Excellent Sale on Jim Hodges Audio Books at Library and Educational Services!

Library and Educational Services is having a great sale on Jim Hodges' wonderful selection of G.A. Henty and other classic history audiobooks! The regular retail price on these is $25.00 and they are currently on sale for $12.50, plus only $1.95 shipping on orders over $70.00! The sale ends on Thursday, Nov. 18, but even if you miss this sale the Library and Educational Services price on these is only $14.74, so still quite a savings!

(If you've never ordered from L.E.S. before you'll need to set up an account before you can view their catalog)

Mary of Plymouth (Online Vintage Children's Book and Audiobook)

From Mary of Plymouth: A Story of the Pilgrim Settlement by James Otis, 1910:

"My name is Mary, and I am setting down all these things about our people here in this new world, hoping some day to send to my dear friend, Hannah, who lives in Scrooby, England, what may really come to be a story, even though the writer of it is only sixteen years old, having lived in Plymouth since the day our company landed from the Mayflower in 1620, more than eleven years ago."

You can read the rest of the classic children's book online here. There are several formats to choose from and the "Read Online" option has the text nicely laid out as though you were looking at an open book. Just click to turn the page! The book also has a lovely assortment of illustrations throughout.

This book is also available as an audio book (which our family is currently enjoying!) from BlueBehemoth.com.

Stories of the Pilgrims Audiobook on Sale This Month!

The classic children's book Stories of the Pilgrims is also available as an audiobook recorded by Jim Hodges.  You can download the unabridged book (including an e-text file of the book) this month for $15.00 (40% off)!
We love this book and were so moved while reading through it last year by the bravery, faithfulness and trust in the Lord shown by the Pilgrims that we named our baby girl Priscilla after Priscilla Mullins. Highly recommended!
Click here to listen to a sample or to order

Free Thanksgiving Resources!

Stories of the Pilgrims (A wonderful classic children's book that our whole family enjoys. If you haven't read this one yet you are in for a treat!)

Landing of the Pilgrims Notebooking Page at DonnaYoung.org (Scroll down to see the page entitled "The Mayflower")

Thanksgiving Notebooking Pages (w/Recipe and Label Cards)

Simple Schooling Thanksgiving Cursive Copywork

NotebookingPages.com: Announcement and Excellent Sale!

From NotebookingPages.com:

"Get your membership now through Labor Day and save!  Save $15 with coupon code: subscriber15 ; also get 9 free gifts! You'll pay just $54.95 for ALL of our products, plus a YEAR'S worth of monthly updates, plus 9 free e-gifts! " Click here for more information or to take advantage of this wonderful offer!

Veritas Press Online History Course: Free 30 Day Trial!

Veritas Press (whose print catalog is one of my favorites to study) is currently offering a free thirty day trial of their wonderful Self-Paced Online History Courses! This is an incredible program and the regular enrollment price is $250.00 for one child! We just started the free trial today and are loving it so far. I have been quite impressed. For more information, or to enroll in the free trial click here!

By Heart Scripture Songs 50% off Today Only!

Today only "By Heart Scripture Songs" are 50% off the instant download version! These are beautifully done and we highly recommend them. Click here for more information or to purchase

Preregister for the Schoolhouse Expo and Save $5.00!

From the folks at The Old Schoolhouse Magazine:

"Do you ever wish you could invite the author of one of your favorite
homeschooling books into your living room for some advice? Or get a
personal explanation from creators of homeschooling products right at
your dining room table?

You can with The Schoolhouse Expo! This virtual homeschool convention comes right into your home! Experience Biblical encouragement, motivating speakers, and educational enhancement for your homeschool like never before all without leaving home! Over 18 speakers, $300 in free gifts after you register, and fun door prizes. Preregister through March 31 and save $5! http://www.schoolhouseexpo.com/ "

Mantle Ministries Special Closeout Sale

Mantle Ministries, publishers of many wonderful history and character building resources is having a special closeout sale.

Click here for Clearance items

and

Click here for Scratch and Dent Items

Quantities are limited!

Pilgrim's Progress - Free Download from Christian Audio

ChristianAudio.com is offering a third free download this month! Click here for a free download of an abridged version of Pilgrim's Progess. Click here to see this month's other free downloads from Christian Audio.

Edited to add the coupon code for Pilgrim's Progress!:

Enter coupon code PROG103 when prompted during checkout. Each free download will require a separate transaction.

Free Download from BlueBehemoth.com: Walt Disney: A Christian Critique

Click the link below for an excellent free download offer from BlueBehemoth.com

Walt Disney: A Christian Critique

Offer expires March 12,2010

All Products from the Gunn Brothers on Sale

Click here for a special sale package on all products from the Gunn Brothers including The Widow's Might, The Monstrous Regiment of Women and more!

Freebie of the Month from NotebookingPages.com: Spring Pages for Mom's Home Journal

From NotebookingPages.com:

"Inside this sampling, you'll find pages I am using in my own Home Journal... You'll find cover and spine art for your notebook as well as some of the basic templates I use for Menu Planning, Financial Record Keeping, and General House Cleaning (samples of how I use the templates are included). All of the pages have been decorated with fantastic spring-themed art. I have included two types of divider pages, by days of the week and by types of tasks (homeschooling, financial, business, ministry, etc.). There are also a variety of "to-do" type pages, calendar pages, journal pages, & more."

Click here for more information and to download

Free Copywork Book:Copying the Hymns: All Things Bright and Beautiful, Traditional ZB Style Manuscript, Level 1

Bogart Family Resources is generously offering a free download of their e-book Copying the Hymns: All Things Bright and Beautiful, Traditional Style ZB Manuscript, Level 1!

I just downloaded our copy today and was most pleased to see that it will be a perfect addition to our Nature Notebooks which we are basing on the days of Creation.

Beautifully laid out and illustrated,this book is a lovely and helpful resource.

Click here to receive your free copy! (Look in the right side bar for the details on the free download of the complete book)

Edited to add: Homeschool Freebie of the Day also has a link to a free offer from the Bogart Family! Click here to download Copying the Poems: The Voice of Spring !

Free E-Book: Discoverers and Explorers

Here is an old treasure I was delighted to find reprinted as a free e-book: Discoverers and Explorers by Edward R. Shaw. We've just started reading it but I've been impressed with it already. We are using it as a spine for our study on world explorers. Beautifully illustrated and worth just the pictures alone!

Available in Currclick's Free section!

Free Downloads from Currclick!

Have you visited Currclick's free download section? They offer all sorts of helpful homeschooling freebies from various companies, including e-books, lapbooks, unit studies, notebooking pages and more!

Free Printable Nature Notebook Pages and Images

I'm putting together Nature Notebooks for my three oldest and found these free printable pages:

Nature Journal from DonnaYoung.org (A vast wealth of printables for homeschooling, homemaking and household organization.)

Free Science, Scientist, and Experiment Notebooking Pages from NotebookingPages.com (Other free notebooking pages here too.)

I also found some lovely nature clip art that can be used in a variety of ways from Karen's Whimsy:

Insects

Butterflies

Farm Animals

Fish

Birds

Visit http://karenswhimsy.com/public-domain-images/ for many, many more! (Do use a bit of caution if you visit other categories on this website though, as there may be some clip art that is less than desirable)

Free Audio Books from Christian Audio

This month Christian Audio is offering two free downloads!

Download Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die by John Piper using coupon code MAR2010B

Download The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer MAR2010

Each book must be downloaded separately, in two different transactions, to receive them for free.

30% off The Children's Hour Collection at Vision Forum

Save 30% on Vision Forum's Children's Hour Christian Read-Aloud Collection; "a family read-aloud library, designed to teach enduring principles of holiness, perseverance, virtue, and — most of all — love of Christ." Sale ends Feb. 19

Daughters of His Story Paper Dolls Giveaway

Click on over to Joyfully at Home for an opportunity to win a complete set of the beautiful Daughters of His Story Paper Dolls. Contest ends Friday.

The Penny Pantry: Money Saving Strategies for Building a Gigantic Home Pantry for Pennies!

Here is a brand new e-book by homeschooling mother of 8, Bethany Vaughn. At 75 pages long this book is packed with information on how to drastically slash your grocery bill (thereby leaving more room in your budget for books heh, heh.;-)) while stocking a large pantry.

The book is well laid out and covers a range of ways to reduce spending from couponing (which Bethany explains in very helpful detail) to buying in bulk. I also appreciated the fact that she makes it clear that one can still eat healthy,whole foods on a small budget.

The book is currently on sale here for $9.95, but is well worth the non-sale price of $14.95 as well. Be sure to subscribe to Bethany's new blog

Download "The Long Winter" Free Today Only!

Click here for a free download of the 1950 audio drama of Laura Ingalls Wilder's "The Long Winter" from Homeschool Radio Shows!