Well, I’m an admitted resource junkie, and I just discovered that the good folks form over at Homeschool Radio Shows (offering a weekly free, oldie but normally a goodie radio show - some we don’t download) have a new site Homeschool Freebie.
Every weekday they will be posting a new homeschooling resource, for free on this site, for you to download. Join their mailing list so you don’t miss out on any updates!
This morning I am busy printing off a free download that my husband found on the internet, it is called The Noah Project, a .pdf file produced by the Christian Homesteaders Association. Way to go DH! This pdf file is 139 pages long, and is a great resource for homesteaders who are just getting started. Covering everything from designing a house, financial responsibility, sawdust toilets (we have been using one for 2 years, love ‘em!), solar collectors, alternative energy etc. There is no table of contests, but this little book is a gem!
The website is fabulous too, including articles such as How To Rescue the Earth without Worshiping Nature, and Good Reasons to Homeschool. I just had to share this resource with my homesteading friends! Enjoy :).
CurrClick.com is offering their 3rd annual Mother’s Day downloadable gift bonanza! Last year was great (when they were homeschoolestore). I just received this in my inbox this morning, and had to share the excitement! So mark your calendars or sign up for email updates at their website so they can remind you to come and download! CurrClick.com also offers free weekly downloads of homeschooling e-books, curriculum etc. so if you sign up they will let you know what’s free for the week! I love this site
Wouldn’t it be nice if every day was Mother’s Day? We can’t make every day Mother’s Day, but we can offer savings you can enjoy the whole year through!
In appreciation for all you do CurrClick.com is pleased to announce our
3rd Annual Mother’s Day Freebie Event!
Spend Sunday with your wonderful family and then visit us on Monday, May 12th for an event that will give you a reason to keep celebrating Mother’s Day for the rest of the year:
From May 12th through May 14th, download up to 20 FREE Homeschool titles from our generous publishers, worth over $100.00 in value!
Click here to see all the free downloads!
Happy Extra-Long Mother’s Day to you, from CurrClick and it’s publishers: The CurrClick Mother’s Day giveaway event is our way of honoring the tremendous love, creativity and hard work you have dedicated to your children in their homeschools and in their lives.
We all know the typical ways to obtain books on the cheap - garage sales, thrift stores, used bookstores, library sales, friends relatives etc. Some of us even know about the used homeschooling curriculum and books yahoo groups, available in many different flavours and varieties depending upon your learning philosophy preference. And some of us are becoming aware of the benefits of book trading websites.
There are benefits of a book trading website over the conventional methods of obtaining books at a reasonable price. You don’t have to leave home to conduct your search. If you are looking for a specific title, going from garage sale to garage sale, bookstore to bookstore, thriftstore to thriftstore is a very ineffective use of your time. With a book trading website you can establish a ‘wishlist’ that will notify you if a book you desire becomes available. You can also search online to see what titles are currently available.
The savings in fuel to drive around and find books, and your time is immense! You do still need to visit the post office with your books for trade, and pay for the postage, but I have found that I can often obtain books for $2 - $4 taking into account the postage costs that it took to obtain the ‘points’ (credits I can spend towards books in the system). While this isn’t as affordable as garage sale finds, let’s be honest - how often can we find the titles we REALLY want at a garage or library sale? And when the book is sent you don’t have to pay for the postage, the sender ships it to you for points, and the shipping is free for you!
I still feel that garage, library sales etc. still have their place (I love to keep my eye out for books of interest there), but we are rurally located, and rarely make it to a locale with used books for our perusal, so this is a perfect solution for us. We need to go to the post office weekly to pick up our mail, as our location doesn’t have postal delivery, so that is no additional expense for us.
You will need some books you would like to send away to others in exchange for points to get started. Some sites also accept magazines, cd’s, dvd’s etc. for trade. The more items you send out, the more credits you obtain in the system. Some systems also give credit for listing books, so if you list 10 books, and you are awarded 0.1 points for them, you can request a book for 1 point, neat hey!? Every system works differently though, so do investigate to find out more details!
I am currently only a member of BookMooch (books and magazines only), as they are open to international users, and I am in Canada - users however can choose to ship domestically, ask first, or internationally. They are also completely free, you only pay for your postage on outgoing books at the post office. You can find my inventory here, in caes I have any books that you would like me to send to you through BookMooch! I have received 332 books, given away 153, have 6 more books on the way, 2 I need to send out, and 1 in transit. That may seem like a lot of books, but when we came to Christ I heavily weeded our library, and choose new Christian reading materials. Some of the books I weeded we had to burn due to their openly pagan nature. Others were only questionable in moral/spiritual value - these went to BookMooch and the used bookstore. God bless BookMooch for allowing us to overhaul our library affordably!
Here is a listing of other websites, many country/media specific, some are complicated and charge a bit of money etc. so be discerning while browsing:
Bookins.com
Whatsonmybookshelf.com
Titletrader.com
Readitswapit.co.uk
Readersunited.com
Swapclub.co.nz
Boekenruilen.nl
Bookswapper.de
Swapthing.com
Swapsimple.com
Bookhopper.co.uk
Frugalreader.com
Paperbackswap.com
Swaptree.com
Have fun trading books!
Today is the official start of the Ultimate Home School Expo, running until May 03rd (but if you are reading this post in my archives, keep going - the downloads are up on the site for you to access at a later date!) with a great variety of homeschooling topics covered each day, all week long, door prizes for those listening in person, and a tonne of free giveaways in the Mommy Grab Bags! I just got my ticket today, and though I can’t listen live (because I’m on a Mac) I can download the MANY (I counted 58) preview topics that are already uploaded to the membership site. AND I can get busy downloading all of the free goodies in the Mommy Grab Bag! Wow, there is such a long list I’m almost in overwhelm just wondering how long it will take my little dial up to go get them all! I just love resources, and the UHSE is the best place to get the MOST for your homeschooling dollar. Only $40 purchases a ticket to the downloads of ALL the preview chats, and live attendance, or downloads of ALL the conference topics (I count 28 full length topics, that will be available for download after the conference), PLUS all the mommy goodies for free!
Again - if you are reading this AFTER the first week of May, never fear, Cindy archives all of the audio and goodies on her site so that you can buy a ticket and go download them at any time! Homeschooling conferences just don’t get more flexible than this!
Ready to check it out? On to the download!
Oops! My Cup is Empty and My Coffee Pot is Broke!
Audio Workshop Download With Cindy Rushton
Tired? Weary? Find yourself overwhelmed by the tremendous load of motherhood? Do you consider this one of the most demanding, yet rewarding roles you will ever fill…yet that send shivers down your spine? Join Cindy as she exhorts you in your high calling. This workshop shares Cindy’s heart as she shares about those good days and bad days…sweet memories and rather bitter moments that have made life so precious all along the way. Taking you on a journey back in Scripture to meet Hannah, Cindy will share God’s answers to her heart cry during times she has found her OWN cup empty while “everything” continued to hit all at once!! The biblical insights are sure to draw YOUR heart to your Heavenly Father AND to those you are pouring into. Join us as Cindy ministers encouragement and direction straight from the Word of God to your heart, soul, and mind!
Download by Mp3
http://www.cindysdesktop.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/OopsNashvilleMP3.mp3
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:
http://www.cindysaffiliates.com/go.php?offer=quiverfulf&pid=1
Today is the Day that Cindy Rushton is opening her Ultimate Homeschool Expo Membership Site. If you buy a ticket you can go there and download so many FREE gifts related to homeschooling, the free preview chats that have already taken place, and then when the Expo gets started next week the tpoics covered will be there for download too! I am just so excited to listen in!
So here is the free sample audio that Cindy has given permission for me to give out! This is just a sample of the types of teachings that will be taking place at the Ultimate Homeschool Expo. If you take a peek in my Homeschooling category, you’ll also see some other free downloads, notebooking, planning your new school year etc. that you can download for free as samples!
Scheduling ABC’s Audio Workshop with Cindy Rushton
Let Cindy take you by the hand and show you secrets to developing a schedule that works for you and your family!
Download by Mp3
http://tinyurl.com/2cpsb9
I just can’t imagine what a good deal this is! Only $40 for SO many gifts from vendors, SO many workshops, available all online for download without having to travel, book a hotel etc.! You just have to check it out here!
I’m thrilled to be able to offer some more free homeschooling resources from Cindy Rushton in preparation for the Ultimate Homeschooling Expo! This set is great for the reluctant writer, and comes with downloadable mp3 audio files, sample pages for download, instructional pdf’s, wow! There are more free downloads coming up in the future, so you can sign up for updates to my blog in the upper right hand corner of this page.
If you haven’t heard of the UHSE before here is some info for you below, keep heading down for the free downloads!
One of the neat things about the Ultimate Homeschool Expo is that everything is ONLINE. That works so well for our family because we live SO far away from everywhere! Cindy builds a private, exclusive Membership Site that includes everything from the UHSE in one place–it has audios (from all of the sessions - so many speakers! 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 sharing with you…
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 are the links:
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. Awesome!
Let’s Try Notebooking Audio Mp3:
(Cindy’s Workshop)
http://www.cindysdesktop.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/TALNotebookingPartOne.mp3
(Questions and Answers)
http://www.cindysdesktop.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/TALNotebookingPartTwo.mp3
Handouts:
http://www.cindyrushton.com/Ebooks/LetsTryNotebooking!.pdf
Samples of Student Notebooks:
http://www.cindyrushton.com/Ebooks/SamplesofStudentNotebooks.pdf
Isn’t that FUN?
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:
http://www.cindysaffiliates.com/go.php?offer=quiverfulf&pid=1
I am a subscriber to the digital edition of the Old Schoolhouse Magazine, and have been very pleased with my purchase so far. The main reasons I enjoy the magazine are these:
What’s there not to enjoy!
Some of you may have noticed by now…I am a resource junkie! And I love free audio downloads that are available on the internet, for Christian homeschoolers! It’s just fabulous! Now, we have super slow dial up so it takes us forever to download them, but it is so often worth the wait! I just found out about Frugal Friday’s, so I think this qualifies, much cheaper than paying to attend homeschooling workshops!
Mom to Mom Radio Show - From Cindy Rushton, over two years of free downloadable recordings to help you in your high calling as a wife and mother! Often homeschooling focused and always inspirational.
Trivium Pursuit - All of these recordings are great, covering the Teaching the Trivium style of Christian homeschooling, teaching classical languages etc., and the psalm singing ones are very helpful in comitting scripture to memory. I love the Bluedorn’s!
Homeschool Audio - I haven’t listened to any of these personally yet, but they look worth a listen
You Need a Story - I haven’t had any updates from this site for awhile, but it’s worth signing up just for the great reading of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Christian Audio - This is a company that sells downloadable audio books, but they also have a free downloadable book each month. Not always good for homeschoolers, but you decide! Sometimes they are - Christian classics, history, even a focus on the family recording once. I actually need to borrow a high speed connection for these files, they are huge! Then I just burn them to mp3.
Homeschool Radio Shows - A free, vintage radio show that you can download each week! We have really enjoyed some of these programs, and it’s a blessing to have them available for free. Head back every week for updates.
Charity Tape Ministries - Free downloadable mp3 sermons and studies on a variety of topics. Our family has been truly blessed by this ministry, and DH had the chance to hear some of the brothers speak at the mens meeting here in Alberta. Yes - they do cover homeschooling, discipling your children, biblical family roles etc! Awesome biblical teachings.
Bold Christian Living - Jonathan Lindvall offers free mp3 downloads on a variety of topics related to Christ centred living - homeschooling, missions, discipline, betrothal, the role of fathers etc. His recordings have truly blessed us, we so appreciate his focus on keeping Christ at the center of your homeschool.
Do you know of any free sites with homeschooling audio downloads? Let me know in the comments so we can share the love!
Many of you are probably familiar with Cindy Rushton. I first encountered her through a book recommendation in the Bluedorn’s Teaching the Trivium (an awesome homeschooling book I need to write a review for!) for her Language Arts the Easy Way (which I believe is currently in revisions, and will be re-released this year). I finally found her website, as none of her books were available through major booksellers online, and I have been SO blessed by her ministry. She loves the Lord Jesus Christ, and loves blessing other homeschooling moms who are seeking God’s design for the family. I am a member of her mailing lists, and she is always blessing us with free articles, audios and content for homeschooling, mothering, parenting, wife-ing 
etc. I really love the mp3 audio downloads that I can listen to while washing dishes, it is so inspiring for me in my high calling as a wife and mother. I have purchased her e-books, and attended her workshops, and everything is just fabulous, and designed to minister to us and meet us where we are at, right here in real life.
There were a couple of homeschooling conferences in Alberta that I would have loved to go to, but unfortunately it wasn’t to be for us. However, there is another option! For those of us that can’t make it out to, or afford the travel/hotels etc. for a ‘real life’ homeschooling convention, Cindy has developed an online one! The Ultimate Homeschool Expo! And she has graciously allowed some samples of content to be given away to give a sneak peek of what is available! I’m so blessed to be able to share this opportunity and content with you, my blog readers! Just read what she has to share with us below:
Cindy is “pumped” about her upcoming Ultimate Homeschool Expo. Actually, she is so “pumped” 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 sharing with you…
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 a New School Year Super Set!
Let’s Get Ready for the New School Year Mommy Planner…
Ebook by Cindy Rushton
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
http://www.cindyrushton.com/pdfs/GearingUp1.pdf
Download Part Two
http://www.cindyrushton.com/pdfs/GearingUp2.pdf
PLUS! Companion Audio! 
Let’s Get Ready for a New School Year–Audio
Download by Mp3
http://www.cindysdesktop.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/GetReadyNewSchoolYear.mp3
Isn’t that FUN?
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!
You really need to check this out, it is just LOADED with audios and free gifts and resources for homeschoolers, I won’t be there live, but will be accessing the downloads (because I have a Mac). This is just too good to miss out on! I pray that this blesses you! Cindy will also be offering more free content that I can make available here in the future, so please stay tuned to the blog! You can sign up for updates here in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
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