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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Mary of Plymouth: A Story of the Pilgrim Settlement by James Otis (PDF ebook) – “My name is Mary, and I am setting down all these things about our people here in this new world, hoping some day to send my dear friend, Hannah, who lives in Scrooby, England, what may really come to be a story… even though the writer of it is only sixteen years old, having lived in Plymouth since the day our company landed from the Mayflower in 1620, more than eleven years ago…”

So begins this excellent book about the pilgrims and the colony of Plymouth, as told through the eyes of a young pilgrim girl named Mary. This classic “living book”, written by James Otis and originally published in 1910, is full of history, fascinating details about the daily lives of the pilgrims, along with plenty of action and adventure. Profusely illustrated and highly recommended! Another great story to share with your kids as we draw closer to our own Thanksgiving celebrations!

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Pilgrim Stories III: Little Pilgrims & The Red Men (PDF ebook) - Today we have the conclusion to this absolutely delightful three part serialization of the story of the Pilgrims – perfect for “read aloud” and sharing with the kids over the next couple of weeks! In Part Three, we learn how children from the Pilgrim settlements fared with their encounters with their Native American neighbors – this includes some outstanding stories of danger, adventure & friendship!

Also included in Part Three: A short but helpful “Teacher’s Guide” to learning more about the Pilgrims’ life and times through play-acting and other fun activites. Great stuff!

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Pilgrim Stories II: The Wild Land & Thanksgiving (PDF ebook) - In Part Two of our “Pilgrim Stories” collection, the Pilgrims at long last arrive in the “New World”, only to find it a truly “wild land” filled with incredible danger and hardships. Providentially, they are befriended just when they need it most, and the very first Thanksgiving is celebrated.

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Pilgrim Stories, Book I: From Old Homes to New (PDF ebook) - This week we are featuring this absolutely delightful three part serialization of “Pilgrim Stories”, originally published in 1910. This is a wonderful “read aloud” resource that you can share with the kids over the next couple of weeks, to make Thanksgiving not only a family celebration, but a learning time as well.

In Part One, we meet the Pilgrims and learn why they were forced to leave their homes in search of a place they could freely worship… a journey which had many false starts, and which eventually led to a hazardous journey across the ocean in hopes of reaching the “New World” and a place they could make their own.

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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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The First Book of Water by Jo & Ernest Norling (PDF ebook) – Today’s resource is yet another volume in the “Giant Nature Library” series, this GREAT science picture book for young readers all about water – what it is, what it does, why it is so important for all life, and much more. There’s biology, meteorology geology, physics and a whole lot more bundled up in this very informative and wonderfully illustrated text. Again, highly recommended for your homeschooling library!

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“The First Book of Bees” by Albert B. Tibbets (PDF ebook) – Today we have another volume from the “Giant Nature Library” series for young readers, an excellent primer all about the lives, habits and types of bees. Great text and dozens of lush illustrations and diagrams by illustrator Helene Carter make this a wonderful natural science book for your homeschool library.

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