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Free Literature Based Unit Studies and Lapbooks

If you love unit studies or if you love lapbooking, you need to visit HomeschoolShare.com

The above is a screenshot of Homeschool Share's Literature Based Unit Studies page.  There are dozen of unit studies available, sorted by age (toddlers through elementary grades) or by theme.

The site also offers a section on Free Lapbooks.

Have fun looking around the site! 

Thank you, Janee, for sharing this 100% free resource with FreelyEducate.com!

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Old Book Art

Old Book Art has become one of my favorite browsing websites.  I can see its potential for an educator as vast.  Peruse the files for antique maps, find an illustration to accompany a classic, have the children study an artist whose work was in an old book...

The mission of Old Book Art is:

To provide & facilitate access to free illustrations: pictures, drawings, maps and other images scanned from antiquarian, public-domain books and other old documents. We have over 3,200 images in our gallery with more added regularly, all at no cost and most available at very high resolution. Most of these we have scanned and edited ourselves. We will also screen and provide links to other high quality resources.

Here is a sampling of the book art I found on the Old Book Art site:

     

Let me know what you think of Old Book Art!

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Coloring Pages (educational ones!) from the US Government

Did you know the United States government has a site full of coloring pages?  But these aren't just any coloring pages, these pages are full of educational facts and provide a student an introduction into many different subjects.

Go to the coloring pages menu for a full listing of all that is offered.  Below is just a sample:

• Agriculture, U.S. Department (USDA): farming, George Washington Carver, wildflowers of America, and many other subjects
• Commerce, U.S. Department :  weather, sea turtles, and the Pacific coral reef are among the available subjects
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): endangered species and other environmental topics
• Health and Human Services, Department of (HHS): health topics
• Interior, Department of the (DOI) : salmon and Yellowstone are two of the available topics
• Local/State governments :  Ohio, Pennsylvania, Hawaii, North Carolina, Maine, Connecticut, and Louisiana are topics available
• from Marine Resources :  Mobile Bay, Salish Sea, Coastal North Carolina, and Chesapeake Bay
• from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) :  space topics, of course!

Get out the Crayons (yes, some for you, too...we are never too old to color!), and enjoy coloring education!

Free Zebra Project Pack from Hands of a Child

In the Hands of a Child offers a quarterly freebie at their site.  Their freebies do require filling in an address/phone/email form (no credit card or payment info), so you'll have to decide if that small hassle is worth receiving the freebie (value $14). 

This quarter's freebie is a "project pack" on zebras. 

Hands of a Child describes this downloadable ebook as:

 

In the 49-page Zebras Project Pack from In the Hands of a Child, you will find a 9-page Research Guide and 16 hands-on activities that explain the anatomy of a zebra, different types of zebras, range and habitat, diet, behavior, and much more. Is a zebra really just a horse with stripes? You will also find the answer to that question!

This Limited Time Offer expires September 15, 2008

Graph Paper & Writing Paper to Print

Can't find that stack of graph paper you only use a couple of times each year?

Need some writing paper for your Kindergartner, but don't want to take a trip to the store?

Do you need just a few sheets of music paper, accounting ledgers, storyboards, but don't want to invest in an entire stack of 100?

Well, for the cost of paper and a bit of printer ink, you can have many types of papers to fit many needs!

Here are a few samples of what IncompeTech has to offer:

Thank you, Frantically Simple, for this high quality and 100% free educational find!

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Lapbook with an Apple Theme

A lapbook with an apple theme is available at Live and Learn Press as a PDF file.  Go here for the lapbook. 

Note: clicking on the link will open a .pdf file.

Amelia Earhart Project Pack: Limited Time Offer

Here is an offer for an Amelia Earhart project pack (an ebook) from In the Hands of a Child, created especially for grades 3-7. 

The website's description:

Amelia Earhart was an American aviator who is one of the most famous women in history. She is most remembered for her flights across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and her attempt at flying around the world. Your student can complete a lapbook on this great American aviator with the Amelia Earhart Project Pack from In the Hands of a Child. This 43-page Project Pack includes a 7-page Research Guide about her early years, flight records, and her final flight as well as a timeline of her life. The 15 hands-on activities correlate to the information in the guide to help your student complete an Amelia Earhart Lapbook.

Free Offer Expires 06/16/2008

note:  you may need to register (free) to get this ebook