Friday, September 3, 2010

Find Mega-Deals Online For Homeschool Curriculum

August 24, 2010 by Debbie  
Filed under All, Featured, Homeschool, Latest & Greatest, Save Money

Treasure hunting for homeschool curriculum? Some important keys to finding mega deals online using Ebay and Half.com

Thanksgiving Resources For Your Homeschool

November 21, 2009 by Debbie  
Filed under All, Homeschool, Kids, Kids Crafts, Weight Loss

The week of Thanksgiving is always a busy week, but if you homeschool it’s doubly busy when you’re fitting school time into the mix. (See Barbara Frank’s simple solution below!) However, there are plenty of learning opportunities and combining the two can make things go a little smoother (I said can…). I’d like to share [...]

6 Of The Greatest Websites For Kids

November 18, 2009 by Debbie  
Filed under All, Freebies, Homeschool, Kids, Kids Crafts, Latest & Greatest

Whether you’re looking for some activities to enrich their minds, or to just keep them busy for awhile, these are some of the best websites for kids we’ve found online:

ActivityTV.tv Sooooo many things to do, and HOW to do them! Videos teaching how to make simple (and some not so simple!) recipes, crafts, and much, [...]

Best Thanksgiving Craft Ideas

November 11, 2009 by Debbie  
Filed under Homeschool, Kids, Kids Crafts

Fall is my absolute favorite time of year, and for some reason ignites that part of me that loves doing crafts with the kids. I’m always buying materials for more projects than I’ll finish, but it’s so much fun! Every year it seems the ideas available online get more abundant, and some of this year’s [...]

Free Lesson Plans From Microsoft

October 8, 2009 by Debbie  
Filed under Free Homeschool, Homeschool, Save Money

A gem of a find, Microsoft has a decent offering of lesson plans that are free for the using. Many of the lessons involve using Microsoft programs (surprise!) like Word, Powerpoint, etc, which I’m sure will serve them well in the future. One example is using M & M’s to chart a graph, another is [...]

Free Online Geometry Resources For Your Homeschool

September 24, 2009 by Debbie  
Filed under Free Homeschool, Homeschool, Latest & Greatest

Looking for free homeschool geometry resources? Here’s a list of websites that offer online geometry lessons, worksheets, diagrams and more. The best part . . . they are all free!

Update On Best Printer/Ink Deals

August 29, 2009 by Debbie  
Filed under Homeschool, Reviews, Save Money

Three different family members have enjoyed the HP D7460 Photosmart printers we all have used for the last year, and especially the price of the ink package deal we’ve gotten from 4InkJets. However, now that it’s no longer available

Half.com Coupon Code – Save $10

August 15, 2009 by Debbie  
Filed under Homeschool, Save Money

Here’s a coupon code you can use at Half.com that will give you $10 off a purchase of $100 or more. If you aren’t familiar with Half.com, it’s the book department of Ebay (in so many words). When we were ordering my son’s college textbooks, we saved hundreds of dollars by ordering them on Half.com. [...]

Classics You Can Download Free

July 23, 2009 by Debbie  
Filed under Free Homeschool, Homeschool

It’s that time of year when homeschoolers are making sure they have all their curriculum for the coming homeschool year. I know one of the items I would often overlook until later would be the reading books required for whatever English curriculum I was using. If you live in a big city, the library is [...]

Learning Sign Lanquage As a School Project

July 20, 2009 by Deb  
Filed under Homeschool, Inspiration, Kids, Reviews

We’ve always tried to incorporate a little signing in our homeschool studies, but face it, learning signing from a book isn’t easy. We had tried some of the ASL videos from the library, but they weren’t much better. That is, until we found the Signing Time videos at the library! If you live near us, [...]

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