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Subscribe to The Old Schoolhouse magazine and enjoy some amazing freebies!

About six months ago I got a subscription to The Old Schoolhouse magazine when they had some outrageous deal going on, and I have not regretted it since.

Along with the magazine I receive a fresh dose of homeschool inspiration covering a variety of topics, both practical and theoretical to give my homeschool day the makeover it needs now and then. I appreciate the wisdom from veteran, and “retired”, homeschoolers. I soak up the tips and ideas for unit studies or handling a problem that I find myself wrestling with.

Each publication reminds me that I am normal. 🙂 And, it encourages me to know I don’t struggle alone through Algebra, spelling woes, and trying to somehow get all the housework done on top of it. It’s always good to know that many others walk this same path.

Well, if you could use some of that encouragement delivered to your mailbox, they have another pretty incredible deal going on right now.

They already had a sweet deal with 19 free gifts (scroll and click through that link to find out about all the goodies — from gifts cards to DVD classes) coming your way for the first 5,000 people to sign up for a two year subscription (fyi, at last count 1,000 people had already taken advantage of this deal). Now, you can get an extra $5 off using this code: ELSGL5OFF

It says their gifts can’t be combined with any other offers, but this offer was made specially to work with the subscription and gifts, just plug it in during check out for the extra $5 off. For $34 you can enjoy all the free gifts plus a two-year subscription to The Old Schoolhouse Magazine. Just make sure you enter that code when you check out to get your extra $5 off. And, share that code around with anyone you want to. That code can be used by anyone (in the US) and everyone to enjoy this deal and all these great free gifts (until they run out, of course).

I know you won’t be disappointed in the quality of their magazine, and the meaty content it brings with it. It has been a great encouragement to me, and I wanted to share my enthusiasm with you.

More cheap school supplies

Office Max has crayons for a penny!

Yep, just one cent and you can get yourself a pack of 24 crayons.

Also, scissors for 20 cents.

And, for 25 cents you can get a pack of erasers and pencil grips. These deals are good all week.

CVS

More Free after Extra bucks items (Only through TUESDAY):

100 Sheet Composition Notebook
99 cents, and comes with a 99 cent extra buck reward

Tot stapler or sticky notes
99 cents, and comes with a 99 cent extra buck reward

Easy Touch pen 2 pack
99 cents, and comes with a 99 cent extra buck reward

Quarter deals:

4 oz. Elmer’s Glue
Manual Pencil sharpeners
Pencil top erasers (12 pack)
5 pack mechanical pencils
100 lined index cards
pencil case

That’s the only deals I see this week, but I’m sure we’ll see more again next week.

Stocking up? Or, are you still in denial? It is almost August, ya’ know. 🙂

Website and offers from the Home Scholar

The following came from the Home Scholar (a website with lots of great helps for the homeschooler, especially those looking at homeschooling high school):

New Products and Free Resources!

July 2009

Improved Website and New Free E-book!

We have just completed a MAJOR upgrade to our website and we’d like you to help us celebrate! We have some free gifts and prizes to give away as well as some improved products and services to announce! I hope you will check them out!

Free Special Report E-book
“7 Secrets to Homeschooling Through a Financial Storm”
Free tickets to Heart of the Matter Online Conference
Every purchase this week gets a chance to win!
New edition of “Preparing to Homeschool High School”
Just in time for back-to-school, more info at a lower price!
New HomeScholar Website Design
Easy navigation with a search function for fast help!

“7 Secrets to Homeschooling Through a Financial Storm”
Free Special Report E-book

The First Secret will beckon you back to the olden days of homeschooling, before all the expensive and unnecessary add-ons.
The Second Secret will help you streeeetch your homeschooling dollar!
The Third Secret will point you toward homeschool treasure: abundant resources all available for FREE!
The Fourth Secret will help you bridge the financial deficit by adding some income.
The Fifth Secret was the one we used extensively, and we soon had colleges THROWING money at us!
The Sixth Secret will help you cover the college-prep basics, without breaking your budget!
The Seventh Secret may be the most important one of all. It will take away the guilt associated with investing in your homeschool.

Our Price: FREE!
Click here to receive “7 Secrets to Homeschooling Though a Financial Storm”

My mission is to help parents homeschool high school
and many of my services are free!

“Preparing to Homeschool High School” 2nd Edition DVD

Learn to Homeschool High School with Excellence! Turn Your Humble Homeschool into a Supercharged, High Octane,
College Prep, Homeschool Academy – with LESS STRESS. After much research, my husband discovered how to include MUCH more material on a single DVD! Since there is one disc, we were able to lower the price by 20%!! This completely updated DVD is 90 minutes longer than the first edition. That’s nearly 4 HOURS of instructional material, with much more information on every topic. It even includes information for parents who have never before homeschooled, so it’s perfect for every family facing high school.
More information, lower price! Buy Now

Our Price: $60.00
Introductory Price: $45.00

Heart of the Matter Online Home Education Conference

Join us online for the second annual Heart of the Matter Online Parenting and Home Education conference. In addition to participating in sessions with fabulous speakers and having a chance to ask them questions directly you will also receive hundreds of dollars worth of free downloads, a chance to win wonderful prizes, MP3s of the sessions (after the event), and lots of fun and fellowship with other parents like yourself. I will be speaking on “Finding a College” and “How to Afford Christian College.”

Regular Price: $12.95
Our Price: Free if you win!

Every single item purchased this week give you one chance to win free admission to the Heart of the Matter Online Parenting and Home Education Conference. Purchase more, and you have more chances to win! Winners will be drawn at random. I have three tickets to give away!

New and Improved Website!

After a lot of hard work (mostly by my beloved husband) we are finally able to unveil our new and improved website! Besides looking clean and new, there are benefits that go beyond the colors. There is a search function that will allow you to quickly and easily find answers to the problems you are facing. It has clearly labeled sections for easy navigation, including a great box filled with my free resources. There is also a dedicated member’s area to make it easier for our members to access the Gold Care Club and bonuses that came with their purchase!

Have I mentioned that my mission is to help parents homeschool high school, and that many of my services are free? The new website highlights our recent articles and blog posts, so that you stay in-the-know. There is a new welcome video, and I have made it easy for you to connect with me on social networking sites like Facebook. And my favorite part is the testimonials section, with photos of families I have worked with. I love seeing their smiling faces!

I can’t tell you how excited I am about these changes! My vision is that all families feel empowered and equipped about homeschooling high school. I believe the products and support available on our website can make a real difference for you and your family. Please check out my new website TheHomeScholar.com! I hope it will bless you in your job as a homeschool parent.

Blessings,

Lee Binz
The HomeScholar

If you want to win tickets to Heart of the Matter Online Conference, here is how it works. I’ll put each item you purchase on my list with your name. On July 25th, I’ll select three winners using a random number. My selections are final, and I will contact winners by email.

Penny pencils and more!

Tis the season for back to school deals.

Grateful that I don’t have a school mandated supply list to follow, still I gleefully take advantage of the incredible deals on school supplies this time of year. I joked to my kids that we have enough paper and pencils for me to homeschool their children.

Some of the deals you don’t want to miss:

Staples :

Penny pencils (8 pack, yellow — limit two) only through Wednesday this week
Copy paper costs $3.69 and can be submitted for $3.68 rebate online (500 sheets per pack, limit two) also through Wednesday only
Lots of other dollar items, and a $5 off a $20 in store purchase coupon, but if you don’t need any of these dollar items you might be better off waiting, because sometimes even better deals are just a week away.
More details and scenarios at Money Saving Mom.

CVS (**These deals are only good through Tuesday** In order to enjoy their deals you must get an Extra Care card and the coupons will print out at the bottom of your receipt, good towards your next CVS purchase. More on that here if needed):

Items that give you Extra Bucks equal to their purchase price (essentially making them free): glue, scissors, ruler, one subject notebook, and pens. (see store or ad for more limitations and details)
3 subject notebooks are $3.99 with $3 Extra bucks.
Folders are on sale for a nickle

I’m sure there will be many more deals in the weeks ahead, but these you will need to jump on in the next couple days.

If you want to make sure that you don’t miss information about short term deals like these, or special events, don’t forget to subscribe to Chicagoland Homeschool Network.

Used Curriculum Sale

Title: Used Curriculum Sale
Location: Johnsburg Library
Link out: Click here
Description: 10:00 – 12:00 Used Curriculum Flea Market
Sell some stuff, buy some stuff, ask lots of questions!
A limited number of tables, half tables and parking spaces are available by advanced reservation only. To sell at the used curriculum flea market please contact:
Kathy Wentz or leave a message at 847-497-4407. Please specify a table, half table or parking space when you leave a message.

12:00 – 1:00 Eat, Meet and Greet

1:00 – 4:00 Open Forum Q&A
Ask questions and hear real answers about the different homeschooling styles, curriculum choices, what has worked (and what hasn\’t!), legal information, where to find resources, and much more!
Start Time: 10:00
Date: 2009-07-18
End Time: 16:00

Book sales

If you missed out on the various book sales around the area the last couple months, here is your opportunity to connect with buyers and sellers of homeschool curriculum around the Chicagoland area:

SPECIAL EDITION:
NORTHERN ILLINOIS HOMESCHOOL MONTHLY
USED BOOK SALE
Are you looking for materials for your homeschool?
Or
Are you cleaning out old materials to make room for new materials?
Saturday, 6/13/09, there will be a special edition of Northern Illinois Homeschool Monthly devoted to helping homeschoolers in Northern Illinois buy and sell their used homeschool books, curriculum and items of interested to fellow homeschooling families.
If you have something to sell, please send a list of your items with prices, your first name, your e-mail address and your phone number toN.Il.HomeschoolMonthly@gmail.com by midnight on Friday, 6/12/09.

If you are looking to buy a certain book, curriculum or something your family needs that another homeschooling family might be ready to pass along, send your request with your first name, your e-mail address and your phone number to N.Il.HomeschoolMonthly@gmail.com by midnight on Friday, 06/12/09.

Please note: The editor (Julie Schnepper) is not responsible for typos in your e-mail, money disputes between buyers and sellers or any other problems that might occur as you conduct business with other buyers and sellers.

Remember: The deadline is Friday, 6/12/09 at midnight!

Doorposts coupon!

Dear Friends,

Doorposts will be exhibiting at the Illinois Christian Home Educators’ Convention in Naperville, IL next week. If you are attending, we invite you to stop by our booth in the exhibit hall. And don’t forget to print out this coupon and bring it with you for $5.00 off your purchase. Feel free to share copies of this coupon with friends who might use it as well!

To browse our Biblical character training materials, visit www.doorposts.com. We will have most of these materials available for viewing and for sale at the convention, including our new “Put On Chart.”

For more details about this event, visit http://www.iche.org/. For a complete list of the conventions we’re attending in 2009, visithttp://www.doorposts.com/conventions.aspx.

Thanks and God bless,

Daniel Forster

Doorposts, 5905 SW Lookingglass Drive, Gaston, OR 97119
orders@doorposts.com (888) 433-4749
www.doorposts.com

Apologia Notebooking Giveaway!

Apologia has become synonomous with engaging, high quality science in the homeschool community. Now, a new product is available in conjunction with these great books (Read on, post your own blurb, and have a chance to win one! Taken from Jeannie Fulbright’s blog):

Apologia is now producing notebooking journals that accompany each of the elementary science books. Both Botany and Astronomy are now available.

These journals are beautiful, spiral bound notebooks that will save you time and money. You won’t have to print and keep up with your child’s notebook pages, buy and maintain page protectors, or purchase and compile binders…everything that makes notebooking time-consuming and labor intensive for mom. Also, your child will adore having their own notebooking journal.

Each of the notebooking journals includes:

A daily schedule for those who like to have a plan or would like their children to complete the book on their own
Templates for written narrations, the notebooking activities and experiments
Scripture Copywork, with both print and cursive practice
Reading lists and additional activities, projects, experiments for each lesson
An appendix with beautiful, full-color, lapbook-style Miniature Books
Field Trip Sheets to keep a record field trips
A Final Review with fifty questions the students can answer either orally or in writing to show off all they remember and know at the end of the course.

See the sample pages here:
Botany

and . . .

Astronomy

Jeannie is giving away four Astronomy Notebooking Journals and four Botany Notebooking Journals to bloggers who post about this on their site. Visit her blog to learn more about this contest.

May Curriculum Sales

Book/Curriculum Sales

This time of year used curriculum sales fill the calendar. Some have already passed, but here are some that you have not missed yet. These offer a great opportunity for new homeschoolers to look through a variety of books and talk to real homeschooling moms that have used and loved (or not loved) these various materials. Many veteran homeschoolers rely on these sales to keep homeschooling affordable and also enjoy passing along books to another family to enjoy.

Mark your calendar for these events:

Calvary Christian School
Rummage sale and used curriculum sale to raise money for Life For The World, Inc. orphanage in Haiti
Thursday, May 7th
1:30 – 4:00pm
Calvary Christian School
9516 Kennedy Ave., Highland, IN 46322

KCCHS
Used Curriculum Sale
Friday, May 8
9:00 am – noon
MorningStarCommunity Church
8S101 Barnes Rd., Aurora, IL 60505

Teaching Homes for Christ
Used Curriculum Sale
Friday, May 8
5:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Water’s Edge Bible Church (gymnasium)
209 S. Oakwood Ave., West Chicago, IL 60185

C.H.O.I.C.E.
2009 Curriculum ReSale & Kids’ Sale
Monday, May 11
6:00-8:00 p.m.
College Church Commons Building,
332 E Seminary Ave, Wheaton, IL 60187

HEART
Used Curriculum Sale
Monday, May 18
5:30-7:30pm
Glad Tidings Church
2325 N 1st St., Dekalb, IL 60115