Homeschool Freebie of the Day

The Story of Abraham Lincoln’s Mother (mp3 audio & PDF) – In honor of Abraham Lincoln’s upcoming 203rd birthday, here’s a great dramatic “living history” audio biography of a wonderful pioneer mother, Nancy Hanks, whose second child grew up to become the 16th President of the United States. Hers was a difficult,  harsh and short  life, but her gentle spirit and loving heart for her family shine through in this biography. After listening to this great half hour dramatization, use the accompanying “Listening Guide” to spur follow-up discussion and study. Good stuff!

To download the mp3 audio, RIGHT CLICK HERE and “save” to your computer.

To download the PDF Listening Guide, RIGHT CLICK HERE and “save” to your computer.

THE STORY OF ROLF AND THE VIKING BOW (multiformat ebook)

Set in Iceland in the middle ages, this great historic adventure story by Allen French (a friend of C. S. Lewis & Tolkien) is about  young Rolf’s adventures both as a Viking and a slave, during a period when the new teachings of Christianity were still mixed with the old customs of his land. Lots of adventure &  interesting twists in a story that also portrays betrayal & forgiveness, honor & virtue, and how to face adversity and the danger of pride. Highly recommended!

To download the scanned PDF of this book, RIGHT CLICK HERE then “save” to your computer.

To download the kindle version of this book, RIGHT CLICK HERE then “save” to your computer.

To download the epub version if this book, RIGHT CLICK HERE then “save” to your computer.

Hands-On UNIT STUDIES GALORE! (PDF ebooks)

Today we feature this great Squidoo lens, which contains a huge treasury of Unit Studies especially for homeschoolers in: Astronomy, Earth Science, Animals, Machines & Inventions, The Senses, Plants, Detectives, Weather, Explorers,  American Settlers, and much more! Included are over 20 unit studies compromised of more than 100 lessons. This is 3 years worth of homeschool materials!

Click here, bookmark it, then start checking all these out! You’re welcome.

FROM CHAOS TO ORDER: 25 Tools (e-book)

This encouraging 58-page book based on Malia Russell’s Homemaking 911 conference presentation is solidly based on the fundamental truth of God’s word, Malia’s personal  experiences, and insight gained from working with hundreds of women every year. This workshop session helps turn modern homemakers from overwhelmed to overjoyed!

Click here to go to the download page

Tip: In addition to today’s resource, this week Malia is also having a truly extraordinary “firesale” to help pay some unexpected family medical expenses. She has put together an amazing bundle of resources for anyone supporting this. Be sure to scroll down the download page to take a look at what all is included (there’s a LOT of great stuff in there), or you can click here to see it. Highly recommended!

ANATOMY LAPBOOKS FROM CYNCESPLACE.COM!

Cyncesplace.com, a blog written by homeschooling mom Cynce, has several nice resources available on it, including a couple of neat lapbooks on human anatomy for younger students. Also included with these are links to supplemental sites & some good videos. Check them out, and tell Cynce we sent you:

Click here to go to her Cells Lapbook & Videos page

Click here to go to The Muscular System Lapbook & Videos

… for a nomadic Mongolian family to put up their traditional home (ie: a yurt)? Watch and see what can happen when everyone in the family works together:

The American Boy’s Book of Bugs, Butterflies & Beetles  by Dan Beard (PDF ebook)

This is a truly wonderful guide book to the insect kingdom for inquisitive and “hands on” learners. Written in an extremely engaging style and chock full of illustrations and novel ideas for teaching (for instance chapter one compares the construction of a boy with the construction of a beetle) that will fascinate bug fans of all ages.

From the  introduction:

Among the little folk of this world known as the insects, we find almost as many traits of character as we do among the human beings. We have the idle insects, the industrious insects, the warlike insects, the robber insects, the dead-beat insects, the stupid insects and the intelligent insects. We also have among them the low, degraded insects, dirty insects, clean insects, sluggish slow-moving insects, bright lively insects, useful insects and beautiful insects — all interesting and all of them in one way or another of vast importance to man. A study of their habits is not only a source of fun, but it is also most useful.

To download this large PDF ebook (over 14 megs!) RIGHT CLICK HERE then “save” to your computer.

How to Study Nature in Elementary Schools (PDF ebook)

Today we have this very interesting, concise “how to” manual written for elementary school teachers at the turn of the century (1900) on how to study nature in the classroom. This outlines study material and topics for the first three years of school, with many examples of Q&A lessons and activities. An old fashioned education book with lots of good ideas!

To download this resource, RIGHT CLICK HERE and “save” to your computer

TEENIE WEENIE NEIGHBORS (PDF ebook)

Today we’re sharing this wonderful volume in this classic children’s book series by writer/artist William Donahey.
The Teenie Weenies are two inch high people living in a very LARGE and colorful world, and in this volume we meet many of their animal neighbors. This series was a favorite of many children in the early to mid 1900s. GORGEOUS black & white and color illustrations — check it out!

To download this PDF resource, RIGHT CLICK HERE and “save” to your computer

John James Audubon: The Bird Artist  (PDF ebook)

This little storybook has some truly gorgeous full color illustrations along with a touching biography of this gentle and gifted artist and naturalist. Many young students will really relate to him and his love of nature. This is perfect for reading aloud!

To download this resource, RIGHT CLICK HERE and “save” to your computer.