Subscribers to our Homeschooling with the Trivium eletter will receive several freebies in the next issue — coming this week.

Grammar-Land or, Grammar in Fun for the Children of Schoolroom Shire by M.L. Nesbitt (PDF ebook), from Homeschool Freebie of the Day

“What is Grammar Land? Where is Grammar Land? Have you ever been to Grammar Land? Wait a minute and you shall hear…” In this classic read aloud book, published way back in 1878, author Nesbitt creates an amazing fantasy land not unlike “Alice In Wonderland”, where the citizens are the nine parts of speech (Mr. Proper Noun, Dr. Verb, Little Article, etc.) and all are governed by the stern but wise old Judge Grammar. It’s a fun, fascinating way to learn some of the basic grammar rules all the while carried along by the very memorable characters and a wild adventure to boot. Highly recommended!
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The Boston Tea Party by Josephine Pollard and H. W. McVikar (PDF ebook), from Homeschool Freebie of the Day

A wonderful old time picture book telling the story of the Boston Tea Party, which occurred in December of 1773, exactly 235 years ago! Yes, it is an old OLD book, originally published in 1812, but don’t let that fool you. This is a hugely enjoyable historical romp back to the events surrounding that milestone event in colonial America. Beautiful, witty illustrations and text in verse make this an absolutely delightful picture book your kids will truly enjoy – and learn a lot of history from, too!
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Stitchery For Girls – A Five Year Course (PDF ebook), from Homeschool Freebie of the Day

This classic curriculum was originally written in 1911 as a five year course in hand sewing and stitchery for girls in rural schools and for home instruction. Obviously, there’s no electric sewing machines mentioned here at all… but all the basic instructions, exercises and learning projects in this book are still a great way to teach hand sewing step-by-step today. We know it is pretty much a lost art, but there is some great instruction here! Lots of good advice to the teacher on how to instill good habits into their students as they progress through these projects over the years. Check it out and learn to sew… exactly the same way great-grandma did back when she went to school!
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Gold, Peace, and Prosperity by Ron Paul (ebook) from Patriot Newswire

Ron Paul has been the leading champion of sound money in the Congress. Here he explains why sound money means a new gold standard. The monograph is written in the clearest possible terms with the goal of explaining the basics of paper money and its effects of inflation, business cycles, and government growth.  He maps out a plan to bring about a dollar that is as good as gold, one that would be protected against manipulation by government and central bankers.
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Free workshop download from Hal and Melanie Young of Raising Real Men — Ballistic Homeschooling: Teaching Your Boys

Have you ever had a war break out in the midde of history or had a math lesson last three hours? Homeschooling boys can be a huge challenge for those of us raised in our feminized schools. Come hear from a mother that has taught six boys at one time from Kindergarten to 12th grade share how to turn wiggle worms into scholars and boys into real men!
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History Timeline/Book of Centuries Notebooking System from Notebooking Pages

This “system” includes themed borders for each of the four main periods of history:

Ancient Times
Middle Ages
Renaissance & Reformation
Modern Times

Templates include:

Spines for your notebook
Cover Pages, Title Pages
Dividers for special topics like Daily Living, Government/Politics, Religion/Philosophy, Science/Technology, & more!
Books Read & Resources Used Templates
Vocabulary Page
Timeline Pages (in mulitple formats)
2 Sets of Different Themed Bordered Notebooking Templates
*one set for use with our 3D mini-book system and
*one set with a variety of frames and mini-timelines (all-in-one style)

This system was created to make notebooking your history studies simple, quick, and fun! The themed borders will give your child’s notebook an elegant, organized flair giving him a great place to start recording his study through the centuries. As he adds his own timeline figures, maps, illustrations, narrations, copywork, etc., the book will come to life. When finished, he’ll have a beautiful notebook of his studies!
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Interactive ebook with memory cards and review sheets by Sarah Poole to use in conjunction with our book Handy English Encoder Decoder.
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Vocabulary Bridges from English to Latin and Greek by Harvey Bluedorn — 104 page vocabulary studies ebook for ages 10 and up
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Daily Bible Reading 2012 – This is a daily Bible reading listing for the year 2012. With this arrangement, you read the whole Bible in a year, but in the chronological order of events. So, for example, many of the Psalms are included with the readings for historical books because they were written at the time of those events. Likewise, the writings of prophets are included with contemporary historical events.
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Download concert pianist Greg Howlett’s new Christmas CD Seasonal Spice for FREE! Features secular and Christian favorites with Greg on piano and outstanding musicians such as multiple-Grammy winner Andy Leftwich, Sam Levine and John Catchings.