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Homeschool Share is accepting all kinds of entries for creations that will help grow the site.  Even if you don't win one of the FANTABULOUS prizes for submitting something...everyone's a winner at Homeschool Share because all of the wonderful resources on the Homeschool Share website are FREE!  Unit studies, lapbooks, notebooking pages......and soon, printables that can be used in Sue Patrick's Workboxes!  Woo hoo!!   There are strict guidelines, so be sure to read all the details! 

Homeschool Share is an amazing resource for the homeschooling community, and it's all because lots of wonderful moms have freely given of their talents.  Thank you, ladies.........you are a true blessing!

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After lots of late nights, many cups of coffee and tea, and much discussion, Ami, Wende, and I are soooo happy to say:   The Blast is over!  

The HSS website has been updated to reflect all the wonderful resources folks sent in for the Blast contest.   We held lots of drawings and contacted the lucky winners of each category.  But you know what?   YOU are a winner too!  

YOU get to use all the wonderful literature-based unit studies, lapbooks, and notebooking pages that can be found on HSS.   And you get to use them for free!  Hope they are a blessing to you!

BUT WAIT!  THERE'S MORE!!   Ha, ha...couldn't resist!   But really, we do have one more prize to hand out and YOU get to help us decide. Just go to the Winners Circle page....there are 8 units/resources listed that did not win any prize (pout, pout...but that's the luck of the draw).  They were well done and we really think at least one of them should get something, sooooooooo......you get to vote for one of them!  Just look over the new units/resources and then go back and vote for your favorite.   Hurry, the voting ends this Friday night at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern!)

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Yep, this year's Blast is bigger than ever!  You won't want to miss it! 

Be sure to click on the link above and read all about it.   Even if you don't want to write a unit, you can win a prize for helping to promote it!  See the webpage for all the details!

I can hardly wait for all the units, lapbooks, notebooking pages and more that are being done for this year's Blast!   Join us for the fun!


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Each year, Home School Share has a contest and it's almost that time again. Pretty soon websites and blogs everywhere will have this graphic with a link to the contest rules.


Watch for it!

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Most of us are on a tight budget, so we tend to just love getting great freebies.  Does that sound like you too?  Well, I just had to blog (once again!) about the Home School Share website at www.HomeSchoolShare.com.  

Not only does the site have over 200 free unit studies based on some great children's books, but it also has over 100 free lapbooks.   Many of the units have lapbooks (or notebooking pages) to go along with the unit book.  Recently, Ami also expanded to include lots of lapbook templates and several thematic lapbooks.

So, if you're looking for a lapbook for Valentine's Day, or to study the election process,  or to help your student learn phonics rules or math facts, to study about animals, or  to do a poetry unit, or just about anything else.....then Home School Share is the place to go!  And new items are added on a regular basis!

Here's a link directly to a list of lapbooks available at HSS. 

Here is a direct link to lots of templates to help you with other lapbooks you might want to make.

And here is the direct link to "What's New."  

But believe me, you'll want to poke around the site for awhile.....the more you look, the more you'll find.  There's  something for everyone....and it's all free! 

Turn your homeschool into funschool today!

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Do you like to bake cookies?  How about a coupon booklet  that gives the bearer a dozen cookies each month? 

 Do you (or the kids) draw?  How about a coupon booklet that gives the bearer a drawing each month?

My dear friend Ami, from HomeSchoolShare.com, has such a knack for putting together cool lapbook and notebook components has come up with a couple of great gift ideas to get those hard to buy for folks on your list.   All you need to do is print them off and collate them and wrap 'em up.  What a fun idea!!!

You will Adobe Reader to access the PDF files, but you can download it for free on the Adobe site.

Click here to download the Cookie of the Month coupon booklet.

Click here to download the Artwork of the Month coupon booklet.

Enjoy!   And if you like or have thought about doing unit studies, be sure to check out Home School Share!  There are over 200 literature-based unit studies, many of them with lapbooks or notebooking pages, and the best part is that they are all free!  There are also many FIAR (Five in a Row) resources and lapbook templates available (also free!). 

Recently, Ami started a new section on the website....Animal Studies.  In this section, Ami has created lapbooks for a particular animal.  They can be used alone to learn about a new animal, or be added to any existing science program you are using.  Again, they are free.

If you've been thinking about doing unit studies or lapbooking, what are you waiting for?  Give HSS a try!  You have nothing to lose and you just might find a whole new way of doing school that's fun for everyone!  

And if you've never heard of Five a Row, you gotta try it!  It's inexpensive and you get a whole lot of curriculum, fun, and priceless moments with your kids!

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The girls and I really enjoyed this HSS unit!  We learned a lot about octopuses!

Didn't Ami did an awesome job putting all the lapbook/notebook components together?!  Thank you so much, Ami, for making our sharing time even better!

I was not able to include the last couple pages of our Lap-n-Note (tm) or the pages with all the minit books/flaps/etc opened up, but hopefully this will give  you an idea of what our folder looked like when done.

If you want to see all the pictures, visit my page at Photobucket.

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HSS launched the results of their annual "Back to School Blast" Contest!!!   47  brand new units and over 100 more resources to use with either HSS units or with Five in a Row (FIAR) units!  There are now almost 200 free units and tons of resources at HSS!  And everything's free!!!

If you've haven't considered using Five in a Row, do so!  You won't regret it.  It's an awesome curriculum that is easy to use, fun, and the kids learn sooo much!  And the cost won't set you back like some curriculum!  If you enjoy snuggling with your kids and reading aloud to them, this is the way to go.  If you want to light a fire of loving learning in your children, this is the way to go!  It's a small investment with huge returns!

Learn more at:  FIAR


We celebrated the unveiling yesterday by starting our week of sharing Rocks in His Head by Carol Otis Hurst, one of the new units at HSS.  My oldest loves rocks--almost as much as the father in this story!

We completed the Social Studies lessons, learning about Henry Ford, the Model T, the Stock Market Crash of 1929, and The Great Depression.   We also discussed how Jesus is our Rock.

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So, we're sharing the unit for Rocks in His Head this week.   We had discussed the Stock Market Crash of 1929. 

Today I asked "What happened that made the family move?"  My oldest daughter get this big "I know the answer" look on her face and pipes up with "Because the flea market fell!" 

Seem right, doesn't it, as we do spend more time at flea markets than stock markets!