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Free Resources For Presidents Day

First, from Homeschool Freebie of the Day:

Great Resources for President’s Day! –Want some really, really neat resources to find out more about George Washington & Abraham Lincoln? How about a free PDF teacher’s guide… timelines… dozens of stories and articles… a virtual tour of Mount Vernon and Washington’s personal papers… poetry by and about Lincoln… and LOTS more? Then check out today’s collection of some of the best links you’ll ever find about these two founding fathers of the US of A.

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Childhood Stories of Washington & Lincoln (PDF ebook) –A nice collection of short stories about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln when they were boys, digitized by Ann Tatum. Great for read-aloud and discussion!

EasyFunSchool has a collection of mini-unit studies:

United States Presidents Unit Studies –Individual mini-units on 40 of our U.S. presidents. Brief biographies, trivia questions and links to online resources, lessons, crafts and activities.

Free Presidents Day printables and craft ideas from Homeschool Helper:

President’s Day Ideas for Homeschoolers –Links to a George Washington Lapbook, Abe Lincoln Unit Study, The American President Unit Study, worksheets, coloring pages and crafts.

Simple Homeschool has a free unit study on George Washington:

George Washington: Leader of the Revolution –Printable unit study with interactive questions and activities.

Free worksheets and coloring pages are available at TLSBooks.com:

President’s Day Worksheets and Coloring Pages –Presidents coloring book, 2 George Washington coloring pages and Presidents Day stationary.

Lesson plan links can be found at The Lesson Plans Page:

Presidents Day Lessons and Teacher Resources –Links to lesson plans for all grade levels.

HomeschoolPatriot.com has some free printables:

HomeschoolPatriot: Freebies –Includes a free ebook of George Washington’s 110 Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior, a Presidents Day quiz, a George Washington word find and more American History printables.

If that’s not enough, check out some of my previous posts for more Presidents Day freebies:

• Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
• More Free "Presidents" Historical Audios
• Mount Rushmore Free Resources and Links
• Presidents Day Educational Freebies
• Remembering Abraham Lincoln On His Birthday
• Homeschool/Education Freebies: Raising Successful Children Ebook, Classic Audio, Presidents Day And Valentines Day Resources
• Homeschool/Education Resource: Free And Low-Cost Old Time Radio Shows For Presidents Day

Happy Presidents Day

Blessings,

Denese

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

Prepare a gourmet, three course meal for your sweetheart with another free ebook from Hershey Ang at Food Journal of Hershey:

Impress Your Friends/Ladies With A Three Course Meal: Red –Bruschetta, Pan-Roasted Pork Belly in Strawberry Coulis with Butter Potatoes and Vanilla Ice Cream with Strawberries in Chocolate Sauce!

Ebook is 35 pages with step-by-step instructions and illustrations for each dish.

Blessings,

Denese

 For even more eCookbooks and recipes, please see my recipes tag archive.

In the Townsend area?

Treat your sweetheart to dinner this weekend at Smoky Junction Restaurant:

Blessings,

Denese

More recipes…

Head over to Smithfield Foods and get your free Holiday Hosting Guide from Paula Dean plus find something delicious to make in Paula’s Recipe Collection –over 200 recipes in all!

Blessings and happy cooking,

Denese

Thanksgiving Poems, Music and Stories

“Poems of Thanksgiving” and “Land of the Pilgrims Pride” are this week’s programs from Homeschool Radio Shows.

Music For Thanksgiving is a nice little collection of hymns and classic folk songs in midi format.

More Thanksgiving music can be found at The Holiday Spot’s Free Thanksgiving Music page (these are also midi files).

At The Story Home, you can download an audio of Thanksgiving On Grandfather’s Farm –a short story by Maud Lindsay from “More Mother Stories”.  (I haven’t listened to this one yet.)

Some Thanksgiving History

Listen to America’s Thanksgiving Proclamations of the past and be thankful!

Go to FreeAudio.org’s Thanksgiving page, download the free mp3s and listen to “Governor William Bradford’s Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1623”, “President George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789” and “President Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1863”.

One last thing…

If you haven’t downloaded them already, Homeschool Freebie of the Day has left several of their Thanksgiving resources up this week including Let’s Sing About Thanksgiving + More!

Blessings,

Denese

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.

Some free Thanksgiving entertainment from the past… 

OTRCat.com’s Old Time Radio Thanksgiving  -7 free Thanksgiving episodes from various old time radio shows:

• Burns and Allen: Gracie Buys a Live Turkey (1942)
• Gunsmoke: Turkey Shoot (1958)
• Our Miss Brooks: Thanksgiving Program(1950)
• The Jack Benny Program: Jack Dreams He Is A Turkey (1943)
• Command Performance: Thanksgiving Special (1944)
• The Challenge of the Yukon: Thanksgiving (1946)
• Sam Spade: The Terrified Turkey Caper (1950)

You can find more free Thanksgiving episodes on the daily downloads page.

Want even more? For only $5.00 you can order the OTRCat.com Thanksgiving Collection cd and listen to over 30 hours of Thanksgiving-themed radio shows from the past.

Remember “Father Knows Best” ? It was a radio show before it was a television show and you can find many of them at the Internet Archive:

Father Knows Best Radio Shows

Scroll down for two Thanksgiving episodes; “Thanksgiving Show” and “Thanksgiving Dinner”.

Blessings and happy listening,

Denese

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.

I’ve uploaded my “Thanksgiving Memories” notebooking pages that I made last year and posted at my old site. You can find them here:

Free Printables|Pawpaw Holler Home

File is 2 pages with places to record the date, place, guests, menu and notes.

Stay tuned…I’ll be adding more free printables in the coming weeks!

Blessings and enjoy,

Denese

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

Thanksgiving Planners For Everyone

Holiday Planning Book  –Make your own holiday planner with a little help from Ocean Spray –just choose the sections and topics that you want to include in your ebook and click “create”.

YumSugar Thanksgiving Planner  –Basic 1-page planner.

Free Thanksgiving Menu And Planner  –Thanksgiving shopping list and recipes from Leanne Ely, 7pages.

    –Includes 3 different menus, tips and activities for younger and older children. Compliments of  www.MenuPlanningCentral.com. 

Free Thanksgiving Planner –Nice little 8 page planner in notebook format. Ebook includes blank calendar; pages for the menu, guest list, seating arrangement, notes and ideas; recipe cards and shopping list. Some of the pages can be used as Thanksgiving notebooking pages.

How To Dance Through Thanksgiving  –This extensive, 27-page report from Common Sense Living contains: tips for starting early, a housekeeping plan, shopping lists, menu planning, checklists, recipes and more.

Thrifty Thanksgiving Ebook  –Tips and ideas from Money Management International for a frugal Thanksgiving; including planning, decorating, traveling, stretching your Thanksgiving dinner, leftovers, traditions and much more.

Thanksgiving E-Cookbooks

Martha Stewart Thanksgiving Hotline Recipes Cookbook  -Collection of 30 recipes from Martha Stewart, Emeril Lagasse, Nigella Lawson, Jean-George Vongerichten, Mario Batali and many more. Download the full ebook or individual chapters.

Thanksgiving With Diabetes Cookbook –17 delicious low-carbohydrate Thanksgiving recipes from DiabetesDaily.com. You must create an account (free) to download ebook.

Healthy Thanksgiving Recipe Ebook –Sign up with Quality Health and download this little ebook of 21 healthy variations of Thanksgiving recipes.

Taste Of Home Thanksgiving Cookbook –Free digital edition of Taste Of Home’s October/November 2009 Complete Thanksgiving Cookbook edition. Very large file –44.4MB. More past issues available.

Blessings,

Denese

Homeschool Freebie of the Day has a great line-up of holiday freebies this week.

Monday, November 16: The Christmas Cookie Plates Project (pdf ebook) – This excellent ebook by Sheri Graham contains complete instructions on how to make over 30 cookie plates PLUS recipes, shopping lists, planning forms, and more! The "Cookie Plates Project" begins right after Thanksgiving, so you will want to make sure to save it, then print it out so you are ready to start!

Tuesday, November 17: How to Avoid the "Embarrassed Parent" Syndrome this Holiday Season (mp3 audio) -In this concise audio seminar, Cindy Carrier shares some practical training strategies and tips that can help make your holiday season more peaceful as you deal with parties, over-indulgence, selfishness, and more. Great tips and training suggestions!

Wednesday, November 18: Joyful Momma’s Guide to Christmas Gingerbread & Other Holiday Treats (pdf ebook) -This little ebook is all about Gingerbread and other Christmas treats, including instructions and patterns for making a gingerbread house, some great recipes for Gingerbread, Venetians, Turkish Delight and some favorite hot beverages your family will enjoy around the holidays.

Thursday, November 19: Let’s Sing About Thanksgiving (mps audio & pdf lesson guide) -A vintage Thanksgiving-themed music lesson from back in the day when rural schools got their music lessons over the radio. Learn some simple songs about Thanksgiving, and hear a short story about the Pilgrims. PLUS: An extra classic Thanksgiving Audio program for your listening pleasure!

Friday, November 20: Making the Holidays Family Friendly (pdf ebook) -Penny Raine brings us this excellent guide to planning holiday times for your family so they are nurturing, memorable celebrations instead of unrealistic, high-stress occasions. Don’t miss this!

Blessings,

Denese

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

FaveCrafts has rolled out five new craft ebooks and for this week only, they’re free!

Ebooks include:

Low-Cost Kitchen Crafts eBook –39 low-cost crafts; redecorate your kitchen, make refrigerator magnets, a recipe box and more.

Quick and Thrifty Crochet eBook –25 quick and easy patterns including dishcloths, baby items and more “one-sitting” projects.

Quick and Easy Knitting Patterns eBook –24 projects to knit for you or a friend; afghans, bath mitts, items for children and babies.

Easy Lace Knitting Patterns eBook –12 elegant lace knitting patterns including tops, scarves, wraps and even a baby layette.

Quick and Easy Christmas Crafts eBook –25 quick projects for ornaments, decorating your home, greeting cards, children’s holiday crafts, gift ideas.

Don’t forget, they’re free for this week only.

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Free Kids Crafts Ebook

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Frugal Crafting: Plastic Bag Crafts

Blessings,

Denese