Homeschool Freebies: 2009 Presidential Inauguration

In honor of the 2009 Presidential Inauguration, CurrClick is offering to wonderful resources for free.

The first resource is the Teacher Book Bag's American Presidential Inauguration 2009. You can download this free resource here.

The second is The 2009 Presidential Inauguration Lap and Note Pack.

"This Lap & Note Pack is perfect for exploring the history behind the Inauguration of US Presidents.

This Pack includes Lap & Note Sheets and Suggested Answers as well as Inauguration Fact Sheets to help you and your student learn about this historic event.

If you enjoy lapbooking or notebooking you are not going to want to miss this product!" ~CurrClick

Just click here to download your own copy free. This will be a great way to use this historical day to teach out kids about the Presidential Inaugurations.

Free Inauguration Teaching Resource

For a limited time only The Bill of Right Institute is offering a free download of their Presidential Inauguration: History, Tradition, and the Constitution book for you to use.


Here is what The Bill of Rights Institute has to say about this product:

Bring the historic Presidential Inauguration of 2009 into your classroom! “Presidential Inauguration: History, Tradition, and the Constitution” helps your students learn more about Inauguration Day from constitutional, historical, and current perspectives.

But this will only be available January 13 & 14 Only! So hurry on over and get your copy today here.

I am very excited to be able to use this with my kids too.

Menu Plan Monday

This week I am planning to continue to add in veggies as much as possible. I have started to drink water mostly. And I am also trying to make eating breakfast a regular part of my day. I used to be good at remembering the importance of breakfast, but lately I just pass it over and then eat a lot more at lunchtime.

Breakfasts - consists of oatmeal, cold cereal, fruit smoothies, toast & poached eggs.

Lunches - consists of soups, peanut butter sandwiches, or dinner leftovers.

Dinners - I will try to include lots of veggies this week.

~ Monday ~

Chicken Fried Rice

~ Tuesday ~

Grape Leaves, Mashed Potatoes, and Yellow Squash

~ Wednesday ~

Scalloped Ham & Potatoes

~ Thursday ~

Pizza

~ Friday ~

Stir Fry

~ Saturday ~

Baked Chicken, potatoes, and a veggie

~ Sunday ~

I leave Sunday open. A lot of times we got out to eat after church and aren't really hungry for dinner after such a large late lunch. If we do get hungry, then we just eat whatever is leftover in the fridge from the week.

Over the next couple of weeks I will work on replenishing my pantry with healthy options to give us a good start in the New Year. Until then I will continue to use the food that the Lord has provided for my family.

You can find out more about weekly menu planning here. To check out more menu plans for this week click here.

Inaugural Party

We were able to teach the kids a lot about government and the election process in real life during the past election.

There is no better way to teach kids than by using real life. After all they will grow up and become adults themselves one day. Then they will be the ones making the choice of who they would like to see as president.

I think this is a wonderful time in history regardless of how you voted. And so with the Inauguration of the new President Barak Obama I am thinking of how I can also use this event as a moment in real life to teach my kids valuable lessons.

One way that came to mind recently is an Inaugural Party.

We could decorate the house and have a grand meal. Maybe I will come up with some kind of games that we can play to jog the kids minds about the things that they learned during the elections. I am still looking for more ideas.

So now that I know I want to have an inaugural party, now I need inauguration party ideas. So I wonder if anyone else is planning to celebrate the inaguration with their kids. I did see some pretty col party decorations especially for an Inaugural party at Celebrations.com.

Menu Plan Monday ~ Wednesday

After the last couple of weeks of eating junk, I'm definitely ready to get some healthful food into my system. I am really feeling the results of all those treats this morning. It doesn't matter how much sleep I get, I'm still tired and sluggish. So mama needs some good nutrition in this house for the New Year.

Breakfasts - consists of oatmeal, cold cereal, fruit smoothies, toast & poached eggs.

Lunches - consists of soups, peanut butter sandwiches, or dinner leftovers.

Dinners - I will try to include lots of veggies this week.

~ Monday ~

Steak, Baked Potatoes, and mixed veggies.

~ Tuesday ~

Spaghetti and Meatballs, garlic toast, and a veggie.

~ Wednesday ~

Grape Leaves, Mashed Potatoes, and Yellow Squash

~ Thursday ~

Talapia, Steamed Veggies, and Herb Rice

~ Friday ~

Egg, Sausage, and Cheese Sandwiches

~ Saturday ~

Venison Stew

~ Sunday ~

I leave Sunday open. A lot of times we got out to eat after church and aren't really hungry for dinner after such a large late lunch. If we do get hungry, then we just eat whatever is leftover in the fridge from the week.

Over the next couple of weeks I will work on replenishing my pantry with healthy options to give us a good start in the New Year. Until then I will continue to use the food that the Lord has provided for my family.

You can find out more about weekly menu planning here. To check out more menu plans for this week click here.

Storage Beds

Rich's mom always gets us some kind of warm and cozy bedding for Christmas.

First she got us a big fluffy feather bed. The very first night that we used it I thought that we had gotten a brand new mattress. The mattress that we have is about 30 years old. It was given to us used from my mother in law. We are thankful for it. And I am not usually that picky about where I sleep.

But the next year she gave us flannel sheets and a great big down comforter. It felt like we were sleeping on a cloud in heaven. Once again it felt like we had gotten a brand new bed. And this was enough to distract us from the thought of getting a real brand new bed.

Then this year she got us feather pillows and I have never slept so good in my life. All of these different components add up to a very cozy and comfortable nights sleep. However comfortable these things may make the bed, it is only a matter of time before it is not new anymore.

Once this happens the bed goes back to being the same tired old bed. I am hoping to be able to get a new bed possibly tis year. And being that my house is kind of small I would love to get a new storage beds

Homeschool Writing Contest

I don't know about you, but I am always looking for neat ways to get my kids excited about writing.

While I used to love writing when I was growing up, I have to admit that this is not true for either of my children. Kalene is a talented writer when she's feeling up to it. Richie has absolutely no interest in writing anything!

The Schoolhouse Store is hosting a writing contest for homeschoolers. I'm thinking that maybe a contest is just the motivation I need. You can read all about the contest here.