The Green Ember is FREE! & Pre-order the newest book!

i pre-listened to the audiobook of The Green Ember by S.D. Wilson.  i know my younger set of kids are gonna love it!  can't wait to share it with them... and for the new book! i went ahead and pre-ordered it since it's only $4.

FREE TODAY! If your family loves a new adventure with an old soul,  get The Green Ember, for $0.  Also, check out S. D. Smith’s new book, The Black Star of Kingston.  #RabbitsWithSwords

FREE or VERY cheap books!! (kindle & audiobooks)

Happy New Year!! & Look what I found while online today!
I just had to share, especially since a couple of them I've read and have REALLY loved.


FREE ESV Audio Bible!  On christianaudio.com during January only! I already own this and use it EVERY day!

Today's Deals on amazon.com has a few new releases & popular titles on sale:
Amazon's Gold Box Deal of the Day - TODAY (1/1/14) ONLY! - Scroll down for the titles I found interesting...

Because He Loves Me: How Christ Transforms Our Daily Life is going on my reading list for 2014!  Only $5 for the AUDIOBOOK at christianaudio.com. I saved $4-10!
The kindle version is available here for $9


Quiet by Susan Cain made my top read for 2013!  Grab the kindle edition for only $2.99 (may only be for a limited time?)





CHECK it out. I'm sure it's only for a limited time!   Beth Moore's Amazon Page lists a number of her books for FREE or for $0.99 right now, including:
To Live Is Christ - FREE
Believing God - FREE
The Beloved Disciple - FREE (I'm s.l.o.w.l.y. working through the study version of this right now!)
Praying God's Word Day by Day - $0.99
A Heart Like His: Intimate Reflections on the Life of David - $0.99
Breaking Free: Discover the Victory of Total Surrender - $0.99
Jesus, the One and Only - $0.99
Praying God's Word: Breaking Free from Spiritual Strongholds - $0.99


Possibly Interesting Amazon Daily Deals?!
(I haven't yet read any of these, but am contemplating a few of them)











For more titles on sale TODAY ONLY see:
Amazon's Gold Box Deal of the Day






*See this post for some the really good reasons you might choose to support our family through our affiliate linkage! :)

my favorite audio bible... is on SALE!!

if you are in the market for an audio version of the bible, this one is FANTASTIC!  we use it every. single. day.

AND it's on sale today for only $7.49!  (i gain nothing from this linkage except the satisfaction that comes from sharing!!) while you're there, don't forget to pick up this month's free audiobook,  a biography of A.W. Tozer, 'A Passion for God', by Lyle Dorsett
click the image to go to christianaudio.com 



and here's the OT in ESV that's completely FREE = $0.00!  it's a dramatized version which might be super great for circle time!

Last day of the SALE!

Today is the LAST day for 30% off everything at CompassClassroom, the makers of Visual Latin and a host of other products... So, you'll have to hurry and check it out here!

And yes, sirree, I DO make a dollar or two if you click through my links, for which I THANK you! ;)


We've used various of the products here...


And here's a new product that looks  VERY interesting to a teenager or two in my household...


P.S. I'm sorry not to have given the heads up sooner! We were without internet for a week.

Need to get a Handel on something?! {amy's amazing amazon links}

Well, I haven't listened in yet, but there's this seemingly amazing deal on a Handel mp3 album.

There are 302 tracks, with over 14 hours of music. You might even get tired of Handel, but at least you'll have enough to last a lifetime, so you can afford to spread it out a little.

Click and grab it for less than a DOLLAR!

Go directly, and tell them I sent you. :)

And have you ever read anything by Thomas Tapper?
Well, he's super and there's a FREE kindle book on... wait, you'll never guess...
That's right! Handel. So, while you're there, grab that too.

I hope you have enjoyed the latest installment of {amy's amazing amazon finds}!!
Brought to you from the AMAZON.

Reminder! LAST CM Blog Carnival of 2012 {AND giveaway!}

Alright. It's been WAY too long since we've had a little freebie fun around here! I've been wanting to do a giveaway for months now (a year?!), but have just been WAY too busy.
But, now I say, enough is enough. We won't wait any longer. We've got to have some end of the year fun!

The upcoming and LAST CM Blog Carnival of 2012 will be hosted right here @ Fisher Academy, and we're gonna go ahead and celebrate and make it even MORE fun by giving away a really cool CHRISTMAS gift! Again. (see info below)

Plus, there are TONS of other things worth celebrating. Counting backwards some of the bigger events of the year, we have... the 2012 Holiday season (now upon us); a whole 'nother year's worth of Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival posts; AmblesideOnline's forum debut; 200+ friends connecting with Fisher Academy; old and new friends connecting in persona at ChildlightUSA conference, plus about a million personal things we could all probably name off... and I could just keep on counting!

It's totally a year worth remembering.

In celebration of a year's worth of living, I'll be giving away a really cool art calendar as a kind of earnest money on this coming year, that I'm certain will be just as good. Who knows, maybe it'll be THE year of all years that Jesus comes back?! Wouldn't THAT be amazing.



So before this year's over, one happy person will be the proud new owner of a 2013 Art Calendar! OR if you don't want to wait, you could buy yours here: Art 2013 Gallery Calendar (Page a Day Gallery Calendar)!

Because we're in the midst of celebrating the 2012 holidays, and because we're talking about the last CM blog carnival of 2012, and because it would be so much fun if lots of people participate, I'll draw and announce the winner on the day after the carnival, December 12^th (just in time to get or regift the calendar for Christmas!!), on 12/12/12!!  Wow. cool.
Read the following carefully to know how you can go about trying to win. :)

Earn one entry for each of the following... (earn up to SIX entries!)

• Every blog post submitted to the upcoming Holiday edition of the CM blog carnival (all CM-related posts welcome!) – will automatically earn 2 entries!!
• Leave a comment on any of the carnival posts AND on the CM blog carnival post which will be posted @ Fisher Academy on December 11^th - earn 1 entry!
  (P.S. to be eligible, remember to comment elsewhere and come back and tell me in your comment on the Holiday edition carnival post on 12/11. Oh, and if you don't have your e-mail address linked to your comment, I won't be able to contact you, and I'll have to draw another name!)
• Blog about the giveaway (include linked picture above), and leave me a link in the comments of this here post – worth 2 entries!!
• Link to this giveaway post on fb AND/OR pin the giveaway pic to pinterest, (and leave a comment in this here post) – worth 1 entry!
• "Like" (if you haven't already) the Fisher Academy fb page – this doesn't earn any entries, but it IS a great way to stay up-to-date with the CM Blog Carnival! :)

So. There you have it. There are many chances to win! I leave it up to you, if you'd like to participate to win on purpose, or if you simply want to take it easy, submit your post and read the carnival as usual. Either way, you are VERY welcome, and you might just end up being that one extra happy person to receive the calendar for Christmas!

UPDATE:
Drawing will be held on December 12th (the day after the carnival)
Drawing will be held on Saturday December 15th and the winner will be announced the very same day! :) That way y'all will have more time to comment on the other carnival posts!! more time = more comments = more chances to win. ;)



Coming soon!Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival Holidays edition,December 11th @ Fisher Academy
 

Quoted from last year:  

"You might want to post what Charlotte Mason-y things you do during holidays... maybe you could teach us about how Charlotte Mason might have had us use our holidays.  You might post about whatever holiday traditions you have in your family!  If you have a favorite holiday post you'd like to direct us to... do it!  It's up to you :)  Seems to me that you could include Thanksgiving and/or Christmas holidays! Or any other holiday during the months of November/December for that matter!  The only stipulation you must keep in mind however is, that this is a Charlotte Mason blog carnival!  Which of course we all know just makes it that much better fun! ;)"

Submit your carnival post here.
 Have I ever told you how much we LOVE our Art Calendar?!


Do I look like I love it?! Or, do I look WEIRD?! ...don't tell me. The calendar sits on our table, and the kids change it daily.
It is also useful for copying the day's date :)

Speaking of languages...

Lately, I've been thinking a lot about teaching a foreign language (lately = means over the last year or so ;) I've been studying Gouin, talking to friends and thinking a lot.



Speaking of foreign languages, we have some experience in this area, and are constantly gaining more. We all speak English for example! ;) Yep. It's true. Then there's one language (Spanish), that some years ago, was foreign, has become familiar, and now flows for us. These days, we are getting to know another couple of languages that are still, in varying degrees, foreign to us (French & Latin).

It's been fun. and hard. and fulfilling. and frustrating. all that.

Read more about our language studies here.

Based on the recommendation of a good friend, I found the link and checked out the following program and it looks really good for a basic start in Spanish. She follows a lot of the same principles that I've been reading about via Charlotte Mason, Gouin and what seems to me most natural about learning a language. She is a Spanish teacher herself and offers the help of a native Spanish speaker as well. Andrea is offering an intro price of $7 for the first 5 lessons (normal price will be $37).
Please check out:

Spanish with Andrea!

Make sure to tell her I sent you!
I don't make a commission, but I'd love to know how many of you go there because of this post! ;)


helpful quote:

"Again, it is incontestable that the ear, and not the eye, is the physical organ for apprehending a language, just as truly as it is by the mouth, and not the ear, we appropriate food." vol 1 pg 303

4 Moms of 35 Kids give A's to your Q's

Great advice coming soon in e-book format (& cheap!) from homeschooling mothers of many! The 4 Moms (The Common Room, Raising Olives, Smockity Frocks, & In a Shoe) have put together a 195 page e-book! Check it out...




AND... starting Monday at 11:00a.m. CST, there will be an amazing blow-out sale:

First 50 customers – 50 cents
Next 100 – $1
Next 200 – $2
Next 300 – $3
Next 400 and holding at this introductory price indefinitely – $4

By letting all your friends know, you could be one of the winners to receive the ebook FREE.
Click for details.

:) HT: Thanks, Anne!

Mendelssohn mp3 music for $2.49

Ambleside Online's scheduled composer for study this term is Mendelssohn... yay!

I found many of the selections on this mp3 album.
(It has 99 pieces for only $2.49! Sadly, it only has two Songs Without Words, but see below*)




If for some reason this link isn't product specific (I tried!), just type in 99 Mendelssohn and it should come up in the search :)


*Never fear because my compadre Naomi over at Living Charlotte Mason in California has put together a playlist which includes a good selection of aforementioned Songs Without Words on grooveshark - click here.

I'll be posting more on this subject in the weeks to come :)

A digital homeschool magazine for less than $8?!

Hey friends!  Check this out!  

**Attention all international homeschooling families!

(psst!  Lisa, Sarah CT, Martine, Techy, Jeanne, Sarah, DeeDee...

and all the rest of you, please chime in in the comments if I accidentally overlooked you!)

The Old Schoolhouse is having a Labor Day weekend sale on their magazine subscriptions.  And you just can't beat the price for the digital edition!  $6.95 for international subscriptions!!

Go here to read more!!

Even you US dwelling homeschoolers get a super deal too on the printed version for only $7.95!
That's awesome!!

"We are offering a one-year print subscription for just $7.95 or a one-year plus current issue print subscription for only $12.95!  Plus, you can get a digital subscription for just $6.95 for 4 issues. It's perfect for international homeschooling families."

I'm also going to check out the Homeschool Expo (an online homeschool conference) scheduled for the first week of October! Look here for more details on that...

**This has been an official Fisher Academy International Teaching Home announcement... ;)

I hope you very much enjoyed it.

I gain absolutely nothing whether or not you buy anything... so feel no guilt!! 

Ambleside Online audiobooks - on SALE! - or even FREE!

I read through the entire book of Our Island Story with my two oldest boys.  I feel like it is quite an accomplishment as it stretched over several school years!  Our Island Story (alternately known as An Island Story as well) by HE Marshall is a spine history text for the first 4 years of Ambleside Online.  But the second time through, now that I am teaching more than just one year, I LOVE having the audio version for my y1 girl!  I just play the audio right here on the computer and she does her narration as normal.  Many times we listen to it together, but I've had her listen alone as well and draw her narration or just come and find me to tell it back.

Christianaudio.com has a sale going on that you can find a lot of AO titles for $7.49!  Go check it out if you are interested in audios because the regular prices range anywhere from $10 - $30...




Our Island Story: Complete by H.E. Marshall
I bought mine for $38!!  This version is on sale for $25!  oh man!  


Some other titles on christianaudio.com:  (look under the Classic Literature category for more)

• Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: A Blackstone Production by Lewis Carroll (AOy3 xtra)
• Peter Pan: A Blackstone Production by J. M. Barrie (AOy1 xtra)
• Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling (not on sale - AOy1)
• Little Men by Louisa May Alcott (AOy6 xtra)
• Now We Are Six by A.A. Milne (AOy1)
• The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss (AOy6 xtra)
• The Wind in the Willows: A Blackstone Production by Kenneth Grahame (AOy2)
• When We Were Very Young by A.A. Milne (AOy1)
• Anderson's Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen (AOy2)
• Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables is an extra in AOy5)
• Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery
• Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. Montgomery
• Further Chronicles of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery
• Pollyanna: A Blackstone Production by Eleanor H. Porter (AOy4 xtra))
• The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney (AOy2 xtra)
• The Secret Garden: A Blackstone Production by Frances Hodgson Burnett (AOy4 xtra)
• The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting (this is the second book in the series, the first book is and extra in AOy2) 

Librivox...
ahh.  free.  but there is one really annoying thing about free... beggars can't be choosy.  There are a lot of volunteer readers that do not read clearly or have pesky issues with their microphone resulting in terrible sound.  Or there's that special feature that if you regularly listen to librivox recordings, your kids will have the intro memorized in no time, "This is a librivox recording.  All librivox recordings are in the public domain..."  Yes.  kind of annoying over time.  All said, free is a very good price!!  Here is a REALLY helpful page I just found the other day that lists all the recordings of books on the Ambleside Online booklist in years 1-4 HERE.  Recordings of the books on the Ambleside Online booklist for years 5-8 HERE.

Summer is fun for stocking up while things are on sale!  

Free e-books from Trivium Pursuit

Special Offer from Trivium Pursuit and Christian Logic

Our readers have the opportunity to receive two free ebooks from Trivium Pursuit.

You will receive both of these ebooks when you subscribe to the Homeschooling with the Trivium newsletter.

1.The 73 page ebook of the entire text of Chapter Twelve: Ten Things to Do With Children Ages Ten Through Twelve from the book Teaching the Trivium: Christian Homeschooling in a Classical Style by Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn

2.The new 94 page ebook Ancient Literature: Significant Excerpts from the Books of Classical Authors Which You Can Use to Supplement Your History Curriculum - Volume Two: Alexander the Great.

This offer is only for new subscribers to Homeschooling with the Trivium and is good only through November 30. Go here to subscribe: http://www.triviumpursuit.com/list/


In addition, if you subscribe to Christian Logic's Fallacy Detective News you will receive two lessons from the logic textbook The Thinking Toolbox by Nathaniel Bluedorn and Hans Bluedorn (Lessons 12 and 13, along with exercises and answer key).

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