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The Eclectic Homeschool
Jul. 8, 2008 - Ohio and Races!!!
Posted By MauserMama

We continue to adjust to our life down here in the south.  My, it gets hot and humid down here!  I don't believe it's really been any hotter than what it gets in Dayton, but it's the humidity and the number of days it's hot.  I'm looking forward to the fall, which, I understand, doesn't really get felt until November, but still, at least there is a weather change to look forward to.

 

A couple of weeks ago, Brett sent me on a trip back to Dayton and my friends.  While there, I attended the CHEO homeschool conference.  The conference was much smaller this year, due mostly, I think, to the competition created by the Cincinnati Homeschool Conference, but as I went with some very dear friends, I still enjoyed myself very much.  I concentrated on writing seminars, and l.d. seminars (focusing on the dyslexia aspect, which I'm almost positive Emma deals with to some extent).

 

I really enjoyed seeing all my dear friends.  I stayed the first night with my friend Melissa, and unfortunately, I wasn't thinking clearly enough to capture the moment with a photo, but I'll remember it in my heart instead.  The next night saw me at the conference with Jeni and Mary Beth, and the following nights I spent back in Dayton, with my friends Sue and Tim.

 

While there, I really enjoyed going to worship at SouthBrook.  The new theatre is completed now, and I was able to see the fruit of so much prayer and labor over the prior years.  I had a lump in my throat for much of the time, frankly, feeling a little sorry for myself that I was no longer directly a part of it, but I know God has a plan for me, and I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be at the moment.  Charlie talked on experiencing God in everyday moments, and I am now revisiting a much loved book, The Practice of the Presence of God by brother Lawrence.  It is an excellent reminder about how God is always with us.

 

Here I am with some of my "core" friends at church.  They are all such beautiful souls!

 

And here I am with my first friend that I made in Dayton, Sue.  We're drinking (for those of you who aren't tea conniseurs) blooming tea, although I can't remember the exact one.  We had a blast watching all the "petals" unfurl, and the tea was quite good!

 

Here's a close-up of the blooming tea.

 All good things come to an end, and at last I needed to head back south.  I had much to look forward to, though, in that my children were missing their mom and my husband was missing his wife!  I bought the kids some t-shirts at the convention, and they were very excited to put them on.

 

The very next weekend was Independence Day, and our family had special plans to attend our first ever Nascar race at Daytona Motor Speedway.  We had tickets for both the Friday and Saturday night races, but decided to do the smaller Busch race, to get a taste of the race life, since they didn't start until 8:00 p.m.  We all had a great time, and were ever so glad we took along hearing protection!

Here's Emma, very excited!  Our seats were almost directly across from Jr.'s pit.

 

And here's a photo of the pit area.

 

Oh, and lastly, here's a photo of me.  I just like this photo, and I like so few, that I figured I'd post it!

 

 

Lastly, I wanted to share a photo of my little sock blocker keychain that I knit for Melissa.  It was such a fun little project, and took next to no time at all!

 

Well that's it for now.  I'll write again (hopefully) soon!
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Jul. 6, 2008 - New Butterflies ~ Beautiful Metamorphosis
Posted By Nature Notes From Above in Butterfly Larvae

In my last entry I shared with you all about the growth of our caterpillars and their final molt as they shed their skin for the last time and formed their pupa's. Well now they are just about ready to emerge!

Do you know how to tell when your caterpillar turned butterfly is ready to break out of its pupa? The pupa will turn clear and you will actually be able to see the newly formed butterfly inside the pupa! Look really closely at the photo above. Can you see some of the colors on it's wings?


It's hard to believe that just 10 days ago this pupa was completely black and there was no way to see inside of it.


Our caterpillar has made a complete metamorphosis or change and has now emerged as a beautiful Painted Lady :) After 3 or 4 pushes it has freed itself from its pupa. When a butterfly first emerges its wings are really wet and sort of crumpled, and it cannot fly. It dangles from its pupa and for the next couple of hours it will slowly flap its wings open and closed.

Do you know why it spends so much time flapping its wings? When a butterfly emerges its body is full of a lot of liquid and the pumping action gets that liquid moving into the veins of its crumpled wings. Each time it opens and closes its wings more of the liquid fills the veins and makes them stronger and bigger! Soon this butterfly will be ready to fly.


Here's a close up shot of the pupa that one of our butterflies came out of. It's still intact.


Our butterfly has finished drying, its wings are stronger now and it has actually started to become more colorful as well. They know instinctively how to fly, no one has to teach them how to do it. It's ready to find something sweet to drink :)

Did you see the proboscis on the butterfly (3 photos above) that just emerged from its pupa? You can see it curled up coming out of the butterflies head. The proboscis is the butterflies mouth that acts like a drinking straw. It will use it to suck up water and sweet nectar from flowers. Butterflies actually smell nectar with their antennae!

We have released our butterflies into nature :) They are now off to lay new eggs to start the life cycle all over again. We are definitely looking forward to raising more next year!

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Jul. 3, 2008 - Hungry Hungry Caterpillars
Posted By Nature Notes From Above in Butterfly Larvae

With all of the excitement over our baby Robins I completely forgot to update you on how our butterfly larvae was doing! So I'm going to recap what happened since we have raised and set them free already :) Calling them hungry is an understatement, try starving! All day long they munched and crunched, so loud in fact that they could be heard clear across the other side of the room. On top of their little food container they came in was a piece of breathable woven mesh type fabric separating them from the lid and one of the little rascals or maybe it was more than one actually chewed holes through the material resulting in one escapee.

Do you know how a caterpillar chews? By opening and closing its jaws just like a pair of scissors!

As our caterpillars ate and grew their skin did not grow with them and grew tight. To tight in fact that they had to 'molt' or shed their skin and a new skin would form. And each time our caterpillars molted they grew twice their size and then they would molt again! Do you know what a caterpillar does with the skin that it sheds? It eats it! It is full of good nutrients that help the caterpillar grow. The stage in between molts is called an 'instar' and during this time they continue to eat like crazy. On average a caterpillar goes through 4 different stages of molting.


The above photo is just about 10 days after they arrived at our home. They had just began to get ready for their last and final molt. When a caterpillar is ready to form it's 'pupa' or 'chrysalis' it finds a nice place to hang upside down, and from out of it's spinneret it shoots sticky silk (just like a spider) creating a little button from which it sticks its abdomen to. Once they were all ready, having glued themselves to the top of their little home they began their last molt by splitting open their skin and from underneath their 'pupa' formed.


Their skin splits right in half from top to bottom and the 'pupa' appears and becomes a hard protective shell for the caterpillar to change into a butterfly. The caterpillar actually turns into a liquid inside of the 'pupa' as it's body re-organizes itself into the butterfly that it will emerge as. They are very strange looking to. Look ours has spikes on it!

Did you know that caterpillars don't see very well? They can only see light and shadows through their clusters of eyes. Another interesting bit of info about caterpillars is that once they have formed their pupa sometimes you can see movement from inside of it! This happens if they get bumped or moved. They can actually startle and means that they are in tune with what is happening around them. Isn't that neat!

Make sure you check back for the last update on our caterpillars when the emerge from their pupas as butterflies.


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Jul. 2, 2008 - Pick up The Schoolhouse Planner TODAY!
Posted By Kris in TN in homeschooling


As one of the co-creators of The Schoolhouse Planner, I am so happy that it is finally available for purchase. It truly is a wonderful planner and one of the few out there that is interactive, meaning you can personalize the pages BEFORE you print them out! The planner contains forms for managing your home as well as your homeSCHOOL!! Please feel free to leave a comment if you have a question about the planner and I'll answer you here on my blog UNDERNEATH your question.

... Kris

everything you need to plan both your school and your home!
 
Not only is the planner digital and interactive, but in it you can expect to find:
• Calendars in various forms – yearly, monthly, weekly, and daily
• Lists of holidays and places to record special days in your family
• Planners for your homeschool – in various styles to meet your individual needs
• Pages for both long-term and short-term homeschooling goals
• Curriculum planning forms
• Evaluation forms and test score recording sheets
• A through-the-Bible in a (school) year schedule
• Forms for recording Bible memory and other memory work
• Logs for recording books read, movies and documentaries viewed, etc.
• A field trip planning form and recording log
• A sample science lab sheet and nature study sheets
• A place to record extracurricular activities
• Outside classes, co-op, and support group information and recording sheets
• Household planning forms
• Daily, weekly, and monthly household schedule charts
• Grocery, menu-planning, and food logs
• Various budget and financial planning forms
• Garden planning sheets
• An appliance and electronics inventory sheet
• Vacation planning ideas
• Address and telephone records
 
And more…..
• 12 “homeschool must-know” items, one for each month of the year
• 12 essays from some of our favorite authors in the homeschool community – you absolutely won’t want to miss these!
• 24 easy main-dish recipes from some top homeschoolers around the nation
• Forms that are appropriate for preschool – graduation
• A 12-year planning form, so that you can plan your child’s school career from beginning to end!
• 2-page monthly calendar with BIG blocks with lots of room for writing in details each day
For a sneak peek of The Schoolhouse Planner, click here.

 

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Jun. 30, 2008 - Nature's Recipe Box ~ Strawberry Rhubarb Jam
Posted By Nature Notes From Above in Recipe Box

We have an overabundance of delicious rhubarb that's just begging to be used. So we've had rhubarb pie, rhubarb fool and now rhubarb jam with the added sweetness of strawberries :) I thought that I would share my Strawberry Rhubarb Jam recipe that I use without any added artificial pectin.

Ingredients
4 cups diced rhubarb
6 cups of hulled strawberries cut in half only
2 green apples quartered and seeds removed
6 cups of sugar
1/2 cup of apple juice/water*


Wash the rhubarb and then using your food processor and the slicing plate, run all of the rhubarb through it. I find that this is the quickest and easiest way to prepare the rhubarb for jam and I personally don't like really big chunks of it in my jam anyways. Once you have 4 cups cut place it in a large, heavy bottomed saucepan.


Now for the natural pectin. Instead of using Certo or one of the other box pectins you can find at the supermarket I like to use apples to thicken my jam and it always does a great job :) All fruits have a natural pectin in them, some more than others but apples have the strongest amount of the natural thickener. You want to use green apples or tart not quite ripe apples and cut them in quarters removing the seeds only, but not the peel. Place them in a saucepan with just enough water to cover the bottom of the pot and simmer them until they are tender when poked with a fork. Once they are cooked, pour the juice and the apples into a fine mesh strainer over top of a measuring cup. *You are going to use the water from the pot and as much liquid as you can squeeze from the cooked apples as your 1/2 cup liquid needed for the recipe. Don't worry if a bit of apple puree falls into your measuring cup as you collect the juice, it won't hurt the recipe at all :) I didn't quite get 1/2 a cup when I made mine so I just topped it up with a little bit of water. Take your liquid in your measuring cup and pour it into your big pot of sliced rhubarb and place it on the stove.


You can start to simmer your rhubarb with the lid on while you get your strawberries hulled and halved.


Now that you have everything ready add your strawberries to your rhubarb and liquid and bring to a boil. Once it is boiling pour in your sugar and continue cooking it at a full rolling boil stirring constantly for 15 minutes. An easy way to tell if your jam is going to be the desired consistency you want is to do the spoon test. Place a plate in your freezer so it chills and then when you are ready to test the thickness of your jam, dip a spoon in it, place it on the plate in the freezer for about a minute so that it can cool quickly and then take the spoon out and turn it on its side. Does it slide off quickly and is runny still? or is it nice and thick and moves just a little? If it's the latter then your jam is ready to be placed in your hot sterile jars. Now pour your jam into your jars and seal :)


I like to keep my jars nice and toasty in the oven at 200*F while I work so that they are ready when I am :) I put in a deep baking sheet and then cover it with a layer of boiling water out of the kettle, then I pour some of the boiling water into my jars and then place them in the water on the cookie sheet. I also keep a kettle of boiling water ready towards the end of cooking my jam to pour into the pot with my sealers as well so that it only takes me a minute to get them up to the 180 degree temperature needed for them to seal properly. Boy do I miss the good old days when you could put the sealers in the pot and just let them boil without any worries. Now it says not to bring them to a boil or they may not work properly :( Another little trick I use for getting the jam into my jars without a lot of mess is by pouring it into a large 2 liter measuring cup so that I can pour it into the jars without all the drips and spills of ladling it in from the
pot :) Yields 11 cups.


I love to hear the popping sound that the sealers make as they suck down. I always wait anxiously listening for it. It signifies a job well done *grin* I found some pretty gingham and natural raffia to use as toppers for my jam jars and now they are ready to be given as gifts. That is if we don't eat it all first *grin*

Have fun using up some of nature's bounty :)


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Jun. 30, 2008 - What I Found On My Camera!
Posted By MOM flipped is WOW in Homeschooling

Silly children!

Here's the last week through their eyes and my camera. Rotflol

 

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Jun. 29, 2008 - Unplugged Project ~ Garden
Posted By Nature Notes From Above

This week Unplug Your Kids' weekly Unplugged Project is Gardens. Not specifically gardening but some sort of aspect about a garden so I thought that I would share a fantastic public children's garden that we visited last month. It was completely visible that it was all about making gardening fun for little hands! To start with all of the beds were surrounded with funky colored stones. Hmmm, remember that previous unplugged project we did about painted rocks? Well this would definitely be a fantastic way to make use of the buckets full of funky frogs, ladybugs and other rock creatures we have piling up in our craft corner :)


Another fun garden craft they incorporated was using old rubber boots potted with flowers as row markers. There were tons of mismatched rubber boots at the end of each row and they were embellished with more funky paintings! I'm sure that we have a couple of old pairs of holey boots kicking around in the shoe cupboard that we're going to have to dig out and plant flowers in *grin*


Don't have any old boots at home to try this with? How about looking at the thrift stores. You should be able to find a slew of multi colored boots there and most of the time they only cost a buck or two :)


Under an arbor we found a neat poster of the life of a radish under glass and there was another one on the life of a sunflower to. Wouldn't you just love to have growth charts of flowers and vegetables tucked away in your garden for your children to study and compare the stages with what you are growing in your garden? I know books do the same thing but there's something extra special about them :)


In another corner of the garden they had a GIANT teepee set up for growing beans on. It must have been at least 8 feet tall, made out of old tree limbs and driftwood sticks all wrapped with twine so that the bean runners will have something to climb to create a solid wall and they had left an opening on one side so that later on the children will be able to go inside of it :) We've done this on a much smaller scale so this is on my mental list for next years garden plans!


And lastly they had an absolutely fabulous way to make paths between the rows in the garden..... PINECONES!! Now I would have never thought of collecting pinecones to use as mulch between our vegetable rows. My kids just love collecting pinecones and we have lots of them around here so you can guess what we'll be doing this fall *grin* I wouldn't think that they would break down really quickly either so they should last and last. Hope you enjoyed our trip to the children's garden :)

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Jun. 27, 2008 - Very good news for New York homeschoolers
Posted By Homeschool Nations - New York

Last week, both chambers of the New York legislature, the Senate and the Assembly passed the bill to restore special services to disabled homeschoolers.  A big thank you goes to all those who took the time and did the work in contacting your legislators and others and in keeping this matter in your prayers.

The power of your prayers is especially noteworthy.  The Assembly version of the bill was slightly different than the Senate version (for a bill to become law, it must pass both chambers in identical form).  It was also judged to be a slightly “cleaner” and better bill.   However, because the State Education Department (SED) supported the Senate version as well as for a variety of other political reasons, we were pushing for the Assembly to make their bill identical to the Senate version.  However, in the gracious providence of God, the SED gave their blessing to the Assembly version as well, and the Senate changed their bill to match the Assembly version.  The Assembly version passed both chambers. To God Be the Glory!

The bill now goes to the Governor’s desk for his signature.  Two items for continued prayer: 1) that the Assembly would send this to the Governor in a very timely manner.  The Assembly version has a large amount of discretion on when to actually send the bill to the Governor.  Often political gamesmanship is exhibited in how quickly or slowly a passed bill is forwarded to the Governor.  While we don’t have any specific information about possible delays for this bill, please pray that it would be quickly sent to the Governor’s desk; and 2) please pray the Governor would indeed sign it.  Again we don’t have any specific information on Governor Patterson’s intent, but this is not a done deal until it receives the Governor’s signature.

If it is felt that further actions (beyond prayer) would be helpful, we will send out and alert.   In the meantime, please keep praying and rejoicing in the great progress so far.

Rich Stauter
President, NYS Loving Education At Home (LEAH)

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Jun. 25, 2008 - The Schoolhouse Planner is ready for purchase!
Posted By Homeschool Nations - New York

The Schoolhouse Planner has so many wonderful features. You told us what you wanted in a planner, and we have delivered!

Some of the main features include:

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      Calendars in various forms - yearly, monthly, weekly, and daily

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      Planners for your homeschool - in various styles to meet your individual needs

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      Household planning forms

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      12 "homeschool must-know" items, one for each month of the year

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      12 essays from some of our favorite authors in the homeschool community - you absolutely won't want to miss these!

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      24 easy main-dish recipes from some top homeschoolers around the nation

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      and so much more!

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PLUS, the Schoolhouse Planner is interactive! You can type right into the pdf! If you have Adobe Acrobat, you'll be able to save the changes you make. (Note: If you only have Adobe Reader, you can type in your planner information, print it, but will not be able to save these changes.)

Don't forget, monthly planner add-ons are available for purchase every month. We already have some great holiday related information ready for July's planner supplement!

We're there with you each month to make your home and school planning as easy and fun as possible throughout the year!

Have a friend who likes an organized home and school? Let them know about the Schoolhouse Planner.

We are so excited and hope that you are, too.

Have a sneak peek before you buy it!

http://www.thehomeschoolmagazine.com/schoolhouse-planner-peek.pdf

Sincerely,
The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
 

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Jun. 25, 2008 - Book CloseOuts - Win a $10 coupon!! - Children's and Misc. Titles
Posted By Kris in TN in Book CloseOuts
As an affiliate with BCO, I am paid quarterly, and I always set a goal for myself. As of today, 5 days before the end of the month, I am $21 away from my initial goal and $71 from my 2nd goal, so I've decided to offer up to TWO more $10 coupons this month! The order that helps me reach the first goal will be the winner of a $10 coupon to BCO. In addition, the order that helps me reach the 2nd goal will also win. These coupons are being offered IN ADDITION to the original $10 coupon that I offer each month. I will place ALL order confirmations into the "pot" for the original drawing ... So, if you are the winner of one (or both) of the TWO special drawings, you are still entered into the monthly drawing. I hope that makes sense (LOL!) - just email me your confirmation # and date of order for me to verify your purchase.  If you are the winner of one of the two special drawings, I'll send you your coupon immediately upon verification. Be sure and read the details on how to enter this month's contest for a $10 BCO coupon below!


:: JUNE CONTEST ::
This month, I will be giving away ONE BCO coupon - valued at $10 - to be randomly drawn! All you need to do is forward me the confirmation email to kjpriceathome@charter.net - or email me the order # and purchase date so that I can verify the purchase in my affiliate account and you're entered! It's that simple. The coupon values are based on the previous month's sales and may vary from month to month. The more I earn, the more I can give away!
 
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** ONLY 2 LEFT ** Plants $4.99
How do green plants feed? Which plants give us oil? You'll find the answers to these and more that 100 other intriguing questions inside this beautifully illustrated book. Ages 9 and up.
 
** ONLY 1 LEFT ** Precious Moments Collector's Bible (NKJV, 270LE, White Bonded Hardcover, Numbered Bookplate, Gilded-Gold Page Edges) $19.99 (retails $80)
For over 25 years, Sam Butcher's beautiful pastel images have captured our hearts. Now, in this Precious Moments Bible, Collector's Edition, you can catch a glimpse into the heart of the artist. A special letter from Sam, along with an eight-page full-color biography, reveal the person, passion, and purpose behind his ministry. Also, 24 full-color pages of classic and new Precious Moments art beautifully illustrate the full text of the New King James Version Bible. A must-have for any Precious Moments collector, this limited edition Bible with a numbered bookplate comes complete with taffeta endsheets, gilded-gold edging, a satin ribbon, deluxe binding, raised hubs, and a slipcase for added protection. Heartwarming illustrations and Christ's words in red enhance Bible reading and understanding for the entire family.
 
** ONLY 1 LEFT ** Romans (Usborne Beginners) $1.99
 
Who Can Crack The Leonardo Da Vinci Code? (Leonardo Museum Of Adventures) $8.99
Visit the Museum of Adventures, where strange and mysterious things happen. You will learn interesting and astonishing facts about the famous Leonardo DA Vinci, his life and his ideas. Just open this book and you can: visit the great master in his studio; discover his dark secret; find out about his fantastic inventions. An exciting adventure awaits you, in which you will travel back hundreds of years, meet new friends and solve all kinds of puzzles to crack the Leonardo DA Vinci Code.
 
** ONLY 2 LEFT ** A to Z Early Childhood Curriculum (Pre K-K) $9.99
Packed with over 600 age-appropriate activities! This valuable resource is organized by the alphabet with ideas and activities that stimulate a child's natural curiosity in a wide range of subject areas including language arts, math, science, social studies, gross motor games, art, and music. Includes 130 reproducible games and patterns, and over 50 alphabet identification pages.
 
** ONLY 1 LEFT ** Best Of Totline Volume 3 (Ages 2 - 5) $6.99
This resource for preschool teachers is filled with practical, developmentally appropriate activities that you can use day after day. Foster language development with rhymes, stories, and Piggyback songs. Explore the wonders of our world with inspiring science units. Encourage creative expression with the art ideas that will take you through every season of the year. And, develop critical math skills through games and hands-on learning. Ages 2 to 5.
 
The Best of Totline (Vol. 2, Teachers Resource, Ages 2-5) $7.99
This resource for preschool teachers is filled with practical, developmentally appropriate activities that you can use day after day. Foster language development with rhymes, stories, and Piggyback songs. Explore the wonders of our world with inspiring science units. Encourage creative expression with the art ideas that will take you through every season of the year. And, develop critical math skills through games and hands-on learning. The Best of Totline, Volume II will keep you inspired and your students engaged throughout the year.
 
** ONLY 3 LEFT ** Games Wipe-Off Activity Book $2.49
Write, draw, wipe it off . . . Do it again . . . And again. With this wipe-off book a child will: Practice identifying beginning sounds. Build other important pre-reading skills. Practice writing the alphabet.
 
** ONLY 1 LEFT ** Learning Games Wipe-Off Book (Panorama, Pre-K) $4.49
Check out this unique panoramic book design from Learning Horizons. First, your child can use the individual pages to practice important skills, such as counting, writing, and recognizing letter sounds. Then, look for a fun review of these concepts on large and colorful panoramic picture pages. With these easy wipe-off pages and dry-erase marker, your child can complete the activities over and over until the skills have been mastered. Visit the ice cream shop, the Arctic, and the water slide park, all in one book!
 
God Made Animals ( 0-24 Months ) $4.99
God Made Animals is a baby's version of the story of Noah and the ark. Your baby will learn foundational truths: God made animals! And God loves you! VHS.
 
God Made Christmas (3-36 months ) $5.99
Babyfaith is the most stimulating, inspiring and nurturing faith-based program available for babies. This baby-sized version of the story of Jesus' birth will help babies feel safe in God's love for them. Children will laugh at the fun puppet shows, delight in the images of babies, and be enthralled with the hymn music videos. This video will help your baby thrive developmentally and spiritually. DVD. Ages 3 to 36 months.
 
** ONLY 1 LEFT ** The Memory Bible: The Sure-Fire Way to Learn 52 Bible Verses $11.99
Learning Scripture has never been so easy - or so fun! Kids will actually memorize 52 key versed by reading Bible stories and singing along with the Scripture memory music on the two audio CDs. They'll see, hear, and sing about the courage of Daniel, the faith of Noah, and the love of Jesus. They'll discover how God used a little boy's lunch to feed a crowd, how God took care of Joseph, and how He enabled little David to defeat a big giant. Through it all your child's faith in God will be strengthened.
 
** ONLY 2 LEFT ** 100 Bible Stories, 100 Bible Songs $9.99
100 Bible Stories will soon be hidden in your child's heart and bursting out in song. From Genesis and Revelation to Psalms, Proverbs, and Jesus' parables, children will read their favorite Bible story and sing their favorite Bible song. Bible truths and Life Action Applications will help your child take these Biblical teachings to heart. 100 kid-friendly Bible stories, with adorable illustrations, are paired with two awesome CDs filled with 100 new arrangements of more than two hours of favorite songs, hymns, and spirituals. It's a unique experience the whole family will enjoy!
 
Our 50 United States And Other U.S. Lands (Time For Kids, Special Edition) $7.99
Did you know that eastern Tennessee was once the country of Franklin? Or that there are more species of mammals in Montana than in any other state? These are among the interesting facts found in this informative history and reference book. Gain important new insights to American history. Readers will follow the birth of the United States from the first colony to become a part of the new nation in 1787 to the last territory to be admitted to the Union 172 years later. Along the way, young readers will be introduced to the wide array of native peoples populating the continent and the explorers who helped open the way to westward expansion of the growing nation. And students of history will gain new insights into the Civil War that broke the young nation apart.
 
** ONLY 2 LEFT ** Who's Saying What In Jamestown, Thomas Savage? By Jean Fritz $7.99
Thomas Savage was just thirteen when he sailed to the New World and was sent to live with Powhatan to learn the Algonquian language and be an interpreter between the Indians and the colonists. Pocahontas was a friendly teacher, and soon he was relaying messages. But as the tensions grew between the groups, Thomas's job became difficult no matter how hard he tried not to take sides. Throughout the violent history of Jamestown, Thomas's position provided a unique view of early America, now illuminated through the incomparable lens of Jean Fritz.
 
** ONLY 2 LEFT ** The Stargazers Guide to the Galaxy $2.49
A comprehensive astronomy guide for those who are curious about the stars, their history, and the myths surrounding them through the ages. Fully illustrated with an easy-to-follow year-round guide to the constellations, full sky maps of the northern and southern hemispheres, and two-color star maps.
 
How Do You Go to the Bathroom in Space? $3.99
Have you ever wondered what it's like for an astronaut in outer space? From the exciting moments to the day-to-day details, from the serious to the humorous, here you'll find the most up-to-date answers to every question you've ever had about living in space!
 
** ONLY 2 LEFT ** Leonardo's Notebook $10.00 (retail $40)
Leonardo DA Vinci (1452-1519) possessed arguably the greatest mind the world has ever known. Artist, draftsman, inventor, and philosopher, his contributions to modern society are profound and wide-reaching. Throughout his life, Leonardo kept dozens of notebooks, elegant studies on topics ranging from architecture to botany to philosophy - indeed nearly anything of which the human imagination could conceive. Leonardo?s Notebooks collects a variety of the most fascinating of these studies and compiles them into one monumental volume that demystifies his insights and clearly illustrates his ideas, experiments, and observations with hundreds of his original sketches, line drawings, and paintings. Topics include Anatomy and the Movement of the Human Figure; Botany and Landscape; Engineering and Military Engineering; Physical Sciences; Aerodynamics and Flight; Geography - and more. NOTE: This is a Scratch and Dent version and accordingly MAY NOT have a dust jacket.
 
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Series - Dear America (Hardcover)  - 3 titles
 
** ONLY 1 LEFT ** A Lion To Guard Us $2.49
Amanda Freebold doesn't know what to do. Her father left three years ago for the new colony of Jamestown, in America, thousands of miles away. All Amanda has to remember him by is a little brass lion's head he gave his family to guard them while he is gone. Now her mother has just died, leaving Amanda to take care of her younger brother and sister. As head of the family, Amanda finally decides to take her brother and sister to America to find Father. 117 pages.
 
** ONLY 2 LEFT ** Missing from Haymarket Square $5.99
Three children in Chicago in 1886 experience the Haymarket Riot in response to exploitative working conditions.
 
Time Warp Trio by Jon Scieszka
1776, Lewis & Clark, Marco Polo, early flight, 7 Wonders of the World, South Pole, Genghis Khan, prehistoric times
 
** ONLY 2 LEFT ** Saratoga Secret $5.99
In this suspenseful novel set in New York of 1777, the events swirling around the Battles of Saratoga propel a young American girl into a dramatic test of her courage, loyalty, and love.
 
** ONLY 1 LEFT ** Under The Blood-Red Sun $2.49
Tomi was born in Hawaii. His grandfather and parents were born in Japan and came to America to escape poverty. World War II seems far away for Tomi and his friends--they're too busy playing ball on their eighth-grade team, the Rats. But them Pearl Harbor is attacked by the Japanese and the United States declares war on Japan. Tomi's father and grandfather are arrested. Tomi must be the man of his family and help his mother and little sister survive. It's a terrifying time to be Japanese in America. But one thing doesn't change: the loyalty of Tomi's buddies, the Rats. SC, 246 pages.
 
The Silver Sword $2.99
The night the Nazis come to take their mother away, three children escape in a terrifying scramble across the rooftops. Alone in the chaos of Warsaw they have to learn to survive on their own. Then they meet Jan, a ragged boy with a paperknife - the silver sword - that they recognize as belonging to their long-lost father. The sword becomes their symbol of hope as, with Jan, they begin the hazardous journey across war-torn Europe to find their parents.
 
** ONLY 1 LEFT ** I Have Heard Of A Land $2.99
In the late 1880s, signs went up all around America - land was free in the Oklahoma territory. And it was free to everyone: whites, blacks, men and women alike. Thousands of pioneers, many of them African-Americans newly freed from slavery, headed west to carve out a new life in the Oklahoma soil. Ages 7 to 11.
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