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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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Terri, from Knowledge Quest, has put together a free, online unit study on South Africa:

South Africa Unit Study –Includes a downloadable 5 page article on the history, culture and landscape of South Africa, a suggested reading list, maps, recipes, and hands-on activity ideas.

For more resources, plus information about homeschooling in South Africa, be sure and check out St. Aiden’s Homeschool.

Blessings,

Denese

This week from Homeschool Radio Shows –audio program and bonus ebook:

Little Boy Blue: The Story of Eugene Field –Audio biography of the beloved children’s poet Eugene Field and how he came to write one of his most famous poems, "Little Boy Blue" plus a wonderful little collection of Field’s poetry, letters and essays. Audio is in MP3 format and the story collection is a PDF ebook, this weeks program is available through January 25, 2010.

Be sure and visit Homeschool Radio Shows each Tuesday for a new “Living Book for the Ears”.

Another freebie from CurrClick:

Copywork Notebooking Pages (Winter Designs) –Part of NotebookingPages.com’s SIMPLY DESIGNED copywork series. Images for the sets are simple and similar throughout.

Blessings,

Denese

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

Newest freebie from CurrClick:

Martin Luther King, Jr. Notebooking Pages –Print out a decorated page and allow your child to write his own narration, copywork, or report of the historical account of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In the blank spaces provided, he can add a map, illustration, or other graphic to accompany his written work.

More resources from CurrClick for studying Martin Luther King, Jr. –not free but VERY reasonable:

Martin Luther King, Jr. Mini Unit Study –This Mini Unit study is taken from FFYB’s Remember Me Pockets-January. Highlighted in this unit is the Mini Walls of Time and Tags of Time.  Mini Walls of Time fuses reading comprehension and art together. $.50

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Activities -Creative activities and projects for children of all ages. $2.99

Martin Luther King Jr. – Unit Study –Extensive lesson on the life and accomplishments of Martin Luther King Jr. $3.50

Lessons included:

Jim Crow Laws (Grades 6-12)
Dr. King’s Life and Times (Grades 3-12)
The Montgomery Bus Boycott (Grades 3-12)
Letter from Birmingham Jail (Grades 6-12)
I Have a Dream (Grades 9-12)
Jim Crow Laws II (Grades 9-12)
Memphis (Grades 3-12)
The Final Conflict (Grades 9-12)

Martin Luther King, Jr Day –Learn about the Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King, Jr, and "Service ‘On’ Day" 3 great Lessons + Worksheets, Activities, Crafts, Coloring pages, Notebooking pages, Multimedia, Suggested Literature and Video. $5.00

This week’s freebies from SchoolExpress:

SchoolExpress Weekly Newsletter –New Handwriting and Spatial Relations worksheets added, Maps unit study is still available.

Two freebies from Grapevine Studies:

The Ten Plagues on Egypt eLesson –Learn which plagues were mimicked by the magicians of Egypt and which plagues did not affect Goshen. This lesson contains both the teacher and student lesson pages.

The Gospel eLesson -An easy way to teach the Gospel and help your students learn to share the Gospel.

Spelling freebie from Kap and Pen:

FREE Illustrated Spelling Test Pages -17 color-illustrated pages for your 1st-3rd graders to use on their weekly spelling tests. Bright illustrations and Bible verses grace the bottom of each page, while the top half is lined and ready for your child to print and use at test time. Receive freebie by email, must add to shopping cart and go through checkout.

From The Old Schoolhouse Magazine:

2010 Homeschool Freebie Directory –Try before you buy! Who says there is no such thing as a free lunch? In the homeschool community, it’s a reality, particularly when you come to The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine’s annual Homeschool Freebie Directory. Start contacting these companies for YOUR freebie gifts today. And tell your friends! It’s all FREE!

More freebies from The Old Schoolhouse:

The Old Schoolhouse Store Freebies –7 free ebooks including:

• Are Public Schools an Option for Christian Kids?
• The New School Year: Planning Your Course and Letting the Lord Determine Your Steps
• Menu Planning – How to Plan Menus for a Month and Enjoy It!
• WeE-book™-Homeschooling the Rebel, Part 1
• WeE-book™-Homeschooling the Rebel, Part 2
• WeE-book™-I Was Raised by Wolves
• WeE-book™-Living in a Castle or Life as a Single?

And last, but not least…

Alexandra at Happy Hearts at Home found a lovely freebie to go with your winter nature studies:

Homeschool Freebie: Winter Botany –Nature and Science for Young Folks, St. Nicholas: a monthly magazine for boys and girls, 1909.

Be sure and check out Alexandra’s Happy Hearts Homeschooling Library for even more free, classic homeschooling/educational resources.

Blessings,

Denese

Don’t forget your daily and weekly homeschooling freebies from Homeschool Freebie of the Day and Homeschool Radio Shows. 

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

Homeschool Freebie of the Day is doing something a little different this week:

Well, this week we’re doing something a bit different at Homeschool Freebie Of The Day — bringing you ONE great resource that is so big, we had to divide it into SIX separate ebooks: THE GIANT HANDBOOK OF NATURE STUDY

This is a HUGE (940 pages) and absolutely wonderful teaching guide full of hundreds of nature study lessons, activities and discussion questions. It is a complete multi-year nature study curriculum that you can use for years to come. It is so big (over 100 megs in size) we had to divide it into six manageable ebooks for you. Here’s the rundown:

Monday, January 18th: THE GIANT HANDBOOK OF NATURE STUDY, PART I – TEACHER’S GUIDE & OVERVIEW plus THE GIANT HANDBOOK OF NATURE STUDY, PART II – BIRDS & FISH In PART ONE, you get a very helpful and practical teacher’s guide, including an overview of the purpose, scope and style of the handbook… how each lesson is set up… what nature study should do for your children… how to to tie math, art, geography, gardening, agriculture & science into your nature study, and more. Each lesson begins with a "teacher’s story" which can be read to students along with suggested activities & methods, followed by great discussion questions. In PART TWO, we jump into the actual lessons, this time devoted to birds & fish. As you’ll quickly see, these lessons are wonderfully written, blending history, humor, a bit of poetry, and a delightful sense of wonder into these nature studies. Over the rest of the week, then, we’ll bring you the rest of the book:

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Tuesday, January 19th: THE GIANT HANDBOOK OF NATURE STUDY, PART III – AMPHIBIANS, REPTILES & MAMMALS

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Wednesday, January 20th: THE GIANT HANDBOOK OF NATURE STUDY, PART IV – INSECTS & INVERTEBRATES

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Thursday, January 21st: THE GIANT HANDBOOK OF NATURE STUDY, PART V – PLANTS AND TREES

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Friday, January 22nd: THE GIANT HANDBOOK OF NATURE STUDY, PART VI – EARTH, WATER & SKY

Get them all on their respective days at Homeschool Freebie of the Day and if you subscribe to their newsletter you’ll receive the weekly line-up by email plus an extra “subscriber-only” freebie each week.

If you’d rather have a paper copy of this book, it may be purchased through Amazon:

You might also be interested in:

Studying Nature with Children

Blessings,

Denese

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