Nearly two weeks ago, one of my favorite resources had a server meltdown and lost ten plus years of posts/resources. Although this is a horrible thing,  now is a great time for you to visit frequently and sign up for their email list where you will get exclusive links as well.

Monday through Thursday they will have new freebies but then on Fridays they will post 5-8 past freebies. The good thing about this is that they will probably be checking these freebies to ensure that they are still active, so you should not get any duds.

Oh, sign up for the email list right away because they will be sharing some links exclusively with subscribers. So head on over and check out Homeschool Freebie of the Day.

This week they’ve shared a dictation resource, a language arts resource and one for science, craft, and art projects. I’m headed to do some downloading, so I can check these out and save them for my kids use.

Until next time, God bless,

Michele ºÜº

It can be helpful to know your learning style as well as your children’s. I did this 20 question quiz and realized that I am an auditory learner. I was shocked but it made sense and explains why I talk to myself so much.

Check out the questionnaire here.

They have a few more informational quizzes you can talk at this link.

I hope this is useful for you and your family.

Until next time, God bless.

Michele ºÜº

This week I want to share an Easter copywork freebie. If you go here to WriteBonnieRose and sign up for her newsletter. It is totally worth it though because she sends freebies a lot. The one I got recently with the links to these freebies, also had about six other freebies.

The Easter freebies are copywork in both cursive and print. As well as pictures to color, if desired.

One of the other freebies is a Bible memorization activity pack that has some different worksheets to help with scripture memorization, like word searches, color by number and such. There are several activities for each scripture verse. The verses are in the ESV though but you could probably adjust it without too much trouble.

There’s even a freebie for language arts of writing prompts about “If I were President.” Lots of different subjects.

I hope you enjoy these freebies.

Until next time, God bless,

Michele ºÜº

I’ve got a few time sensitive freebies for you today.

The first one is a free unit study on Saint Patrick just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. Since I’m already an email subscriber, I just clicked the link and was taken to the download page. So click here, sign up for their emails (very few), and get your free unit study.

The second one is a freebie or two when you sign up for the emails (also very few) over at Enrichment Studies. There is an Easter enrichment unit free to subscribers. Down at the bottom of the page under Recommended Resources is a listing of some art works (with samples) with a suggested schedule of use in a free pdf.

The last is a freebie reminder. Don’t forget to check out Homeschool Freebie of the Day (and go back to older pages as well, as some older items are still available). One freebie I found interesting was the “Make your own cartoon printables”. I followed the link but it didn’t go to what I thought it would. So, here is a link to the printables page on that website. It is a pretty cool site and even has some free ebooks, on top of the hundreds of single printables available.

I hope you find these useful.

Until next time, God bless,

Michele ºÜº

I came across this interesting link for the periodic table recently and thought to share it with you. It is interactive in that you can click on any of the elements and it will show a larger picture with descriptions. I went to its home page and found that it has several different versions that you can print out. It also has some flashcards.

From there I wondered why you even need to study the periodic table, since I never did. I learned that it is most helpful in chemistry, which I never took in school. One post I read shared a link to a BBC show, broken up into six different videos. I watched the first ten minute video and found it a bit interesting, so your older student might as well. However, do so with caution, as I have not watched all of them.

If your child needs to memorize the elements, there are several ways to do so. There are the flashcards linked above. Then there is this song but I glanced over some of the other topics they have videos on and know that I would not want any young children going to their channel but the song is cool. There’s even a version with lyrics.

Then I watched this cool memory technique video for the first ten elements. Let’s see if I remember them (spelling does not count against me) Hydrogen, Hellium, Lithium, Beryillium, Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Fluorine, Neon! Whoo hoo! Here’s the link to watch the video. Of course, after watching the video for the first ten elements, he wants you to register (free) to get the video of the next ten and then ultimate wants to sell you the rest, which might be worth it if your children NEED to memorize them.

I hope this is useful to you.

Until next time, God bless,

 Michele ºÜº

Tiffany and I had a library day last week because we needed to use some faster internet than what we have at home to do some updates and downloads on our laptops. Then we also wanted to browse the stacks.

I had seen a kids non-fiction book series that I wanted to check out. I’ll share some of that next week after I’ve had a chance to read some of them. But while I was looking for these books I had an idea that I wished I would have had when my kids were young.

Here is the idea . . . take your children to the children’s non-fiction section. Point out the 900’s section and have your children each pick out one book for them to read and later tell you about over the next week or two. Our library has a really interesting selection of books in this section. There are books about people, places, and historical events.

If you are prone to only spend time in the library once every couple of months or so, then have them plan accordingly with maybe a couple alternatives in case they just cannot read one of the books they brought home.

Of course, be sure to have them write down the title, author, and date they read it on a log to keep track of it all. But I recommend keeping it as a reminder of all the books they’ve read and things they’ve learned rather than one of those logs that makes you write down your times and/or how long your read. There is some research that the latter type of log can actually be a deterrent to reading.

They can keep this log on any piece of paper. You can dress it up with stickers or you can print out one of these available online free of charge. (Remember to stay clear of the ones with times, unless it is something your child desires.)

• http://www.countryclipart.com/ReadingLogs/readinglogs.htm
• http://www.woojr.com/printable-reading-logs/
• http://www.startsateight.com/free-printable-reading-logs/

I hope these ideas and resources are helpful to you.

Until next time, God bless,

Michele ºÜº

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I sure wish some of these ideas and products had been available and I had known about them when my children were young. My kids all seemed to need to tap, pat, swing, or make noise or some combination of all these most of the time. I cannot tell you the number of times I had to tell them to stop that. Even today, in their twenties, I occasionally tell one of them that I need him to stop making noise. LOL

Well, I read that some schools are banning these fidget spinners. I can understand why but yet it is sad for those that can really benefit from using them. At any rate, this article has some really good links to some homemade fidget toys.

Here’s a link to a recipe to make your own Calming Glitter Slime. It looks really interesting. I think I’d like to have some.

Then there are these Lego Calming Stress Balls. I think I’d like one or more of these as well. Years ago, there was this one kind of small ball that when I squeezed it, it felt really good. It was a different sensation but I really liked it. I wonder if these are anything like it.

Here is a post with links to some homemade spinners, like the ones that are all the rage right now. If your child is old enough, you could look at this page with him or her, let him/her make their own fidget spinner.

I got this fidget cube for Sean and Tiffany recently, very inexpensively. They really like them.

This is a good post on why children fidget. What I took away from it is that children fidget because they don’t get enough movement.

They even say that heavy chores are helpful for those who feel the need to fidget. Hey! This is a win-win. This post even links to a list of appropriate chores.

And this page has LOTS of fidgety ideas.

Don’t get overwhelmed. Just pick one or two to check out. Most of these links came from the page on the first link. There are many links on most of that site’s pages.

I hope these can be helpful to you.

Until next time, God bless,

Michele ºÜº

I checked out My Joy-Filled Life last week, to see if the monthly scripture handwriting was available. While I was there a few things caught my eye.

First there was this post with lots of links for games to make grammar fun. There are some really great ideas here!!! Check it out!

Then there was this one for cardboard box adventures. It even has a book suggestion to go along with this idea.

This also caught my eye. Apparently she has activities/links to activities to do based on a book month (like Five in a Row). So cool! This is the one that I saw and as I looked it over and got to the bottom, I saw she has lots of stories done and/or planned. What a great resource for mommies with little ones.

This is a great resource. I hope you’ll find something there you can use.

Until next time, God bless,

Michele ºÜº

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