Homeschool Freebie of the Day

The Boston Tea Party by Josephine Pollard & H. W. McVikar (PDF ebook) – Well, we are back from our Thanksgiving holiday (thanks for letting us take the break), and we have today, by popular request, a rerun of this wonderful old time picture book telling the story of the Boston Tea Party, which occurred in December of 1773, exactly 236 years ago! Yes, it is an old OLD book, originally published in 1812, but don’t let that fool you. This is a hugely enjoyable historical romp back to the events surrounding that milestone event in colonial America. Beautiful, witty illustrations and text in verse make this an absolutely delightful picture book your kids will truly enjoy – and learn a lot of history from, too!

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Making The Holidays Family Friendly by Penny Raine (PDF ebook) – Today we are pleased to bring you another great ebook from our friend Penny Raine. Let’s let her tell you about it:

“The Holidays are supposed to be all about celebrating with the folks you love, yet all too often the focus is on the preparations instead of the people and the children especially seem to get lost in the shuffle. If holidays are stressful to you, or you come to the end of the day wondering where and what your children were doing all day, this book is for you. It is a reminder of why we celebrate, and how to celebrate in a more family-friendly way. Memories are made at every holiday — are they good ones or bad ones? Learn how to make them good ones for everyone.”

“Making the Holidays Family Friendly” contains over 50 pages of great tips and ideas that will really make a difference in your family’s holidays this year. Regularly $9.95, but FREE this weekend only at HomeschoolFreebieOfTheDay!

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Let’s Sing About Thanksgiving (MP3 audio & PDF listening guide) – We have two fun audio programs for you today. The first is this sweet episode of the music lesson program “Let’s Sing”, originally broadcast over radio for rural schools to use as a music class. In this program, young listeners will learn and sing along with some simple Thanksgiving songs and hear some Thanksgiving poems and stories. We’ve also got a PDF Listening Guide to go along with this which contains the words to the songs and poems, along with a few simple questions to review after listening.

Next, we have a second Thanksgiving themed audio program for you, just for fun listening: Baby Snooks’ Thanksgiving. Daddy and Snooks both have stuffed themselves WAY too much at their Thanksgiving dinner, so when it is naptime, the craziest dream takes place! Loads of fun for all ages!

Finally, we have a classic ebook for you: “An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving” by Louisa May Alcott. Wonderful slice of history and nostalgia! What a great way to spend the Thanksgiving holiday.

We hope you enjoy all these delightful Thanksgiving treats!

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Update: Link has been fixed, sorry for the earlier glitch! – Jim E

A Curious Hieroglyphick Bible for Young People (PDF ebook) - Originally published way, way back in 1790, this is a fascinating little book meant to intrigue and teach young readers more about the scriptures. Each page contains a selected Bible verse, illustrated in picture rebus form. See if your kids can figure them out, and perhaps create their own “picture versions” of their own favorite verses. Also contains a few poems, prayers, questions & notes at the end of the book. A real historical treasure that shows us the kind of books children had over 200 years ago. This has been reprinted elsewhere for $24, but is free this weekend here at HomeschoolFreebieOfTheDay!

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“Johnny Crow’s Garden” (PDF ebook) – Today we feature this absolutely delightful vintage children’s picture book illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke, featuring all kinds of animals cavorting in this classic nursery rhyme. Many color plates & black and white illustrations suitable for coloring by little hands.

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Thriving on Less: Simplifying in a Tough Economy by Leo Babauta (PDF ebook) – Today’s resource is this free ebook by Leo Babauta which was written as a companion to his new book “The Power of Less”. It is full of practical steps for decluttering and paring down our “stuff” and lifestyles… a very good read!

From the introduction:
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The recent economic recession has a lot of people worried, about their jobs, their businesses, their homes and their bills. When your income is dropping or in jeopardy and you still have a mountain of bills to pay, things can get pretty scary.

However, tough economic times do not have to be a time of struggles! If you look for the opportunity in the middle of difficulty, as Mr. Einstein suggested, then tough economic times become an opportunity to transform your life.

Click here to go to the download page for this ebook!