Homeschool Bargains
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One week left to take advantage of CurrClick's Back-to-Homeschool savings! |
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Would you like to win a copy of Vicky Courtney's book titled Your Boy: Raising a Godly Son in an Ungodly World? Click here for details. |
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Here are a few promotional coupon codes for you to use at Christianbook.com (also known as CBD). If one doesn't work, try another one. I came across several of these recently and wanted to pass along the savings. Feel free to pass it on to others who might be ordering curriculum and reading books for the new school year! 272495 - Free shipping on your order of $50 or more. Terms and Conditions for this discount: Valid through September 30, 2008. For U.S. addresses only. 251512PA - 10% off $35 or more. Says only one use per customer. Expires September 30, 2008. 274013 - Free shipping. Valid through September 30, 2008. For U.S. addresses only. Not sure if your order total has to be over $50 or not with this code. 275405 - Free standard shipping on orders of $50 or more. Valid through December 31, 2008. For U.S. addresses only. |
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Check out the Apologia Science Sale Page. Save 30% on Apologia curriculum kits, elementary texts, and full-course CD-ROM's through August 31st. We have used and enjoyed the following Apologia books . . . Exploring Creation with Astronomy (elementary) Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day (elementary) Exploring Creation with General Science Exploring Creation with Physical Science Exploring Creation with Biology Exploring Creation with Physics (will use this year) |
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Wow! Check out the free item from Currclick.com this week. It's a $15 value! You can get to it by clicking on the Currclick banner on the left side of my page. Details . . . Lapbooks are so much fun, and hands-on is an exciting way to learn, resulting in much greater retention of information. Our ebook lapbooks come with all the information and instructions you need to create a great lapbook to keep for years to come. Make as many copies as you want for your family. Our lapbook e-books can also be printed out, and the folds can be used in NOTEBOOKING! It's a great way to add the 3-D effect to your notebooks! This lapbook covers Colonial America. What an exciting time period! There are 22 booklets, including Map of the 13 Colonies, Puritans, Colonial Recipes, Colonial Jobs, Recipes, Thanksgiving, Pocohantas, John Smith, William Bradford, Clothing, Games, Vocabulary, and so much more. Includes all instructions and also information about what to put in each booklet, including internet links for further research. |
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I have downloaded several great resources for free from HomeschoolFreebieOfTheDay.com over the last few weeks. Sign up for their heads-up notification and get the list of resources that will be available ahead of time. The trick is that most of these are free only one day -- so you have to get it while you can. They have had a wide variety of things available for homeschooling families. Check it out!  |
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Free printable activities and worksheets for Fourth of July |
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You are invited to 2 weeks of summer fun and savings at CurrClick's Back to the Beach Sale! From June 16th through June 30th, you'll find a huge selection of discounted summertime titles to choose from. Discounts up to 75% OFF! From beaches to The Beatles to biomes, from novel studies to dream diaries, you'll get unbeatable discounts on books and audio, sure to entertain and educate all through the summer - whether you're at the beach or in your own back yard! |
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The Ultimate Homeschool Expo 2008 has come . . . but not gone! GREAT NEWS! If you missed the huge online seminar, it's not too late to purchase a ticket. You can still buy your ticket and have access to all of the great audios, free doorprizes, and downloads! The membership website with all of these will be available to all who purchase their ticket! (It will probably take until next summer to get through all of the great stuff here!) Virtual Seminar Series Tickets Now On Sale! (Scroll down to the bottom to find the link for purchasing) Fair Warning: It's my understsanding that the ticket price will more than double once everything is uploaded to the membership website. It is a great bargain! |
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Here are a couple of free audio workshops from Cindy Rushton. Right-click on the link and click on "Save Target As." I just save them to my desktop until I have listened to them. This makes it where you can either put them on an MP3 player or just wait and listen to them at your convenience. Scheduling ABC’s Audio Workshop with Cindy Rushton Oops! My Cup is Empty and My Coffee Pot is Broke! I have been attending some of the live seminars to Cindy's Ultimate Homeschool Expo seminars this week and am so glad I already purchased a ticket! The membership website has three parts so far -- the Vendor Hall -- with tons of freebies from lots of sources Seminars and Workshops -- where you will find all of the preview chats that were done leading up to the Expo, plus where all of the Expo chats, texts, etc. will be uploaded the Mommy Grab Bag -- where you will find tons of door prizes that were given away during the chats by various people All of this is available to you as soon as you purchase your ticket. It's not too late to get your ticket -- worth every penny (and then some)! Grab your ticket here and join in the learning and the fun!
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For four days only — April 28-May 1, 2008 — for every $95 of Vision Forum merchandise purchased, you will receive a free $50 in gift certificates(passport), redeemable between June 1 and December 31, 2008, good toward any items from the three Vision Forum catalogs. |
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Easy Record-Keeping for the Reluctant Homeschool Mom!
Relax. I know that there is not a “one size fits all.” I know that in spite of how hard we may search, there is not a perfect system for every mom! That is OK! My prayer is that if you are in need of some ideas to make a couple areas a little easier or if you have no idea of where to begin, that you will find a few ideas as you come home with us to see how simple record-keeping CAN be. Ready for some quick tips??? Here we go… --> Find what is mandatory. Every state and school district has differing requirements. Find other homeschool families in your area and see how each of them manages their homeschool records. Find the easiest way possible to meet the requirements. Make it as DOABLE as possible! --> Choose what works for YOU. Every mom has her favorite method that works JUST for them whether a planner with reproducible pages… a ready to use planner… a simple spiral notebook… binders… a filing cabinet… computer… etc, etc, etc! Before you consider anything else, look at who you are. What makes you feel more comfortable? What helps you to feel more accomplishment? Whether formal or informal… detailed or not even written down… YOUR way is the best way! Decide what works best for you! --> Document daily! Don’t let it build up. Jot it down throughout the day. When my children were little, I kept one journal for everything. I kept it out on my desk so I could just jot down what we were doing as we did it. It was amazing how much easier that was than even waiting till the end of the day. As they got older, I transferred this process to them. I had always made it easy. So, transferring it to them did not overwhelm them. I began this process by letting them keep up with their reading log. The rest was easy after that. They now keep their records just like I used to. At the end of the month and again at the end of the semester I go through making sure that everything is on target and also look to see how well they are keeping up with my overall schedule. Without good records, this would be impossible. --> Keep all of their work in Notebooks. We keep ALL of our written work in a binder of some sort. Then, we take it further… we keep ANYTHING that can be pressed in binders. Anything left?? Yes! Then, we take pictures and keep THEM in the binders! (Hehe!) ANYTHING and EVERYTHING that can be studied can also be kept in Notebooks in some way. We keep anything that would expand a study and build a great collection of information on topics we study… great quotes, definitions about a subject being studied, diagrams, character sketches, pictures, coloring sheets, art prints, poems, Bible verses, narrations, Bible word studies, on and on! Our main reason for Notebooking in this way is that if our children are going to spend their time DOING something, it ought to be worthwhile enough for us to KEEP IT. This teaches them to value their work, do a great job on all they do, and that ALL areas of life are truly educational. --> Use planning sheets designed JUST for homeschooling. Don’t let commercial record-keepers keep you from homeschooling with a lifestyle of learning! Look for printable pages that are designed just for the homeschool mom. You can find great options everywhere! --> Buy resources that are designed just for you. We have an entire line of resources that we now have available through our bookstore. Check out our Make Your Own Brain-in-a-Binder Printables. It is designed specifically for the homeschool mom who wants pages designed for every area that must be balanced in the busy homeschool family. Also, check out other great resources by homeschool writers and even pages that are included in many homeschool books (we always try to include pages that we use in our books). Now, you may be like me. You may prefer to make your own planning pages. That is perfectly fine! You can tailor your pages to fit exactly with your family needs. Just be sure to use what works for you! --> At the end of the school year, file all records together. This may seem to be a mute point, however this will save your brain! At the end of our school year, I gather everything together and add them into one big binder. I date the binder and store it away for my children’s permanent file. Be sure to pull all of your records together into a set and safe place. When you get discouraged along the way, just look back and see how far you have come—it will be a HUGE blessing! Ok...So, Are You Ready? So, what about you? Still scared about Record-keeping? Why not think through YOUR OWN way? Try your spin. Use what is easy, simple, and will give you more time with your little ones while helping to keep things in place for you. Most of all, find a way that can capture all of these precious memories of these days for you so you will have them to look back upon tomorrow! Have fun! EVEN with Record-keeping! ******************************* Need MORE Help? Let's Get Ready for the New School Year Super Set Yep! Both! Complimentary! Get your ticket here. |
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To find the half-price items . . . Click on the CurrClick banner on this page and then click on the "listing of discounts" link. There are some great bargains here! As far as I know, these prices are good just for this week. | |||||||
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Feeding a Family for $300 a month? I do something that most people think they can't do today. I feed my family of 5 for $300 a month. Most people say that's an impossible feat, but what boggles minds even more is that I do it without using coupons. How do I do it? First, I use what I have. If I don't have milk in the house, I don't make a special trip to the store for it. The kids won't die from malnutrition if they miss drinking milk for a day or two. If I'm out of bread, I'll make some cornbread or muffins. If I'm out of fresh veggies, I will use canned or frozen instead. Stop going to the store for one or two things. I shop for food 2-3 times a month and that's it. You'd be amazed how much this saves on the cost of gas. Shopping the clearance sections, I regularly find milk on clearance for $1.20 a gallon. My store marks the milk down a few days before the "sell by" date. The great part is that milk stays fresh for 1 week after it's opened. I generally only buy the milk when it's marked down and I buy enough to last until the next time I find a great deal on it. I throw several in the freezer and then I don't have to make a special trip for milk (or pay the premium price). Just thaw, shake and serve. Purchase meat only on sale or on clearance. Again, butchers mark down their meat a day or two before the "sell by" date. Generally, meat is good for 3-4 days after the "sell by" date in the fridge or 6 months in the freezer. I never buy meat unless it's on sale for $1.99 or less a pound. If it's not on sale, we don't eat it. (Even so, we never have a shortage of meat in our house.) You can get some great unadvertised deals just by watching the meat counter's clearance items. I found 5 lb. rolls of hamburger for $2.95 each just the other day. Of course, I stocked up and will have enough hamburger to last the next 6 months. I can get "soup bones" with enough meat on them to make a great vegetable stew for under $2.00 for the entire family! Add some rolls and you have a complete meal for 5 for less than $3.00. When chicken is on sale for $1.66 per pound, I stock up. I do this with all my meats. This way we can always have a variety of meats." Another important tip: Ask. Most people are intimidated by asking, but I regularly ask when things will go on sale or be marked down. By asking, I've found out that bananas, milk and meat are marked down each morning. I try to shop in the mornings to get the best deals. When we lived in Texas, the stores marked things down in the evening, so we made it a point to go shopping in the evening. Adjust your shopping times to find the best deals. Serve your family proper portions of food. Most parents give their kids way too much milk, juice and soda. My kids get soda on special occasions only. They eat milk with their cereal. For snacks, they eat a piece of string cheese, fruit or one or two cookies. The kids don't sip on milk or juice all day long. They drink water and are just fine with it. As a general rule, I try to give them one vegetable and one fruit for lunch and dinner and then a piece of fruit with cookies or cheese as a snack. This way, they get their "five a day" in very easily. Stop letting kids just "graze" on chips and other snack food all day. My kids get one small "bowl" of chips (1/2 cup to 1 cup depending on the size of the chips) a day and that's it. So what do we eat? Here are some of our menus:
With savvy shopping, you to can cut your grocery bill even when prices are going up! ***
Jill Cooper and Tawra Kellam are frugal living experts and the editors of http://www.LivingOnADime.com/. As a single mother of two, Jill Cooper started her own business without any capital and paid off $35,000 debt in 5 years on $1,000 a month income. Tawra and her husband paid off $20,000 debt in 5 years on $22,000 a year income. Tawra and Jill teach thousands of readers each month how to save money on their grocery bill and get out of debt.
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A Quick Start for Notebooking Mini-Set! Need ideas for encouraging your young writers and QUICK? Ready for a FUN way to encourage your most reluctant writer to write AND like it??? This fun-filled, hands-on workshop is one that you simply CANNOT miss!! Cindy Rushton, who has become known through the years as THE BINDER QUEEN, uses Notebooking for EVERYTHING! She will show you how to begin whether your child is a toddler or the most skeptical high schoolers. This workshop is sure to light a fire that will equip YOU to help your children deepen their studies and document learning all along the way! TOPICS FOR THIS WORKSHOP INCLUDE: Hey! Do I Have A Chance At This??; Why On Earth Notebook???; Down to the Nitty Gritty...WHAT Do I Need and HOW Do I Do It?; Step-by-Step Through Notebooking; Scrapbooking! YES! You CAN Have Fun Homeschooling; Hey? What is Legal? What All Goes Into A Notebook???; Developing FUN Studies That Teach and Inspire!!; Copywork...Answers to ALL of Your Questions; Taking the Writer From Reluctant to Researching; Ideas, Ideas, Ideas, There’s Gotta Be One for You; PLUS Much, Much More! PLUS! Cindy doesn't stop with the workshop, she also includes the Q/A Session after the workshop AND her handouts/samples of student notebooks. Let’s Try Notebooking Workshop Downloads Cindy's Workshop - audio file Questions and Answers - audio file Samples of Student Notebooks (pdf file) This is only ONE of the many great gifts included on the Membership Site of the Ultimate Homeschooling Expo. There are hundreds more! Take my word for it; you will WANT a ticket to this event and access to all of the wonderful resources. It is worth every penny! Grab your ticket here. |
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Now through April 30th, get 20% off all Alpha Omega curriculum! For even greater savings, take advantage of free standard shipping on all Switched-On Schoolhouse primary subject curriculum. Find everything you need for a fabulous year of homeschooling at Christianbook.com! |
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I just got an email from Cindy Rushton. She is so excited about her upcoming Ultimate Homeschool Expo that she has just shared a sneak peek into her Membership Site. You see one of the neat things about the Ultimate Homeschool Expo is that everything is ONLINE. Cindy builds a private, exclusive Membership Site that includes everything from the UHSE in one place--it has audios (from all of the sessions and from the bonus gifts that her speakers give to us), ebooks, complete unit study guides, articles, printable notebooking pages, cookbooks, on and on. I can't believe all of the things that we receive for only $40. It is truly ULTIMATE! Anyway, back to the reason that I am posting this... Cindy just sent me permission to give you a sampler of one of her free gifts that is included on the Membership Site. I am so excited to give it to you! It is a audio and ebook set that she actually sells on her website, but she is giving away on the Membership Site. Here is the link:
Let’s Get Ready for the New School Year Mommy Planner… Need some help gearing up for the new school year? Wish you had a friend to take you by the hand and help you plan your year? You will LOVE this! It includes a quick Mommy Planner with a potpourri of planning sheets from all of Cindy's products to help you get started on the right track with your homeschool planning. It is full of goodies! AND YOURS... Download Part One Download Part Two
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Isn't that GREAT? You know the saying that a picture captures a thousand words,well...what about a a gift like this??? And, just think...this is only ONE of the awesome gifts included on the Membership Site. There are hundreds more! Take my word for it, you will WANT a ticket to this event and access to all of the wonderful resources. Grab your ticket here: Things like this make me really appreciate using the internet! I plan to post more freebies here leading up to the Expo so check back often. Thanks!
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CBD has some great bargains this week on their Fab Friday sale page. It says the prices are good only until Monday, but when I have tried clicking on the links I have posted for previous Fab Friday sales, the sale prices still show up. It might be worth clicking on the other Fab Friday links here on my blog to see if they have anything that you're looking for listed with a bargain price. Enjoy! |
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Check out CBD's Spring Fever Sale. They have all kinds of items listed for $5 or less! I might start doing some early Christmas shopping!
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Received the following in my e-mail today and thought I would post it. We have used Cyndi's lapbooks that go with Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day and my boys really like it! She makes it very easy to do lapbooking!
Knowledge Box Knews - March 29, 2008
Our Knewsletters come out on Mondays or Tuesdays....but this extra note is just to remind you of the sale in last Monday's Knewsletter...
Don't forget.....the latest sale gives you 50% off all ebooks and cd's with this code: House50
To read all about it, go to last week's newsletter at the link below.
Click here to go to our Knewsletter from last Monday.
Blessings,
Cyndi Kinney, R.N., Ph. D.
THIS SALE ENDS MARCH 31, 2008 |
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