There are three free MP3 downloads today if you are interested. One is a 1950 radio adaptation of The Long Winter (Little House)
I haven’t had time to listen to them myself yet, but have downloaded them and look forward to it. I enjoyed some really good Thanksgiving and Christmas ones over the holidays. I like to just sit and close my eyes while listening. Much better for the imagination!
Enjoy!
Caroline received this DVD for Christmas from my parents and it is all the rage right now.
It’s long (74 minutes) so we only let her watch it once a day, but I think she would watch it a couple of times a day if we would let her. 
The narrator is Sebastian Cabot and it had been years and years since I had heard his voice. (Did anyone else watch Family Affair when they were growing up? I remember seeing it on reruns.)
Anyway, highly recommended. I love the way it goes from the book to the movie. Very cute video that has made Caroline laugh out loud many times.
I wanted to share this resource even though Christmas is upon us because the information is helpful beyond Christmas as well.
This is a link to a PDF of a Holiday Helper packet for Christmas put together by Living Books Curriculum. They offer a variety of materials and curriculum related to the Charlotte Mason method.
They offer these free Holiday Helper packets to those on their mailing list. I’ve received a number of them since joining their mailing list and every one is nicely done. I asked Shelia if I could share this link and she was happy to have me do so.
Living Books Curriculum also has a free Get Acquainted Sample Packet on their left sidebar if you want to learn more about their curriculum and join their mailing list.
Enjoy!
Homeschool Freebie of the Day has two free ebooks today.
The first, Family Holiday Memories, features many simple and easy to implement ideas for making the season special.
The second, Christmas Candy Recipes, has 40 recipes for different holiday treats.
Check them out for some good ideas!
We’re using this book this year and enjoying it quite a bit.
It is a cute board book with a padded cover with a short little reading, an activity idea, a verse and a prayer. The illustrations are colorful and cute. The language is simple and it covers many different aspects of Christmas in an easy to understand way. Most of the activities are simple little ideas so they are easy to implement.
The first activity in the book is to make a paper chain to count down the days until Christmas. Each day we cut off a piece of the chain and then read the book.
I’m also using this as a way to get us in the habit of doing a little devotional each day with Caroline. After we finish this Christmas book, we’ll start on this one:
It is a child’s version of My Utmost for His Highest, one of my favorite devotionals. I’m looking forward to getting started with this as well.
My friend, Amy, sent this link. I’m going to save this one for use next year, I think.
Free Printable Christmas Nativity
Enjoy!
I’ve added a picture of our family to the sidebar. I’ve been meaning to do it for a long time and finally got around to it today. So now you have faces to go with the names here.
This is a clever and fun book from the 1800’s about The Boston Tea Party. It is available only today so check it out and enjoy!
BTW… I have no connection with Homeschool Freebie of the Day, but if you like older/classic books and materials… You should consider getting on their mailing list. They offer one freebie each week that you can only get if you receive their weekly email update. Not all of the freebies are old. They also offer newer ebooks from people trying to get the word out about their materials.
Many of the things I download I don’t know if I will ever use with Caroline, but I enjoy looking at them myself since I enjoy reading older materials. 
