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“Mr. President” was an old time radio show that aired in the 40’s and 50’s about events in the every day life of American presidents. To challenge listeners, the identity of the President in each episode was not made known until the end of the show.

The Internet Archive has quite a few episodes of “Mr. President” available as free MP3 downloads:

Old Time Radio Programs, Mister President –Download individual episodes of approximately 7mb each, or the whole collection of 29 episodes, which is 54mb.

(If you have slow internet service, a download manager is very helpful. I use the free Orbit Downloader to schedule large and multiple files for downloading overnight.)

Don’t have time to download all those shows? Would you like more episodes? Check out OTRCat.com:

Old Time Radio Catalog: Mr. President –CD of 75 episodes of  “Mr. President” in MP3 format, only $5 plus shipping. Must be played in a computer or special MP3 player device.

These would make wonderful supplements to your American History studies –and a great resource for your “audio learners”.

Blessings,

Denese

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

Free ebook from Homeschool Freebie of the Day on raising successful children:

Raising Children Who Succeed (PDF ebook) –Great little motivational/inspirational book on raising kids, and how we define "success". Includes chapters on what kids need and DON’T need… the legacy of books… the power of role models… teaching social skills… money issues, and more. Not written specifically for homeschoolers, but full of good ideas and advice for all families. Check it out and glean what applies to your family situation!

From Homeschool Radio Shows, a classic audio episode of Les Misérables:

The Bishop’s Candlesticks (MP3 Audio) –In this great episode from Victor Hugo’s classic novel, Les Misérables, Jean Val Jean has spent 19 years in the galley for stealing a loaf of bread for his sister’s children. Five years for burglary and 14 years for attempting to escape. With a yellow passport that marked his criminal past, Jean has roamed from town to town looking for work, only to have doors shut in his face. We hear the rumors as the gossip grows in Digne that labels Jean a thief, then a madman and finally blossoms into a murderer. However, the Bishop of Digne has no lock on his door. Though he is warned by his friends that he should secure his door against Jean, the bishop says, "This is not my house, but the house of the Lord…" When Jean comes, the Bishop greets him and welcomes him into his home. Jean is taken aback. He distrusts everyone because of their cruel treatment of him. The Bishop offers Jean a seat at his table (upon which sits two valuable silver candlesticks), and a good night’s rest in his own room. But that night as he lays upon his bed, Jean struggles with thoughts of his own poverty, and determines to kill his host and steal the candlesticks for himself… A wonderful dramatization of one of the pivotal parts Les Misérables and a great story of grace and redemption that your family will long remember.

Free Presidents Day resources from CurrClick:

Presidents’ Day Holiday Helper –Free product of the week. Presidents Day Holiday Helper is a short collections of high-quality literature, artwork and quotations which are easy to use during busy holidays; each one is designed to provide your children with uplifting and inspiring ideas and images. Read aloud and enjoy the stories. Encourage the practice of copywork and enjoy the study of great art of both Lincoln and Washington.

Presidents Day Notebooking Pages -Holiday notebooking pages from NotebookingPages.com. 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.

From SchoolExpress, a free Valentines Day unit study and activity worksheets:

SchoolExpress Newsletter for the Week of February 7, 2010 -This week’s free unit is titled Valentine’s Day and will be available through February 13. Also, there are 3 sets of Valentine Activity worksheets in the free worksheets area of the site.

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

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.

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.

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.

This week’s goodies from Homeschool Freebie of the Day:

Monday, January 11th: Winter "Why" Tales (PDF ebook) –A lovely little children’s storybook featuring two fanciful wintertime stories: "Why the Bear Sleeps All Winter", and "Why the Evergreens Keep Their Leaves". Great read-alouds for a chilly winter day!

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Tuesday, January 12th: Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" (MP3 Audio) –Put on your sleuthing hat and get out your magnifying glass — It’s time to solve a mystery! "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" is one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who later revealed that he thought this was his best Holmes story. This fine audio dramatization of this classic story was originally broadcast on "The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" in 1945!

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Wednesday, January 13th: TO BE ANNOUNCED! –We’re still finalizing the details on today’s resource so can’t quite announce it yet. Check in with us Wednesday and see!

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Thursday, January 14th: Strange Stories from History (PDF ebooks) –Two more mini-ebooks featuring remarkable but little known tales from the pages of American History that will fascinate your kids: "THE CANOE WAR" The story of the smallest wartime naval battle ever fought in all history, which occurred on the Alabama River on the 13th of November, 1813 — between two canoes and "THE BATTLE IN THE DARK" Great story of how General Andrew Jackson and his rag-tag army took on an overwhelming British force which sought to capture New Orleans in the War of 1812 — in the pitch dark of midnight!

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Friday, January 15th: "Gulliver’s Travels for Kids" (PDF ebook + MP3 audio) –Gulliver’s Travels is one of the best known classics of all of English literature. Written by Jonathan Swift and published in 1726, the original book is a true classic, but it is frankly WAY too long and stuffy, filled with then-contemporary social satire on travel & the literary genres of the time. Can you say "Boring…!" But not today! Today we feature TWO great resources that make this classic "living book" truly come alive for your kids: 1) "Gulliver’s Travels, rewritten for Young Readers" Great "easy reader" PDF ebook version of the story written by James Baldwin 2) "Gulliver’s Travels" A delightfully fun audio dramatization of the story originally broadcast on radio in 1947. You’ll hear many familiar "cartoon voices" portraying the 1/4" tall Lilliputians in the story. Fun for listeners of all ages!

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.

Free this week from SchoolExpress:

• SchoolExpress Weekly Newsletter –New free worksheets added for Patterns and Spatial Relationships, Handwriting, Calendar Fun, Word Unscrambles and Mathematics Subtraction Flashcards. Free Unit of the Month is “Maps” and a free “Inuit” unit is also available.

This week’s free products from CurrClick:

Free weekly product (free for one week only):

• TBB Periodic Table of Elements Card Kit –Print on cardstock and laminate.

Newest additions to CurrClick’s freebie section (always free):

• Valentine Mini Helper –Get an early start on some Valentines for mom, dad, sister, brother, friends, and more!
• Take me home- New year cards and envelopes –First in a new series of printables ready to print and send home.
• January Daily Assignments – Mini Helper -Assignment sheets to give your children a starting point each day.
• FREE tutoring trial -1 on 1 sessions can be used to introduce new material or provide accountability to meet the academic goals of students and parents. First 1/2 hour free, requires sign-up.
• Kindergarten Mini Helper #1 -Various subjects, topics, and skills for teaching Kindergarten.

A new free ebook from Simply Charlotte Mason:

• Smooth and Easy Days (PDF ebook) –Parent resource full of common-sense ideas and practical tips Charlotte Mason gave to help us moms secure those smooth and easy days.

Blessings,

Denese

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

Don’t forget to stop by Homeschool Freebie of the Day each day this week and pick up your daily freebie. This week’s line-up:

Monday, January 4th": Supermom’s Simple Guide to Healthier Eating for Beginners and Beyond (PDF ebook) –In her long-anticipated first book, "Supermom" Erica Johns shares her philosophy of taking realistic baby steps toward your healthy eating goals, rather than burning yourself out on extreme health plans. A homeschooling mother of six, she understands the unique challenges of time management and healthy living on a modest budget. A must for homeschool moms that want to start out the new year with a practical plan for health and weight loss that works!

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Tuesday, January 5th: Living Book for the Ears: Laura Ingalls Wilder’s "The Long Winter" (MP3 audio) –Classic old time radio adaptation of one of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s best books. Can the Ingalls family and the rest of the town survive one of the longest, harshest winters on record while starvation looms? Find out in this great half hour "Living Book for the Ears" audio program. (PLUS… we’ll also have TWO MORE great "wintertime" audio stories for you today!)

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Wednesday, January 6th: "FireSide Cheer" (PDF ebook) –A full length HomeMaker’s Mentor lesson offering inspiration that will warm you and yours! This lesson includes a photo tutorial on how to make pinecone firestarters, ornamental gift match boxes, a checklist for your fireplace, reminiscing about hearths in the homes of yesteryear through all four seasons, and warming recipes for cups o’ fireside cheer! A great resource for those chilly winter evenings!

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Thursday, January 7th: Cursive Writing printables (PDF ebooks) –Courtesy of Copycat Books, today we have a neat little collection of cursive writing printables. Included are: Pangrams (sentences containing all 26 letters of the alphabet); the Pledge of Allegiance; the Preamble to the Constitution; the books of the Bible; and a selection from Proverbs 31 on the Virtuous Woman. Three versions of each printable is provided: traditional script, modern & italic. A great tool to provide your students penmanship practice!

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Friday, January 8th: "Bible Boys" Sampler (PDF ebook) –On Friday, we’ll be introducing our brand new book, "Bible Boys" to our website readers.

 

If you haven’t done so already, subscribe to Homeschool Freebie of the Day’s newsletter and get the weekly line-up in your inbox plus an extra subscriber-only freebie each week.

Blessings,

Denese

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

Just a quick reminder to get your weekly homeschooling freebies…

Homeschool Freebie of the Day –Be sure and visit each day for a new freebie. Today’s freebie:

• A House NOT Divided: Promoting Unity in the Homeschool Family –Mp3 audio workshop by Hal and Melanie Young, the authors of “Raising Real Men: Surviving, Teaching and Appreciating Boys”.

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The Old Schoolhouse Magazine’s Schoolhouse Store freebies –8 free ebooks including:

• Download and Go Autumn Treasures –Learn more about Autumn with this one week lapbook unit study. An excellent hands-on learning adventure for kids from K – 4th grade.

If you haven’t done so already, sign up for TOS Freebie Fridays Weekly e-Newsletter and get more homeschool freebies every week.

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CurrClick –A new free product every week plus a huge freebie page. Latest freebie:

• All Apples! A Fun Study! –grades K-2

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Homeschool Radio Shows –New free audio program every Tuesday. “The Cinnamon Bear” is still available today.

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SchoolExpress – Sign up for the weekly newsletter and get free theme units, e-workbooks and worksheets every month. Latest newsletter:

• SchoolExpress Weekly Newsletter: December 6, 2009 –Freebies for December are; “Character” and “Elephants” –plus “Elephants” activity pages.

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Blessings,

Denese