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Monthly Archives: April 2008

Library Pockets

21-Apr-08

Library pockets can be used in your homemade games for sorting.
Library Pocket Templates
http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/mirkwooddesigns/library.htm
http://www.houseofstirfry.com/chia/templates/lib01.html
http://www.houseofstirfry.com/chia/templates/lib03.html
http://www.paperwishes.com/products/7273180000
I was looking in a paper craft magazine July 2006 and found a few big punches that fold to shape like little file folders and library pockets. I actually have one that is shaped like little file folders - I got it for [...]

Jason-1 Game

21-Apr-08

A Jason-1 Game Oceanic Adventure - Voyage on the High Seas printable game. In addition to being a game, it is an eye-catching poster showing continents, oceans and all of the major ocean currents. The game is offered by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
The game is printable in pdf format. Download the latest version of Adobe [...]

Picture Recipe Board Game

21-Apr-08

Picture Recipe Board Game is a free printable game that can reinforce picture recipe concepts or general measurement concepts. The game consists of a game board and game cards. Print out the game board pieces and the card pieces you wish to use.
You can expand the game by measuring the game cards and creating a [...]

Lapbooking

15-Apr-08

Here are some neat lapbooking links that have been sent to me. I’ll add these to the website at my next update.
Homeschool Share has over 100 free templates ranging from folds to graphic organizers and story summaries. They also have Free Lapbooks which are added to frequently. Many of those are literature lapbooks and FIAR.
Tristan’s [...]

Happy Mother’s Day

13-Apr-08

Mother’s Day Poem or Letter
Mother’s Day Gift Checks
Mother’s Day at Alphabet Soup
Mom’s Day Gift, Games & Activities
Gifts To Give
Mother’s Day at Crayola
Mother’s Day Unit, Crafts + More
DLTK’s Mother’s Day section
As Good As Gold
Mother’s Day Crafts
Everything Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day Recipes
Recipes and Crafts For Mother’s Day
Mom’s Day Activities
M-O-T-H-E-R Poem
Mother’s Day coloring and craft projects
Junior Chefs Cook For [...]

Pastitsio

10-Apr-08

This is a recipe for Pastitsio that’s on my website.
Pastitsio
2 pounds hamburger
1 1/2 Tablespoons tomato paste
1/2 large onion chopped
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
3/4 pound Mostaccioli or Ziti noodles partially cooked
1/2 cup Romano cheese grated
6 eggs separated
1 1/2 sticks butter (3/4 cup)
SAUCE
2 Tablespoons butter
2 Tablespoons flour
2 cups milk
dash pepper
In a 10″ skillet, brown hamburger. Add tomato paste, onion, [...]

Spring for Littles

08-Apr-08

Here’s a few activities for younger kids for springSpring Clip Art
Spring Crafts
Spring Theme
Spring Word Puzzle
Sequence Cards
Spring Activities
Spring Crosswood Puzzle
Spring Flowers
Spring Pictures to Color
Springtime Coloring Book
Spring Songs and Poems
More Spring Songs
Spring Flower Puzzle

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Office Depot - Star Teacher Program

06-Apr-08

Office Star Teacher Program seems to have changed since I posted the information on the website. I posted from their info sheet that you’ll receive a 5% discount on every purchase you make. Now their website says you’ll get 10% back on ink, toner & paper and 1% back on nearly everything else. Print services [...]

GreatScopes Microscopes Discount

05-Apr-08

GreatScopes Microscopes is now offering a 10% discount to homeschoolers on any microscope $149 or more. Their microscopes are already discounted 25% or more from retail, so the total value to homeschoolers is very high.
As a microscope dealer for twelve years and a homeschooler for twenty years, John Lind can tell you there really is [...]

Freebies at Wal-Mart on Earth Day

03-Apr-08

As part of Earth Month 2008, Wal-Mart will be giving away a million custom-made reusable shopping bags on Saturday, April 19, 2008 at 8:00am Local Time.*
Plastic bags can take as long as 1,000 years to degrade. If you miss out on the free reusable shopping bag, don’t panic. Wal-Mart sells their reusable shopping bags made [...]