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.

Robin Sampson from the Heart of Wisdom blog directed me to this free online homeschooling magazine that she is a regular contributor for. The March edition is up, and you can view it online, or download the pdf.

I’ve just had a chance to take a peek at it today, and it is meaty! I’m not sure what I was expecting, but sometimes free content can be a bit…ummm, freebie-ish? and not entirely worth the time reading. But this looks like a very professional publication from what I’ve read so far, useful articles, free downloadables, book reviews etc. We are in Canada, so not all of the content (like the elections lapbook) work for us, but there is always next time! And for those aspiring authors, as many blog-writers are, they also take submissions.

One of my favourite free homeschooling resources website has recently changed names and design! CurrClick, previous HomeschoolEStore, gives away a free downloadable homeschooling resource file each week. If you subscribe to their weekly newsletter you can receive updates as soon as the downloads are available. They have also from time to time had HUGE giveaways with multiple free downloads as gifts to their shoppers to celebrate certain events. We have downloaded many of their various titles and hope to have some reviews here on our blog in the future!

Here is some information regarding their Grand Opening, which is running from March 10th - 17th!

HomeschoolEstore Changes to CurrClick.com, Curriculum in a Click!

The Same great site and customer service … but better! Experience our improved previews of thousands of your favorite homeschool titles, easily and from the comfort of your own home!

We are happy to announce the Grand Opening of CurrClick.com. Get 10% account credit on every purchase you make from March 10th-March 17th, add future purchases to your wish list, experience a more intuitive browsing experience that makes it easier to find what you’re looking for, send your wish list to friends and family members and find out what other people think about the curriculum you are considering, by reading our staff and customer reviews.

CurrClick.com is the only eBook and audio site specializing in instantly downloadable Homeschool curriculum. At CurrClick, you can choose from thousands of homeschool titles from hundreds of your favorite publshers, cheaply and completely free of shipping costs.