish Christian perspective. Requires registration. Suggested resource: "Wholesome Learning: Biblical Feasts"

SchoolExpress has added some new worksheets:

SchoolExpress Weekly Newsletter –Phonics: Beginning Consonants -15 worksheets added, Maps unit study is still available through January 31st.

Blessings and happy schooling,

Denese

For even more free educational resources, please check my educational freebies tag archive and my Free Homeschooling Page.