Beyond The Tomb

Get a FREE Easter Unit Study here.

Math Can Be Fun!

Free mini ebook Math Can Be Fun: Help yourself and feel free to tell your friends! :)

Planting Taters

Don't miss my post about planting potatoes here! :)

Free Easter Resources from The Old Schoolhouse magazine!

TOS has put together some really nice FREE Easter resources that we can spread the word about! Included is a Unit Study, some placecards, and some copywork resources. Enjoy!

(Don't forget--if you are ever ordering anything from my health and wellness store, I can add in a free copy of the latest TOS magazine!)

Last Chance for Countdown to Easter Discount!

Tomorrow is the last day that you can use your SUPERMOM coupon code to get Countdown to Easter AND the Bonus Book for just $9.95. Don't miss it! (Click here to read more about it)

Items for Sale

I have a few items ready to go to a new home. All from a non smoking
home. Most of these are in perfect condition. (condition noted by
item) I can take paypal or credit card by phone. Would like to get
these moved on so would prefer not to wait for checks to come in the
mail. If you spend at least $25, I am willing to pay media mail
shipping to you. Orders under $25 will have media mail shipping added
to them.

A Family Treasury of Little Golden Books--hardcover, very good
condition, used in Sonlight P4/5 retail $22.49, my price $10

A Reason for Handwriting Teacher Guidebook--perfect condition. retail
$17.99, my price $9

singapore math 1A textbook excellent condition, retail $8.70, my price $5
singapore math 2A textbook excellent condition, retail $8.70, my price $5
singapore math primary mathematics 2A Home Instructor's Guide
excellent condition, retail $16.49, my price $10
singapore math primary mathematics 2B Home Instructor's Guide
excellent condition, retail $16.49, my price $10


TOPS science #38 Green Thumbs: Radishes (used in SL3)excellent
condition, retail $15, my price $8
TOPS science #39 Green Thumbs: Corn and Beans (used in SL3) excellent
condition, retail $15, my price $8

Abraham Lincoln's World by Genevieve Foster, very good condition, used
in SL 7, retail $17.95, my price $9
Keys to Good Language 5, Teacher's Edition, excellent condition,
retail $12.99, my price $7

You can email me at Supermom@SupermomsHealthAndWellness.com

Countdown to Easter

Back in December I raved about how much my children and I enjoyed our Countdown to Christmas book that we got from Amy Puetz. Now we are looking forward to using her new collection, Countdown to Easter. You can listen to my interview with Amy and learn about the book (and hear a story!) here, and you can purchase Countdown to Easter here. Use coupon code SUPERMOM to get the book PLUS the bonus book for just $9.95!

New Supermom Homeschool Podcast!

I've been wanting to start podcasting for well over a year, and finally am doing it! I've done a few for Supermom's Health and Wellness, and tomorrow I kick off my Homeschool Edition of Supermom Talk Radio with Amy Puetz! Amy has a wonderful new resource coming available on Monday, Countdown to Easter. I absolutely looooved Amy's Countdown to Christmas ebook, and so I jumped at the chance to talk to Amy about her new Easter book.

Join us tomorrow (Saturday, March 21) at 1pm Eastern time. Click here to listen in online, or for call-in information.

Veritas History Timeline memorization motions

My real-life friend Heidi put together this video featuring the music and motions she uses to help her children memorize the Veritas History Timeline cards. I thought some of you would enjoy seeing this.

Keeping Things Positive

Today was a beautiful day here. My husband was off today, so once school was done he and the boys played outside and then decided that it would be great to build a campfire and have a cookout tonite. This is one of their favorite things to do, and they were excited that we were back into "campfire season" around here. :)

They went to the store, bought hot dogs, mac and cheese, and smores stuff. They had a great time sawing branches to have enough sticks to roast their hot dogs and marshmallows on.

By bed time I started to usher the boys toward bed, but caught wind of their sweaty little selves and decided that 5 minute baths were needed. 5 Minute Baths happen on nights when it's all business bathtime. Quick in and out, with me making sure everybody gets cleaned and moved right along to bed.

My 7 year old got into the bath, and his sweet little legs were pretty dirty. My first reaction was to exclaim (in a friendly way) how dirty he was. but then I had an inspiration.

"Look at these legs! These are happy legs! These are legs that tell me that you have had a really fun day playing outside!"

He grinned and grinned as he recounted the fun he had had all day long. :)

This little scenario turned out so sweet, and reminded me how simple it can be to keep things positive, and to open up communication and make happy memories. Just wanted to share that with you all. :)

Copycat Books

This is a fun resource for me to mention to you because I first met the owner, Rhonda Roso, many years ago when her sons were in kindergarten. I guess they must been teenagers now. -Wow!-

A new title, The Basics in Manuscript, has recently been added to the Copycat Books series of copywork e-books. Also new on our website are FREE printables of pangrams (sentences containing all 26 letters) in both manuscript and cursive.

Copycat Books are educational e-books with copywork models in manuscript and cursive available in traditional, modern, and italic handwriting styles.

HisStory Sale and Freebies in March!

Hi ladies!
I got this information from Lisa, the owner of this business. They are having some great stuff going on this month!


For the month of March, Me and My House is not only having a great
sale on our popular HisStory Exclusive resources,
Freedom & Simplicity™ in HisStory

PIPEline of HisStory™

PIPEline™ Book of Remembrance


but ALSO offering a **FREE Sampler of Freedom & Simplicity™ in
HisStory** to our newsletter subscribers.
Read more here


Our newsletter has just gone out, but you can still subscribe to it
and get the Complimentary Sampler!
Get details of the sale and order at the link below - you can also
subscribe to our newsletter there.


Or use this direct link to subscribe, and get the Complimentary
resource:
http://frommeandmyhouse.com/mmh-list/?p=subscribe&id=6

Holy Week Devotional for the Family

Miiko Gibson is one of the dearest and most gracious ladies around, and she has put together a lovely family devotional series for Easter. You can see it here.

Miiko also has a free Lent ebook with activities and lots of neat things that you can get by visiting her blog here.

Enjoy!

Motherboard Books March Madness Sale

Get their popular website creation book at a great discount, plus a whole bunch of bonus goodies that are perfect for homeschools! This sale ends March 15, so hurry and check it out!

Wanting to Start Making Money Online?

I know that many people are looking for ways to earn extra money today. Using the internet is the best way I know how to do that.

Just recently an amazing new resource became available that teaches TONS about probably every aspect of making money legitimately on the internet. And guess what---it's FREE!

If you're at all interested, I encourage you to check it out. I have been learning from the site creator for several months now and have been extremely impressed with what he has to say. I hope it is a help to you.

For Sale: horizons math and A Reason For Handwriting

All in like new condition. Non smoking home.

Horizons Math 3 Teacher's Guide Part 1 and 2, plus Math workbook 2 ($42.50 retail for all 3 items) my price the the set is $33 which includes shipping

A Reason For Handwriting Teacher Guidebook for grades K-6th ($17.99 retail) my price $14 includes shipping

I can take paypal or credit cards.

Printable Valentines

Up until yesterday we had no plans for a Valentines Day party, but now we've been invited to one and I have five kiddos needing to provide cards to exchange with some new friends. I have found some cute resources that I wanted to share with you:

Valentines at The Toymaker

A variety including popular character cards here

A whole bunch of links to super-cute ones here.

Enjoy!

Special Offer From Times Tales

I've told you in the past about how much we have loved using Times Tales to help our kids remember multiplication facts. It has been many months since first using the system and it is STILL helping us! What a great product! Well, from now until Feb. 20 they are offering a special deal where you can get $5 off when you purchase Times Tales with the Mini Flip Chart (which makes it easy for the kids to quiz themselves on the memory stories). Just use coupon code NLFREEFLIP at checkout to get your discount.

Enjoy!

Audio Book Resources

A friend of mine agreed to let me share this wonderful list of audio resources that she and her children have enjoyed over the years. Have fun!


I have satellite radio and I am addicted to the old time radio show channel- much to my now older children's shagrin! They have a website where you can go and order or sign up to get low cost downloads (We have SLOW dial up, so I can't do this). Its www.radiospirits.com
When I googled old time radio, I got lots:

RadioLovers.com - Old Time Radio Shows
Listen to hundreds of old time radio shows online for free: Superman, Groucho Marx, The Avenger, Gunsmoke, Sherlock Homes, and many others.

Free Old Time Radio Shows - Free OTR Downloads In MP3
Free Old Time Radio Shows from "The Golden Age of Radio!"
Features some of the most popular old time radio programs of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.

The Old Time Radio Network
Oct 23, 2008 ... Over 12000 old time radio shows you can listen to for free. We add about 100 more every week.

Free Old Time Radio Downloads | OTR | Old Radio Shows

WALT BAILEY'S OLD RADIO SHOWS
Site for collectors to buy, sell and trade radio shows from the 60's, 70's and 80's.

OLD RADIO SHOWS / PROGRAMS - HUNDREDS OF FREE DOWNLOADS
Listen for free to hundreds of old time radio shows online or download them: Amos and Andy, Jack Benny, Lone Ranger, Gunsmoke, Our Miss Brooks, Whistler, ...

Homeschool Radio Shows sends links weekly (or even more often) to listen online or download and listen later. It's EXCELLENT for homeschooling.


Jim Weiss is our all-time favorite reader/storyteller and our original avenue into this audio world. His website is:
www.greathall.com He has a timeline you can use to find a story in an era of study which is very helpful. Outstanding.

Another great option is the Rabbit Ears series.


I would also highly recommend the Classics for Kids website and audio series. They have wonderful historical fiction stories about composers. We listened to Beethoven Lives Upstairs many, many times! This website also has a "sign up" feature and has lots of activities, etc.

We have gotten things, including Jim Weiss items, from an excellent catalog called Chinaberry.


Another excellent source is www.listeninglibrary.com We've gotten their catalog in the past.

A source which has some titles with which I am familiar, but am not totally familiar with the site is:
http://library.booksontape.com/index2.cfm

Others I found, but don't have experience with (but sound good!):
http://kids.audible.com/adkd/site/k/hp/LandingPgTemplate.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes Kids audiobooks for your iPod most appear to be free!!
www.childrensaudiobooks.com/

There's an "audio magazine" that we have enjoyed called Boomerang. Chinaberry has, in the past, offered some of them, but you can also subscribe. In Chinaberry, it had a set of cassettes that had just one feature of the Boomerang mag. that was a favorite. My youngest son listened to and loved that so much that he got his best friend hooked on them and ultimately got him his own copies for a gift!

There's much more, but, finally, I'd say that most classics/Newberry award winners that are read as audio books are great. I have found that the more recent Newberry winners tend to be less stringent on their moral standards, so be aware of this. For example, The Wolves of Willougby Chase and The Cay, both of which we checked out from the library, are a couple of our most favorite listens of all time. The Cay was read by Lavar Burton (there's another out now, which is not as good, we think, but that has an excellent interview with the author at the end!) and Wolves was read by Lynn Redgrave. Both readers are wonderful. I will look for things read by readers that we've enjoyed in the past. Oh, and we loved Call it Courage read by Lou Diamond Phillips.

Fun Poetry Class

I don't know if I've mentioned it here before, but I am quite unsatisfied with Sonlight 3's choice of the book Classic Poetry. It's everything that children expect poetry to be--dreary, boring, and difficult to understand. I have no idea why Sonlight would choose this book.

So, we've been reading Shel Silverstein poetry, which they gobble up and beg for more. Of course.

And then we found something neat and I used it to do two poetry classes this week.

Over at Great Homeschool Videos they have three YouTube videos depicting Robert Frost's poem The Road Less Traveled. (though some called it The Road Not Taken...) First I found the poem online and read it to the kids and we talked about what it meant. Then we watched each of the videos and talked about what we did and didn't like about each, and how each one did or didn't convey what we felt the poem was saying.

Another day we did the same thing with Robert Frost's poem Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening.
We did the same thing with that one.

What I really liked about this was the way we could dive into one simple poem, understand it, and then see how others saw it or told the story. It was fun for variety as well. I had never thought about You Tube as a possibility for poetry lessons, but I will be looking for more of this kind of stuff in the future. It looks like there is a lot more to choose from there.