Catholic Free Video Collection
You may want to check out my free video collection it includes many Catholic subjects and saints. Plus other educational videos all free.
How to draw
How to draw for the Catholic Home School Child. Looking for good books is sometimes like looking for a needle in a hay stack. This year I chose CHC (Catholic Heritage Curriculum) Art Appreciation curriculum for my our main Art study. My ultimate goal was to find a religious art appreciation curriculum for younger (elementary) age group that takes them through all the many icons explaining the meanings behind the pictures as well as what type of medium they are painted on, era and a bit about the artist. CHC’s was the closest I could come to it.
I did run across Miraculous Images of our Lady 100 famous Catholic statues and portraits and use as a partial art study.
You may already have your Catholic religious arts book. But sometimes if your like me your looking for something more on the side. Here is a list of books that may be a useful resource for a child learning to draw (something other than Catholic art, which I have to admit I would love it if that were all my child drew.) Yet, it’s easy to stretch your budget by adding a few of these books to your collection.
Dover How To Draw ...as low as $2.47
...as low as $2.47 This easy-to-follow book shows youngsters–and other would-be artists–how to use simple shapes to draw realistic likenesses of nature’s loveliest blossoms. Simple step-by-step diagrams make it easy to draw 30 flowers, including the sunflower, daisy, bluebell, Easter lily, rose, tulip, carnation, iris, and others. Once the flowers are completed, students can color them to create a lovely special effect. A brief caption for each flower provides such information as color, blooming time, and where it can be found. Paperback, 32 pages.ISBN:486413373. DOVER
Dover How to Draw Faces...as low as $2.47
Dover How To Draw Insects ...as low as $2.47
Dover How to Draw Aquarium Animals...as low as $2.47
Watson-Guptill How to Draw What You See How to Draw What You See ISBN: 0823023753...as low as $13.35
Blitz Video Kits "How To Draw Cartoon Animals"...as low as $11.70
Dover How To Draw Wild Animals ...as low as $2.47
All the books listed below can be found new for as little as $2.47
Dover How To Draw Dogs
Dover How To Draw Cats
Dover How to Draw Farm Animals ISBN: 0486451682
Dover How To Draw Birds How To Draw Birds
Hidden Treasures
You may not need this information now. However bookmark this page to use during the liturgical season of advent.
Way of the Cross for Children (stations of the cross)
Teach yourself how to defend your faith that your children will be able to defend theirs.
Bible Christian Society – Catholic laymen website.
Saints podcast fun to listen to day or night.
Building a Video Collection.
Sometimes when you home school it’s difficult to remember or keep track of where you saw a particular online history, religious, or some other type of educational video that you want to include with your studies.
Now that there are several different online video formats available for free online video watching it makes it easier and at the same time more difficult to incorporate videos into a lesson. Some video websites tend to scare me with what pops up after your children view the clip your interested in showing them. Or there is a video line up with anybodies guess what will be viewed.
You can view my Catholic homeschool oriented video collection here.
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See All that You Can Do With Notebooking and Lapbooks
Just what is notebooking?
That was my question the first time I heard about it.
Grab a cup of coffee sit back with you kids and watch these videos on lapbooking or notebooking they should help explain and give you a better understanding of the concept.
If you already know about notebooking then click the free resource link to find out all about what my homeschool mom friends are talking about. Free resources for Notebooking pages
Sample of States, Insects
First Lapbooking Adventure Doing Lap books with themes.
OKAY so how do I start. The kids can go play now, mom get another cup of coffee.
Computer Support and Where to buy Pinter ink
This is a continuation of “Before you Buy a Computer”
Part 2
There are some really save money and find deals out there to buy printer ink so don’t just think your stick with a certain price when buying printer ink. Unfortunately for me, I procrastinate until I am in desperate need of printer ink and then have pay a premium price when I purchase my ink, unlike my dad who stocks up! So, if your a stock up kind of person you can really find some great buys on any of these websites. I include today. Also check out the ink refills. Some are good, some aren’t. It just depend on your printer and the brand of ink you purchase. If your as frugal as I am I recommend you try ink refills at least once. Then you will know if it works for your printer. I found an off brand name like Nuke that work just as well and long as name brand for half the price. I used to find that brand at Office Depot.
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When dealing with programs and applications I have found many of them oncnet.com also known as download.com. It’s a great website. If offers free software and trial software, plus it gives reviews on them and so much more. Their site has a editors choice and a users choice. That’s always good to see. In other words they do the research work so you don’t have to.
That’s how I found a program I use all the time on their site called Primo.pdf. Designed for corporate America the little guy can use this for free to create pdf files instead of printing a hard copies. I love that program.
More coming about programs I use in the future. That’s all for now.
Movie Night
Many of us can’t resist a good movie. Are you ready to watch movies but not sure if about finding a good movie and how will you know if it’s a good movie?
Going to the video rental store and looking around for a movie is a thing of the past. It usually ends in disaster too, if you have kids with you. They don’t give you the luxury of remembering why you are there and which movie you are trying to rent. Usually before you know it your faced with options you did not expect to encounter. That’s one of the reason why I decided to go online for movie rentals such as Netflix, PiusMedia, and Graboid.
If you haven’t rented movies like this before you should consider it. You’ll find arguing about which movie to watch can be pretty much eliminated. These movies can generally be rented in two ways, by mail, or watch them instantly online.
The nice thing about Netflix style movie watching, is the way each person in the family can browse through the movies at their leisure. Put them in an instant que or a mail out que. Then you can go in and rearrange them, remove or add movies. Controlling movie watching in your house will be a little easier than watching a movie the television stations thinks you should watch.
These movie rental programs are also great if you sign up your elderly parents or grandparents; give it as gift – many of movie rental companies offer great movie classics. Take it from me, my parents love it! At first, they were very reluctant, saw no purpose in it and now can’t wait to go to the que and rent another movie. Older children can even help grandma and grandpa to show them how it works. Help discuss and learn about the movies (movie reviews) with one another.
I discovered a new site (to me) in the past few months. This movies by mail site is one of the best websites out by far for families who like to watch movies It called Faith and Family Flix their values are high. You may end up paying a little more for the basic plan but the regular plans are very competitive. Their selection on finding good Catholic and/or wholesome movies is also great. Plus you receive One Free Month if you join at this time. I understand it’s run by a Catholic Family. Pius media is also a Catholic based videos by mail organization who offer for rent, the largest selection of Catholic centered videos I have seen! I think every homeschool should should belong to this company to gain access to their collection for teaching purposes. I love the way you can search for saints by the feast days during any given month, that really helps with lesson planning.
Blockbuster is holding it’s own with their Total Access. You can download movies from their site, or by mail or exchange within their store. And they have branched in the UK. My friends and daughter who live in the London as I understand can now go to Blockbuster.co.uk where blockbuster offers a free unlimited DVDs for one month.
Graboid Video
Graboid is not necessarily family oriented it offers all type of movies. You should supervise kids when selecting a movie. However, they have a good selection of with 60,000 Movies & TV Shows Basic version is completely free. If you already know which movies you plan to watch, this site can be very nice. You download movies directly to your computer for later or watch it immediately. The cost per usage is determined by bandwidth downloaded. It’s clearly marked and easily understood. They offer a free month and I mean really free , Graboid does not make you put in any credit card info before your trial, just an email (and they don’t bug you.) At the end of the month or when you have used up like 10,000 gigs of download bytes then you decide if you want a monthly rental agreement. They do not mail movie to your house. depending on the amount of download bytes your interested in. Full access only $1.97/month Get it now for FREE Personally, I think it’s worth the trail and the quality is great.
One other Movie access that deserves to be mentioned is RED BOX they look like vending machine at Walmart and other convenience store movies can be rented for $1.00. They began to offer a Free Monday Movie night that was scheduled to end during May. However, recently they extended the promotion you can receive as a text message.
The Free Movie Monday monthly code will be distributed via text on the first Monday of every month, beginning June 1. To register or view promotion details, go to www.redbox.com.
Movie Reviews
Now that you know where to go to watch movies, let me show you where to find a good movie review source.
US Catholic Bishops Conference offers detailed movie reviews with the following codes.
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ ratings
A-I General patronage
A-II Adults and adolescents
A-III Adults
A-IV Adults, with reservations
L Limited adult audience
O Morally offensive
Motion Picture Association of America ratings
G General audiences
PG Parental guidance suggested
PG-13 Parents strongly cautioned
R Restricted
NC-17 No one 17 and under admitted
Before you watch movies here’s another place to go for a review. It’s called Decent Films they even have a fact checker too. Most everything else will just lead you back to the Bishops website.
Blockbuster Link for the United Kingdom
Things to do this Summer
Kids Bowl Free All across the nation bowling alleys are offering 2 free games per day to kids 15 years old and under. Check this link to see which bowling alleys in your state are offering this deal. Here’s how it works. They will begin to by emailing you tickets for the week every Sunday morning. There is also a side deal that goes along with this one. You can purchase a family pass for up to 4 people (babysitters, grandparents, aunts, uncle and more included) for $23.00. So your whole family can bowl together. There is only the normal charge for the shoe rental.
Regal Cinemas are offering free movies beginning at 10 AM on Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s during the summer. Click the here to check their website. Watch for the select a state drop down menu in the center towards the bottom of the screen, to view which theaters in your state are offing free family film festivals. Not all cinemas are showing the same movies but some of the movies on the marque are Kit Kitridge American Girl, Charlotte’s Web, Curious George, and Horton Hears a Who, just to mane a few.
Scrapbooking or Computer Scrapbooking:
Keep track of all the fun stuff you do this summer and create a Memory Scrapbook. You can also make a Computer Scrapbook by taking pictures of items that you collected on a trip or adventure that won’t last forever. Then post them in your scrapbook.
Here are a link to free clip art for your scrapbook pages to help you along. And, at scrapbook bytes they offer free tutorials for how to digitize you layouts.
I like working with Avery Products when I am doing an Arts and Crafts project. I can trust their products to work. You can 20% Off Avery® Clear Scrapbook Sticker Paper which helps when your looking for deals.
When out in the sun you see all kinds of wonderful things like butterflies and bugs. This inspired me to let my daughter to make my own magnets and I my own inspirational messages on magnets. You can get 20% Off Avery® Magnet Sheetseveryday too. I have purchased other magnet sheets however, I have not had as much luck with using non-Avery magnets sheets. My printer just doesn’t work with any other magnet sheet.
You can also Save on kid’s craft supplies at www.CreateForLess.com.
While your at it be sure to check out Art Supplies at MisterArt.com you can save 75%.
All over the country parks and recreational areas will have a daily arts and crafts area for kids. Some are free and some are a nominal fee. Check with your local parks and rec dept. or head over to your local park some morning about 9:30 AM and see what’s going on.Childrens's Arts & Crafts
Gardening
This summer why not turn your back yards in to Master Gardens. Gardening for Beginners is a fun site to stop at. Choose from annuals and perennials, learn what they are. Plant a vegetable garden; learn how to make and use compost and a whole lot more. Besides language translations, you can enter your location for hardiness zones.
Learn about Dogs
Chances are if your in the 2nd or 3rd grade level and your haven’t got pet yet – here is a nice website for not only finding a pet but learning about different breeds of dogs. When your on the site just click view all and find many different breeds of dogs. Once you find one your interested in click on learn more and you can find out the characteristics of the breed; such as, are they energetic, do they need much exercise, are they hard to groom, and what type of temperament they have. The website is Petfinder.com and while I only mentioned dogs they cover a wide selection of animals.
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Museums, History, Art, free Days and Homeschool Days
Find a Museum Close to You
Many of museums offer “free days” or “homeschool days”
Go to museums in the USA All types of museums to choose from. Art Museums, Science Museums and many more.
Visiting and Learning about Ancient Egypt, Greece and Italy is no farther than a click away.
Atlanta, Georgia has Michael C. Carlos Museum said to be one of the best Ancient Egypt Museums in the US. Admission is $7 per person. See Mummies Egyptian time periods. Items from Greek, Roman and Ancient American time periods as well.
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Exploring never got better than with the fascinating Michael Carlos online Ancient Greece Museum there is no explaining this one, it a fun way to read and learn all about Ancient times. Enter into a Flash multimedia presentation with lots of features and choices for teaching things such as architecture, living, geography, battles, God’s Goddess’, heroes, names, and Greek Democracy.
Art Institute of Chicago
View an entire multi-media guide to the Ancient World and choose from Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Italy when visiting the the Art Institute of Chicago. Cick the stories button (link) if that option is available that goes along with the images. The story runs a quicktime movie that explains the history surrounding the image. For example, here is a video telling about the Ancient Boats used in the time of Cleopatra in Egypt. Explaining how the boats sailed up and down the Nile River. These would make great history lessons for younger grades as an introduction to Ancient History.
Lesson Plans for the Ancient Studies are also available at the Art Institute of Chicago for teaching Math, Fine Arts, Language Arts, Science and Social Studies. These look like they would make great unit studies. Note: these lesson plans are main focus includes those in 4th and 5th grade.
Then go and learn about Ancient Egypt at the British Museum in the UK learn about hieroglyphics writings.
Vatican Online Museums
You don’t have to go any farther than the tip of your fingers to find loads of Ancient history. Here at the Vatican Online Museum you will find quality Christian history, art history and more.
St. Louis Art Museum
The St. Louis Art Museum is a spectacular Museum if you ever get the chance to go there. It’s free every day and on Friday’s their special exhibits are free too. They have beautiful Ancient Art and quite an extensive collection of religious and Chinese art. They also have educational programs some for free depending on the time and season.
Parthenon in the USA
One of the most awesome things I ever saw in the United States was a life size replica of the Greek PARTHENON – in NASHVILLE, TN!! It was unbelievable. I felt like I was in Greece. Inside there is a Colossal statue of Athena holding Nike It’s located in down town Nashville and at this time it cost $6.00 for adults and $3.50 for kids 4- 17, if your younger than that you get in free. they are open year round from about 9-4 except Sunday it’s 12:30 – 4:30. View the photo gallery
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