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Again, all these Exclusive Downloadable Bonus Resources are available just for a short time only, when you purchase a copy of our brand new book, BIBLE BATTLES! Click here for more details
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Nov 21: Home School In The Woods “Christmas Lesson”
This is the second of today’s freebie resources.
Amy Pak at Home School In The Woods has put together a fun-filled unit study on Christmas, sure to make your holiday special! Learn the science of crystal snowflakes (and make them!) and the history of many traditions we use today! Also included are printables, recipes, links, and a list of many ways you can give back to your community–a wonderful way to teach your children about servanthood!
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Nov 21: Classic Thanksgiving Recipes!
Classic Thanksgiving Recipes: Over 200 Traditional Thanksgiving Dishes (PDF ebook) – Today’s resource is this great cookbook collection of recipes covering all the courses of a traditional holiday meal! If it’s Thanksgiving-y, you’ll probably find it in this collection! Sorry, the original editor did not include an index to this book, but you’ll get lots of great ideas for goodies by browsing these pages and printing out the ones you want to try. Save some dark meat for me!
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Nov 19: The Gettysburg Address Challenge!
Today, November 19th is the 145th anniversary of one of the greatest, shortest, and most quoted speeches in American history: “The Gettysburg Address” given by Abraham Lincoln in 1863.
We challenged your kids to memorize it.
Here are the results!
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Nov 14: The Path of Praise – Great Audio History of Thanksgiving
The Path of Praise (mp3 audio) - This is our favorite annual Thanksgiving program from over at our sister site, HomeschoolRadioShows.com, one that will give your family a much deeper appreciation of our Thanksgiving holiday. “The Path of Praise” is a great “history” of the celebration of Thanksgiving, very poetic and stirring… In it you will hear a warm moment from the Pilgrims’ first Thanksgiving celebration… learn the reason behind General George Washington’s original Thanksgiving proclamation… and discover Abraham Lincoln’s reason for finally declaring Thanksgiving a national holiday. There’s also some wonderful music on this program too, which is probably our all-time favorite Thanksgiving-themed radio show. This program was first broadcast on “Cavalcade of America” on November 20, 1951. Enjoy!
If you like this, be aware we are also running some other Thanksgiving-themed programs this week and next at HomeschoolRadioShows.com!
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Nov 13: “An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving” by Louisa May Alcott
An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving by Louisa May Alcott (PDF ebook) - In this delightful short story, the author of “Little Women” tells this classic tale that re-captures the celebration of Thanksgiving as it was
observed in the early 1820s in rural New England. It is a tale full of family, fun, humor, long-lost traditions, and the smells and tastes of a Thanksgiving day “way back when”.
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Nov 7: Frontier Fighters – Buffalo Bill Cody
Frontier Fighters: The Story of Buffalo Bill Cody (mp3 audio + PDF study guide) – Today’s resource is a great episode of the classic series “Frontier Fighters”, spotlighting the amazing story of Buffalo Bill Cody, following his career from a 14-year-old Pony Express Rider to becoming a legendary guide, Indian fighter and buffalo hunter. This is a classic old time western story, full of action and adventure! Included with this audio is a PDF study guide that you can use to make the audio into a history lesson too.
If you like this, be sure to check out our classic collection of the complete Frontier Fighters series plus tons of other Western history and adventure programs.
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Nov 6: Stops; or How To Punctuate
Stops; Or How To Punctuate by Paul Allardyce (PDF ebook) – Today’s resource is this fine, concise guide to proper punctuation, originally published in 1895 but just as applicable today as ever.
From the introduction:
“Punctuation is a device for marking out the arrangement of a writer’s ideas. Reading is thereby made easier than it otherwise would be. A writer’s ideas are expressed by a number of words arranged in groups, the words in one group being more closely connected with one another than they are with those in the next group. An example will show this grouping in its simplest form: He never convinces the reason, or fills the imagination, or touches the heart. To understand what is written, the reader must group the words together in the way intended by the writer; and in doing this he can receive assistance in various ways. Partly by the inflection of the words; partly by their arrangement; partly also by punctuation….”
Excellent reference to have on hand any time you have a punctuation question!
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Nov 3: English As She Wuz Wrote
English As She Wuz Wrote by Anonymous (PDF ebook) – Today’s resource is this delightful collection of examples of mangled English, originally published back in the 1880s! Subtitled “Curious Ways the English language may be made to convey ideas… or obscure them”, this is a very funny collection of examples of how language is often bent, twisted, and turned upside down in old newspapers, signs, and even tombstone epitaphs. Even though these examples are over 120 years old, they are still very funny today… and a reminder that there has always been poor use of language in every generation! This is a great teaching tool that will remind your kids the importance of using language properly… and the unintended (and often hilarious) consequences that result when you don’t!
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