Long List of Free Resources!

This is a link to a post on my other blog.  This is such a great list that I feel the need to 'put it out there' as much as possible!  Have fun browsing and exploring!

Greathall Productions

We met Jim Weiss last year (or was it the year before?  Time flies so. . . ).  He was invited to our parish's school and the folks that run the school were nice enough to remember that some members of the parish homeschool.  So we got invited too!  My family was the first to arrive (a miracle in and of itself!) and Jim Weiss came over and talked to us and had us sit in the first row.  My kids were awestruck.  They love him.  He absolutely radiates kindness.   What a wonderful man.  He then proceeded to completely hypnotize a huge roomful of school children with his amazing storytelling abilities.

Every year at least some portion of my children get a cd or two (used to be cassette tapes a long time ago!!!) in their stockings.  He is rather a Christmas tradition around here.

So check out Greathall Productions and strew some learning in your stockings!

Calendars

I like to give my kids calendars for Christmas.  You can get calendars that focus on all kinds of things.  Word-a-day, math, artists, countries, etc.  My youngest daughter likes the Doodles calendar.  One year one of my sons was really into M.C. Escher.  He really loved the Escher calendar I got him that year.  So strew some interesting calendars this Christmas!