Homeschool Freebie of the Day

Adventures in Living – KEEPING FIT (PDF ebook) – Today’s resource is this great 1930s book on physical fitness. It puts our own personal fitness in context with the world around us, as well as tying in some wonderful historical stories, activities and experiments to its fitness message. Each chapter ends with a short quiz. Some of this is a bit dated, but most can still be used as is, or with just a little updating. Makes you want to get out and DO something! Lots of fun, filled with fascinating stories – highly recommended!

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TIP: As Annie Kate mentions in the comments, chapter 1 of this book contains some GREAT activities & lessons for flu season! Check it out!

This sale is now CLOSED.

We had a wonderful response to this offer — Thanks to everyone who participated! We will be shipping these collections later this week, so your order should arrive sometime next week via First Class Mail.

- The Erskines

Rainy Day Activities for Kids (PDF) – Here’s another of our most requested resources, for those of you who missed it the first time round last year. For those inclement weather days, today’s freebie shows you how to create your own “rainy day crafts box” and stock it with some easy and fun craft projects your children are sure to enjoy!

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You Are There: The Voyage of Christopher Columbus (mp3 audio) – Imagine what it might have been like had radio reporters been tracking the hazardous voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492. Here, courtesy of our sister site Homeschool Radio Shows.com, is a fascinating audio program about this historic and dangerous journey, with lots of interesting insights and details, as a reporter onboard the Santa Maria interviews the Captain and crew, and give you a first-hand look at the voyage. This classic episode of the radio program “You Are There” was originally broadcast on October 17, 1948.

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Home Geography for Young Students (PDF ebook) back by popular demand is this 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!

We have this ebook in two formats: A scanned facsimile of the original book (10.5 megs in size), or an HTML version of the original book (3 megs in size – the formatting is a bit off on the text of this version, but all the content is there). Download whichever one works best for you.

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Not one, not two, but THREE GREAT SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVES FOR YOU THIS WEEK… our way of saying THANK YOU for being a part of our subscriber family! These will be here for one week, so get 'em and Enjoy!

Richard of Jamestown by James Otis (PDF ebook) – A wonderful, highly readable chapter book by James Otis, chronicling the adventures of Richard, a young boy who sails to the new world with the colonists who founded Jamestown. His stories of the hardships and adventures faced by the Jamestown settlers, told from the viewpoint of a young boy, make this great reading for the Fall season. Don't miss this!

from the foreword:

The purpose of this series of stories is to show the children, and even those who have already taken up the study of history, the home life of the colonists with whom they meet in their books. To this end every effort has been made to avoid anything savoring of romance, and to deal only with facts, so far as that is possible, while describing the daily life of those people who conquered the wilderness whether for conscience sake or for gain.

That the stories may appeal more directly to the children, they are told from the viewpoint of a child, and purport to have been related by a child. Should any criticism be made regarding the seeming neglect to mention important historical facts, the answer would be that these books are not sent out as histories—although it is believed that they will awaken a desire to learn more of the building of the nation—and only such incidents as would be particularly noted by a child are used.

Surely it is entertaining as well as instructive for young people to read of the toil and privations in the homes of those who came into a new world to build up a country for themselves, and such homely facts are not to be found in the real histories of our land.

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THE LITTLE MOTHER GOOSE (PDF ebook)

A truly delightful classic collection of Mother Goose rhymes, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith. Many beautiful black & white and color illustrations throughout.
 

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WHISTLING IS FUN (MP3 audio)

Want something fun for your kids that will keep them busy for a loooong time? This is a TERRIFIC 7 minute audio explaining and demonstrating how to do all sorts of whistling tricks, bird calls, etc. Let your kids give this a listen, and get ready for some interesting noise around your household over the coming weeks!

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Letters from a Cat (PDF ebook) – Here’s a marvelous example of the kind of book they just don’t write any more – a children’s book published back in 1879. In this book, a young girl’s pussycat writes her letters retelling his experiences and adventures away from the house – and boy are they some adventures! Much of this is quite fun and is a fascinating “living history slice of life” that most of us wouldn’t even think about today, showing us how animals and pets were treated back in the mid 1800s.

However, you need to be warned that the sensibilities of our day are quite different than back then. Some of this could be disturbing to some young readers or listeners. Cats and other pets were not treated very well by lots of folks. (The introduction, for instance, includes the story of how pussycat was killed by an older cousin when he got too old!)

Regardless, this is a fascinating book with a fun premise and some lovely illustrations. You’ll find much here to learn and discuss, that’s for sure. Check it out!

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