Here's another Facebook contest with a very cool prize: airfare and 2 nights for 2 in a vineyard estate in Northern California! Wine fans take note!
To enter go here: 'http://www.facebook.com/lilliesmidtown?v=app_204169126292521&app_data=vot_24734
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Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts
Sunday, August 19, 2012
California Wine Country Trip Contest
Here's another Facebook contest with a very cool prize: airfare and 2 nights for 2 in a vineyard estate in Northern California! Wine fans take note!
To enter go here: 'http://www.facebook.com/lilliesmidtown?v=app_204169126292521&app_data=vot_24734
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Free Alaska Ebooks Kindle etc. Plus Win Trips And Check Out More Alaska Tips
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| English: Gastineau Channel near Juneau, Alaska, United States. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I love Alaska. I will never forget the trip my grandmother took me on decades ago, where we went on a 2-week cruise and saw Ketchikan, Juneau, and quaint Sitka, not to mention the amazing Mendenhall Glacier. I'm including some photos I discovered from all over the place here on this blog entry because I don't have access to my trip photo album :( but these photos bring back some great memories. I'm also including several Alaska freebies, a contest where you can win a trip to Alaska, homeschool/classroom and travel resources, etc. So be sure and keep scrolling down :) Check out this book you can get free for Kindle right now (or even for your computer, iphone etc. with their free Kindle program download) Also see below in the article for more freebies!
Meanwhile, you can win a trip that includes a Photography workshop and a trip to beautiful Alaska! Believe me, it is gorgeous! It would be a trip you would never forget, particularly if you love nature :) Just go to this link to enter. win.travelchannel.com
I made a slideshow of some cool Alaska resources available for your armchair travel, cruise or other travel, homeschool, history, research, fiction, non-fiction, nature, and you name it for both kids and adults. Just click on any that may interest you to learn more: |
| I'm planning and hoping to get this book to play with homeschooling with my kids re Alaska eventually. The activities will also bring back great memories for me (The totem poles on the Ketchikan book are the main thing that hit me about that visit, for instance. :) | Check out some wonderful photographs of Alaska I've tracked down: |
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| Sitka, Alaska, Roof of Baranof School (Photo credit: born1945) Here's another cool freebie! Naturalists and outdoor aficionados take note! Just click the book cover and go to the page, then click the Kindle version to make sure it's still free and download :) |
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| View of downtown Juneau, Alaska, as seen from a boat on the Gastineau Channel (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Makes me think of the tour we took that included the gold rush inspired famous saloon plus some very historical old buildings. Yet another cool Alaska free book! |
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| Juneau, Alaska (Photo credit: Wikipedia) An Alaskan adventure for below a dollar... |
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| Location of Juneau City and Borough, Alaska (Photo credit: Wikipedia) These are below a buck for some great Alaska etc. themed fiction! |
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| Juneau, Alaska (Photo credit: Wikipedia) This book normally costs $28 but right now it's below $2 for Kindle etc.! Naturalist, hunter, and explorer Charles Shedon's descriptive account of traversing the remote, untamed wilderness of Alaska in 1904. Includes photographs from the exploration. |
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| Russian Orthodox Church, Sitka, Alaska. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) These wonderful buildings are definitely one of the main things I remember from the quaint small Sitka. Another freebie for you: |
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| Alaska's capital city, Juneau. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| Leaving Sitka, Alaska (Photo credit: mayakamina) I know I was very sad when we had to leave Alaska :( |
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| Alaska - Klondike Highway - Landscape (Photo credit: blmiers2) One of the many gorgeous views! I was amazed at all the luscious green grass in Ketchikan for instance, because of the time of year we went. |
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| Juneau, Alaska (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| State map highlighting City and Borough of Sitka (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| Looking down Sitka Channel in the early morning. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| Picture Source: U.S. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| English: Juneau-Douglas Bridge connecting Douglas Island to downtown Juneau across the Gastineau Channel in Alaska, United States. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| English: Flag of Juneau, Alaska (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| Alaska - Morning Mist (Photo credit: blmiers2) |
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| Alaska (Photo credit: blmiers2) |
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| Juneau Alaska Mosaic (Photo credit: endora57) |
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Monday, January 31, 2011
Free Passport to the World Adventure & Activity Pages!
We love this site, and we can't wait to learn more about the world with this great new free adventure at the Christian HomeSchool Hub's Passport to the World Portal"For 26 weeks we will be traveling to 26 destinations around the world, exploring and sharing as we go. Our itinerary will follow Craig Froman's newly published book, Passport to the World, which is a A to Z guided language tour. Each week of our journey, 1 traveler will win a copy of Passport to the World compliments of Master Books.
Don't forget to get your FREE Passport to the World Activity Pages! while you're there!You can also check out the video about Passport to the World below:
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Free Bricks of Egypt Video Game Totally Free Today & Egypt Lesson Hints
"GameHouse provides a free game that you can download and play free forever. The game is only available for one day free." here:This might be great as an add-on for a study on Egypt in homeschool, as a fun reward to play upon completion and/or an incentive for good work. (See below and in others of my posts for more info on Egypt studies, including a free ebook on Egypt below!)
- Eight Themed Level Packs
- Rich Set of Bricks, Bonuses and Special Effects
- Three Difficulty Settings
- Beautiful Graphics and Atmospheric Music
Embark on a fantastic journey through an undiscovered Egyptian world of traps, lasers, fireballs and exciting brick-busting action. Beautiful graphics bring the ancient world to life, while mysterious challenges keep you on the edge of your seat. Plus, three unique difficulty settings mean anyone can play. Discover the strange secrets hidden in the Bricks of Egypt before they find you.
Bricks of Egypt Screenshots: (Click to enlarge)
System Requirements
- Windows 2000/Windows 98/Windows ME/Windows XP
- 233 MHz Pentium or equivalent
- 32MB RAM
- DirectX 3.0
- If you miss the free day, you can also download a free limited trial version on other days here:http://www.gamehouse.com/download-games/bricks-of-egypt
- You'll hear ALL about our Egypt studies in more posts later (including how we use the following three items Noah will be getting in his stocking this year (Don't tell!) :)
- These will make great little rewards for future work:
- These'll be great for when we do more on heirogplyphics:
- Here are some hints and some of the things we've done on Egypt so far:
- We've studied about Moses' time in Egypt, including making this mini book herehttp://www.homeschoolshare.com/docs32465/Ancient%20Egypt/baby%20moses.pdf
- and watching this video:
- We've also done and plan to do many more of the activities on the great Homeschool Share website about Egypt: :http://www.homeschoolshare.com/ancient_egypt.php
- We got this free book about Egypt for our Egypt studies. It's for Kindle, but we don't have a Kindle and the free program Amazon offers for Kindle on our PC works great!
- We also checked out Egypt on Google maps here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=30.0333333333,31.2166666667&spn=10.0,10.0&q=30.0333333333,31.2166666667%20(Egypt)&t=h
- Plus we've used portions of these cool free online lapbook how-to's about Egypt:
- http://www.homeschoolhelperonline.com/lapbooks/ancient_egypt.htm
- (and I think I've posted some prior, so you can "search"this blog and my website for more info plus keep posted for more of our Egyptian forays! (and everything else of course :))
Product Description
Dozens of Egyptian activities at a king-sized value!
• 45 stickers, tattoos, and stencils
• King Tut sticker paper doll collection
• 2 complete coloring books plus 4 stained glass coloring sheets
• Egyptian poster
• 3 full-color Egyptian masks
• Crayons
This one sounds fun , maybe to use in conjunction with some kind of play (I'll keep you posted on the one we do :)Product Description
Ancient Egypt is one of the most evocative cultures for young readers. This book shows them what their lives would have been like there. There was no school, since most people couldn’t read or write, and no need to worry about fashion, because children didn’t wear clothes! Rich or poor, their houses would have been made of mud bricks. If I Were a Kid in Ancient Egypt takes readers through daily life in a vibrant culture that pioneered paper, linen, irrigation, medicine, and much more, and shows how these inventions came about and how they affected the culture’s younger citizens.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Off to Alaska or learning About It? Get a free guide.
Alaska is such a beautiful state. I visited years ago by cruise with my grandmother and I will treasure the memory forever. So when we study Alaska in homeschool, I'll have those memories and photos, plus this guide I'm sending for. I hope to visit Kodiak someday (Back then I saw Ketchikan, Juneau and Sitka) , plus this guide can help Noah envision the environment and state in part. (Travel guides are great for that, and for school projects because of the photos etc.)Just click here to download or get your free guide emailed: http://www.kodiak.org/visitor-information/the-kodiak-visitors-guide/133-order-your-visitor-guide.html
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