Jan 24
2010

Do you have this great resource? The Handbook of Nature Study is a large, comprehensive, helpful guide to nature by Anna Botsford Comstock, written in 1911. This book has been reprinted and is used by many home educators, especially those incorporating Charlotte Mason methods, which includes nature study as a major component of the home “curriculum.”

If you don’t have this book yet, and don’t want to buy one (yet,) you can download a free ebook version from Homeschool Freebie of the Day (today’s the last day,) or if you miss that, download for free from from archive.org.

Having second thoughts? Don’t want to read on screen or print out that big book? Order here:

93846: Handbook of Nature Study Handbook of Nature Study

By Anna Botsford Comstock / Cornell University Press

Witness the wonders of God’s creation with naturalist Comstock as your guide! From dandelions, toads, and fireflies, to robins, rocks, and weather, she takes you on a lively trek through the natural world, vividly describing the habits, habitats, and physical structures of common living and nonliving things. Includes study questions and black-and-white photographs. 887 pages, softcover from Cornell University.

If you’d like some help in application, check out The Outdoor Hour Challenge, a blog of one ” family’s online nature journal using Anna Comstock’s book Handbook of Nature Study as our textbook and the great outdoors as our classroom.”



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Jan 21
2010

There’s not many that look any harder for a good deal than home educators. We’re on the look-out to find them. And this one is truly amazing.

BUT … It is also for a terrific cause.

noahestesAll of the proceeds from this amazing deal are going to Jeff and Kate Estes of Hands and Hearts. The Estes’ 3 year old son, Noah, has a mitochondria disease, that is usually terminal, and spends about half his time in the hospital. This has caused many hardships on the family. But I’ll let you read the whole story on the sale page.

Many of your favorite homeschool resource providers have come together to offer their products at one ridiculously low price, of about 1/10 their value, with all the proceeds of the sale going to help the Estes family. That means you can get some super homeschool and family resources AND help a fellow home educating family.

There are over $350 worth of resources (extras were added even today after the sale page went up) in this package that you will get for a donation of $39 or more. But that’s not all! If you donate $39 or more and get the package, your name also goes into a drawing for some super prizes. There are 2 grand prizes, worth over $849 each, and 3 first prizes, valued over $100 each.

Oh, and Me and My House has donated a couple of resources to the sale that will be included in your package, and I’ve added a whole lot of FREE Bonus resources on the download page!

Be sure to check out this Amazing Homeschool Deal NOW – as it will only last ONE WEEK! January 21 – 28, 2010.



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