Homeschool Freebie of the Day

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June 27: Speed Learning Spanish Course

Speed Learning Spanish Course (PDF ebook) – This is a great, concise 12 lesson introduction to Spanish that can easily be used in your homeschool to help familiarize your family with the Spanish language. While I wouldn’t say you will be speaking and understanding Spanish fluently in 12 days, you CAN have a grasp of the basics of the language and learn an incredible amount about it.

Here are some of the topics covered in this 12 part course:
Easy-to-apply memorization tips and tricks to remember Spanish words better.
How each of the letters in the Spanish alphabet is called, how each one of them is pronounced, and some examples for practice.
Sounds not present or are very minimal in the English language but are common in Spanish.
Creative techniques to recall various Spanish words.
A 4-day training session to easily tackle the most complicated topics in Spanish.
How to form and structure different kinds of basic Spanish phrases and sentences.
The first step in learning a new language.
How to pronounce different Spanish words correctly.
Easy and simple ways of creating grammatical and sensible Spanish sentences.
Basic greetings and everyday expressions in Spanish.
How to identify formal and familiar situations in order to use the appropriate expressions.
The difference between describing with Spanish and English adjectives.
Spanish adjective classifications according to common descriptions they provide.
The importance of studying individual word forms before constructing sentences.
The easiest way to identify the gender of Spanish nouns.
Numbers, days, months, time, etc. in Spanish.
List of Spanish prepositions and example phrases.
How Spanish nouns form their plural counterparts.
How regular Spanish verbs form past, present and future tenses.
What the irregular verbs are and how they form their tenses.
How to create the present progressive form (I am eating, you are singing, etc.) in Spanish.
2 ways of forming the future tense of Spanish verbs.
Why the subject of the sentence is optional and usually omitted in Spanish.
The truth that verb alone is already a complete sentence in Spanish.
What conjugation is and how it is done in Spanish.
What the 3 groups of Spanish verbs are.
How to form Spanish interrogative statements.
How to form Spanish imperative statements.
Understanding airport, road, train, market and other signs written in Spanish.
What to say when ordering food, shopping, hiring public vehicles, checking in at hotels, and in other usual situations using the Spanish language.
And a lot, lot more! PDF ebook, 76 pages (Regularly $14.95)

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June 24: “Busy Homeschooler” Helpers Sheets

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Today’s freebie is this set of “Busy Homeschooler” Helpers Sheets from Marc & Cynthia Carrier of ValuesDrivenFamily.com. Included in this folio of helpful planning & “fill-in-the-blank” sheets are:

* Mom’s Weekly Goals chart
* Homeschool Subjects Chart
* Chore Charts & chore clip art
* Grocery checkoff list
* Response sheet for evaluating educational videos
* Math Read-Aloud Response/Review Sheet
* Science Read-Aloud Response/Review Sheet
* Social Studies Read-Aloud Response/Review Sheet

To find out more about this and other great resources from ValuesDrivenFamily, click here

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Subscriber Exclusive for Nov 2nd

Here are this week's SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE links for you:

THE EARTH SCIENCE PICTURE OF THE DAY

This neat site has a new high-definition photo of some fascinating earth-science subject every day… along with a few paragraphs discussing the phenomenon depicted. Great way to interest your kids in geological topics in daily bite-sized doses!

Click here to go to it!

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ALICE AND BOB IN WONDERLAND

Here are nine great animated cartoons (each just a minute long) created by the Perimeter Institute asking some fascinating science & physics questions that are sure to intrigue your young viewers. Can we travel through time? Why doesn't the moon fall down? Why is it dark at night? Why can't we walk through walls?

Click here to go to it!

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June 20: Home Geography (classic curriculum)



Home Geography for Young Students
(PDF ebook) is a great classic course in geography and how it relates to your child’s home, neighborhood and location. Originally published in 1907 for use in primary grades, this classic book uses a neat question & answer format with reviews for each lesson. Though you may find some of the illustrations dated, the teaching method and much of the information is still viable for today’s learners. Just pick and choose some of the later chapters as needed. This is a complete introductory geography course appropriate for grades 1-3, extremely well done. Check it out!

Click here to download this resource freebie! (This resource will be available through the weekend)

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June 18: Write Like Crazy – The Homeschool Speed Writing Method

The HOMESCHOOL SPEED WRITING METHOD
Discover the super-fast technique that can help slow, reluctant Writers quickly create REPORTS, ESSAYS, ARTICLES & MORE … And Never Get Writer’s Block Again!

Warning: This manual is different than anything else you’ll find about teaching your kids (or yourself) how to write. we must tell you this right up front. You won’t find anything about this writing technique in any of your writing curriculum or textbooks… yet it is one of the most productive, “real world” techniques to change writing from a “drudgery” to an exhilarating, fun experience. This method shows you how to defeat the “writing blocks” that sabotage your writing, and how to get your thoughts and words out of your head and down on paper, so you can shape them into what you want them to be.“Write Like Crazy” is not only the title of this manual, it’s also the MOST important step you can take in learning to “speed write”.

Much of the advice in this manual is contrary to what you will find in other writing guides. It may startle you and shake your notions of how to teach writing. You may not like it at all. But this is a practical, proven, “real world” method of breaking through “writer’s block”. If you have a student who cannot/will not write, or is very resistant to writing, you may be surprised how well these techniques will work.

Find out how to Change writing from a “drudgery” to “exhilarating”
How to Turn Reluctant Writers into Productive Writers
Learn why your brain often sabotages your writing before you even start
Discover How writing in short “bursts” multiplies your output
Find out How to “Get in the Writing Zone”
How to Get Past the Grammar “stumbling block”
Easy, Fun Practice Exercises to develop your speed-writing skills
Unique Tips to break “Writer’s Block” once and for all

The techniques and exercises offered in this breakthrough manual work best for older students, from early teens to adults. (Regularly $17)

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June 17: The Intentional Planner

Today’s freebie is The Intentional Planner (June – December 2008) By Sheri Graham

Sheri Graham of Graham Family Ministries contributed today’s great freebie, and writes of it: “If you are like me, you have a Home Management Binder, a homeschool planning binder, a calendar, a journal, a book journal…the list goes on. I have binders and notebooks for all kinds of things. What I wanted was a way to pull it all together into one binder. I could have ONE “small” notebook that contained my daily to do lists, daily cleaning chores, my daily routines, appointments, read-alouds for the day, reading lists, journal of memories, etc. I wanted to have everything I need to get through the day and know what needs to happen – what cleaning is to be done, what baking/cooking needs to be done, what books to read-aloud that day, etc. I have compiled everything into this ebook to share with you, so you can make your very own planner!

“This ebook actually comes in two files. The first file is a PDF file and contains the bulk of the forms. The second file I created in Microsoft Word and saved it as Rich Text File. This file contains the Daily Planner Pages that you can edit to fit your family and schedule. If you do not have the capability to open and edit a Microsoft Word document or Rich Text File, I have included these forms in the PDF file so you can see what they look like.

“I did not intend this planner to be an exhaustive list of forms. There are many more things that could be added. I simply wanted to share the “bare bones” of my own planner – how to put it together for easy use, and provide some forms to get you started. Have fun!”

For more details about today’s freebie and Graham Family Ministries, click here

To download today’s freebie from Sheri’s site, click here

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June 16: The Star Spangled State Book


The Star Spangled State Book, provided by Knowledge Quest!

Join us as we travel from coast to coast, learning about the 50 states! From the disappearance of England’s first American settlement to California’s population explosion of 1849, you’ll experience the growth of a new nation. From Plymouth Rock to Pearl Harbor, you’ll follow the course of American history and geography! And when you’re done and you think you’ve learned everything you can… Well, crack your knuckles, take a seat, and turn the pages to one of our challenging brain games. Trust me, if you want to stay in the know, the four GeoQuizzes are for you! Great for children 4th grade on up to adult! The State Book contains 80 glossy full-color pages! The coordinating workbook that turns the State Book into a 36 week curriculum is 264 jam-packed pages.

For more information on this resource & other resources from Knowledge Quest, click here

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June 12: Adventures Beyond The Sky (Audio)

Adventures Beyond the Sky is a great children’s story record that takes us on a journey through the solar system and beyond, with lots of fascinating facts (and a few fanciful conjectures) about the universe around us. You can use the oddities of what people’s vision of what space would be like (such as having to “cut slices of water” in zero gravity, and water in canals on Mars) to discuss what we have discovered today. This very entertaining and educational 17 minute MP3 audio story is today’s great freebie!

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June 11: What Homeschool Moms REALLY Need to Know About Computers

Today’s freebie is What Homeschool Moms REALLY Need to Know About Computers, an mp3 audio seminar by Phyllis Wheeler of MotherBoardBooks.com. This concise presentation details what parents especially need to be aware of when letting their kids use the computer; why there is often a disconnect between parents and kids when it comes to computers; and offers several great tips on training your kids to wisely use computers as an educational tool.

For more information on training your kids to use computers, we’ll refer you to her excellent site, MotherboardBooks.com.

To download today’s freebie audio seminar, just CLICK HERE!

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June 10: The Healthy Family Guide to Herbs & Herbal Remedies


The Healthy Family Guide to Herbs and Herbal Remedies (PDF ebook) is a straight-forward, concise, 56 page guidebook written just for you, the person who is sick and tired of their family being over-medicated. You can take control and start a journey toward natural herbal remedies. After all, natural remedies served the human race very well before we became so smart!

In The Healthy Family Guide to Herbs and Herbal Remedies you can learn:

Popular herbs and their uses.
How to treat a sore throat.
How to prepare a blood purifier.
What to take for arthritis.
How to stop flatulence.
A gentle remedy for diarrhea.
What to use in place of ephedrine.
How to make your own toothpaste.
A way to remove bruises in 24 hours.
Another quick treatment for insect bites.
How to stop hot flashes.
An effective treatment for psoriasis
A natural remedy for sinusitis
Plus dozens of other herbal home remedies!
All this and much more is at your fingertips in today’s freebie of the day!

To read more about this resource, normally sold for $9.95, click here.

…but YOU CAN get it free today, June 10th, just by CLICKING HERE!

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