Homeschool Freebie of the Day

The Pearl Box, 100 Beautiful Stories for Young People, by A Pastor (PDF ebook) - Today we have for you a classic old time children’s book from the turn of the century, featuring many (but not, I think, 100) short moral stories, poems and sayings for and about young people. Definitely old-fashioned, dealing with not only manners and behavior, but also death and dying, this quite interesting collection includes some great read alouds for family devotions and sharing. A few nice old timey illustrations, too!

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Hey hey! Our good friend Cindy Rushton has graciously allowed us to offer two wonderful audio seminar freebie resources for you today and tomorrow, from her upcoming A SIMPLE JOURNEY TO DEBT-FREE LIVING seminar package. (More info on how to attend that FREE below.) Here’s today’s great bonus freebie:

Trim the Fat! Cutting Costs from YOUR Grocery Bill, with Leslie Valeska (MP3 audio seminar) - Who doesn’t want to reduce their grocery expenses? Grocery shopping can be low cost for all types of food purchases…as long as you know how. Trim the Fat includes topics such as:

How to shop each store the SMART way!
Tricks of the Trade
Fresh Produce for Less
Meat for Less
Organics for Less
Recipes
How to buy convenience for pennies
Bread
Pizza
And SO MUCH MORE!
STOP giving so much money to your local grocer and keep it in YOUR bank account, where it belongs!

NOTE: This audio seminar is only ONE of the great bonus resources included on Cindy’s new A SIMPLE JOURNEY TO DEBT-FREE LIVING Membership Site. There are many, many more. If you enjoy this, you’ll want to check out the main event. For complete details on the full Membership Site package (which is deeply discounted for a short time only), CLICK HERE

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60 Easy Recipes for Body & Bath (PDF ebook) – Want to save some money or make a bit of extra money this fall? Thinking about some “homemade” gifts you might be able to give this Christmas? Or do you just want to pamper yourself a bit? In this exclusive “cookbook” of pampering products, expert soap and fragrance maker Maria Vowell shares 60+ of her proven customer favorite recipes for soaps, lotions, bath salts, lip balms, scrubs, facials, and other delightful products you can make as gifts, to sell, or just to use for your family! Her simple, straightforward recipes and instructions make these products a breeze to make.

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The Story Book of Science by Jean Henri Fabre (PDF ebook) - The wonders of plant and animal life are told with rare literary charm by Uncle Paul in conversations with three children in this classic “living book” of science stories brought to us today by Yesterday’s Classics. Besides such stories as the ants’ subterranean city, the spider’s suspension bridge, and the caterpillars’ processing, he unlocks the mystery behind thunder and lightning, clouds and rain, the year and its seasons, and volcanoes and earthquakes. Ages 9-12, 432 pages, PDF format

This is only one of dozens of wonderful, long out of print “living books” that Yesterday’s Classics has brought back into print. Click here to visit the publisher’s main website and look over their wonderful catalog of classic reprints. You can also preview the first 40-50 pages of most of these online too!

Click here for the link to today’s great resource! (The download link is at the very bottom of the page… be sure to read about the author, and sign up for the Yesterday’s Classics newsletter… very good material & sale offers too!)

Pinocchio (half hour mp3 audio) – Today’s featured resource is this delightful audio version of Collodi’s classic story, “Pinocchio”, starring none other than Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny and countless other cartoon characters). This is a fast, fun and highly entertaining version of the story, as originally broadcast on the program “Family Theatre” back in 1951. Wonderful stuff!

Bonus Resource: We also have a PDF of some vintage black and white illustrations suitable for coloring, to keep little hands occupied while they listen to today’s story!

If you enjoy this program, be sure to check out our Homeschool Radio Shows site, which features a free classic audio program, especially chosen for homeschool family listening, each week!

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You Are… – A Puzzle Book for Children Ages 8 to 80 (PDF ebook) – “You are… even cleverer than your dear mother, father and teacher think… You are even cleverer than YOU think you are. I am going to show you just how clever you are. Come on…” So begins this excellent, fun and funny puzzle book written and illustrated in a semi “Dr. Suess-ish” style by Emory Gondor. This charming book has all sorts of cartoony, visual puzzles, mazes and problems meant to make the reader THINK. Delightful stuff, your kids will love this!

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Note: If you have trouble viewing the pages in this pdf after downloading, please consult the “Problems?” tab at the top of the page!

Family Haircuts & How to Give Them, 1950s style! (PDF ebook) – What a fun find! In the midst of a humongous 522 page 1950s era barber college textbook (which mainly focused on how to pass a state barber exam), we ran across THIS wonderful chapter detailing men’s haircut styles, with detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to give the perfect haircut! So, we excerpted the whole section and put it in this stand-alone ebook on hair cutting technique, 1950s style! If you like the men in your family to look clean-cut and snappy, check it out! A great guide for frugal moms who want to cut their family’s hair!

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Seed Babies by Margaret Warner Morley (PDF ebook) – Have your children ever asked you how plants grow from tiny seeds? Or how a bird hatches from an egg? If so, you’ll love today’s resource. This is another classic “living book” by the author of “Little Wanderers”, which we featured a few weeks ago. This is a wonderful, fanciful read-aloud science book written in 1896. Two little children, Jack and Ko, discover some beans they threw to the ground have begun to sprout. And not only that, but they TALK to the children too, telling them the function of seeds and how they grow and develop into maturity. We meet different kinds of beans, peas, peanuts, nuts, and even venture into the animal kingdom and learn about coccoons, fish eggs, tadpoles, and bird eggs. Great fun and very informative!

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Hey! We have our winners!

Just to give you a little background info: We used the random integer generator at random.org to select two comments on this post to decide our winners. These two commenters win a full year’s membership in our huge Premium Membership Site!

And the Winners are…

Theresa (talindamood@———-.com) address hidden for winners’ privacy

Her comment:
“I really liked the Stitchery For Girls this summer.
“As for what I would like to see this fall coming up, maybe more hands on projects, nature oriented materials and something with foreign language. I’ve been here a short time, so maybe you have already done this. Thanks for your great site.”

and

Vicky (vicky—-@sbcglobal.net) address hidden for winners’ privacy

Who wrote:
“Our favorite resource since i have known about your site (early summer) was the Stitchery for Girls book. i have had my 9 yr.old granddaughter here during the days during summer and she had been wanting to learn to sew for a long time (and i am not qualified to teach that skill LOL), so we learned together. Thank you , thank you, thank you! – Vicky”

Congratulations Theresa and Vicky, we’ll be contacting you via email to set up your Full Year Memberships!

Thanks everyone who has posted here during our End Of Summer “Bash”… we are just overwhelmed with your kind words and support!

Stay tuned friends… Even though the “Bash” has drawn to an end for now, we’ve got some wonderful stuff coming up for you in the days and weeks to come!

- Jim E