Walking Therein

Free Homeschool Resources

Since we have been battling influenza in our home for almost 3 weeks, I have learned that day and night are relative. I take the 3rd shift to watch Caleb and make sure he gets his tylenol and ibuprofen and take him potty. He is at the stage where he needs to be held by Mommy ONLY, so I am here. On the couch with him. And, Jocelyn, who is still recuperating, is also down here. As a matter of fact, I was thinking last night that our living room really is like a mini-recupe center.

Anyway, my midnight shift gives me plenty of time on the computer between rehydrating children, potty breaks and coercing meds(if I can keep my eyes open) to research and make lists or do some planning. I spent time last night perusing The Old schoolhouse Store. I went over to download my EFreebie, which I found on my TOS Enewsletter.The Freebie right now is E-BooK: The Play Book from Art of Eloquence. Afterward, I started looking for math products. Then I went to the A Beka site. We used A Beka with Amanda, Jocelyn and Rachel. I liked the strong base it gave them, and the workbooks are near as extensive as I remember them to be. We have used Saxon, but it is not for everyone, and a lot of times, they skip things they already know anyway.

In searching for math, I remembered Donna Young's site. It is probably something most online-savvy homeschool moms already know about, but I always find these great sites (like DonnaYoung.org), and then I forget shortly thereafter. So, I will be linking her in my sidebar, and hopefully that will help me to get over there for all her great ideas and free worksheets, printables, etc.

I actually went over there after searching the Charlotte Mason Resources at TOSstore. I went over to find the timeline I think I already blogged about. It is very nice, and you can use either a ring-bound book or a 3-ring binder to make it. Amanda and I were talking about it, and I was showing her the pictures of it, and I thought how fun it would be to copy pictures of my grandparents and different events in our families' lives and put them into the timeline, just to see what they lived through.

The timeline is Charmaine Wistad's Timeline Book. If you are interested, here are the Timeline Book Instructions. 

She has a Free Homeschool Planner Home that includes Homeschool Planner Guide, Lesson Plan Forms, Administrative Planner Forms and Homeschool List Forms

• Administrative Homeschool Planner Forms

Calendars, Homeschool Attendance Forms, Homeschool Time Forms, Homeschool Course of Study Forms, Grade Recording Forms, Transcripts

• How To Make Lesson Plans for Homeschool
• High School Forms
• Art
• History
• YoungMinds Handwriting Practice Sheets
• Language Arts Pages
• Math Page
• Science Printouts and Help for Homeschoolers

Nature Journal, Homeschooling Science - Grades 4, 5, 6

• Household Printables

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11:50 PM, Monday, March 3, 2008 .. Posted by kellieann

Yuck...sorry to hear about your family's illness. Thanks for posting about the Homeschool E-store. I was reminded that for some reason I'm no longer getting their e-mails. I always loved their freebies, and I miss them!

followup

5:05 PM, Tuesday, March 4, 2008 .. Posted by Anonymous

What an inspiration of a mom you are!

Still praying for Caleb's healing and that your home would be cleansed of this sickness. Also for God to sustain you through it all, in Jesus' name.

YES!

2:27 PM, Wednesday, March 5, 2008 .. Posted by kimalita

I love Donna's worksheets! I've been using them for a while now. Those and chartjungle.com 's as well.

YES!

2:27 PM, Wednesday, March 5, 2008 .. Posted by kimalita

I love Donna's worksheets! I've been using them for a while now. Those and chartjungle.com 's as well.

So great

12:02 AM, Thursday, March 6, 2008 .. Posted by hugabunchmom

You always have such fantastic links. I just love your tribute to your Mom, what a blessing. It is amazing how we change from the way our Moms did things, but then also miss those memories of our own growing up years. I am so glad you are doing such fantastic things with your kids. Enjoy every moment. Hugs!

Great resource

7:42 AM, Saturday, March 8, 2008 .. Posted by journeyinto

Your post is an amazing resource for me the first year homeschooler. Thanks so much for putting it together.