Homeschool Freebie of the Day

“For the Love of Laundry” (PDF ebook) - Our End of Summer BASH freebie is this extremely helpful, full-length color homemaking lesson from The Homemaker’s Mentor (normally $4.95 on their site). Does doing the laundry sometimes seem overwhelming to you? Fear not: In this guide you’ll learn to take control of your laundry chores, learn how to properly iron your man’s dress shirt, find plans to build a backyard country clothesline, a homemade recipe for pre-soak that gets out even tough baby stains, and lots more!

The Homemaker’s Mentor is jointly owned by Mrs. Martha Greene and Mrs. Rebekah Wilson, both homemakers, wives, mothers and also well-known authors in their areas of expertise. The Homemaker’s Mentor has been designed to provide a friendly hand reaching out to help you on your journey to becoming the best homemaker you can be, and brings you helpful lessons to inspire, expand and enjoy your homemaking skills. You’ll find deep enjoyment in being a homemaker by learning from older, like-minded women who have traveled the way before you and can look back and help you overcome life’s struggles as a busy homemaker.

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The Secret to Homeschooling Freedom (PDF ebook) – This report provided by Homeschool Enrichment Magazine shows how you can experience true freedom and joy in your homeschool by using one simple technique – the Self-Teaching Method! Contains practical pointers, plus a bonus Q&A section with a homeschool student who loves this fascinating approach! Just enter your email address in the form below to download your copy!

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Our regularly scheduled resource (you subscribers know what I’m referring to) has been delayed because the publisher had a major problem with their download system. It has been bumped back a week or so. Sorry for the delay, but that sort of thing happens from time to time. In the meantime, we hope you’ll enjoy today’s great freebie! – Jim E

When Mother Lets Us Cut Out Pictures, by Ida E. Boyd (PDF ebook) – Well, I have a feeling it may be politically incorrect in this day and age to suggest that children get out the scissors and start cutting away, so forgive us today if scissor-work (with pointed scissors, yet!) is off limits in your family. Nevertheless, this wonderful gem from way back in 1918 deserves to be re-discovered, and some folks are really going to have fun with it. Written and “illustrated” (with cut out pictures, naturally) by Ida Boyd, a teacher of art at the Brooklyn School for Teachers, this crafty little guide offers all sorts of great advice for teaching your kids to use scissors and provides a multitude of fun and educational cut-out projects. Projects include cut-outs such as flowers, dishes, people, houses, fences, toys, whirli-gigs, Christmas scenes, and all sorts of everyday items that kids can pretend play with after cutting them out. What a great way to kindle the imagination, develop artistic and motor skills, and just have fun.

Here’s an excerpt that gives you the feel for how warm and gentle the tone of this text is:

“Let me whisper something to you…. When we are having a happy time ourselves, let us remember not to make any work for anyone else. Let us make mother glad because we never leave a scrap of paper on the floor. Little fingers, bright eyes, and loving children will be quick to help everybody, every time and everywhere. Shall we have that for our secret?”

I don’t know why, but I just love that.

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The Pirate City, by R. M. Ballantyne (PDF ebook) – Today’s freebie resource is this classic “living book”, provided by The Tutor (formerly Home Educator’s Tutor). Here’s their description of this fascinating classic:

“Captain Jack Sparrow has re-kindled interest in the world of pirates and the high seas but long before Sparrow’s adventures there were just as exciting stories about real pirates. During the early 1800s the Barbary pirates were one such group of real pirates. Their approach to piracy was very sophisticated and protected by the Monarchy of Morocco. As a result exotic locales such as Tunis , Tripoli and Algiers truly became pirate cities, bases of operations for these 19th century terrorists.

“The Pirate City is set at the time when the Barbary pirates were sailing freely around the Mediterranean Sea plundering ships from any nation that had not paid tribute to the monarchy. The story centers around a merchant and his sons and their harrowing adventures of being captured while on a trading voyage, being taken to Algiers, sold as slaves and return to freedom. It is told from a decidedly Christian worldview and portrays men of faith holding to their values in the most adverse circumstances.

“The author, R.M. Ballantyne went undercover in Algiers to research this book dressing and living as an Arab and its historical accuracy is beyond dispute. He also accurately captured major political and religious themes of those earlier days most are still with us making this book not only a good adventure read but geo-politically relevant to this very day.”

The Tutor is an educational supplement to help you implement a liberal (broad) education. The Tutor will provide you with the tools to expose your children to classical music, great artists, great literature, poetry, nature study, copywork, Shakespeare, orations, opera, Hymns and folksongs and more.For more information on The Tutor, click here

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Today’s freebie resource are these four GREAT episodes of the classic radio program, “Adventures in Research”!

A Piece of Silk – the story of the very first parachute and the dream of flying

I Scream You Scream We All Scream – the amazing history of ice cream

Michael, Save Your Breath – great history of the discovery of glass

The Blizzard of 1888 – fascinating story of the Great Blizzard that paralyzed New York

Tune in these four great episodes of the classic radio program, Adventures in Research and discover some fascinating history and great stories that will make science and history come to life for your kids! Each of these is a hand picked, crowd-pleasing favorite previously featured on our Homeschool Radio Shows site, and runs approximately 13 minutes.

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Quilted Hearts Doll Quilt: A Lesson in Block Construction for Young Sewers, Age 10+ by Theresa Powers (PDF ebook & patterns) – Here’s a great project for girls who want a fun, beginner’s hand-sewing and quilting project. Theresa says of this project: “This e-book is a sampling of what type of instruction you can find in the homespun section of our magazine, Seasons at Home…. Our mission is to encourage homemaking skills by showing you how to, not just why you should! We recommend daughters ages 10 years old or older, engage in this project. Some girls may be ready sooner to learn the basics of quilting, others are just learning how to use a sewing machine. We found that girls of 10 years have a better attention span for directions and details.” Great fall project for crafty students!

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Scripture Scavenger Hunt (PDF ebook) – In the spirit of Deuteronomy-6 discipleship, Marc and Cindy Carrier of Values-Driven have created the “Scripture Scavenger Hunt,” a fun activity for parents and children to do together. Use this simple game as a tool to bring God’s Word into your everyday experience!

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Boyhood Stories of George Washington & Abraham Lincoln (PDF ebook) – Compiler Ann Tatum says of this great little collection: “Real books have always been the foundation of history “class” in our homeschool and sometimes I am surprised how much myu girls remember about people and places. Recently I discovered a collection of short, biographical stories written in the early 20th Century of these famous Americans, and my daughters and I have been learning about these great men all over again. Included in this ebook are:

Two stories, “The Boyhood of George Washingon” and “The Boyhood of Abraham Lincoln”, great for read aloud and narration.

Two pages of quotes from these two great presidents, in large print, just right for small hands to copy

A 3 page list of additional books about President Washington, President Lincoln and their families, in case these stories whet the appetites of your children and cause them to hunger fro more quality biographies

And finally, two report forms for your children to collect information about presidents and put together a “presidents Noteook”.

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Aunt Mary’s Primer, Adorned with 120 Pretty Pictures (PDF ebook) – This early childhood reading primer, published in 1851, introduces youngest students to the ABCs and simple words, then goes on to offer a “First Lesson on the Senses,” “First Lesson in Writing”, “A First Lesson in Numbers”, a sweet poem about mothers, and then dozens of old-time illustrations of objects for the child to identify. A very nice example of an early American reading primer, with some good usable material even for today. Take a look!

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Ancient Literature: Significant Excerpts From the Books of Classical Authors Which You Can Use to Supplement Your History Curriculum – Volume Two: Alexander the Great, Compiled by Laurie Bluedorn — Published by Trivium Pursuit (PDF ebook) – Want to use primary sources to enhance your study of ancient history? This 74-page ebook can be used to supplement any ancient history curriculum and is suitable for ages ten through adult. Of this collection the compiler writes “For this volume, we combed through the books of twelve ancient authors to find 44 significant excerpts concerning Alexander the Great. We then arranged the excerpts chronologically and provided the text and citation for each.”

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