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Teachers Pay Teachers – 27830 Free Teacher Created Resources & $1000 Contest « St Aiden's Homeschool Blog

2012-04-24T09:19:00.001+02:00

Teachers Pay Teachers – 27830 Free Educational Downloads « St Aiden's Homeschool Blog

From Paul Edelman, founder of TPT

This is our 100th 10 Free Downloads newsletter which means we’ve highlighted 1,000 great free downloads to help make your teaching life easier every week. To celebrate, I came up with a contest with $1,000 in prizes plus a $1,000 bonus for your favorite plus another $1,000 for our favorite. I guess that makes it $3,000 total!
The contest is to redesign our ‘It’s About Time’ banner, the one you see where we used to show ads. Here it is:
Your job is to make it even better. You can keep the same copy or create your own while maintaining the same or similar idea. The only acceptable size is 300×250 and you can post up to 3. Voting will end next Saturday, April 28th at Midnight PST. Submissions and voting happen on our Facebook Fan Page starting today. Here’s how:

The 10 banners who get the most LIKES on our Fan Page win $100 each and the one who gets the most LIKES wins a $1,000 bonus. We’ll then choose our favorite to place on the site and award that creator $1,000. We’ll reach out to all winners via FB to organize prize payouts. Spread the word on your blogs and have fun!
Paul Edelman
Founder, TeachersPayTeachers


		10 FREE DOWNLOADS

Browse All Novel Studies	The Hunger Games Poetry & Creative Writing Exercises by Tracy Orman Grades 6 – 12	Browse All ELA	Persuasive Speech Matrix Rubric by Mark Hecht Grades 11-12

Browse All Fun Stuff	Facebook Timeline Template by Laura@ AskTheEnglishTeacher Grades 7-12	Browse All Math Test Prep	Socratic Circles Number Cards by Lisa Tilmon Grades 7-10

Browse All Math Centers	Spot the Imposter – Level 1 – A Warm-up Math Activity by Teaching By Hart Grades 4-8	Browse All Science	Flight Workbook – Using the Technology Process by Top Notch Teaching Grades 5-7

Browse All Grammar	Go Fish for Contractions by Valerie Young Grades 2-6	Browse All Geometry	Geometric Shape Sort: Drawing, Naming, and Counting Sides & Vertices by Just Tinkerin’ Around! Grades K-4

Browse All Printables	Friendly Letter Writing for the Primary Classroom – “Message Center” by Fluttering Through First Grade Grades K-1	Browse All Kindergarten	Place Value Rock by Shuna P Grades K – 3

Teachers Pay Teachers – 27830 Free Teacher Created Resources & $1000 Contest « St Aiden's Homeschool Blog

2012-04-24T09:18:00.001+02:00

Teachers Pay Teachers – 27830 Free Educational Downloads « St Aiden's Homeschool Blog

From Paul Edelman, founder of TPT

This is our 100th 10 Free Downloads newsletter which means we’ve highlighted 1,000 great free downloads to help make your teaching life easier every week. To celebrate, I came up with a contest with $1,000 in prizes plus a $1,000 bonus for your favorite plus another $1,000 for our favorite. I guess that makes it $3,000 total!
The contest is to redesign our ‘It’s About Time’ banner, the one you see where we used to show ads. Here it is:
Your job is to make it even better. You can keep the same copy or create your own while maintaining the same or similar idea. The only acceptable size is 300×250 and you can post up to 3. Voting will end next Saturday, April 28th at Midnight PST. Submissions and voting happen on our Facebook Fan Page starting today. Here’s how:

The 10 banners who get the most LIKES on our Fan Page win $100 each and the one who gets the most LIKES wins a $1,000 bonus. We’ll then choose our favorite to place on the site and award that creator $1,000. We’ll reach out to all winners via FB to organize prize payouts. Spread the word on your blogs and have fun!
Paul Edelman
Founder, TeachersPayTeachers


		10 FREE DOWNLOADS

Browse All Novel Studies	The Hunger Games Poetry & Creative Writing Exercises by Tracy Orman Grades 6 – 12	Browse All ELA	Persuasive Speech Matrix Rubric by Mark Hecht Grades 11-12

Browse All Fun Stuff	Facebook Timeline Template by Laura@ AskTheEnglishTeacher Grades 7-12	Browse All Math Test Prep	Socratic Circles Number Cards by Lisa Tilmon Grades 7-10

Browse All Math Centers	Spot the Imposter – Level 1 – A Warm-up Math Activity by Teaching By Hart Grades 4-8	Browse All Science	Flight Workbook – Using the Technology Process by Top Notch Teaching Grades 5-7

Browse All Grammar	Go Fish for Contractions by Valerie Young Grades 2-6	Browse All Geometry	Geometric Shape Sort: Drawing, Naming, and Counting Sides & Vertices by Just Tinkerin’ Around! Grades K-4

Browse All Printables	Friendly Letter Writing for the Primary Classroom – “Message Center” by Fluttering Through First Grade Grades K-1	Browse All Kindergarten	Place Value Rock by Shuna P Grades K – 3

Collen makaza and craig. Fry prior to departure #2Oceans #marathon 2012

2012-04-06T12:59:00.001+02:00

Collen makaza and craig. Fry prior to departure #2Oceans #marathon 2012, a photo by donnette1 on Flickr.

What an awesome picture.. :)

MASSIVE THANKS to generous sponors of @Craigsatheletes, Husqvarna, Peugeot, 32Gi, Poobie Naidoo's Sports.. Ya'll ROCK!

January 23 is International Handwriting Day, Download Loads of Free eBooks for Your Kids

2012-01-20T07:27:00.002+02:00

January 23 is International Handwriting Day

The purpose of National Handwriting Day is to alert the public to the importance of handwriting and gives everyone a chance to re-explore the purity and power of handwriting. This lens will focus on handwriting exercises for little people, and where they can download specially created ebooks for free to practice their handwriting and have a lot of fun at the same time.

As well as beautiful free journals you can access handwriting ebooks, early readers and more... Celebrate Your Child's Creativity... With our compliments...

Picture Dictionary Long A - Donnette Davis - TeachersPayTeachers.com

2011-12-13T20:44:00.000+02:00

Picture Dictionary Long A - Donnette Davis - TeachersPayTeachers.com

This book includes Teacher/Parent notes, handwriting practice, letter, picture and word identification, dictionary work, wordsearches, puzzles, mazes, coloring in pages, rhymes and quizzes.

Free eBook - Alphabet Tracing and Sequencing - Donnette Davis - TeachersPayTeachers.com

2011-12-13T19:36:00.000+02:00

Alphabet Tracing and Sequencing - Donnette Davis - TeachersPayTeachers.com

A sweet book focusing on both upper and lower case letters of the alphabet, recognition and sequencing, and numbers 0 to 9. Includes tracing, writing and very plain flash cards.

GET IT FREE

Free Christmas Activity eBooks Extravaganza

2011-12-08T07:53:00.001+02:00

Homeschooling eStore, Christmas Activity eBooks

DOWNLOAD NOW:
A host of free Christmas-themed PDF eBooks including:

The Ultimate Christmas Activity Pack
Healthy Christmas Recipes
Christmas Cakes Recipe Book
Spook's First Christmas
A Student's Christmas... and more...

Free Educational Christmas Activity eBooks and Worksheets

2011-12-08T06:33:00.001+02:00

St Aidens ~ Free Christmas Activity Books

Phonics, maths, reading, writing, counting, motor skills... and more ►Download for free

The Little Match Girl Curriculum-Based Activity Gift Box

2011-12-07T21:22:00.001+02:00

The Little Match Girl Mega Activity Gift Box: The Little Match Girl Mega Activity Gift Box

The Little Match Girl, Unit Study in Print and Audio

This Beautifully presented Educational Activity Pack consists of not one, but FIVE of Hans Christian Anderson's Well-Loved Tales.
Included within the pack:

Audio File for the Little Match Girl

Lesson Plans for all 5 of the stories

Mini-booklets for each story

Lesson Plans and Resources for Each Story

7 Self-extracting The Little Match Girl Jigsaw Puzzles

A Comprehensive 142 Pg Curriculum-Based eBook including Teaching
Plans, Resources, Activities & more

Reading Comprehension Worksheets reproducible for Each of the 5
Stories

Hans Christian Anderson Biography and Lesson Plan

162 pg Christmas Themed Coloring In andActivity Book for Very Little
People which incorporates

12 Days of Christmas Activity Pack, Copy-work, Sheet Music, Puzzles and
more.

View the Entire Package at Currclick. This is an exceptional Gift for any child or educator since it includes reading comprehension and evaluation, grammar exercises, vocabulary, critical thinking skills, handwriting exercises, creative writing, phonics and more.... Can be adapted for very young to the much older learner.

Printable Christmas Games for Kids - and their Adults... Download or Make Your Own

2011-12-07T19:50:00.001+02:00

Printable Christmas Games for Kids - and their Adults... Download or Make Your Own

In the Northern Hemisphere where winter has approached, families will be looking for fun indoor activities to while away a lazy afternoon, or as an appetizer to a children's Christmas party. In the Southern Hemisphere where a scorching African summer is in full force and the 6 week long Christmas Holiday is upon us - along with a sometimes very rainy season - parents will be looking for something to occupy little minds and hands out of the midday sun.

Together with my children I devised and compiled some fun printable Christmas games that are easy to download, easy to print and easy to assemble. The easiest - and most fun part - is playing the games, which can be used only for little people, or can be turned into an entire family feast of competition...

printable christmas games, donnette e davis, st aidens homeschool chrstmas printables

Free Activity Books & Printables - Educating Children in Understanding Pandemic Flu

2011-12-07T03:22:00.001+02:00

Educating Children in Understanding Pandemic Flu
Pandemic Flu... What to do? What, what, what... Don't Panic... Read these simple and fun instructions, download some extremely brilliant fun activity books for the kids -> and you're set! :)

Christmas Trivia Challenge, Printable Games for Kids

2011-12-05T15:08:00.002+02:00

Christmas Trivia Challenge, Printable Game: Christmas Trivia Challenge, Printable Game

How well do you ACTUALLY know Christmas around the world; in song, dance, and language?

This game provides a wide selection of Christmas trivia questions from general trivia to movies and music, traditions and languages. Test your knowledge of Christmas music with questions in the Music and Song Category, or see how well your dad REALLY remembers the movie or famous novel, "A Christmas Carol". What Christmas song contains the words "And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmas time..."? Who is Rudolph's dad? What will probably not find under the Christmas tree? What kind of Christmas is Elvis Presley going to have?

Get friends and family to join in to while away a lazy holiday afternoon, or use the game as a warm-up to a fabulous and fun Christmas gathering. Play the Game! And find the answers to these questions and a whole lot more!

Christmas Trivia Challenge, Printable Games for Kids

2011-12-05T15:08:00.001+02:00

Christmas Trivia Challenge, Printable Game: Christmas Trivia Challenge, Printable Game

How well do you ACTUALLY know Christmas around the world; in song, dance, and language?

This game provides a wide selection of Christmas trivia questions from general trivia to movies and music, traditions and languages. Test your knowledge of Christmas music with questions in the Music and Song Category, or see how well your dad REALLY remembers the movie or famous novel, "A Christmas Carol". What Christmas song contains the words "And there won't be snow in Africa this Christmas time..."? Who is Rudolph's dad? What will you probably not find under the Christmas tree? What kind of Christmas is Elvis Presley going to have?

Christmas Activities Mega eBook

2011-12-03T16:15:00.001+02:00

Christmas Activities Mega-Packet: Christmas Activities Mega-Packet


From St Aiden's Homeschool ~~$6.99~~ $3.99

PDF

This ebook is divided in various categories covering a wide range of subject areas including phonics, math, motor skills and critical thinking skills - all in all over 320 pages of fun and educational activities!

An eclectic mix of stunningly illustrated activities, from basic Christmas Picture and Christmas Animal Dictionaries; The Christmas Alphabet, Christmas Phonics, Snowman Activities, Christmas Numbers and Counting, Santa-themed activities, Flash Cards, Spot the difference! and an assortment of gift tags and label crafts.

Also included are handwriting and tracing exercises, along with picture/word association puzzles, Word Order! and Word Unscramble!
This unit is easily adaptable to a wider range of ages from very little people upwards.

Free Download - Exquisite Vintage Santa Christmas Playing Cards

2011-12-03T15:51:00.000+02:00

Vintage Christmas Playing Cards: Vintage Christmas Playing Cards

Vintage Christmas Playing Cards

via Vintage Christmas Playing Cards.

If you're hosting a Children's Christmas Party you might want to consider a few board or card games. This full deck of full color cards includes Jokers, and blank cards (if you're feeling inspired). The cards are created using beautiful assorted vintage Christmas images from the public domain. Enjoy with our compliments!

Playing card games is a great way for children to learn a variety of basic skills, including counting, taking turns, basic strategy, and being a good sport. Here are some ideas for the best traditional card games for children. All of these games can be played with a standard 52-card deck. While these games are mostly aimed at the younger generations, people of all ages can join in.

Simply print all pages onto cardstock, laminate for protection and durability and cut out cards. Fold on the dotted line and paste the front and back of each card together. (Bonus here is that if you need more than one deck, just print two sets of the cards)

Full instructions for each game as well as variations are at the end of the book.

GoFish

Spoons

Old Maid

Snap

Hearts

Concentration/Memory

Christmas Bingo, Printable Christmas Games for Kids

2011-12-03T15:25:00.000+02:00

Christmas Bingo: Christmas Bingo

Christmas Bingo

via Christmas Bingo.

Bingo is an easy game to play and also easy to teach. A popular choice when teaching phonics and numbers, Bingo is also often used for picture/word association in early learning.

While away a chilly Sunday afternoon, or use this game as a party activity building up to the excitement that fulfills our homes at Christmas.

This Packet contains 2 versions of Bingo; one version is a "picture match" version using picture calling cards, while the other uses word calling cards while the Bingo Mats are pictures.

With a total of 28 different Bingo Mats, 6 sheets of printable counters and 2 sets of calling cards this game is sure to keep little ones (and their adults) occupied for hours. $2.99

Christmas Scrabble Word Game - St Aiden's Homeschool | CurrClick

2011-12-03T14:55:00.001+02:00

Christmas Scrabble Word Game - St Aiden's Homeschool | CurrClick

Christmas Scrabble Word Game
via Christmas Scrabble Word Game.

Children Learn by Play, and what better time than at Christmas when everything is madly exciting! This game gives a whole new twist on the traditional board game of Scrabble.
Teaching your child phonics and phonemic awareness needn't be dull and uninteresting. From a very early age your child will begin to recognise the shape and sound of letters, and be able to sound and associate the correct words to pictures shown. Once your child has learnt the alphabet a whole new world of fun learning experiences opens up to him or her.
I devised this Letter Tile game which worked wonderfully for my children when they were younger, and who, after successfully "spelling" out simple Dolch words with the letter tiles, pushed their own envelopes and sounded letters and words to pictures, thereby gaining awareness of more complex words and far advancing their initial knowledge. And the kids didn't even know they were learning!
I have included 215 picture cards, all with a Christmas Theme, blank cards with instructions on how to make your own, a storage envelope and 2 sheets of letter tiles, both upper and lower case, as well as educator notes on the importance of phonics and phonemic awareness.
Have fun!
Wishing you and yours a very safe and blessed Christmas and holiday season.

From St Aiden's Homeschool
~~$5.99~~ $2.99

Everything Christmas - St Aiden's Homeschool | CurrClick

2011-12-02T19:07:00.000+02:00

Everything Christmas - St Aiden's Homeschool | CurrClick

Everything Christmas
From St Aiden's Homeschool $0.00

PDF

Songs & Games & Puzzles 'n things... Something for everyone in the family...

Spend fun-filled hours these holidays printing out as many copies of each activity as may be required; or have a sing-a-long to some really well-known and well-loved Christmas songs.

With our compliments. Have a safe and happy holiday season!

Best wishes

Donnette

Stocking Up Your Shelves, 1000s of Choice Homeschool Resources Available for a Limited Period PLUS 10 CyberMonday Freebies :)

2011-11-28T22:38:00.000+02:00

Stocking Up Your Shelves

Every year homeschoolers, teachers, parents and students look forward to Currclick's Annual Stocking Up Your Shelves Event where their top publishers make available thousands of quality educational and homeschool resources for a fraction of the normal retail price - yes, there are even hundreds available for free.

You have 21 days, 17 hours and 12 minutes to Stock Up Your Shelves!

Click here to download CurrClick's 8 Cyber Monday freebies for even more savings

Join Currclick on Facebook for another 2 (free) exceptional products

Halloween Recipes and Crafts (plus 11 free eBooks) - St Aiden's Homeschool | CurrClick

2011-10-25T16:25:00.000+02:00

Halloween Recipes and Crafts (plus 11 free eBooks) - St Aiden's Homeschool | CurrClick

This book provides a unique selection of extremely edible and totally delicious and ghastly recipes....

Try your hand at:

Edible Spiders
Eerie Eyeballs
Creepy Witches' Fingers
Jack-O-Lantern Cheese and Crackers
Spooky Sandwiches
Creepy Crispy Crunchies
Devilled Eggs
Decayed Corpse Chips with Entrail Salsa
Witches' Brew
Bleeding Human Heart
Halloween Sandwich Figures
Jack-O-Lantern Burgers
Creepy Cheese Fries
Eyeball Tacos
Gooey Pasta with Cheese
Bat Wings
Pumpkin Face Cookies
Spider Cookies
Ice Cream Filled Witches' Hats
Alien Pops
Monster Fingers
Spooky Spider Treats
Spider Web Cupcakes

and loads more...

296 Pages of freakish fun, as well as

a Free ebook of Halloween Jokes; a Free ebook containing 19 Ghost Stories; 2 free ebooks, one for Pumpkin Seed recipes and another for pumpkin recipes, a free ebook of pumpkin patterns and 6 Halloween Coloring and Crafts eBooks for kids

The Recipes and Craft eBook is in PDF format. The free gifts (ebooks) are all in ZIP format, but will open to PDF's

Samhain - An Irish Fall Harvest Activity-Based Unit Study - St Aiden's Homeschool | CurrClick

2011-10-25T16:16:00.000+02:00

Samhain - An Irish Fall Harvest Activity-Based Unit Study - St Aiden's Homeschool | CurrClick

Samhain in Ireland is a three-day festival that encompasses Halloween, All Saints' and All Souls' Days. It is a threshold time, marking the end of the bright days of summer and the beginning of autumn and then winter.

This activity-based unit study provides information relating to the history, traditions, myth and mystery surrounding this festival.

Included are worksheets (for older elementary children),crossword puzzles, wordsearches, coloring sheets and multiple choice questions, amongst other activities for even younger children.

Also included are traditional Irish Halloween crafts, recipes and games - something for the whole family.

Samhain songs and a reading list provide extension activities for either older or younger generations.

Gaelic/English words and phrases are included for those who would like to try their hand at traditional Irish language.

A Halloween Concentration Game and a Halloween Tic-Tac-Toe are included in this bundle.

Picture the African Sunset

2011-10-25T07:58:00.000+02:00

Picture the African Sunset

I think this is one of the most beautiful scenes to be found anywhere in the world - an African sunset. And I took the picture!

Irish Halloween Games, Crafts and Activities for Kids

2011-10-19T16:56:00.000+02:00

Irish Halloween Games, Crafts and Activities for Kids

Many Traditional Irish Halloween Games Have Their Origins in Trials by Water

Extracted from: Irish Halloween Games, Crafts and Activities for Kids

The Celtic year begins, as life begins, in darkness. According to ancient Roman authors, the druids believed that "souls do not die but after death pass into other bodies". Their belief in reincarnation was so strong that it was said that an unsettled debt at the time of a person's death could be carried over to their next life!

Samhain is also known as Halloween, Snap Apple Night and Night of the Tricks.

Samhain in Ireland is a three-day festival that encompasses Hallowe'en, All Saints' and All Souls' Days.

It is a time when families gather together to discuss the year which is gone, and to predict the year which is to come; a time when hearty traditional food becomes the main attraction; a time when children dress up and play. It is a time when young men and women ask questions about their futures. It is a time of deep tradition, superstition, myth and mystery.

The Fairies, or the Little People, can be seen riding in procession from one fairy fort to another across the land. It is traditional to put out a bowl of milk or porridge or a piece of cake for the fairies as they pass by your house.

All crops had to be gathered in before Samhain on 31 October, and no berries could be picked after this time, as the Pooka would spit on them. The last sheaf of the harvest left standing in the field was named the Cailleach or Hag. This 'old woman', who was formerly revered as the crone aspect of the Celtic triple goddess, the maiden, Brigit; the mother, Macha; and the crone, Morrigan, who has since dwindled into the figure of the witch, dressed in black with cauldron and riding her broomstick.

For more on Halloween traditions and myth, and also Halloween Games and Crafts visit Irish Halloween Games, Crafts and Activities for Kids

Traditional Irish Autumn Harvest Recipes

2011-10-19T09:42:00.000+02:00

Traditional Irish Autumn Harvest Recipes

The Celtic year begins, as life begins - in darkness, at midnight on Samhain, 31 October, the beginning of the autumn

I love Ireland, I love all things Irish. Learning about the old myths and traditions, culture, the people and heritage, is a source of wonderment and inspiration to me. I wrote this lens for a Squidoo Rocketmoms Lens Challenge, and included some familiar traditional Irish fall harvest recipes.. enjoy!

Samhain is a three-day festival held in Ireland, which incorporates All Souls' Day, Halloween, and All Saints' Day. It marks the end of the bright days of summer and the beginning of the darker - and colder - part of the year.

Beautiful and mysterious Ireland is steeped in myth and tradition. Stories of little folk can be heard everywhere. In times gone by, discussions surrounding the Fall Harvest were had at every meeting place. The Sidhe, also known as The Fairies, The Good Folk, Little People or Tuatha de Dunann move from their summer residence to their autumn homes at this time.

All crops had to be gathered in before Samhain, and no berries could be picked after this time, as Pooka would spit on them. The last sheaf of harvest left standing in the field was called Cailleach, or Hag. This component of the Celtic triple Goddess, Brigid the maiden, Macha the mother and Morrigan the crone has since become the witch, dressed in black, riding her broomstick or cooking over her cauldron.

Weather forecasts for the winter were made according to the direction and strength of the wind at midnight on 31 October, or by the movement of clouds over the moon at that time.

Source: http://www.squidoo.com/irish-autumn-harvest-recipes

Trunk or Treat Sale

2011-10-18T07:08:00.000+02:00

Trunk or Treat Sale

Search for 8 FREE education products hidden all over CurrClick.com. And even better, fall themed titles will be discounted by up to 75%!

Today is the 1st day of CurrClick's most exciting promotion of the season: Our Trunk or Treat Sale and Freebie Event! Tomorrow, October 18th (around 10:00 CST) through October 31st, customers can search for 8 FREE education products hidden all over CurrClick.com. And even better, fall themed titles will be discounted by up to 75%! You will not want to miss this exciting and fun event.