Homeschooling FREEBIES: High School Science & Online Conference

Sharing some more homeschooling freebies that I have come across in the last week!

First, a high school Zoology class at The Internet Science Room....Zoology Class.
It is a full online course along with class assignments, quizzes, linked definitions, tests, resources and more.

Secondly, there is an online conference through the Smithsonian Institute, called "Problem Solving with Smithsonian Experts".  It is a four day/two part conference on April 13-14 and then on April 28-29, 2010. The conference sessions span the arts, history, science, and culture, and are organized around four key themes. The four themes are "Understanding the American Experience", "Valuing World Cultures", "Unlocking the Mysteries of the Universe", and "Understanding and Sustaining a Biodiverse Universe". All sessions take place live online — you participate and interact directly from your computer in real time with the experts, check the site for the times each day. Each session will be recorded and posted after it takes place for on-demand access. Register for free today!

I would love to highlight other homeschooling freebies!! Do you know of any freebies that are homeschool related or would be good to use in homeschooling?? Please leave me a comment or send me an email(you will find my email by view my complete profile).

Singing Sunday--Arise My Love

We sang this song in church this morning. Oh what a powerful song!! It is so amazing to me that our Lord is ALIVE!! He didn't stay dead! I serve a living God! He conquered the grave, death and sin so that I could live and live life to the full. I love you, Lord! I pray that I will live for You and have a passion to serve You every day of my life! Thank you, Lord for dying for me! Thank you for rising again and living to prepare a place for me to join you some day soon!

Arise My Love
Artist - Newsong
Words and Music by Eddie Carswell

Not a word was heard
at the tomb that day.
Just shuffling of soldiers feet
as they guarded the grave.
One day, two days,
three days had past.
Could it be that Jesus
breathed His last?

Could it be that His Father
had forsaken him?
Turned his back on his son
dispising our sin.
All hell seemed to whisper
'Just forget Him, He's dead.'
Then the Father looked down
to his son and he said..

Arise, My love.
Arise, My love.
The grave no longer
has a hold on you
No more death's sting
No more suffering
Arise...Arise...my love.

The Earth trembled
and the tomb began to shake,
and like lightening
from Heaven the stone was rolled away.
And as dead man
the guards they all stood there in fright
As the power of love
displayed its might
Then suddenly a melody
filled the air
Riding wings of wind,
it was everywhere
The words all creation
had been longing to hear
The sweet sound of victory,
so loud and clear.

Arise, my love.
Arise, my love.
The grave no longer has a hold on you.
No more death's sting
no more suffering
Arise...arise....

Sin, where are your shackles?
Death, where is your sting?
Hell; has been defeated.
The grave could not hold the king.

Arise, My love.
Arise, My love.
The grave no longer
has a hold on you
No more death's sting
No more suffering
Arise....Arise....Arise

Weekly Shopping Trip---Savings $119.32

With my pantry and freezer still relatively full and really trying to empty out my freezer, I kept this week's shopping trip to just the items I knew I needed in order to make it the next two weeks without having to run to the store to finish meals. I also picked up a few health & beauty items along with finding some 30 ct Bayer aspirin 81 mg for hubby on clearance for $1.79 and I had a TWO $1/1 coupons that were set to expire so I got 60 tabs for $1.58!!

Here is what I purchased this week:

Meijer: 

• 1 jar grape jam $2.49
• 1 bottle Snuggle fabric softener 88¢
• 16.75 lbs boneless/skinless chicken $29.98
• 3 bags frozen corn $2.31
• 3 dozen eggs $2.64
• 20 lbs potatoes $2.98
• 2 boxes Wheat Thins $1.34
• 1 bottle hair gel 50¢
• 1 bottle acne wash $3.59
• 2 bags chicken nuggets $7.98
• 1 ladies Speed stick deodorant $1.50 
• 3 tubes cinnamon rolls $3.20
• 2 boxes pie crust $5.00
• 1 lb cheese $2.34
• 4-64 oz Tropicana orange juice $5.00
• 1 lb turkey lunchmeat $2.50
• 2 bottles Suave body wash $2.58
• 2 bottles Suave men's body wash $3.33
• 2 bottles Suave kids' shampoo $2.34
• 2 bottles Suave shampoo $2.84
• 1 tube kids' Crest toothpaste $1.17
• 2 bottles Bayer aspirin $1.58
• 12 double rolls Northern TP $5.49

Total OOP(with 6% sales tax): $93.72  (I received $6 off my next shopping order from Suave and Pillsbury via Catalina coupons!!)

Total Savings: $66.99

Total without sales and coupons: $160.71

Family Fare: 

• 2 pkgs Keebler cookies $3.43
• 1 pkg Keebler cheesecake cookies $1.44
• 1 box 12 ct poptarts $1.88
• 1 bag Gorton's fish fillets $5.59
• 3 bags Ore-Ida frozen pototoes $2.50
• 1 Keebler ready graham crust $1.44
• 2 pkgs smoky links $4.00
• 1 pk. Danimals smoothies $1.00
• 1 lb. strawberries $1.49
• 3-64 oz apple juice $5.00
• 3 lbs I can't believe its not butter sticks $1.62
• 2 gallons milk $3.76
• 2 containers ice cream $3.76
• 7.46 lbs ground beef $14.03
• .87 lbs top round steak $3.16
• 1.70 lbs chuck steak $4.30
• 3.94 lbs stew meat $9.63
• 1 bottle All detergent $1.99

Total OOP with 6% sales tax: $70.26

Total Savings: $52.33

Total without sales and coupons: $122.59

Grand Total OOP(with 6% sales tax): $163.98

Grand Total Savings: $119.32

Grand Total without sales and coupons: $283.30

This post is linked to: 

• Coupon Super Savers at Coupon Saving Game!
• Savers Bungelow at Saving a Bundle!
• Week-Ending Finales at The Frugal Free Loader!
• Shopping Round Up at The Grocery Cart Challenge!

Homeschooling FREEBIES

Over the weekend, I came across some homeschooling freebies and decided to share the "wealth" with everyone else. I love homeschooling freebies and use them as a major part of my homeschooling curriculum to keep my costs down. If you are new to homeschooling and have a preschooler or early elementary age children, you can use homeschooling freebies as your main curriculum instead of a pre-packaged curriculum.

Sorry I am little late sharing this information from CurrClick, but....

Right now through April 5th, there is an Easter Egg Hunt going on over at CurrClick! They have 18 different eggs hidden on their site and for each egg you find, you get a free educational download for free!  I have already gotten them all, thanks to Laura and her hints!

Just in time for a Spring Unit Study, there is another FREE download is available from EggHead Academics!! It is an e-book of a mini lapbooking unit on an overview of Spring.  This is geared towards elementary age children. I think this would be something great to do with my first grader and have my preschooler sit in and listen and even do some coloring of the flower templates that are included in the ebook. Thanks to Laura! Just a note: I was able to download without signing up for anything on their site.

One last FREE item for today!!  You sign up for HomeschoolFreebie of the Day newsletter and you get this FREE Worksheets Directory! Sign up this week!  This directory will have thousands of links to downloadable activity pages, educational worksheets, coloring pages and more! :) Thanks MoneySavingMom and Mom for Him!


Let me know if you know of any more homeschooling freebies??

Menu Plan Monday 3/28-4/3

Last week I went ahead and planned two weeks’ worth of meals thinking that this week would be an easy “cut and paste” of that second week.  Little did I realize that hubby was planning a little overnight getaway for the two of us without kids and that the weather was going to turn cold at the end of this past week so grilling outside was not an option!  So I decided to do some moving of meals around and have put the grilling meals on to this week in exchange for the inside meals that I had initially planned for this week.

Last week I did an essentials trip of grocery shopping!  I shopped for some deals and also got the essentials that we were missing from the big shopping trip I did two weeks ago.  Since that big shopping trip, my hubby has challenged me to see if I can empty the freezer! He really thinks that emptying the freezer is a necessity so I am working at reducing the items in there in the next month.

Do you have any recipes that use mashed bananas, shredded zucchini, or frozen blueberries???   I have about 20 mashed bananas, 8 cups shredded zucchini, and a good 3 lbs of blueberries in my freezer!!  I would love to make some things up in the next month to reduce them in my freezer.   The rest of the items like sandwich bread, various meats are things that I should not have problems using with the next month.

This week’s meals are simple and using what I have on hand in the freezer and pantry.   I am hopefully going to empty things out of my freezer enough to be able to refill it with “baking goodness” and also have plenty of room for my monthly Sam’s run in a couple of weeks.

This week’s lunches that are listed below are for the kids and me! Unless we are having leftovers, our lunches are served with apple slices or carrot sticks along with fruit juice or water.  Hubby usually takes a dinner leftover along with various snacks for his work lunch so I don’t take the time to really plan his lunches. I just take the next container of leftovers in the stack in the fridge that I have prepared ahead of time.

A special thanks to Laura-Organizing Junkie for hosting Menu Plan Monday! Need help with your menus; go check the over 300 other delicious meal plans that have been linked at Laura-Organizing Junkie's site or look down in my right sidebar for my menu suggestion lists!

Sunday (3-28)

Breakfast: eggs, hash browns, sausage and cinnamon rolls

Lunch: chicken nuggets, chips and carrots

Dinner:  Kentucky Fried Chicken (after church)

Snack: snack basket

Monday (3-29)

Breakfast: cereal and banana muffins

Lunch: leftovers

Dinner:  chicken gravy, mashed potatoes, corn and crescent rolls

Snack: snack basket

Tuesday (3-30)

Breakfast:  waffles and sausage

Lunch: sandwiches & chips

Dinner:  spaghetti and garlic toast

Snack: snack basket

Wednesday (3-31)

Breakfast:  bagels and cereal

Lunch: pizza

Dinner: skillet pork chops, mac & cheese, and peas

Snack: snack basket

Thursday (4-1)

Breakfast: Pancakes and sausage

Lunch: leftovers

Dinner:  pizza and breadsticks for the kids and sitter, hubby and I gone on getaway!

Snack: snack basket                                                       

Friday (4-2)

Breakfast: cereal and toaster strudel

Lunch: mini frozen pizzas

Dinner: grilled burgers, french fries, and corn

Snack: ice cream night

Saturday (4-3)

Breakfast:  Your Choice

Lunch: sandwiches & chips

Dinner: grilled chicken/fish/shrimp, potato pockets, and corn

Snack: popcorn