Weekend homeschool links:

• The eight stages of a grocery store encounter with a homeschooler
• Is the Matthew effect impacting your child’s desire to read?
• The biggest scheduling mistake you make
• Is your child an introvert or an extrovert?
• How having a sibling with special needs affects other kids in the family
• The best ABC’s you’ll ever hear (just wait for W!)
• Off duty police officer sings national anthem in empty courthouse

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If you’re new to homeschooling, I’d definitely recommend you check out Oak Meadow. In our early years it gave me a flexible blueprint for our learning days while I was figuring this new lifestyle out!

Their curricula goes from PreK-12th grade, with an optional accredited distance school to join.

Simple Homeschoolers worldwide love the downloadable mini-courses from Be Naturally Curious! 

Created by professional scientists/nature lovers, they are inexpensive and ideal for K-5th grade, teaching concepts through stories, crafts, games, movement-based activities, and experiments.

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We celebrated a new 14-year-old last week!
Other Once Upon a Time fans will understand the cake 😉

Weekend homeschool links:

• Invisible balls (we’re all making trade-offs)
• What is the best education for your child?
• Games to help kids improve their emotional intelligence
• How to fight nature deficit disorder this fall and winter
• How to teach phonograms (includes printable games!)
• High school senior with autism gives inspirational graduation speech
• What a foster child hopes for in an adoptive family (My heart!)

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Need to keep your young children busy while you homeschool older ones? Check out Ivy Kids for your 3-8 year-olds! 

Each month they create a unit study based on popular kids’ books, and they send you the book & all the supplies you’ll need! Use the code IVY20 for 20% OFF your 1st kit.

Still need to find the right fit for homeschool science this year? Consult the experts at Home Science Tools, where they offer popular programs up to 35% OFF!

I also love that they offer science kits to go with several curricula, too, so instead of trying to hunt down all those supplies for experiments, they come right to your door!

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In today’s post: The Happy Hollisters, Hourly History, Healing ADD, The Fringe Hours, plus several more deals on Kindle and audio! Click through to download. 

All of the resources below were available free or on sale at the time this post was put together, but keep in mind that Amazon freebies/deals change rapidly, so don’t wait to download those that interest you. I’d also recommend double-checking that the price hasn’t changed before clicking to order!

Also, a disclaimer: I’ve done my best to choose titles I think my readers would enjoy, but I haven’t read all of the books listed below. Please preview to determine what’s appropriate for you and yours. Have fun!

Current Kindle Freebies:

Current Kindle Deals:

Current Audiobook Deals:

Head here to see all the current deals for your audio library! 

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Kindle Freebies:

• King George VI (My son enjoys these Hourly History titles; ages 10+)
• The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War (sounds so interesting!)
• The Happy Hollisters and the Secret of the Lucky Coins (fun to see these as freebies; ages 6+!)

Kindle Deals:

• The Fringe Hours: Making Time for You
• Healing ADD
• The Poisonwood Bible
• Wired That Way: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding Your Personality Type
• The Story of Christianity, Volume One
• Manage Your Day-to-Day

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Celebrating a NOT back-to-school day in style!

Weekend homeschool links:

• When your child is different
• A treasure trove of pirate activities (Perfect prep for International Talk Like a Pirate Day; Sept. 19th!)
• Using your child’s special interests to facilitate learning
• Homeschooling with an erratic schedule
• The unschooled author of the book Educated shares thoughts on education
• Grab the kids: Neodymium magnets destroying everyday objects

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Check out Great Homeschool Conventions NEW website! And while you’re at it, go ahead and add 2019 dates to your calendar.

Not only will they be in their usual venues of TX, SC, MO, OH, & CA; they’ll be adding two new locations: New York and Florida!

Chester Comix, Middlebury Interactive Spanish, Simply Music, CodeCombat, FieldTrip Zoom, Brave Writer, and (pictured above): Touch Type to Read and Spell–these are just a few of the hits our family has discovered through Homeschool Buyer’s Co-op.

Make sure you head there before purchasing curricula to see if they have it available at a group discount!

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In today’s post: The Happy Hollisters, Ella Enchanted, AP US History Study Guide, Helen Keller, plus several more deals on Kindle and audio! Click through to download. 

All of the resources below were available free or on sale at the time this post was put together, but keep in mind that Amazon freebies/deals change rapidly, so don’t wait to download those that interest you. I’d also recommend double-checking that the price hasn’t changed before clicking to order!

Also, a disclaimer: I’ve done my best to choose titles I think my readers would enjoy, but I haven’t read all of the books listed below. Please preview to determine what’s appropriate for you and yours. Have fun!

Current Kindle Freebies:

Current Kindle Deals:

Current Audiobook Deals:

Head here for over 60 current deals to build your audio library without breaking the bank! 

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Kindle Freebies:

• The Happy Hollisters at Sea Gull Beach
• AP US History Prep Plus 2018-2019
• The Story of My Life – Helen Keller

Kindle Deals:

• Reading People by Anne Bogel of Modern Mrs. Darcy (so happy to see this on sale!)
• Real Artists Don’t Starve
• The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a 13-Year-Old Boy with Autism
• Ella Enchanted (for ages 10 and up)
• A Night Divided (for ages 10 and up)
• The Sacred Enneagram: Finding Your Unique Path to Spiritual Growth

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