Jul. 25, 2008 - I would love to see you at the Heart of the Matter Online Conference

Shhhh! Do you hear that? It is the comfort of your home calling you. PJs, coffee or tea (your flavor), and five fun filled days just for you!

In Heart of the Matter Online’s quest to bring you the absolute best home school resource online, they have listened to your requests and are providing you with a fun filled online adventure! On July 30th through August 3rd, they will be hosting Heart of the Matter Online’s first annual Virtual Homeschool Conference! They will be providing the attendees with motivational speakers, video tutorials, free products, question and answer sessions, and a vendor hall - all ONLINE! Just log on and listen live during that time or log in at your convenience and download the audios.

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Jul. 21, 2008 - A great contest!

My very good friend Heidi  is hosting a contest sure to relax the most tired homeschool mom.  The prize is a package containing 1 large, 1 medium, 1 heart shaped, and 1 small bath bomb.  If you are wondering what a bath bomb is check out Beyond the Bomb.  They have a fun selection of bath bombs. 

My personal favorite is this one.  My daughter loves the Specialty Bombs  and they would make the cutest gifts.

To enter Heidi's contest just go to Beyond the Bomb and look around.  Then let Heidi know which one is your favorite. 

Happy Homeschooling,
Leah

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May. 12, 2008 - Celebrate Mother's Day All Week Long!

We had a rainy Mother's Day here so instead of our normal Mother's Day hike we went to dinner and had a relaxing day at home.  I hope you had a lovely day with your family.  I also wanted to share CurrClick's 3rd Annual Mother's Day Freebie Event with you.  Here is all of the information so you can start downloading those freebies!

Wouldn’t it be nice if every day was Mother’s Day? We can’t make every day Mother’s Day, but we can offer savings you can enjoy the whole year through!

In appreciation for all you do CurrClick.com is pleased to announce our

3rd Annual Mother’s Day Freebie Event!

Spend Sunday with your wonderful family and then visit us on Monday, May 12th for an event that will give you a reason to keep celebrating Mother’s Day for the rest of the year:
From May 12th through May 14th, download up to 20 FREE Homeschool titles from our generous publishers, worth over $100.00 in value!

http://www.currclick.com/cclick_mothersday.php

Plus, earn a 10% account credit on every purchase you make during the 
week of May 12th-16th!

Happy Extra-Long Mother’s Day to you, from CurrClick and it’s publishers: The CurrClick Mother’s Day giveaway event is our way of honoring the tremendous love, creativity and hard work you have dedicated to your children in their homeschools and in their lives.

 Happy Homeschooling,

Leah

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Apr. 28, 2008 - Last Day to Vote in CurrClick.com's Earth Day Contest!

I should have posted about voting last week, but it was just one of those weeks where I had more things on my To-Do list than was humanly possible to complete .

Anyway...today Monday, April 28th, is the last day to vote for your favorite CurrClick.com Earth Day video.  We had many wonderful entries and out of these entries, 3 videos were selected as finalist.  You get to vote for the winning video!  Go to www.CurrClick.com  to vote.  You must be signed in to vote, so be sure to do so before heading over to the voting page.  Also, you can see all of the videos if you go to YouTube and search for CurrClick.  It is so fun to see the creativity from all of the contestants!  I know these kids would love a comment from you.

I will post our Grand Prize winner tomorrow so Stay Tuned!

Happy Homeschooling,

Leah

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Apr. 7, 2008 - Earth Day CurrClick Commercial Contest

Do your kids like to create videos?  Do they like to act? 

If so, check out our latest contest for kids

The Grand Prize is an 8GB iPod Touch! 

Too bad I can't enter because I really want one of those

Be sure to pass the word.  We can't wait to see the entries!

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Mar. 7, 2008 - A call to action...

As you may have already heard, a state appellate court in California has effectively banned homeschooling in California by declaring that parents must hold a teaching certificate in order to homeschool their children.  This decision was handed down by the 2nd Appellate Court (Los Angeles) on February 28.  To find our more details, please go the www.hslda.org where there is also a petition to sigh. Below is an informational alert from HSLDA:

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Jan. 16, 2008 - Mock Primary for Kids on Homeschoolestore.com

Homeschoolers Invited to Vote in Their Very Own

 Mock Primary Election.  The Polls Are Open Now!

For the first time ever, Homeschoolers are invited to make their voices heard and take part in HomeschoolEstore's Non-Partisan Mock Primary Presidential Election! Homeschoolers ages 7-17, who are United States residents, will learn about the election process and the 2008 presidential candidates when they cast their vote, anytime between now and February 4th. Results of the election and exit polling results will be available, real-time. Final results will be posted on Monday, February 4th, the day before Super Tuesday. You must have a free HomeschoolEstore account in order to participate. Click here to make your voice heard!

http://www.homeschoolestore.com/catalog/hses_mock_primary.php

Don't miss this opportunity to choose from great discounts on political and patriotic curriculum now at HomeschoolEstore. Discounts up to 50% off, now through February 4th.

http://www.homeschoolestore.com/catalog/election_sale.php

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Nov. 17, 2007 - Black Friday-Sit Home, Relax, and Avoid the Crowds!

It's HomeschoolEstore's 2nd Annual, "Black Friday Giveaway" and "Homeschooling Through the Holidays Sale." Download up to 20 titles for FREE, Nov 23rd-Nov 24th! (9:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. CST) Get up to 35% OFF on your holiday schooling needs, Nov 23rd - Nov 25th! Earn a 10% Holiday Credit on every single purchase you make, Nov 23rd - Nov 30th! Get an Evan Moor Activity Sampler FREE, with any purchase, now through Dec 31st. Just use coupon code, 19a2fe Beginning on November 23rd at 9:00 a.m (CST) and ending at 9:00 a.m. on November 24th, download up to $200 in free homeschool curriculum, lapbooks, workbooks, notebooking pages, unit studies and more, from all your favorite publishers. Over 20 titles to choose from! No purchase necessary. Put on your slippers, avoid the holiday rush and experience the very best kind of sale: one that doesn't cost a thing! Need a holiday-themed unit study or lapbook and need it instantly? Don't wait for slow holiday shipping or pay high prices! Experience our Homeschooling through the Holidays Sale, where you can instantly download your way to awesome bargains on all your holiday schooling needs. November 23rd through November 25th.

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Oct. 15, 2007 - Voting for our logo is almost over

If you have not yet had a chance to cast your vote in our logo contest hurry on over to

http://www.homeschoolestore.com/catalog/hses_vote_logo.php

and vote today.  The voting will be ending sometime this week and we want to hear from all of our homeschooling friends. 

We have some great things planned for the end of the year and I am so excited to move forward with the new site colors, features, and best of all some great  promotions we have in store .

Happy Homeschooling,

Leah

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Oct. 9, 2007 - You can vote for our new logo

Vote For Our New Logo

Beginning in mid-November, HomeschoolEStore will be changing its name to CurrClick.com! Curriculum in a click! We are especially excited about our new name because one of our customers suggested it! And we'd like you to help us choose a new logo to go with our new name. To vote on your favorite logo, go to:

http://www.homeschoolestore.com/catalog/hses_vote_logo.php

With the launch of CurrClick in mid-November, you will be able to benefit from some exciting new site features. Many of you suggested these to us and we sincerely appreciate your feedback. Among these new site features you will find improved previews, wish lists and more! Thanks again for your great ideas. Here's to an exciting new site.

Happy Homeschooling,

Leah

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Jul. 23, 2007 - Looking for some great Art Projects...

We LOVE the products from Enrichment4You!   My daughter is using them as her art curriculum this year.  Her first project was The Ancient Egyptian Shaduf from this CD.  She will also be making some of the other projects off this CD.  These projects were designed for Mystery of History but we have also found they work beautifully with Tapestry of Grace.

Here is a picture of the almost completed project....

Happy Homeschooling,

Leah

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Jul. 16, 2007 - New Contest at HomeschoolEStore!

The Homeschool What Store???

We hear that a lot, and we're pretty sure you do too.  You've spent a lot of time and effort helping to spread the word about HomeschoolEstore these last couple of years and we now you've probably had to spell and respell our name more than a few times for confused friends and family.  That's why we think it's time for a change.  We need a new name for our store and we'd love your help.  Be the person to suggest the new and improved name we choose for our store and you could win your choice of $200 cash or $300 store credit.  All entries must be e-mailed to us by September 3rd, 2007.  The winner will be announced on October 1st, 2007.  Not only will we be renaming the store, but we'll be revamping our entire site with all sorts of new features like wish lists and better ways to preview titles.  Stay tuned for more information.

CONTEST DETAILS:

One Grand Prize winner will be selected. 2nd-10th place winners will also be selected and receive a $20 credit in their account. The grand prize winner will be featured on our homepage and receive their choice of $200 cash or $300 store credit.
 
Submissions must adhere to contest rules (below) and be e-mailed by 5:00p.m, CST, September 1, 2007. All Winners will be notified via e-mail on October 1st, 2007.
 
PLEASE MAKE SUBMISSIONS THROUGH OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE E-MAIL ADDRESS FOUND ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF OUR HOMEPAGE, TOWARD THE BOTTOM. YOUR SUBJECT LINE SHOULD READ: “Renaming Contest.”
 
YOU MUST BE A HOMESCHOOLESTORE MEMBER IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE. MEMBERSHIP IS ENTIRELY FREE AND DOES NOT REQUIRE ENTERING ANY BANKING OR CREDIT CARD INFORMATION. SIGN UP USING THE PROMPTS ON OUR HOMEPAGE AT www.homeschoolestore.com.

CONTEST RULES:

1. Name suggestions must have the .com version of their name available as web addresses (URLs). For example, yourname.com must be available. Web address availability should be checked before submitting names.  You can use this page http://www.homeschoolestore.com/catalog/hses_check_domain.php to see if your name is available as a web address. If a name becomes unavailable after your submission has been made it will become ineligible for selection.  You will find that most words and combination of words have already been reserved as web addresses so this makes the contest a challenge!
 
2. Names that are already in-use by other companies will not be considered.  It is not necessary however to commit a great deal of research to each of your name suggestions in an attempt to determine whether or not they are already in use by another company; this will be done by homeschoolestore employees as part of our selection process.
 
3. HomeschoolEstore.com publishers and affiliates are invited to participate in this contest.
 
4. Adults and children are welcome to participate. There is no age restriction. Prizes for child entries will be awarded to legal guardians on behalf of children.
 
5. All entries must be original ideas conceived of by the entrant. We encourage entrants NOT to use this contest as a brainstorming activity, but to do their brainstorming first, and then select their best ideas for submission.
 
6. There is no limit to the number of name suggestions per entrant. We'd appreciate your putting all of your name suggestions in one e-mail.
 
7. Please include with your submissions an up to 75-word biography, including name, age (if you choose,) information about your homeschooling experience, and information about your experience with HomeschoolEstore.com.
 
8. An e-mail contact must be included with all submissions.

9. All submissions become our property and submitting the idea for the name is considered work-for-hire. The prize awarded shall be the full compensation for the winner whose name is selected.

Name suggestions will be judged by us based on the following criteria:
1. Is the name memorable?
2. Is it easy to misspell?
3. Is it unique? Combinations of simple words like
www.greathomeschooldownloads.com are unlikely to be winners. Sometimes
combining words in interesting ways can make good names like National
Biscuit Company became Nabisco.
4. Names that convey homeschooling, education and/or electronic downloads
will have preference.
5. Nonsensical names will be considered. These are names like Google, Skype,
and Joost.

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May. 29, 2007 - Looking for a Great Way to Organize Chores for Your Kids?

We school year round in my house; however, we do have somewhat of a lighter schedule in the summer.  I always make a summer schedule which includes a few more chores for the kids.   In the past I have used a weekly rotating schedule but I have always longed for something that offered more flexibility.

This is the perfect solution!!!

You can purchase this from http://www.homeschoolestore.com/catalog/index.php

You can also visit Molly's website http://homeschoolwithindexcards.com/index.html

She has some great articles and other freebies!

Happy Homeschooling,

Leah

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May. 24, 2007 - A recipe contest from a friend a fellow homeschoolblogger

I normally post only HomeschoolEStore related stuff here but my good friend Heidi has a really fun contest on her blog that I just had to share.  Here is her blog address www.homeschoolblogger.com/ReviewsbyHeidi/

Heidi writes reviews for many homeschool publishers including many of ours at HomeschoolEStore.  Her reviews are excellent and very well done.

The current contest on Heidi's site is a recipe contest.  I love recipes and I have quite a collection of cookbooks.  Heidi has asked those participating in her contest to post their most requested recipe.  Here are 2 of mine....

Dirt Pudding
1 (1-lb) pkg Oreo cookies
1 (8-oz) pkg cream cheese
1/2 cup margarine
1 cup powdered sugar
1 (12-oz) container Cool Whip
2 (3-oz) pkgs Instant French Vanilla pudding
3 1/2 cups milk
Gummy worms for decoration

Crush cookies into fine crumbs and set aside.  Mix softened cream cheese, softened margarine and powdered sugar.  In a seperate bowl mix the pudding and milk.  Combine the 2 mixtures together in a large bowl.  Fold in Cool Whip.  In a large bowl or 13"X9" pan layer cookies and pudding mixture starting and stopping with the cookie crumbs.  Decorate with gummy worms.  Refrigerate until serving.  This is also very cute if put in a clay pot but the pot needs to be glazed on the inside.  I have also made it up in individual glazed clay pots. 

Cool Cucumber Pasta

12 oz tube pasta (any kind is fine)
1 Tablespoon vegtable oil
3 medium cucumbers
1 medium onion
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
3/4 cup vinegar
1 Tablespoon yellow mustard
1 Tablespoon dried parsley flakes
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt

Cook pasta according to package directions.  Drain and rinse in cold water.  Place in a large bowl and stir in oil.  Thinly slice cucumbers and onions.  Add to pasta.  Combine the rest of the ingrediants in a bowl and mix well.  Pour over pasta mixture.  Cover and chill 3-4 hours stirring occasionally.  Serve with a slotted spoon.

 To participate in this contest go to www.homeschoolblogger.com/ReviewsbyHeidi/332225/

Happy Homeschooling,

Leah

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May. 14, 2007 - HomeschoolEStore's Mother's Day Promotion

I wanted to post information here for those who may be trying to download free books from our site and can't.  We knew this event would be big based on the response of our Black Friday event.  We prepared and worked hard to insure there would be no glitches but once again our server has been unable to meet our needs.  We apologize and insure you we are working hard behind the scenes to keep things running and answer each and every email (there are literally hundreds).  You can download the titles as we do have the server back up.  We will also leave the titles up until mid-morning. 

Here is the noticed posted on our website.  ....

NOTICE: Due to the overwhelming response of the Mother's Day promotion, our web host has been unable to keep up with the traffic. Because of this, we will be moving to a hosting service than can handle our site's volume, both now and into the future. Updates regarding the Mother's Day Promotion will be forthcoming. We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience, and thank you for your support.

Welcome to the Mother’s Day Event at HomeschoolEStore, where for today only, you can download up to 28 FREE Homeschool titles from our generous publishers, worth over $200.00 in value!

 Happy Mother’s Day to you, from HomeschoolEstore and its publishers. This our way of honoring the love, creativity, sacrifice and hard work you have dedicated to your children, in their homeschools and in their lives.

Click here to take a look at our list of freebies, and start downloading your way to a happy day-after Mother's Day

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Apr. 6, 2007 - It's Affiliate Month at HomeschoolEStore!

Curriculum is expensive, isn’t it?

Affiliate Month at HomeschoolEstore can help!

Need extra cash to cover the cost of curriculum? Become a HomeschoolEstore affiliate and earn cash or credit. It’s easy, takes almost no time and you don’t need a website or blog to participate!

• Earn the extra cash you need!

Get 20% in cash or credit during the entire month of April and 10% for every month thereafter!

• Think you could be our Best-Selling Affiliate?

Join our challenge!

We’ll award our 3 top selling affiliates up to $100 in site credit this month!

• Finally, a fun and easy contest for adults.

Feeling creative? Enter our “Most-Creative,” or “Most-Humorous” contests and win site credit. You don’t need a blog or website to participate!

• Want to know about HomeschoolEstore specials

before everybody else?

Sign up for our affiliate newsletter and be the first to find out about what’s going on at HomeschoolEstore.

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Mar. 27, 2007 - A great way to earn money for those curriculum purchases is coming in April!

It’s no April Fool’s Day Joke! Now at HomeschoolEstore, you can earn extra cash for Spring curriculum purchases. It’s easy!

It’s Affiliate Month at HomeschoolEStore.com, where you can earn 20% in cash or credit during the entire month of April. You don’t even need a website or blog to participate!

And, don’t miss your chance to take part in our Affiliate Contest, where you could win “Top-Selling Affiliate,” “Most Creative Affiliate,” or “Most Humorous Affiliate!” Win up to $100 in site credit and be featured on our homepage or in our newsletter.

It’s easy to take advantage of HomeschoolEStore’s affiliate program and earn 20% in cash and credit, even if you don’t have a website or blog! Just log in to HomeschoolEStore.com, copy the HTML code shown on our Affiliate Resources page into the body of an e-mail and send it out to your family and friends. We even have a sample fundraising letter you can use, also available on our Affiliate Resources page! During the month of April, every time one of your family or friends clicks on the link in your e-mail and makes a purchase, you earn 20% of that purchase – and you'll earn 10% for every month thereafter!

If you have a family, business or blog site, or belong to an organization that does, just log in to HomeschoolEStore.com and copy the HTML code shown on our Affiliate Resources page or copy the affiliate links shown on each product page when you're logged in. Or, provide the Webmaster of your site the code for the affiliate banner/graphic of your choice from the aforementioned Affiliate Resources page. Every time a visitor to your site clicks on the HomeschoolEStore.com link during April and buys something, you earn 20% of that purchase, and 10% for every month after April!

It's that simple! For the entire month of April we'll pay you 20% of each sale generated through your site or e-mail, and 10% for every month thereafter!

Have fun and earn cash by entering our April Affiliate Month Contest!

• We will be giving away $100 in site credit to our top-selling affiliate, $50 to our 2nd best-selling affiliate and $25 to our 3rd best selling affiliate. And the best part is, you need to do nothing to enter!

• Planning to send out a fundraising letter? Enter our Most-humorous or our Most-creative contests by blind copying us in on the fundraising e-email you send out to your friends and family (use the “BCC” field in your email program to do this). If we like what you’ve done, you could win up to $25 in site credit. We’ll be awarding 1st-3rd places in both categories: most humorous and most creative. We’ll also be featuring the winners in our weekly newsletter. More details about how to enter will be posted on April 1st.

• Have a blog or website and want to compete for the Most-humorous or Most-creative award? There’s a separate contest for you! Post about your blog or website in our forums section. If we like what you’ve done, you could win up to $25 in site credit. We’ll be awarding 1st-3rd places in both categories: most humorous and most creative. We’ll also be featuring the winners in our weekly newsletter. More details about how to enter will be posted on April 1st.

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Mar. 9, 2007 - Essay Contest

Everything's Coming Up...

Including HomeschoolEstore's Spring Essay Contest for kids ages 5-18!

Have your child write and submit a short essay entitled "Everything's coming up" and they could win a brand new MP3 Player, a Mousepad Speaker or a Writing Kit and be featured on the HomeschoolEstore homepage! Dale and Sandy Larsen, authors of Igniting Your Writing, will be judging the contest. So, shake off those winter blahs and give your child something to ignite their writing, today!

Click here for contest details and more information about the prizes:

http://www.homeschoolestore.com/catalog/hses_contest_coming_up.php

Contest submissions are due by March 31st.

Happy Homeschooling-Leah

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Feb. 18, 2007 - Another Great Freebie!

Here is another wonderful freebie on our site (on top of our regular free weekly download). 

www.homeschoolestore.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=46_827&products_id=2257

Writing the Visual, Kinesthetic, Auditory Alphabet
by Child 1st Publications

Free Right now!!!

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Feb. 10, 2007 - Free Valentine Notebooking Pages, Cards, & More!

I must say we have a wonderful group of publishers at Homeschoolestore.com!  They work with us so we can offer freebies to our customers.  Their generosity makes my job so much fun! 

One of these publishers is Debra, the creator of NotebookingPages.com 

Right now she is offering a free eBook, Valentines Notebooking Pages, Cards, & More!

It is wonderful, just like the rest of her products.  Here is a direct link to our site where you can download the book

http://www.homeschoolestore.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=46_840&products_id=2562

Be sure to check our the other products from NotebookingPages.com and stop by Debra's blog http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/NotebookingPages/ to let her know how much you appreciate this freebie

Happy Homeschooling,

Leah

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