Holiday Ideas eBook - FREE

Would you like a free holiday ideas eBook? The Old Schoolhouse is giving it away! It's a whole 180 pages!

Here you go! Free eBook

The American Heritage Education Foundation

So patriotic...

So factual...

So Biblical...

So historical...

So FREE!!

That's right folks! AHEF curriculum is FREE for the taking!

From their website:

Our Mission
AHEF is a non-profit, non-partisan educational
foundation dedicated to the understanding and teaching of America's factual and
philosophical heritage to promote constructive citizenship and Freedom, Unity,
Progress, and Responsibility among our students and citizens.

AHEF
accomplishes this patriotic mission by writing, producing, and distributing FREE
K-12 lesson plans to teachers, students, and families in all 50 states and
through additional initiatives, programs, and partnerships.

There are 3 levels in this curriculum, elementary, middle school and high school. This curriculum is so well written that I think when we use it for our studies (we are in ancient Greece right now) we will probably use the elementary level. (There are plenty of big words!)

In the beginning of the lessons, there is a list that breaks it down: purpose, objective, theme, core knowledge, time, materials and preparation. There are activities, writings, games and worksheets to do in some of the lessons. I think the lessons are kind of like unit studies.

This is definitely something you can use with children of several ages.

Place your order and get a free CD (includes all grade levels) or pay $19.50 per level for a printed version. You can see some lessons through links on this page.

Disclaimer: I was given a free copy to review for TOS.

Do Hard Things ~ The Rebelution!

The official definition of the 'rebelution' is "a teenage rebellion against low
expectations." When you look around today, our culture does not expect much of
us young people. We are not only expected to do very little that is wise or
good, but we're expected to do the opposite. Our media-saturated youth culture
is constantly reinforcing lower and lower standards and expectations.

The word 'rebelution' is a combination of the words "rebellion" and
"revolution." So it carries a sense of an uprising against social norms. But in
this case, it's not a rebellion against God-established authority, but against
the low expectations of our society. It's a refusal to be defined by our
ungodly, rebellious, and apathetic culture. Actually, we like to think of it as
rebelling against rebellion.

Read more from their website here: The Rebelution

I want to help our sons (and whoever else I can influence) to rebel against low expectations!
We plan on helping to promote the conference, volunteer and attend the conference. (Great experience for a teen!)

Coming to a city near YOU!

Homeschooling Boys

Painting sold at: Fine Art America

Homeschooling boys can be a challenge for a mom!

To that statement I say, "AMEN!"

Here are some helpers:

Homeschooling Boys

Raising Real Men

Homeschool Your Boys

Homeschool Curriculum for Life

Making a Man Out of a Boy

Free Homeschooling eBook!

I found this free book today and thought you may like it too!

Successful Homeschooling

Need - Proofreading Job

I am looking for proofreading jobs. I have proofed a few things and am interested in branching out. I especially like the idea of proofreading things for homeschool companies but am willing to accept other jobs as well.

If you know of anything, please let me know.

Thank you!

Janet

abc teach - Wow!

I was given access to an abc teach membership to review for free. All I can say is wow! They have a TON of things to print for our homeschool!

abc teach has printable worksheets for preschool up to 8th grade. Their subjects cover language arts, math, history, science and several others. I even found stuff for Spanish!

The membership is $40 a year ($3.33 a month) which gives you access to over 35,000 printables for your children/students!

Other features:

*New materials are added weekly

*Extensive educational clip art collection

*Broad range of subjects (way too many to list!)

*abc tools - make your own worksheets

*Weekly newsletter to keep you updated on material

You can watch a video explaining the benefits for membership.

If you would like to check it out without getting a membership, you'll have access to about 5000 free worksheets.

I was a little surprised to find some small mistakes on a couple of their worksheets. All in all, it is a wonderful site with more information and printables than you will ever need in your homeschool!

Amazing Bible Timeline ~ Review

I received the "Amazing Bible Timeline" to review for the The Old Schoolhouse Crew. The timeline starts with Adam and goes through 6000 years of Biblical history and world history.

From their website:

"You have over a thousand references at your fingertips. All the important
historical events of the main religions and world cultures are indexed and
outlined in one simple to understand format. It's color coded so you can
track families, nations and related events easily."

When you purchase the Timeline for $29.97 you can receive the "Interactive Maps of the Holy Land" and a digital "Amazing Bible Timeline" for free.

This timeline comes in a Mormon version also which I address.

When I received the timeline, I thought it was very confusing to look at. After looking over it for a while, things start to come into focus a little better. As I looked around time, I could see how the two different histories (Biblical and world) come together as they aught to. Unfortunately, we often learn about them separately.

There are some controversies surrounding this timeline. There are questions about Biblical accuracy and the fact that the timeline was created from a Latter Day Saints timeline. They do address this on their website. I, personally, am not comfortable with the connection to the LDS as I am a conservative Christian.

For more detailed information on inaccuracies you can read this review of the timeline: Rock(s) At My Feet.

The Coolest Website

Ok, maybe not THE coolest but it's pretty cool!

I wanted Espresso to brush up on his cursive so I went looking for a worksheet generator. I didn't just want him to brush up, I want what he is writing to impact him. Well, there are some awesome Scriptures that would be great for him to meditate on while practicing his cursive.

Worksheet Works

Here are some of the great Scriptures that I made into cursive worksheets:

Deuteronomy 6
Deut. 28
Psalm 1
Proverbs 1
Prov. 3

That will be a good place to start!