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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

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 [...]