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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Free American Boys Handybook Activities Ebook

I bought the hard copy version of this classic book for my boys long ago, and it's fantastic! Whether you are American or not, or a boy or man or woman or girl, there's sure to be something of interest for you to do in this book. Full of activities and adventures, crafts and hobbies, how-tos and makeables, games and fun! It yielded some wonderful homeschool and family lessons and memories for us.
Homeschool Freebie of the Day: is offering it right now for free in ebook format, in different parts because it is so large at 500 plus pages.

English: Toy buzzer, a saw-mill.
(Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Here's how they describe it: "The Handy Book is filled the stuff of dreams for generations of red-blooded kids who have been fascinated by the projects it presents, and eager to try them for themselves. Warning: Some of these old-time projects are not for the faint hearted, and could potentially be hazardous… but we’ll leave it to you to moderate your kids’ enthusiasm over what is in this book."
To download your free ebook copy in separate parts go here:
http://www.homeschoolfreebie.wholesomechildhood.com/may-3-the-american-boys-handy-book-part-one/
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Saturday, September 29, 2012

Free Halloween Fashion Show Today at Pottery Barn Kids

To find out if any of these events are at a store near you, go here:
Store Events | Pottery Barn Kids:
http://www.potterybarnkids.com/customer-service/store-events.html?cm_type=fnav

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Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Fun Free Arts And Crafts Paper and Scissors Book for kids, homeschool, classroom or adults

If you're read this blog once in a while, chances are that as soon as you saw this post you knew I was excited about the freebie (arts and crafts nut and kid at heart that I am.) Paper crafts are especially cool because they can be cheap if you use the recycled kind!
Well, today over at Homeschool Freebie of the Day Jim Erskine is offering the vintage book "PAPER AND SCISSORS (PDF ebook). Sure, kids (homeschoolers or brick and mortar students alike, I should think) will enjoy this. But so will parents and grandparents and great grandparents. Plus especially paper crafts artists, card-makers, etc.
Here's how Erskine describes the book:
"A timeless classic guide to paper folding and construction, both for fun (think toys, doll furniture, etc.), eye-hand coordination, dexterity, and as an introduction to learning geometrical figures. This practical and systematic

paper scissors
(Photo credit: Wikipedia)

course of projects progresses from simple projects to quite advanced projects. Great busy work fun for young at heart students of all ages!"
To get your copy head on over here: http://www.homeschoolfreebie.wholesomechildhood.com/paper-scissors/

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Free Frugal Family Fun Activities Ebook

There's nothing I love better than doing fun activities with my kids. Admittedly, many of ours have included arts and crafts in the mix because of my artsy bent, lol. But frugality has always been important to us considering our low budget. Activities with my family make my fondest memories. How about you?
One of my favorite idea sources has been "Family Fun" magazine, for instance. Now, Jim Erskine has added to the mix with his latest freebie offering: "Our Favorite Family Fun Activities -- Volume One: At Home!" The ideas are fun for families of all kinds, whether homeschooling or not.
Here's how he describes this fun resource: " in Volume One we have a great collection of “real life” ideas for fun, frugal activities for the family – when you want to have a fun evening or afternoon AT HOME."
"Entertaining the family doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg. (You can save those to buy gasoline.) There are all sorts of creative ways for the Family to have fun, be together, and spend little if any money. All it takes is a little resourcefulness, creativity, an open mind and a young heart. After all, nothing’s better than laughing with your family, and laughs are free."

Treasure Hunting on the beach
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One of my favorites in the 12-page PDF is the Treasure Hunt idea. I have so many wonderful memories of treasure hunts we've made in our family. We even do Christian-theme treasure hunts at Easter. (Search Easter for that post here on this website soon.)

To download your copy of the ebook, go here: Homeschool Freebie of the Day:

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Monday, July 30, 2012

Free Country Olympic Flash Cards, My Country Book, Homeschool Activities Workbook

Summer Olympic Games!

Map of Summer Olympics locations. Countries that have hosted one Summer Olympics are shaded green, while countries that have hosted two or more are shaded blue. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

In honor of the 2012 Summer Olympics going on right now, I have several freebies and resources related to it today:

- Homeschool Freebie of the Day announced today that Knowledge Quest has a fun project for your kids to work on during the Olympic Games that, as Knowledge Quest describes it, "will give them an outlet for their creative energy after they have expended their physical energy trying some of the gymnastic stunts or sprinting feats across your living room floor.

Their My Country Book will help your children record their favorite Olympic moments while reinforcing their geography knowledge and providing an interesting keepsake notebook to enjoy when it is finished.
I think my favorite part of their multi-PDF downloads is their full-color flash cards of Olympic countries, but all are really nice.
To download yours click here:
My Country Book (Great Olympics project!) « Homeschool Freebie of the Day:
http://www.knowledgequestmaps.com/Olympics.html

- ABC Teach has many Summer Olympics activities for classroom or homeschool, several of which are cool and free. (I like the word search in the shape of an athlete.) Check out their blog here: They have a host of fun games and learning activities that the whole family can use.
http://blog.abcteach.com/archives/2162?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=let-the-games-begin
- To join in the festivities, abcteach has also been doing their own Olympic countdown (check their FB page)!

- - Here some cool bits of historical Olympic ephemera that I found on the web for you:

17th Summer Olympic Games, Rome, August 25 - September 11, 1960

Dorando Pietri at the Marathon finish Olympic Games 1908 London
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Tom Hicks, Marathon Olympic Champion and his supporters at the marathon.
St. Louis Olympic Games, 1904

English: Commemorative stamp of Greece, The First Olympic Games (1896), 2 lepta. Русский: Марка Греции. Первые Олимпийские игры, 1896, 2 лепты (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

- Here is a map showing what countries are hoping to host the Olympic games in 2020: