MUSIC TALKS WITH CHILDREN (PDF ebook)

Today's resource is this wonderfully sensitive and thoughtful book of lessons and stories to help develop an appreciation of music in young children - but readers of any age will benefit from this. Once you read & think about this book, you'll never think quite the same about music and the effects it has on us. Music Talks With Children was written in a different era (1898) and obviously dealing with a very different type of musical atmosphere than what surrounds us today, but this would still be great to use as you expose your children to classical and other genres of music outside of today's pop culture.  This little volume is perfect for Charlotte Mason, literature-based learning households. Just start reading it, you'll see the value of it very quickly. 

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ROBERT OF SICILY by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (mp3 audio)

In this great story adapted from Longfellow's classic book, "Tales Of A Wayside Inn", King Robert finds out the hard way that there is a force more powerful than he. The proud and arrogant king awakes one morning to find that someone else is now king, and he is now the court jester! This radio dramatization of Longfellow's story stars Raymond Burr (TV's Perry Mason), and comes courtesy of our sister site, HomeschoolRadioShows.com. A great story for listeners of all ages.


Also included with today's audio is our short but sweet Listening Guide giving you some good discussion questions and points to ponder about this fine story. Makes a great literature study! Enjoy!

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PINOCCHIO, the Adventures of a Marionette (PDF ebook)

One of the best page-turning, cliff-hanging "classics" you'll ever read to your children, this is the original classic story by Carl Collodi of the mischievous puppet who wanted to be a real boy.  This is a high energy, rollicking, often scary, but always fun tale – a far cry from the Disney-fied version. Each chapter ends pretty much on a cliff-hanger, so once you start this, your kids won't let you stop! Loads of illustrations too. Give it a try and let us know what the kids think of THIS Pinocchio!

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The Children's Book of Patriotic Stories: The Spirit of '76 (PDF ebook)

Today's resource is this great collection of stories of the events of the American Revolution, many of which involve young patriots. A great read-aloud story collection, with selections both for young and older students.

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Ten Boys Who Lived On the Road from Long Ago to Now (PDF ebook)

An outstanding historical "storybook" that tells the stories of ten boys who lived at pivotal points in history, and the  adventures and experiences they might have had in those exciting times. GREAT "living history"!

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Boy and Girl Heroes (PDF ebook) - A classic story compilation of short legends and true historical stories in which the heroes and heroines  of the story are boys and/or girls. Wonderful tales of brave young people from many periods of history
that your kids will really enjoy!

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Ivanhoe (MP3 audio, PDF ebook & coloring page) – Today's resource, courtesy of our sister site Homeschool Radio Shows.com, is this great half hour audio dramatization of Sir Walter Scott's immortal classic story, "Ivanhoe". Along with the audio, we have a fine abridged version of the actual book and a coloring page to keep little hands busy while listening to this "living book for the ears" audio story.

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Making a Shield & Buckler – out of Duct Tape! (PDF ebook)

The Ericksons are a homeschooling family with 3 children. They are also avid followers of our website, and contacted us about this cool new resource they just created.  After reading about ancient world history, sons Mark and Steven became fascinated by historic weapons and warfare.  They decided to make their own shields, swords and other weapons so that they could act out the history about which they had learned.  Mark and Steven had so much fun fighting wars and sieging fortresses with crushing defeats and heroic victories with their friends, they wanted to write down the instructions and patterns for the weapons and armor so that other kids could battle and act out history, too.  Julia had a booth at the GHEA conference in May selling her jewelry so the boys joined in the fun and sold duct tape weapons and e-books.  The duct tape weapons and e-books were such a big hit that the boys decided to go "big-time" with a website.  Warfare by Duct Tape was born!

Today we have an exclusive free copy of their ebook MAKING A SHIELD & BUCKLER for you, and also the Ericksons are offering their full WARFARE BY DUCT TAPE manual exclusively to our readers at a big discount. Check it out, and support a fellow homeschooling family if you like the freebie. You know your young warriors will eat this up!

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97 Motivators to Help You Get Things Done – Simple Strategies and techniques to Get You Moving And Accomplish Your Homeschooling Goals (PDF ebook)

Sometimes we all need a little push in life. Whether we’re itching to pursue the dreams we’ve held in our heart since childhood or we simply need the willingness to tackle the day in and day out chores, lessons and teaching that makes up a home and homeschool, we can often find ourselves mired in a rut of inertia and feel like it’s the most difficult task to rise out of it. This little manual is packed full of helpful “kick starters” designed to give you the boost you need!

77 Time Saving Tips for Busy Parents and Families (PDF ebook)

A great collection of simple, practical to-the-point time-saving tips that you can put to use instantly, covering not only general principles of managing your time, but also specific household, kitchen, business, computer, shopping, and family ideas that can save you time and energy.

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