Homeschooling for 3

Has the new school year started with gusto at your house? Or guesses? “I guess we’ll use this curriculum. I guess we’ll start on Monday. I guess we’ll use this folder, and I guess we could try unit studies this year.” Does any of this sound familiar? Time for a change? Get ready to plan a year of enthusiastic homeschool learning with consistent input from the Lord! Take the guesswork out of your planning, systematically organizing your homeschool this year with the E-Book: The New School Year: Planning Your Course and Letting the Lord Determine Your Steps The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine offers The New School Year . . . FREE! Now’s a good time—get your free E-Book!

Hi everyone. The Old Schoolhouse is a offering this free ebook as a source of encouragement to homeschooling families. Written by a veteran homeschooler it addresses "curriculum confusion", self-doubt and the myriad of other emotions most of us go through each school year. I don't know how long it's going to be available, so you should grab it as soon as possible. Here's the link: The New School Year ( http://www.thehomeschoolmagazine.com/TOSEBookSellSheets/The-New-School-Year/index_TheNewSchoolYear.htm )

So sorry about the late notice, but I was busy working and hadn't checked out my Freebie of the Day * until just now. Anyway, Terri Johnson of Homeschooling ABCS is having giving away the first 5 lessons of the Homeschooling ABCs class . The first lesson will be given away on Monday, August 3rd, so if you're still running ideas through your head about your families' up and coming school year, this would be an excellent opportunity to see what she has to offer. As Terri states on her sign up page for this offer: "Our mission is to encourage and equip you to have the best school year yet!" And that's the reason for this hasty post -- I really believe that we all need to bless each other with whatever resources we can, especially the free ones during this challenging economy. I seem to be moving into the reviewing mode, so if you miss the deadline, never fear! I will be sure to share my take on Terri's teaching methods, ideas and even which type o...

Ever since I broke down and got the TOS planner (which I love!) I have intended to get my subscription to their magazine as well. From everything that I've seen from The Old Schoolhouse , the subscription should fill in the gaps for anything that I might have missed while setting up the children's school schedule. Yep, I was going to get that subscription, but it's been three weeks since I made up my mind. Why? Well, life gets in the way. Little things like VBS, getting the children discharged from their cyber-charter school, returning equipment, etcetera and etcetera. But guess what! I signed up for my subscription tonight and here's why. As I was getting ready to shut down the computer for the night I was held captive by an email announcing that the first 5,000 subscribers (new or renewals) to the TOS magazine will be eligible for 19 cool bonuses (which include software, books, online resources, family gifts and much more). There are so many extras that TOS had to cr...

Happy Friday! It's been a busy week at my house, but we're having lots of fun getting back into the groove of natural homeschooling. And Friendly's Free Scoop Saturday is right on time. They are giving away a free one scoop ice cream cone (or cup) of your choice. Up here in Pennsylvania the party starts at 12 p.m. and ends at 5 p.m. You can check out your local schedule by visiting Friendly's website. Speaking of free, my daughter is a beginning reader who likes her independence in learning. So, besides using programs found at Starfall (which are excellent by the way), and I Know That , we also use Click N Read Phonics . The program is developing quite a favorable reputation. They are now offering newcomers a free lesson to see what all the buzz is about. So, check it out and see if it might be right for your little ones. Oh yeah, don't forget to get your free chocolate coupons at the Mars website each and every Friday from now until September.

Many articles about Goal setting and Visualization stress the importance of keeping your thoughts as positive as possible and to balance up your negative thoughts with positive ones. You know, in today's society a lot of people tend to choose a negative view on things and look for reasons why something wouldn't work. However, keeping your own thoughts and feelings positive amongst this negativity is crucial when you are on a journey to achieve your big goals and dreams. It is these positive feelings of gratitude and anticipating of your dream life that assist you in attracting this dream life to your reality. As you will always have negative/disempowering thoughts now and then, it is important to consciously work on creating positive thoughts as well by using positive visualization, creating a gratitude journal, creating a solid plan of action, etc. A similar principle could be applied to the people around you. Some people can be real "dream stealers" (I am sure you h...

Hi, this just arrived in my email today and I thought I'd share it with everyone: We are pleased to make you aware of CurrClick's Black Friday Freebie Giveaway and Homeschooling Through the Holidays Sale , in advance of the general public. Black Friday is about savings, this season is about being frugal and CurrClick is and always has been about helping you trim your education budget. That's why this year, beginning Friday the 28th at 10 AM EST, we're inviting you and your readership, egroups and co-ops, to our biggest Black Friday Giveaway and Homeschooling Through the Holidays sales event yet, offering 28 COMPLETELY FREE TITLES from our most popular publishers and dozens of your favorite holiday education titles up to 85% OFF! This Friday, November 28th, put on your pajamas, put away your pocketbooks and "head over" to CurrClick's best ever Black Friday Freebie Giveaway and Homeschooling Through the Holidays Sale! **Look for these graphics on our homepa...

I just wanted to tell everyone about the wonderful world of The Homeschooling Lounge. I have made friends there and learned a lot about the way that parents homeschool their children around the world. I have met families from Australia, Brazil as well as the United States and I find everyone fascinating. I highly recommend every family that is part of the homeschooling world to check it out and give me a shout! The great moms who put this site together now have given us a new website called Freebie of the Day . Everyday they offer free homeschooling resources for homeschoolers . I just found out about it yesterday, but I've downloaded two free audiobooks and they offer different things on different days. I highly recommend signing up for their updates so that you can know what to expect for the week ahead. Speaking of freebie sites, Giveaway of the Day ( www.giveawayoftheday.com ) gives away free software on a daily basis. The available programs vary, but you can download ...