New Craft eBook in Time for Christmas : 23 November 2008

Hello All, especially my dear Carle and orther eco-crafters,

Here is an eBook I have written and published and would love for you to have a look. I did this because the bulk upload at Scribd is still not working.

Here is a description of the book and the reference. If you are interested in reviewing the book please let me know and I will give you access to the entire book. I still have more than 30 individual patterns that I did NOT include in my book because I want to upload those individually. People know their limitations and don't need 3 pages of hot-to's and terms and techniques :)

"An attractive, comprehensive & illustrated manual on basket weaving, with easy to understand instructions for beginners to experts, basketweaving terms and techniques, How to Assemble a Basket Maker's Tool Kit, a glossary and of course loads of illustrated craft patterns for the more advanced. We're not just talking veggie baskets here... There are Notepad holders, Easter baskets, Christmas baskets and a list of references at the end of the book that offer free basket weaving patterns and subscriptions. "
http://www.lulu.com/content/5022326


The following books are available for download at Lulu as well:


Generations of Homestyle RecipesGenerations of Homestyle Recipes (e-book)

A book I acquired and have digitally reconstructed to produce in an easy to read manner, choc full of traditional homestyle recipes, including for Thanksgiving, Christmas and all major holidays and festivities.


South Africa : The Old & The New - Activity Book for Grades 3-5
South Africa : The Old & The New - Activity Book for Grades 3-5 (e-book)


Comprehensive, fun illlustrated curriculum related activity book for Grades 3 to 5, focusing on South Africa, the Old and the New, including Heads of State, Old & New flags, National Emblems, Coats of Arms, Big 5, the 9 Provinces. Includes backline maps, National Monuments, places of interest, heritage sites, languages, cultures and notebooking pages. This unit although not designed for use in S African schools contains all the information and more that the curriculum currently contains. Fun activities hold your child's interest while they learn.

Christmas Mega Activity Book Christmas Mega Activity Book (e-book)


The Ultimate Christmas Activity Book, with over 350 pages of fun and colourful educational activities, including Christmas stories, poems and songs, crafts, recipes, dot-to-dot, word tracing, Christmas Alphabet, Christmas Picture Dictionary, Santa Activities, Snowman activities, Christmas phonics, Christmas Maths, scrapbooking pages, letter to Santa, printable frames, cut and paste activities, and much, much more.



A Collection of Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes, Copywork & Activity Sheets
A Collection of Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes, Copywork & Activity Sheets (e-book)

190 Fun Pages of Mother Goose nursery rhymes and copywork pages with activities, including word tracing, puzzles, graphics.




220 Dolch Words - Activity & Writing Fun
220 Dolch Words - Activity & Writing Fun (e-book)

An activity book of 124 pages containing all 220 of the most commonly used Dolch (or sight) words with a brief description of word recognition and training. Included in this eBook is a table reflecting all 220 words, the Dolch phrases and Dolch nouns, and the grades by which it is suggested they be learnt. Each grade list has a word wall and handwriting tracing practice pages for each word, with sight word cards. Each Noun comes with tracing practice, sight word card and a word wall. The Dolch Phrases each have a wall word card and also handwriting practice. There is a lovely fairy tale at the end of the activity book which contains all of the Dolch Words. Included is lined writing paper, with training lines for little folk, and without for older children.




Please look out for the free Activity eBooks that will be uploaded to St Aiden's this week. They are once again Christmas, Thanksgiving and The Pilgrims of New England related (although we don't celebrate Thanskgiving in S A it is a special time of the year for me), Reading Comprehension Activity Books, links will be sent through later in the week for the additional free downloads.


In the meantime I wish you all a blessed week and look forward to keeping in touch with you again soon...
Blessings Donnette www.staidenshomeschool.com

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New Educational eBooks Published

Two recently published and released books are now available for download, in addition to literally hundreds of new ebooks which I will tell you about in later posts.

For now and because they will sit on the front page of my website only for a few more days I will fill you in on the books.

The first is a book written & compiled called Homeschooling from the Heart. It is a book I have compiled after much research, soul-searching, investigation, interviews and of course (as we all know I am very outspoken when it comes to certain forms of public education) drawn from my own experiences. Homeschooling from the Heart offers parents and educators an insight into the joys and pleasures and benefits and advantages of homeschooling their children. There are very few cons - since the family unit is maintained socialisation has never really become an issue contrary to popular belief!! (Tongue in cheek as I write this). Homeschooling from the Heart can be previewed at the link, and as always I welcome input. This is a DEFINITE must for any homeschooling family!


The other book I have compiled - Little Learners Handwriting Practice - is rather extensive (but enormous fun) and covers every aspect of learning to recognise, read and write the alphabet, from standard printing, to italic printing, to letter tracing (an excellent - I cannot stress enough how excellent - method of practicing the alphabet and letter formation) to the more advanced cursive and cursive tracing. Also included in this book are a large quantity of motor skills practice pages, just giving your child that edge. Because the books are down loadable the pages can be printed over and over again until your child is comfortable with moving on to the next stage. Lovely little illustrations assist with word/letter/picture recognition and again, this book can be used over and over again and shared with younger siblings or friends and family. An absolute must and is in fact recommended in elementary public schools here in South Africa. A must-have book for early learners. Plus it's fun :))

Free End Word Family Workbooks

end Word Family Workbooks
"A" word ending family - 30 free colour activity books, which include word wall, flash cards, picture and word recognition, word tracing, spot the difference, matching, wordsearch,mazes and more.

"E" Word ending Family - 25 free colour activity books, which include word wall, flash cards, picture and word recognition, word tracing, spot the difference, matching, wordsearch,mazes and more.

Also "ch" End word family. One rather large colourful and very educational workook on this word family end.

Other Word Family Workbooks can be found here as they are uploaded. These worksbooks are free and may be used by family/teachers/parents and shared amongst friends. They may NOT be resold.

ST Aidens Newsletter 09/11/2007

Tuesday already, hope you all had a wonderful weekend and enjoyed family time on Sunday, being Grandparents' Day. We got very busy and created a digital scrapbook for my mum who celebrates her birthday today. It came out beautifully, although we should perhaps have stuck to printing on white cardstock to keep the original look and feel. It really is a fun family activity and I am gradually adding scrapbooking sheets and notepaper to each and every activity page that we have.

In keeping with our Countries of Africa series, a few more study units have been added and these can be accessed at http://www.staidenshomeschool.com/africa/countries/Africa-Countries.html. In addition to the study units, there are individual activities, crosswords, printable and interactive online puzzles that can be done. I love our interactive Maps of Africa, and find it is a great way to learn what country belongs where. I must confess to be improving in my location of the various countries as I study more about each one... I was sad before now :) http://www.staidenshomeschool.com/africa/interactivemapofafrica.html

For younger students there is a fun Flash Challenge at http://www.staidenshomeschool.com/africa/africageographyquiz.html and if you would like your own African Geography Challenge software, you can download it at http://www.staidenshomeschool.com/africa/africancrafts/AfricanArtsnCrafts.html

While working on South African pages I stumbled upon some really good videos of Zulu dancing in Northern KZN and Zululand, a must-see for anyone who has never experienced it. http://www.staidenshomeschool.com/south_africa/zululand.html

So too did I add a beautiful rendition of the SA National Anthem sung by PJ Powers and Miriam Stickley, including Xhosa. A little bit of nostalgia :) http://www.staidenshomeschool.com/south_africa/southafrica.html

A number of additions again to copywork units on nursery rhymes. I find this is a fun way to read and practice writing short passages, very necessary when one's daughter has the attention span of a sparrow... :) I have also included sheet music and midi files for many of the nursery rhymes. http://www.staidenshomeschool.com/nursery_rhymes_poems/NURSERY-RHYMES_With_activities.html

A few new Alphabet Tracing notebooks have been uploaded to http://www.staidenshomeschool.com/alphabet/ALPHABET2.html, one with pictures and the other with a pretty pencil theme. These files are in PDF format.

I hope to have themed notebooking pages or mini-notebooks up in the next few days, I will keep you posted on that. They have been created, it's just a matter of publishing them.

That's it for today. I'm sure you'll find good use for the links I have provided. As always if there is anything you would like to see that I am not showing quick enough, please drop me a line and I will do my best to get it uploaded for you. For smaller uploaded files, links, resources and local events please join the mailing list at http://goups.yahoo.com/group/staidenshomeschooling

Have a fantastic fun and safe week.

Blessings

Donnette