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The Holidays are Right Around the Corner!
We are excited about the upcoming Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons being upon us and we have some exciting things happening in the Schoolhouse Store for this holiday season. Keep reading because we are going to tell you how you can be entered in a drawing to win a $100 gift certificate from the Schoolhouse Store!
This month we have a GREAT special offer that will make your holidays relaxed and stress free.
The 12 Week Holiday Planner for the Christian Family E-Book includes EVERYTHING you will need to plan out your holidays: giving you instructions and all the forms you will need to set up your very own holiday planner! Print only the forms and portions you want as you need them!
Open Your Heart And Open Your Home
by Marilyn Moll
This popular E-Book is about hosting holiday get-togethers; with planning guidelines, lots of recipes for appetizers and dips and sweets, decorating ideas and more. Some of the information in this E-Book includes:
* How to plan your occasion, step by step, after the date is set
* How to decorate creatively on a Dime
* Planning the menu for your event
* Appetizer recipes, both hot and cold
* Dip recipes
* Serving suggestions
* Sweets and treats
* Marilyn's Christmas cookie recipe assortment
* Beverage suggestions and recipes
* Encouragement
PLUS! "The Glorious Coming: A Jesse Tree Celebration of Advent" - Jesse Tree devotionals, ornaments, and instructions to make your own Jesse Tree
PLUS! Some of our favorite holiday recipes!
Buy once, and never buy another holiday planner again!
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Traditional Thanksgiving E-BookFREE!
Busy moms need strategies, plans and recipes for a stress-free Thanksgiving. The Urban Homemaker believes in promoting the old fashioned skills of cooking and baking with basic, whole ingredients using streamlined methods to save time and money, and that's what you'll find in this E-Book.
From Perfect Homemade Gravy to Turkey Stuffing to Whole Wheat Rolls to dessert and more, and even what to do with the leftovers, we're sure you'll enjoy this recipe collection. Also includes tips and strategies for planning the meal and even centerpiece ideas.
Can you believe that the holidays are already here?
Are YOU ready?
Don't panic. At the Old Schoolhouse®, we are ready to help you get into the spirit of the holidays with our latest E-Book, The Old Schoolhouse® Homespun Holidays. This inspiring and imaginative E-Book contains over 80 pages of fall and winter "favorites" from the staff at TOS, including:
Traditions-to bring you and yours closer to each other and the Lord
Home decorating ideas-welcome signs, trash bag wreaths, candy-themed decor you can make with your kids, how to make your own decorative scarecrows, window paintings, to name just a few
Tips for entertaining-how to celebrate the holidays without losing your good cheer
Games-to make holiday travel smooth sailing
Book reviews-with complementary activities
Seasonal poetry-humorous and inspirational
Gift ideas-no-sew scarf, fabric gift bags, layered-in-a-jar cocoa drink mix, and more
Craft projects-treat bags, holiday piñatas, 3-D paper snowflakes, ornaments, hints for recycling old holiday cards, and nativities and that's only the beginning!
In addition, we've peered into our staff members' kitchens across the country and found their most treasured holiday recipes. We have included more than 20 recipe cards that you can print, clip, and use tonight or save for later.
Loads of full-color photos adorn this festive E-Book and will make it a delight to read, as well as a faithful resource, for years to come.
So don't put it off another second, get yours today and let the holidays begin-with fresh, new ideas from our staff!
How much fun can you have with math? Amusing Mathematics will help you see that math isn't boring at all! Learn how to amaze your friends with number tricks, play a game of Sudoku, learn new ways to multiply, and so much more! Amusing Mathematics will leave you, and your kids, smiling as you learn to enjoy the lighter side of math together.
This module includes:
Fantastic number tricks sure to surprise everyone you try them on, your very own set of printable tangram puzzle pieces, printable pattern blocks and so much more! Our "hands-on" approach gives you more than just facts to make your kids memorize; we provide you with tools to help them demonstrate their proficiency at math.
Great math jokes and riddles that are sure to amuse everyone.
Activity pages (with answers) to take the knowledge one step further. Try our "math minute" pages, make a clock, work a word search and more!
Coloring pages made just for this module!
Copywork pages covering time, money, calendars and numbers created by Virginia Donahue from Proverbs 22:6 Academy.
A Reason For Thanks-Thanksgiving Lapbook with Study Guide Study why the pilgrims came to America, what it was like to travel on the Mayflower, what life was like in Plymouth Colony, meet Squanto and the Wampanoag tribe, and much more.
E-Book: Fall Notebooking Collection Notebook Learning's Fall Notebooking Collection offers you a wide assortment of pages for your autumn notebooking efforts.
Thanksgiving Project Pack - Hands of a Child
Every year we look forward to the fourth Thursday of November and enjoy the feasting and good times with our families. But Thanksgiving is not just about eating all that food. Your student can learn the history, meaning, symbols, and much more with the Thanksgiving Project Pack from In the Hands of a Child.
E-Book: 20 Terrific Mini-Plays That Build Reading Skills Build fluency and foster reading skills with these 20 engaging, easy read-aloud plays on favorite teaching topics. Topics include the 50 States, Thanksgiving, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., tornado chasers, space, and more.
E-Book: Thanksgiving Unit Study
Make some wonderful family memories as your children learn about Thanksgiving with the new edition of the Thanksgiving Unit Study. Download the Thanksgiving Unit Study now and get ready for a four-week adventure of learning and special family times. Begin the study at the end of October this year, and complete the study just in time for Thanksgiving.
Have Fun Learning About Christmas Together!
E-Book: Christmas Unit Study
Learn what the world was like at the time of Christ's birth. Use this study to help your children understand the significance that the coming of the Son had for so many people. Read about the prophecies that were fulfilled by His birth, and begin to clearly see God's hand in history since the very beginning of time.
Over 50 projects are included. Six of the projects are on Thanksgiving and thankfulness, and the rest are Christmas projects. Create the dove of peace, clothes pin angels, an angel mobile, toy soldiers of the cross, a shepherd landscape and much more!
An Advent E-Book written with the goal of helping families maintain a right heart during the busiest time of the year: the Christmas season. Too often, our busyness prevents us from really thinking about what this day is all about, and we miss the wonder of our Lord's birth. This 64-page E-Book contains information on celebrating Advent, a 4 week long family devotional, and printable memory verse cards for you to use.
"There was once, in a far-away country where few people have ever traveled, a wonderful church." So begins this moving story of a remarkable church, its congregation, two young boys, and a Christmas miracle.
Learn the teaching method God uses to teach His children. The ultimate hands-on Bible lessons! Teach your children the way God instructed the Hebrews to teach their children-with annual events telling the story of His people and the coming of Jesus.
The 12 Days of Christmas Project Pack A favorite holiday tradition for many families is to sing "The Twelve Days of Christmas." Your student can complete a lapbook on the history and significance of this classic holiday song with The 12 Days of Christmas Project Pack from In the Hands of a Child.
Symbols of Christmas Project Pack - Hands of a Child
Pick up any newspaper during the months of November and December and you are sure to find all of the wonderful things you can buy to decorate your home for Christmas. Everything from fish-shaped lights to decorate your tree to a six-foot, inflatable Santa Claus to adorn your front lawn can be found in stores before the holidays. They are all symbols of Christmas, but how did they become symbols and what do they mean? Now your student can learn all about them in the Symbols of Christmas Project Pack from In the Hands of a Child.
Steve's Sensenig's third CD celebrates the Christmas season with 16 tracks of Christ-centered Christmas worship."Christmas Solitude" includes "O Come, O Come Emmanuel", "O Holy Night", "What Child Is This?", "Mary, Did You Know?" and many more. This CD will bring a peaceful, relaxing time of worship to what has otherwise become a very hectic time of year!
Click HERE to view Ivory Worship CD by Steve Sensenig
Click HERE to view Christmas Solitude CD by Steve Sensenig
These CD's make WONDERFUL gifts!
Introducing The New Schoolhouse Store Blog
We are excited to tell you about our new Schoolhouse Store Blog! This is going to be a valuable opportunity for you to stay connected with the great specials and freebies we offer in the store. We will be having weekly sales, several monthly freebies and lots of other great information and offers for you by becoming a subscriber to our new blog. Starting today you can subscribe to our blog and once we have 1000 subscribers, we will be giving away a $100 gift certificate to the store! In the meantime, we will be having drawings for 10 copies of theE-Book The Schoolhouse Planner along with the Music Mania, All About Holidays and All About Inventors modules. There will be A LOT of other great deals for you in the coming months as a subscriber to the Schoolhouse Store Blog!
Don't miss out of this chance to win a $100 gift certificate
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History is being made in 2008 with the first female Republican vice presidential candidate on the ballot. Let's celebrate and learn about the state of Alaska, where she is the governor. Buy this one of a kind cookbook and discover Alaska's amazing geography, history, land, and people through her tantalizing cuisine. Written and complied by Cheryl Moeller. Also includes 15 pages of coloring sheets and curriculum!
This 64-page E-Book is a bundle of three unit studies based on Eric Carle's "The Very Hungry Caterpillar," "The Grouchy Ladybug," and "The Very Busy Spider."
E-Book: Thomas the Train & Friends® Unit Study SAVE 50% This 34-page E-Book is a unit study based on Thomas the Train & Friends®. Included in this study are snack ideas, crafts, projects, games, and other learning activities that are developed around meeting the independent educational goals of a special needs child.
E-Book: History Heroes I Unit Study SAVE 50% History Heros I Unit Study is designed to accompany Renee Taft Meloche's, History Heroes for Young Readers by YWAM (sold separately). This 18-week unit study is an in-depth exploration into the lives of missionaries Jim Elliot, Jonathan Goforth, Cameron Townsend, and Lottie Moon. Each week focuses on an aspect of the chosen missionary's life, mission field (by country), and mission work God called them to do.
These are only a few of the exciting products at The Schoolhouse Store. We are always adding new products. Remember you can scroll to the bottom of the category listings in the store and click on "New Products" to see the latest additions. Make it a habit to check in regularly!
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