Printable Maps - Large World Maps, Country Maps

I found a GREAT resource!

This is from Owl &  Mouse at YourChildLearns.com Print Large Maps Homeschool

"Print maps large or small; from 1 page to almost 7 feet across; PC or Mac.  For classroom and student use.  MegaMaps requires Adobe Flash. Free online software - no downloading or installation."

You can even print mega maps! Super huge!  So big you can walk on them.

Check out my map!

Yes, I am a homeschool mama AND and entrepreneur.  

I run a business from my home.

A bunch of my international sales have been 

marked with a dot on this map.

It helps me to keep my vision of my jewelry 

going all over the world!!

Find my shop here:

Everything Beautiful

Etsy Jewelry Shop

High School Writing - Homeschool Writing - College Bound

I was searching for some good writing programs / eBooks / workbooks / instructions for our boys and came across these great resources.

High School Writing :  CAHSEE Writing Program - PDF

Script Writing Workbook High School : for aspiring film makers / writers / plays - PDF

ACT Essay Workbooks for Christian Students - PDF

Writing for the SAT : for high school students desiring to take the SAT - PDF

Novel writing for high school  : A guide / workbook for high school students desiring to write a novel - PDF

How to write for the SAT : A guide / workbook for high school students - PDF

How to analyze words in writings : Workbook for high school writing program - PDF

Literary response : Workbook for literature high school - PDF





Extra Stuff:

You can go to college - (Workbook & Questions) Guide for high school students thinking about college - PDF

Guide for the college bound high school student



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Homeschool Line Up for 2012

How is your search for the perfect homeschooling products, books, and subscriptions going for the 2012 school year?

I'd love to know what you are using as I am still on a search myself.  (I don't use boxed curriculum and our approach is "eclectic/delight driven."

This is what I have so far:

Science:
Florida Science: An Environmental Science Adventure (Jr. High)
Creation Apologetics (High School)
Marine Environmental Science (High School)
Physics (Free, High School) ~ CK12.org (has book and videos)

Math:
Geometry videos (High School) ~ Yaymath.org
Basic Geometry Plus Teacher Edition (High School) ~ CK12.org

Master Math (Jr. High) Free videos and worksheets ~ MasterMath.info

Literature:
Glencoe Literature Library (plus books from the library)

Writing:
Writing Essays in Just 20 Minutes a Day ~ PDF
Research and Writing Skills in 20 Minutes a Day ~ PDF

English:
English 7 Easy Peasy

Geography and Cultures Free Curriculum (Christian) ~ PDF

Filmaking:
Homeschool Movie Club (High School) ~ Homeschool Movie Club Curriculum

Entrepreneurship for Teens

Teaching Kids about Banking ~ PDF

Micro Business for Teens ~ For Purchase
Micro Business for Teens Videos

Homeschool Freebies ~ Linky Love

I want to promote a very helpful website.  Lori posts about free things that are helpful for homeschoolers.  I'd like you to check it out!


Freely Educate

Homeschool Legal Advantage ~ Special

Homeschool Legal Advantage has a special program for first year members!


First year free membership in Homeschool Legal Advantage, a ministry of the Christian Law Association, providing legal protection for you and your homeschool.  First year members also receive a free last will & testament!  Go to www.HomeschoolLegalAdvantage.com  to learn more and sign up, using the coupon code GIFT.


FAQ Page:  Homeschool Legal Advantage


HLA is an outreach of the Christian Law Association (CLA). The CLA has faithfully served churches and families since 1969, and has successfully defended over 8,000 educational freedom-related cases.

HLA provides homeschooling families with every legal service that any other homeschool legal organization provides. Additionally, they provide a free will for both Mom and Dad, represent homeschool organizations, help working parents with workplace issues related to their Christian faith, serve local churches and pastors, and do it all on a suggested donation model.
You may wish to note that the HLA team includes a large group of full-time attorneys and an additional 200+ affiliated attorneys throughout the United States.



Visit www.HomeschoolLegalAdvantage.com.  Click on JOIN NOW and supply the requested information.  At checkout, use the coupon code GIFT for your first-year membership, which includes a FREE last will and testament. You will receive a confirmation email that also includes instructions on how to ACTIVATE your Homeschool Legal Advantage membership and download forms to begin your will preparation.

www.HomeschoolLegalAdvantage.com

Outdoor Survival Training Books

Outdoor Survival Training: Student Manual

This book is free for a limited time via PDF

Part 1cover–iv796 KBPart 622–26536 KBPart 21–51.5 MBPart 727–31808 KBPart 37–11808 KBPart 832–36824 KBPart 412–161.1 MBPart 937–41844 KBPart 517–21944 KBPart 1042104 KB

Kids Outdoor Survival Training ~ Website with tons of PDF links to print or save

Outdoor Skills and Ethics ~ PDF

U S Army Field Manual ~ PDF (HUGE resource) 

Complete Outdoorsman's Handbook ~ PDF

Scouts quiz

Online wilderness survival quiz

Advanced wilderness survival quiz online

Pocket Survival Guide ~ PDF

California Survival ~ PDF

Homeschool History Worksheets

Study history independently or  supplement your history curriculum:

Historical Figure Worksheet ~ PDF

Historical Figure Worksheet ~ Microsoft Word Document

Character and Leadership Historical Figure Worksheet ~ PDF  (I really like this one)

Character and Leadership Historical Person Lesson Plans and Worksheets ~ PDF (for Civil War but could be used for other historical persons)

Lesson Plans and Worksheets for Van Valen's Gold Rush Journey ~ PDF (this is a really neat project from National Museum of American History)

Jr. High and High School Real World Math eBooks

These are great!  I am using these for math part of this year.

FREE math eBooks  (more at this link)

Kitchen Math ~ PDF

Money Math ~ PDF

Home Math ~ PDF

Simply Math ~ PDF

FREE Standardized (Sample) Tests PDF

FREE Sample Standardized Tests for the sciences ~ with answers!

Standardized Test for Physics ~ PDF

Standardized Test for Chemistry ~ PDF

Standardized Test for Biology ~ PDF

Standardized Test for Earth Science ~ PDF

Standardized Test Grade 10 Life Science ~ PDF

Standardized Test Grade 8 Science ~ PDF

Standardized Test Grad 8 Computers ~ PDF

FREE Audio Books

It's great to have kids read a book!  Try adding some more excitement by getting them an audio book!

Audio Books for Kids

Bible Study Downloads for Teens

What is the most important subject in your homeschool?  Well, reading is pretty important.  Without it, you couldn't read the Bible!

FREE Bible Study for teens PDF ~ by music artist David Nevue

Youth Bible Study PDF ~ The Second Coming of Jesus

Youth Bible Study PDF ~ Ecclesiasties 12
FREE Bible Curriculum from The Church of Christ in Zion, Illinois

FREE Bible Curriculum for Homeschool and Sunday school

BUILDING YOUR FUTURE FINANCIAL LITERACY CURRICULUM - A 2010 AWARD WINNER!

FREE Financial Literacy Curriculum 

Let's make sure our high school students are well educated in finances.  Don't forget to teach them about handling money God's way too!

(Downloads at bottom of post)

From The Actuarial Foundation website:

Building Your Future

Book 1 BANKING

Topics include savings accounts, checking accounts, credit cards, taxes

Building Your Future

Book 2 FINANCING

Topics include loans & interest, home loans, auto loans, insurance

Building Your Future

Book 3 INVESTING

Topics include bonds, stocks, mutual funds, risk & diversification, inflation

The Actuarial Foundation has released to U.S. high school and college teachersBuilding Your Future, an engaging and relevant financial literacy curriculum, to help teens master the foundational elements of personal finance and to prepare for life on their own.
Building Your Future helps students easily grasp the essentials of personal finance, gives them multiple opportunities to practice core skills and showcases the real-world impact of the financial decisions they make. Each chapter is classroom ready, with a Teacher's Guide that provides handouts and answer keys, instruction and assessment suggestions, definitions and resources that align with national mathematics and personal financial education standards.

PDF Download Teacher Book 1

PDF Download Student Book 1

PDF Download Teacher Book 2

PDF Download Student Book 2

PDF Download Teacher Book 3

PDF Download Student Book 3

Free Homefires' Homeschool Teleconference!

Free Homefires' Homeschool Teleconference!

Thursday, August 18, 2011 4-5 p.m. PT 6-7 p.m. Central 7-8 p.m. ET

The Basic Building Blocks
for Homeschool Success!

With Diane Flynn Keith

FREE Kindle Books for Highschool

I want to thank Freely Educate for her post today!  (You'll have to go check her out!)

Amazon is giving away 2 FREE Kindle books.
One is "250 Words Every High School Freshman Needs to Know"
The second is "250 Words Every High School Graduate Needs to Know"

I really like these two books.  They even have vocabulary quizzes and the answers!

If you don't own a Kindle, that's ok!  You can download it for FREE!  :)  I did that today and I got 3 FREE books on it.  Download Kindle for FREE

When I first heard about Kindle, I wasn't too impressed.  I just like the feel of a real book.  But when I started exploring the Kindle, I found that I was quite impressed!

Free Literature Guides

Novel Study Guides Novel Study Guides for the Classroom Teacher
Glencoe Literature Library - Literature Study Guides
Bibliomania - Upper level Literature Study Guides
Novelguide - Literature Guides (Kind of like Cliff Notes)
CoreKnowledge - Literature Guides with answers (further down page)
Reading Units by Gay Miller - Literature Reading Units (online or print quizzes)
TeacherVision - printable literature worksheets
Millstone Education - Literature Units
Children's Literature - Literature - Free Presentations in PowerPoint format & Free Interactive Games - second link

Free Math

Free math ebook:  Totally Free Math

From the website:

"My company specializes in mathematics from arithmetic through precalculus, and our primary objective is to provide low or no-cost educational materials to students and educators. My textbooks were developed and produced by McGraw Hill and are 5-color hardbound textbooks with full ancillary packages developed to the highest industry standards."

Are you ready for school?

Love this one!
Math Worksheets
Dad's Worksheets
Up to Pre-Algebra

Free Math Program downloaded to your computer (I have downloaded this to my desktop.) You can find the download for free button on the upper left side.
Math 911
Top-Rated Mathematics Tutorial Software For Schools and Students

• Pre-Algebra
• Introductory Algebra
• College Algebra
• Trigonometry
• Calculus
• Statistics

Free math (some ebooks):
Mathematics Enhancement Programme - by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation
Up to year 9

Online Textbooks with video tutor
Introductory Mathematics (pre-algebra)
Introductory Algebra
Intermediate Algebra
Available for free

Download Free Math Texbooks
PASS - Mostly Jr. High & Highschool
If you want the teacher book - you can email them, tell them that you are a homeschooler and KINDLY ask for the teacher book pass code  (I have done this)

Free McGraw Hill - print Math eBooks
GREAT RESOURCE!
Choose your state here: math books

Math eBooks - tons of them - mostly upper maths

HomeSchool Math - tons of links and free resources - mostly upper maths

FREE English/Grammar

I found this site today and really liked it.  It has English/Grammar worksheets WITH the answers!  Woo hoo!

English For Everyone ~  Free English and Grammar worksheets

Customizable Coloring / Writing Pages

This site is great.  I think you'll like it.

You can customize pages:  Twisty Noodle

Here is an example of one I printed today:

Creative Writing ~ For Students and Moms

Photo credit

Book Writing Template PDF~ Wanna write a book?  Here is a template!

Creative Writing Quick Writes Prompts

Writing Fix ~ Great things here - tons of writing prompts for many grades ~ this website is FULL of GREAT ideas!

Teaching Ideas ~ Lots of PDF's for writing stories ~ writing worksheets

Creative Writing eBook/PDFs from AVKO ~ Cost $2.99

Writing Prompts ~ Tons of links for writing

Busy Teacher's Cafe ~ Writing worksheets book report forms

Super Teacher Worksheets ~ Reading Comprehension Worksheets  ~ I really like these!