Free kids craft tutorial download

Go here to download four different free craft tutorials from KidsCanMakeThis.com.
And don't forget that you can still get some other fun tutorials from YouCanMakeThis.com when you sign up for their email list.

More details here.

Thanks, The Thrifty Mama!

Preschool handwriting website

http://www.handwritingworksheets.com/

Another set of links for kids

PBS Kids
Educational games with your favorite PBS characters.
http://www.pbskids.org
Starfall
Reading and letter recognition games
http://www.starfall.com
ETV for Kids
Great games with your favorite ETV characters.
http://myetv.org/education/etvkids/games/index.html
Fisher-price online educational games
Practices letters, shapes, numbers, colors.....
http://www.fisher-price.com/fp.aspx?st=2601&e=gamesByAge&mcat=game_preschool&site=us
Fisher-price games to play at home
Great ideas for playing and learning with your child.
http://www.fisher-price.com/fp.aspx?st=30&e=playandlearn&ccat=play_and_learn#container

More sites for teaching/playing with a kindergartener:

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/month2month.htm

Another word of wisdom:

A lady friend and I were discussing issues about schooling last night.

The subject was brought up whether one should homeschool, send kids to private school, or public school.

Here's what she went by when she decided on which school to send her children to while her children were growing up:

Luke 2:52 - "And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men."

Word of Wisdom

A word of wisdom from a lady I recently talked to at our care group concerning schooling:
"If we choose public school, the pressure is on the children; for homeschool, the pressure is on the mom (traditionally speaking); as for private (christian) school, the pressure is on the dad (traditionally)"

Eventhough, the main influence that we each have in determining which school to send our children should be through prayers and God's provision beside our human analysis, I still find it useful to talk to different parents who have been there and done that.

Websites recommended to me

I am a total newbie as far as thinking about homeschooling.

Here are some websites recommended to me for review:

www.DonnaYoung.org

www.currclick.com

www.homeschoolshare.com

www.themysteryofhistory.com

www.starfall.com

www.pbskids.org

www.libertyskids.com