Wonder Maps

WonderMaps are truly Wonderful! In just a few clicks I can bring up any map I want, at any level–and print it out, if I desire. I love the convenience.

The maps work in levels and layers. For example, I click on the picture of North America on the World Map, and I get a map of just North America. On it, I click on United States and a USA map pops up. On it I click on Nebraska. Once I get to the map I want (whether it be Nebraska, North America, USA, or World–or anything else) I can view or hide various layers of labeling and features. Say I want city locations shown, but not names. Or rivers, capital, State names (including those surrounding,) and much more depending on the map. I just hide or view exactly what I want, including color overlay, black and white overlay, or plain blank background. Once I have the exact map with the information I want, I can print it for the children to view or label.

In addition to maps for all over the World, WonderMaps also includes maps from whenever in the World. Historical maps for time periods and events help us with not only geography studies, but also our HisStory studies, as we see where things happened, where people traveled to, and who possessed what land when. These maps are also listed Thematically, to help you find them that way.

Tyler Hogen has done a great job, on a great interactive resource, that will be used much in our home. You can pick up your own copy at Bright Ideas Press. Thanks Tyler for the review copy of WonderMaps.

Free Resource

Me & My House (that’s us) has provided the Homeschool Freebie of the Day today. Check it out – and also the Specials we are offering for today only on the download page. AND we’ve included several other, unadvertised, Me & My House Exclusives Free downloads on that page too! Click on over there and Enjoy! AND, while you’re there, sign up for our free newsletter, for more great, free info from Me & My House every month.

Exciting News [Update]

We’re so excited to announce to you — no not another baby in our household. We already announced the latest blessing, a new grandbabe to be born in May. This announcement is a benefit to YOU! And it’s coming really soon.

 

Me & My House ministries (that’s us) will be providing the Homeschool Freebie of the Day on WEDNESDAY, October12th (not Mon. the 10th). Homeschool Freebie of the Day provides a fun educational free resource every weekday, available to download from their website. If you aren’t on their email list to get the “Heads Up” notices of the Freebies coming your way, sign up today.

 

Don’t miss what we are offering there on WEDNESDAY! And don’t forget to share this with your friends before then!

 

Which Me & My House Exclusive resource do YOU hope it is? Comment below.

 

 

 

Thank You!

A huge THANKS to all who attended our Celebrate Freedom (& Simplicity) in Biblical Home Education Facebook Party last night! We had a great – fun, though fast and furious – time.

I am so blessed by all your comments.

I will be choosing winners, and posting them in the comments on the blog posts, throughout the day today – as I get a few minutes here and there between working with my lovies here. After I get them all drawn, I will send a list of all the winners, in Me & My House musings, our email newsletter. Have you subscribed?

Now off to start blessing our nearly 40 Winners!

 

Party Favor – Celebrate Freedom (& Simplicity) Facebook Party

Welcome to our Celebrate Freedom (& Simplicity) in Home Education Facebook Party Giveaway! If you aren’t at the party on the Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ Facebook Page, click on over there now! “Like” the Page and join the fun for more great prizes from Me & My House and others!  Then read below to get your Party Favor. If it is after 8 p.m. central time, Tuesday July 12, 2011, sorry, you missed it. If it’s before midnight, you can still get this Party Favor AND some of the other prizes can still be entered for. Scan through the recent blog posts.

 

Tonight, Me & My House ministries (that’s us) is giving “The Beginning of Wisdom …” workshop audio to all attenders of the Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ Facebook Party as a Party Favor, just for you! Keep reading for the download link.

 

 

The Beginning on Wisdom …
8 Principles of Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ 

This 1 hour workshop session presents the core principles and disciplines of L.E.D.™ – helping you find Freedom & Simplicity™ in Spirit LED home education.

 

This Party Favor download will expire at midnight (Central time) on Tues. July 12, 2011.

Right-Click (Control + Click on a Mac) Here to get your Beginning of Wisdom … workshop audio. And Here to get a slide show to go with it.

 

 Thank you for attending our Celebrate Freedom (& Simplicity) of Biblical Home Education Facebook Party!

 

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Door Prize #21 – GRAND PRIZE

Welcome to our Celebrate Freedom (& Simplicity) in Biblical Home Education Facebook Party Door Prize post! If you aren’t at the party on the Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ Facebook Pageclick on over there now! “Like” the Page and join the fun for more great prizes from Me & My House and others!  Then read below to find out how to enter the drawing for this Door Prize. If it is after 8 p.m. central time, Tuesday July 12, 2011, sorry, you missed the party. But if it’s before midnight, you may still be able to enter to win this and other Door Prizes. Scan through the recent blog posts.

 

Tonight, Me & My House ministries (that’s us) is giving a Freedom & Simplicity™ Getting Started Comboa $70 value, to a MEGA-blessed attender of the Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ Facebook Party

Here are the L.E.D. resources a blessed attender is going to win!
Keep reading for instructions to enter the drawing.

 

Freedom & Simplicity™ Getting Started Combo

 

Freedom & Simplicity™ of Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ – The Seminar ToGo

Real Books and Family-Friendly Natural Methods
+ Biblical Foundations and Reasoning for Excellence
= L.E.D.

L.E.D.™ is a way of looking at Life and Learning, based on seeking Biblical Wisdom through Universal Principles with Unique Applications™. This multi-session (full day) Seminar presents the foundations and the vision of Biblical learning for excellence in the lifestyle of the Christian home. In our Seminars you will learn not only the Philosophy, Principles, and Practical Application of Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™, but you’ll also experience Times of Refreshing, Reflection, and Renewing the Mind. Hands-on Discipleship yoU!™ exercises will help you integrate L.E.D.™ into your own life.

Freedom and Simplicity™ of L.E.D. ~ The Seminar
will equip you to teach Discipleship for Life!™

  • How to educate from a Biblical Worldview
  • How to teach Biblical Principles in all of Life, and every “school subject”
  • How to teach multiple ages – without cloning yourself
  • How to disciple your children for God’s purpose for their lives
  • How to use Real Books and Natural methods for Excellence
  • Hands-on application included
  • Make the Biblical excellence of the Principle Approach family friendly, and the Natural learning of Charlotte Mason methods Biblically grounded, arrange them into multi-level topical studies and you’re off!

Freedom & Simplicity™ on R Road to Biblical Wisdom – ebook

What does Biblically principled education look like? Come along with us on R Road, and learn the R’s you can apply, simply, to learn anything you desire, from a Biblical perspective. Each R along the Road is a simple method that leads to excellence in learning, so we can grow in Wisdom, Understanding, and Knowledge and walk in liberty. Nearly 100 pages of detailed information and application tips.

Freedom & Simplicity™ in HisStory – ebook

This L.E.D. Freedom & Simplicity™ Guide will walk you step by step through the learning and teaching process in HisStory, beginning with Biblical foundations, principles, and rudiments, through the processes for studying and planning, to presenting and documenting the lessons. Provides an overview of what to study – time period divisions and content/ aspects within them. How to plan, learn, and document a LED study of History.

 

The winner of this drawing will receive Freedom & Simplicity™ Getting Started Combo. You can enter this drawing several ways. Increase your chances of winning by doing all of them! Each must be a separate comment to this post (below.)

1) Post a comment below answering: Had you heard of Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ before tonight? Does it sound like something that might help in your family’s Biblical education? 

2) “Like” and/or Comment on the Facebook Party Page post about this Door Prize. Comment below to tell us you did.

3) Subscribe to our Free monthly email newsletter, Me & My House musings – and comment below to tell us you did. (You must confirm your subscription too.) If you are already a subscriber, post that in the comments below and tell us what you like best about the Newsletter.

4) Invite your home educating Facebook friends to “Like” our Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ Facebook Page, – and comment below to tell us you did.

5) Encourage your friends to Subscribe to our Newsletter by posting this on your Facebook status. “Subscribe to Me & My House musings, a Free monthly email newsletter for Discipleship for Life! – http://newsletter.frommeandmyhouse.com  (Articles on Christian living, home keeping, home educating, health through nutrition, and more.)”

 

Winner of  Freedom & Simplicity™ Getting Started Combo will be announced in a Special edition of our Newsletter, tomorrow! – as well as posted here.

 

If you aren’t following Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ on Facebook, click here and “Like” us. If we reach 500 “Likes” will we offer another Party Favor to EVERYONE!

 

Door Prize #19 – Freedom & Simplicity in HisStory

Welcome to our Celebrate Freedom (& Simplicity) in Biblical Home Education Facebook Party Door Prize post! If you aren’t at the party on the Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ Facebook Pageclick on over there now! “Like” the Page and join the fun for more great prizes from Me & My House and others!  Then read below to find out how to enter the drawing for this Door Prize. If it is after 8 p.m. central time, Tuesday July 12, 2011, sorry, you missed the party. But if it’s before midnight, you may still be able to enter to win this and other Door Prizes. Scan through the recent blog posts.

 

Tonight, Me & My House ministries (that’s us) is giving  Freedom & Simplicity™ in HisStory , a $20 value, to one blessed attender of the Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ Facebook Party

Here’s the L.E.D. resource one blessed attender is going to win!
Keep reading for instructions to enter the drawing.

Freedom & Simplicity™ in HisStory with Bonus PIPEline Journal Pages

 

The Bible is the heart and LifeBlood of all we learn and HisStory is the Backbone. Everything has a history and it is all His Story. This L.E.D. Freedom & Simplicity™ Guide will walk you step by step through the learning and teaching process in HisStory, beginning with Biblical foundations, principles, and rudiments, through the processes for studying and planning, to presenting and documenting the lessons. Provides an overview of what to study – time period divisions and content/ aspects within them. How to plan, learn, and document a LED study of History. FREE BONUS! PIPEline Journal Pages – 10 reproducible Notebooking pages you’ll use over and over in your studies of HisStory.

 

The winner of this drawing will receive the Freedom & Simplicity™ in HisStory. You can enter this drawing several ways. Increase your chances of winning by doing all of them! Each must be a separate comment to this post (below.)

1) Post a comment below answering: What is your favorite time period of HisStory

2) “Like” and/or Comment on the Facebook Party Page post about this Door Prize. Comment below to tell us you did.

3) Subscribe to our Free monthly email newsletter, Me & My House musings – and comment below to tell us you did. (You must confirm your subscription too.) If you are already a subscriber, post that in the comments below and tell us what you like best about the Newsletter. Using this link to subscribe will get you another FREE GIFT from Me & My House!

4) Invite your home educating Facebook friends to “Like” our Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ Facebook Page, – and comment below to tell us you did.

5) Encourage your friends to Subscribe to our Newsletter by posting this on your Facebook status. “Subscribe to Me & My House musings, a Free monthly email newsletter for Discipleship for Life! – http://newsletter.frommeandmyhouse.com  (Articles on Christian living, home keeping, home educating, health through nutrition, and more.)”

 

Winner of  the Freedom & Simplicity™ HisStory will be announced in a Special edition of our Newsletter, tomorrow! – as well as posted here.

 

If you don’t receive our FREE monthly email newsletter, Me & My House musings, click here to subscribe and get another Free Gift.

If you aren’t following Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ on Facebook, click here and “Like” us. If we reach 500 “Likes” will we offer another Party Favor to EVERYONE!

Door Prize #18 – Timeline & Map Apps

Welcome to our Celebrate Freedom (& Simplicity) in Biblical Home Education Facebook Party Door Prize post! If you aren’t at the party on the Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ Facebook Pageclick on over there now! “Like” the Page and join the fun for more great prizes from Me & My House and others!  Then read below to find out how to enter the drawing for this Door Prize. If it is after 8 p.m. central time, Tuesday July 12, 2011, sorry, you missed the party. But if it’s before midnight, you may still be able to enter to win this and other Door Prizes. Scan through the recent blog posts.

 

Tonight, Terri Johnson of  Knowledge Quest Maps and Apps-School has donated a set of 3 Apps for iPod, iPad or iPhone, Wonders of Old: Ancient Timeline, Wonders of Old: Medieval Timeline, and Map Trek: Ancient World, a $19.97 value, for one blessed attender of the Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ Facebook Party. Thanks so much Terri! “Like” Knowledge Quest on Facebook.

Here are the Apps that one blessed attender is going to win!
Keep reading for instructions to enter the drawing.

 

Time & Space

Such is the setting for God’s story through mankind. But you get up to 6000 years and 7 Continents and it gets a little hard to keep it all straight. Enter Timelines and Maps. And for those in this mobile generation, that means mobile apps for Timelines and Maps.   ~ Me

 

 Wonders of Old & MapTrek Apps
Set of 3 Apps

 

Wonders of Old: Ancient Timeline

A beautiful timeline reference app which will give you a unique perspective on the events of world history.

The truth is… many students may study the fall of Carthage, the Han Dynasty, the Rosetta Stone, and the archeological site of Teotihuacan, never realizing that these four events all happened within the same timeframe – 202-196BC. These events may seem unrelated and yet the use of a timeline can unlock the mystery as to why all of these events occurred within the same period of time. A timeline will give you and/or your student a unique perspective of time. By seeing the events of history recorded in linear progression, you will make connections between those events in history that you might not otherwise make.

Wonders of Old: Medieval Timeline

This stunning timeline reference app which will give you a unique perspective on the events of world history.

The truth is… many students may study the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks, the end of Hundred Years’ War between France and Britain, and the printing of the first book, the Gutenberg Bible, never realizing that these three events all happened within the same year – 1453AD. These events may seem unrelated and yet the use of a timeline can unlock the mystery as to why all of these events occurred within the same year. A timeline will give you and/or your student a unique perspective of time. By seeing the events of history recorded in linear progression, you will make connections between those events in history that you might not otherwise make.

Map Trek: Ancient World

Map Trek: Ancient World mobile application is a historical atlas and geography encyclopedia in one.

Map Trek: Ancient World mobile application is a historical atlas and geography encyclopedia in one. Map Trek allows you to teach geography alongside history. This is a resource that any parent or student can use with brilliant success, even if you don’t remember a thing from your history or geography classes in school. Since these maps are chronological in sequence, you may use them easily with any chronological history program. These maps are meant to enhance your current history program and make it even better.

 

The winner of this drawing will receive 3 Apps, Wonders of the World Ancient and Medieval & MapTrek Ancient. You can enter this drawing several ways. Increase your chances of winning by doing all of them! Each must be a separate comment to this post (below.)

1) Post a comment below answering: Do you use mobile devices and apps in your home education?

2) “Like” and/or Comment on the Facebook Party Page post about this Door Prize. Comment below to tell us you did.

3) Subscribe to our Free monthly email newsletter, Me & My House musings – and comment below to tell us you did. (You must confirm your subscription too.) If you are already a subscriber, post that in the comments below and tell us what you like best about the Newsletter. Using this link to subscribe will get you another FREE GIFT from Me & My House!

4) Invite your home educating Facebook friends to “Like” our Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ Facebook Page, – and comment below to tell us you did.

5) Encourage your friends to Subscribe to our Newsletter by posting this on your Facebook status. “Subscribe to Me & My House musings, a Free monthly email newsletter for Discipleship for Life! – http://newsletter.frommeandmyhouse.com  (Articles on Christian living, home keeping, home educating, health through nutrition, and more.)”

 

Winner of  the 3 Apps, Wonders of the World Ancient and Medieval & MapTrek Ancient will be announced in a Special edition of our Newsletter, tomorrow! – as well as posted here.

 

If you don’t receive our FREE monthly email newsletter, Me & My House musings, click here to subscribe and get another Free Gift.

If you aren’t following Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ on Facebook, click here and “Like” us. If we reach 500 “Likes” will we offer another Party Favor to EVERYONE!

 

Door Prize #17 – The Thinking Toolbox

Welcome to our Celebrate Freedom (& Simplicity) in Biblical Home Education Facebook Party Door Prize post! If you aren’t at the party on the Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ Facebook Pageclick on over there now! “Like” the Page and join the fun for more great prizes from Me & My House and others!  Then read below to find out how to enter the drawing for this Door Prize. If it is after 8 p.m. central time, Tuesday July 12, 2011, sorry, you missed the party. But if it’s before midnight, you may still be able to enter to win this  and other Door Prizes. Scan through the recent blog posts.

 

Tonight,  Harvey & Laurie Bluedorn of Trivium Pursuit have donated TWO copies of  The Thinking Toolbox, a $22 value each, for TWO blessed attenders of the Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ Facebook Party. Thanks so much Harvey & Laurie! “Like” The Christian Logic Page on Facebook.

Here’s the Book TWO blessed attenders are going to win!
Keep reading for instructions to enter the drawing.

 

 

Exercise

Many times the only thing people dislike more than exercises their bodies is exercising their brains. It’s hard work. But the more you do it the easier it becomes. And the Christian Logic books from Trivium Pursuit help make it painless – perhaps even fun. ~ Me 

  

The Thinking Toolbox

 

This book is like a toolbox, full of different kinds of tools you can use for different thinking tasks. Just as you use the wrench to fix the sink, so you can use the tools we give you in this book to solve thinking problems.

We wrote this book for children and adults who want to learn logic and critical thinking skills. The Thinking Toolbox follows the same style as The Fallacy Detective with lessons and exercises and an answer key in the back. Parents and teachers, as well as anybody who wants to learn logic, will find The Thinking Toolbox easy to use and practical.

Features

  • Fun to use – not dry like a math textbook
  • Can be used after or before The Fallacy Detective
  • Introductory – teaches skills you can use right away
  • Self-teaching format
  • For ages twelve and older
  • Over 60 cartoon illustrations by Richard LaPierre

 

 

The winners of this drawing will receive The Thinking Toolbox. You can enter this drawing several ways. Increase your chances of winning by doing all of them! Each must be a separate comment to this post (below.)

1) Post a comment below answering: How important do you think it is for Christians to learn to reason aright?

2) “Like” and/or Comment on the Facebook Party Page post about this Door Prize. Comment below to tell us you did.

3) Subscribe to our Free monthly email newsletter, Me & My House musings – and comment below to tell us you did. (You must confirm your subscription too.) If you are already a subscriber, post that in the comments below and tell us what you like best about the Newsletter. Using this link to subscribe will get you another FREE GIFT from Me & My House!

4) Invite your home educating Facebook friends to “Like” our Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ Facebook Page, – and comment below to tell us you did.

5) Encourage your friends to Subscribe to our Newsletter by posting this on your Facebook status. “Subscribe to Me & My House musings, a Free monthly email newsletter for Discipleship for Life! – http://newsletter.frommeandmyhouse.com  (Articles on Christian living, home keeping, home educating, health through nutrition, and more.)”

 

Two winners of  The Thinking Toolbox will be announced in a Special edition of our Newsletter, tomorrow! – as well as posted here.

 

If you don’t receive our FREE monthly email newsletter, Me & My House musings, click here to subscribe and get another Free Gift.

If you aren’t following Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ on Facebook, click here and “Like” us. If we reach 500 “Likes” will we offer another Party Favor to EVERYONE!