A Relevant Giveaway: Flower Printable

A Relevant giveaway . . . spring has sprung and sprouts have turned to multiple leaves in my green house. 

And this year is Gabe’s introduction to gardening. 

I found the perfect unit to show him God’s creation and to share in my excitement of horticulture. 

The package that I bought looked so great that  . . . well . . . I bought two!  One for the Granola house and one for your house! 

I also purchased two units from 2 Teaching Mommies because I understand what these moms are doing . . . like me, they are planning on attending Relevant and trying to pay their way via their blog by sharing their gifts and talents. 

So I wanted to bless them in the same way many of you have blessed me.  You see, when you click and purchase a product from my Amazon links or Cultures for Health ad, or subscribe to the Grain Free Meal Plan, Nourished Kitchen meal plan, the Get Cultured Course, or the Reversing Food Allergies Course . . . I earn a little bit of income.

That income is helping me go to Relevant.  

If I go to Relevant . . . I will become a better blogger . . . with better content . . .  able to manage my time better . . . and be a better wife and mom . . . one that shines better more for the Lord.  (Better just worked well for this paragraph.)

Anyhow, want to win the Flower Unit?  Perfect if you are also linking up with the Homeschool Village Garden Challenge.

Mandatory Entry:  Tell me, what is your favorite vegetable.

Optional Entries: 

1. Enter the Little Light Creative Giveaway
2. become a Granola Mom on Google Connect
3. Give yourself an entry if you have some sprouts growing.
4. Give yourself an entry if you linked up to the Homeschool Village Garden Challenge.
5. Tweet about the giveaway:  Garden/flower Unit Printable Giveaway @GranolaMom4God  http://t.co/iwto2K6

Giveaway ends:  April 20, 2011

Open to anyone who has access to the internet.

ABC Teach -- A Review

As part of the The Old Schoolhouse Homeschool Crew, I was given the opportunity to use and review a membership level access for free to the website abcteach.

Let me tell you some fun facts about having a membership with abcteach:

• the membership fee is only $40/year (approximately $3.35/month), which realistically you might be spending on workbooks anyway
• you will have 35,000 pintables at your fingertips, with more documents added weekly to reflect current events and seasons
• educational clip art (a bonus if you make Bible memory verse cards!)
• a weekly newsletter that alerts you to updates on the website
• the ability to create custom documents
• no advertising

I found myself frequently using the abcteach website during our trial period through The Old Schoolhouse Crew, as I am known to fly by the seat of my pants pajamas, when I teach. It isn’t uncommon for me to change my teaching focus during morning Tot School or Afternoon Kindergarten.

For example, I use Five In a Row as my guide to study quality literature with the boys. Last week, we were reading The Ugly Duckling, but I hadn’t planned any supplemental manipulatives to further help the boys understand and remember the elements of the story.

Enter abcteach! With their convenient search bar, I typed in The Ugly Duckling and VOILA! I found a great download of a black and white printable storyline that the boys could place in sequential order and then color. It was great . . . . and it took a matter of seconds to find it.

Another time, as I introduced the Letter D . . . I realized that we had already consumed the D practice page in our Handwriting Without Tears (HWT) workbook. No problem! I downloaded and printed letters A-D in less than a minute that were formatted according to HWT.

The problem I suffer from is that if it is out of my sight, then it is out of my mind. I may already have the perfect workbook to supplement our core curriculum, but if it is hidden on the back of the shelf, it might as well be at 1/2 Price Books! That is why abcteach worked so well for me. Neo--The Mini, is often in the school room with us. So I just hop on the Internet, hit the tab for abcteach and find what I am looking for.

I honestly think that when you average out $40 over the course of the school year, or even year, that abcteach is a great value and tool. I recommend this website.

If you don’t purchase a membership, abcteach offers a free website with 6,000+ free pintables!

Click on the Homeschool Crew banner to read other reviews on this product

As a member of the Homeschool Crew, I was given this product to review, and I do not have to return the product to the vendor (that would have been kind of hard). I was not paid for this post. All opinions expressed in this post are mine .

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