• “Helpers” – a free story to help children in the face of a natural disaster :: Sparkle Stories
  
• Educating children for the journey :: TEDx
• Parenting with abundance vs. scarcity :: Project Based Homeschooling
• Cleanse your life :: WellGrounded Life
• What’s your philosophy of education? :: The Edventure Project

The winner of The Growly Books 8×10 art print giveaway is Jean Cox–congratulations! Remember you can buy your copy of the book in print or Kindle version–enjoy meeting the bears of Haven alongside your children!

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.”
~ Plutarch

• When the best of times ends in the worst of times :: I’m so saddened to report that the mommy blogger community lost one of our own this week with the tragic death of Kathreen Ricketson. Please join me in prayers for her two children, ages 13 and 10–an educational fund has been established for them.
  
• Fear and love in Newtown :: Huffington Post
• The sustainable homeschool :: Living, Learning, & Loving Simply
• I totally get why Angelina Jolie had her breasts removed :: The Humbled Homemaker
• Homeschool Handmade :: Stitched in Color (This two week e-course for those considering homeschooling starts tomorrow!)

“Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci

• What I need :: Clean
• Let Newtown moms know they’re not alone this Mother’s Day :: Sandy Hook Promise
• No big deal, but this researcher’s theory explains everything about how Americans parent :: Slate
• A tale of two educations: The motivated learner :: One Rich Mother

Happy Mother’s Day, hard-working mamas out there! Enjoy this short video, honoring you:

Those reading via email will need to click over to watch: Career Day from Garrett Marks on Vimeo.

And the winner of this weekend’s giveaway by Green Kids Crafts is Tori Maurer. Congratulations! If you didn’t win, head here to find out more about this eco-friendly arts & crafts mail-order (& digital) subscription service. My kids love it!

“The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge

• Uprooting the leading causes of death :: Forks Over Knifes
• Why having different teachers for each subject may be harming our students :: Yahoo
• Homeschooling parents turn education into play :: Today Show
• Girls who risk their lives for education :: The New York Times
• What I love about homeschooling :: A Jewish Homeschool Blog

Coming Soon:

Tomorrow morning marks the start of the Ultimate Homemaking Ebook Bundle Sale. It’s your chance to have lifetime access to an entire library of 97 homemaking (yes, that includes homeschooling resources, too!) ebooks and ecourses as well as $140 in bonus offers.

For six days only this homemaking library will be available for just $29.97–I’ll be back tomorrow to share more details and let you know how you can purchase it!

“Kids don’t remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.” ~ Jim Henson, It’s Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider

• Educents.com :: A daily deals site featuring the latest educational products at 30-90% off. Sign up now to receive a free $5 gift card!
• Stuck: A documentary on the international adoption system :: YouTube (Find out more at stuckdocumentary.com)
• What parents of special needs kids want the world to know :: Fresh Day Ahead
• Free Earth Day activity guide :: Green Kids Crafts
• Helping children with grief :: Creating a Fair Haven

“Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.” ~ C.S. Lewis