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Free Audio Story: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
This week’s Living Books for the Ears program from HomeschoolRadioShows.com:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain -a delightful half hour audio adaptation of Twain’s classic story which was originally broadcast on My Favorite Story, a syndicated radio program that aired in the late 1940s.
This week’s program also includes an audio of the classic children’s story “Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks With the Circus” by James Otis.
These programs are in MP3 format and will be available through Monday, June 7, 2010.
Denese
Free Music: Old Grand Ole Opry Recordings
Free Grand Ole Opry Recordings
Are you a fan of old country, bluegrass and gospel music? If so, you may want to check out some old recordings of the Grand Ole Opry:
Grand Ole Opry Recordings (MP3 format) -These recordings are from the 1940s and 50s and feature such artists as Red Foley, Roy Acuff, Hank Williams, Eddie Arnold, a very young Minnie Pearl and many, many more. There are over 50 shows that you can download individually -or get the entire collection in a zip file.
Would you like to watch an old Grand Ole Opry TV show?
FreeClassic TV: Grand Old Opry April 28, 1956 -Hosted by Carl Smith. Guests include Chet Atkins, Minnie Pearl, Flatt and Scruggs, June Carter and others. Show is almost an hour long and is available in MPEG4* and Ogg Video* formats. Files are very large**.
*The free VLC player will play MPEG4 and Ogg video formats
**I checked the MPEG4 file and it can be paused during downloading. If you’re using dial-up internet, try the free Orbit Downloader which allows you to pause and resume downloads.
More Free Old Time Country Music
The Carter Family: Wildwood Flower (MP3 format) -A classic, recorded on May 10th, 1928.
Pie Plant Pete: Hand Me Down My Walking Cane -From 1929, Pie Plant Pete (Claude Moye) was an early country music performer. Download MP3 or listen online.
The Coon Creek Girls: Flowers Blooming In The Wildwood (MP3 format) -The Coon Creek Girls were an all-female Appalachian string band, song was recorded about 1936.
Obed Pickard: Sally Goodin -Recorded in 1929, Obed Pickard was one of the first Grand Ole Opry performers. Download MP3 or listen online.
Blessings and happy listening,
Denese
Homeschool/Education Resource: Free And Low-Cost Old Time Radio Shows For Presidents Day
“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 Old Time Radio Thanksgiving Shows
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:
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.
Free Classic Audio: Anton Chekhov’s The Bet
Free Classic Audio
Homeschool Radio Shows’ free program for this week is “The Bet” by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, a physician, major Russian short story writer and playwright.
“The Bet” tells the story of an impoverished music teacher who willingly spends fifteen years in solitary confinement to win a bet -a classic story and cautionary tale you will long remember. Originally aired on Family Theater in 1950.
Also included with this weeks’ radio program is an audio book reading of The Bet.
More About Anton Chekhov
Anton CHEKHOV 1860-1904 –biography
Anton Chekhov –short biography, quotes, timeline
201 Stories by Anton Chekhov from the years
The Anton Chekhov Page -“all of the Chekhov-related info on the internet”
Interested in more classic audio?
Blessings and happy listening,
Denese
For even more free educational resources, please check my educational freebies tag archive and my Free Homeschooling Page.
Homeschool/Education Freebies: Herman Melville Audios, Farm Notebooking Pages, Homeschool Bundle
Listen To Classics By Herman Melville
The Strange Mr. Bartleby –old radio dramatization of Herman Melville’s classic short story, originally broadcast on "Favorite Story" in April, 1947. This week’s freebie from Homeschool Radio Shows.
Charles’s Isle and the Dog-King –another short story, narrated by Grover Gardner. Free audio download from Listen To Genius.
Moby Dick –old time radio show of the most well-known work of Melville’s. Originally aired on NBC University Theater in the 1940’s.
More About Herman Melville:
- Novels of Herman Melville –read free online
- The Life and Works of Herman Melville –all about Herman Melville
Farm Notebooking Pages
Down On The Farm Notebooking Pages –covers 12 farm animals with 3 notebooking pages and 1 coloring page per animal. Weekly free product from CurrClick.
Heart of the Matter Homeschool Conference Bundle
Heart of the Matter Conference (Bundle) –another freebie from CurrClick. Includes:
- All About Horses Unit Study
- Bees Lapbook
- File Folder Greetings: Encouragement
- Novel Ideas – Christopher Paolini’s Eldest
- Tricks of the Trade: 10 Teaching Tips Every Parent Should Know
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Blessings,
Denese
This Week’s Education Freebies From Homeschool Freebie Of The Day And Homeschool Radio Shows
I meant to have this out yesterday but was tied up with phone calls and paperwork all day!
Homeschool Freebie Of The Day
Monday, July 20th: CHARACTER STUDY NOTEBOOKING PAGES (PDF ebook) -subtitled "Sowing Seeds of Great Character… One Habit at a Time". From NotebookingPages.com. (Still available)
Tuesday, July 21st: WHEN MOTHER LETS US SEW (PDF ebook) -practical little guide to basic hand sewing written in 1910. This is filled with sweet illustrations and very well done step by step instructions for teaching basic stitches and sewing skills to little learners.
Wednesday, July 22nd: THE SEVEN LAWS OF TEACHING (PDF ebook) -originally published in 1886 for use in Sunday Schools, but highly applicable in all settings. Examines basic, unchanging laws of learning: The "law" of teaching; the teacher; the learner; language; the lesson; the teaching process; the learning process; and the law of review.
Thursday, July 23rd: ABC COLORING BOOK: CREATION SCIENCE & GEOLOGY (PDF ebook) Great coloring book filled with interesting creation science facts, provided by www.mediaangels.com.
Friday, July 24th: CREATIVELY SIMPLE: HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE LAUNDRY SOAP (PDF ebook) "We live on a farm, we work hard we play hard and the clothes get dirty. Not a little dirty, but a LOT dirty. And good laundry soap is not only hard to find but it gets expensive when you do as much laundry as we do. So, we decided to make our own. There are a hundred ways to make laundry soap, but this is the easiest, costs only pennies per load and it WORKS! Come on in and we will show you how." Another delightful guide courtesy of Penny Raine.
Each freebie is available one day only, unless otherwise noted.
Homeschool Radio Shows
The Stories of Joel Chandler Harris –biography of the author of the Uncle Remus stories. Originally broadcast on the old radio show “Cavalcade of America” in 1941. Available all week.
Happy teaching and learning,
Denese
Free Fourth Of July Old Time Radio Shows
Fourth of July Old Time Radio Shows –4 free MP3 downloads of old time radio Fourth of July episodes, from OTRCat.com.
- You Are There: “July 4th, 1776 Philadelphia” from March 21, 1948
- Calling All Cars: “July Fourth in a Radio Car” from July 4, 1934
- Meet The Meeks: “Planning a Company Picnic ” from July 3, 1948
- Our Miss Brooks: “July 4th Trip to Eagle Springs” from July 3, 1949
Adventure Ahead: “A Tooth For Paul Revere” -originally aired on September 9, 1944. Free MP3 download from Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod.
The Midnight Ride Of Paul Revere –free MP3 download from The Internet Archive (scroll down).
Journeys Into American History
Free MP3 downloads of four classic shows about events of 1776, from Journeys Into American History Podcasts.
- Journeys Into American History 27 1776: American Trail -Brave Flag
- Journeys Into American History 28 1776: American Trail -Dispatch to New York
- Journey’s Into American History 29 1776: Cavalcade of America -Gentleman From Paris
- Journey’s Into American History 30 1776: Cavalcade of America -Declaration of Independence
Related Posts:
- More Fourth Of July Homeschooling/Educational Freebies
- Fourth Of July Freebies: Homeschooling/Educational, Recipes And Crafts
- Free Old Time Radio Shows
Happy listening,
Denese
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Free Old Time Radio Shows
We love old radio shows, they’re neat to listen to and educational!
Some of the shows we’ve enjoyed:
- Historic speeches and events
- Stories of inventions and discoveries
- Westerns -Gunsmoke, Bonanza
- Mysteries
- Family Shows -Father Knows Best
- Classic fiction dramatizations
- Old Children’s shows -Buster Brown
- Adventure shows -Challenge of the Yukon
- Science Fiction -Adventures of Superman
- even I Love Lucy!
There are many places on the web where you can listen to old radio shows online, or download them to your computer -and because they’ve passed into the public domain, they’re free!
Sites With Free Old Time Radio Shows
HomeschoolRadioShows.com -free program every week. This week’s program is: A Pail of Air -a dramatization of the classic short story by renowned science fiction writer, Fritz Lieber.
Journeys Into American History
Old Time Radio Show Catalog -daily downloads.
OTRPod.com: Free Old Time Radio Podcast Downloads -mp3 podcasts of "Same Time, Same Station"
Old Time Radio Free Podcast and Downloads -lots of music here
Internet Archive: Old Time Radio -single episodes or whole collections
Free Old Time Radio Show Downloads
Zoot Radio -must create a free account
Old Time Radio Fan -daily features
Live 365 Internet Radio: Old Time Radio -84 Old Time Radio stations
When Radio Was -daily shows
Old Time Radio Mystery Theater
Old Time Radio Podcasts from Podcast Directory -several podcast sites listed here
Old Time Radio History and Info
Old Time Radio as a History Lesson
Radio Days: A WebQuest -Take a journey back to the "Golden Age of Radio" as you learn about Radio Days.
Brief History on the Golden Age of Radio
Old Time Radio Personality Line-up Page 1
Old Time Radio Personality Line-up Page 2
The Original Old Time Radio WWW Pages
Old Time Radio -Radio Days: A Radio History
The David Levy Classic Radios Collection
Old Time Radio Actors and Their Roles
Sound Effects in Radio Broadcasting
Back of the Mike -How Radio Sound Effects Are Made (1938)
Open Directory: Old Time Radio -even more links here
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Denese
