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Free Audio Book – “Desiring God” by John Piper

Nov 2

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Hooray for free stuff!  The folks at  Christianaudio.com are offering John Piper’s highly acclaimed book, Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist, in audiobook form as a FREE download.

This offer is valid only for the month of November (2009). Simply follow this link and use coupon code “NOV2009“. Don’t procrastinate. The month of November will end sooner than you think!

UPDATE: This promotion is now over.  Christianaudio.com is now offering a free download of the audio book, The Brothers Karamazov (Abridged), by Fyodor Dostoevsky thru the month of December.

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Free Issue of TableTalk from Ligonier Ministries

Aug 21

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UPDATE:  The complete August issue of TableTalk magazine is now available online.  Click here to check it out.

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Ligonier Ministries, the teaching ministry of Dr. R.C. Sproul, announced this morning that they are giving away free copies of a recent issue (August 2008) of their daily devotional magazine, TableTalk.  The theme of the free issue is “The New Atheism“, featuring a number of great articles on this very timely and heated topic. 

Never read TableTalk?  Care to read a sample article?  Check out this one by Gene Edward Veith.  

If you wish to get your own free issue(s), just send an email to tabletalkoffer@ligonier.org and include “Tabletalk Offer” in the subject line of the email, along with your full name, address, phone number, and the many copies you wish to receive.  Hurry! This offer is good only while supplies last.

If you really like what you’ve read, Ligonier also offers a trial subscription to TableTalk.  

TableTalk is a staple in our home and I highly recommend it to Christian families everywhere (homeschoolers or not).  I also recommend just about every book I’ve ever read by Dr. R.C. Sproul and would urge you to buy or borrow as many as of them as possible.  No budget for more books right now?  I know how that is!  Ligonier also has a daily podcast available on iTunes for you to enjoy.  

Be ready for some meaty Christian discussion there!  Enjoy!

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Homeschool Giveaway at Alpha Omega

Aug 14

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Quick bit of news for you today.  Alpha Omega Publications just announced a Homeschool Giveaway that will be going on until February 28, 2009.

Here’s the prize breakdown:

  • Grand Prize: $500 in free homeschool curriculum
  • 1st Prize: Switched-On Schoolhouse 5-Subject Set
  • 2nd Prize: Character Builders™ 8-DVD Set
  • 3rd Prize: Daily Focus® Devotional Book

You can go to the Alpha Omega site to enter and read the full set of rules and regulations.  Enjoy!

About Alpha Omega Publications:
Alpha Omega Publications is a leading provider of award-winning PreK-12 Christian curriculum, educational resources, and services to homeschool families, Christian schools, and distributors. Headquartered in Rock Rapids, Iowa, with offices in Chandler, Arizona, Alpha Omega Publications has effectively revolutionized Christian education for more than 30 years with computer-based and print-based curriculum, educational books and games, support services, family entertainment, and a distance-learning school with students in all 50 states and 38 countries worldwide. Alpha Omega Publications’ products and services are sold directly, as well as through retail Christian bookstores and online. To learn more, visit Alpha Omega Publications online  or call 800-682-7391.


AOP! Your #1 Source For Homeschool Materials!

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A Penny Earned… Back to (Home)School Edition

Aug 4

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The summer is coming quickly to a close and your household expenses may be spiking as you gather your materials for another year of homeschooling.  As promised in my post from late July, A Penny Saved…, I am continuing this “series” (do two posts a series make?) by providing you with a few more sites that will help you save some dough on homeschooling supplies and more.

 

Alibris.com – A site my wife has been visiting frequently is Alibris.com, where you can “search more than 75 million new, second-hand, out-of-print, and rare books, as well as dvds, videos, cds, & vinyl.”  We’ve been using this site lately to buy a bunch of used books for our girls to read/study in the coming school year. We saved a ton of money over the cost of new books (in our last order, she purchased 15 books and spent $30!) and we are impressed with their selection.  

If you are inclined to check them out and buy a few things, be sure to take advantage of some of their recent coupon codes to help save even more:

 

Code Offer Expiration
BEACHREADS $5 off $50 08/20/08
JAVA $2 off $20 09/15/08
STUDY $4 off $40 09/15/08
SCHOOL $6 off $60 09/15/08
HONORS $8 off $80 09/15/08
BIOLOGY $10 off $100 09/15/08
ALLNIGHTER $15 off $150 09/15/08

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Biblio.com - If Alibris didn’t have what you needed, there’s also their competitor, Biblio.com, which also claims to be a “leading source online for quality used, rare, and out-of-print books”.  I encourage you to check them out too.  They claim a selection of over 50 million titles.  With that sort of selection, you’re bound to find a bargain book to help teach your kids (or yourself!).  Go ahead and give Biblio a look today!

 

Currclick.com – Want to save money on shipping and be environmentally friendly by using downloadable curriculum resources?  If so, Currclick.com may just the place for you.  According to their mission statement, their goal is to:

“make homeschooling more convenient and more affordable to homeschoolers all over the world. We are committed to promoting homeschooling as a viable alternative to traditional schools in both America and abroad. We strive to offer excellent customer service, a stress-free shopping experience, and to providing a marketplace that rewards authors and publishers who create good quality education materials.”

 

Coupons.com – If your family is like ours, you no longer subscribe to a printed newspaper because of the amount of news that has been made available online.  The downside of this is that you can no longer get your hands on all those money-saving grocery coupons from the weekend paper.  This next site seeks to remedy that.  Coupons.com offers you the opportunity to browse, choose and print over 100 national and regional coupons each week from a selection of well-known packaged goods brands.  

NOTE:  In order to prevent coupon fraud, they require that you download some software first (available for both PCs and Macs) in order to print these offers.  Once you print them, they are redeemable at any grocery or drug store.  

Check out the banner below for some sample offers.  Click to see even more!

I hope these suggestions help. Please let us know!  We’d love to hear from you in our comments section. Lance
 

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A Penny Saved…

Jul 24

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You have made the commitment to homeschooling your children and for that reason your family has chosen to live on a single income.  God has blessed you with everything you need, but the rising costs of gas, food and health care are giving you occasional moments of budgetary heartburn.  We know what it is like!

Below are a handful of the sites and programs we’ve found online that can help you save a buck or two.  

On to the good stuff...

The freeflys.com web site
The freeflys.com web site

Freeflys  - Everyone likes to get free things and this site is devoted to just that:  sending you free samples of all kinds of things.  In their own words:  

“FreeFlys.com collects hundreds of freebies throughout cyberspace and offers them straight to you. Shampoo,coffee, make-up, candy bars even over the counter medicine. Whatever you’re looking for, you can find a freesample of it. Name brand products line the virtual shelves of FreeFlys waiting for you to give them a try.” 

Comment:  I just learned about this one and haven’t tried it yet.  Sounds very interesting, but I think their “forums” section is a bit useless.  Seriously – who needs to see a discussion board devoted to “Relationships” on a site devoted to freebies?!   Not me.  It makes little sense in light of what they do.  Plus, the comments seemed juvenile.  

Next site…

The greenpoints.com rewards web site
The greenpoints.com rewards web site

greenpoints.com -  This site is the electronic version of S&H Green Stamps (remember those?!). You earn “greenpoints” for making purchases with a number of well-known online stores and services (like LifeLock, Shoes.com, 1-800-CONTACTS, iTunes and more) and then you can redeem those points for FREE stuff.  There is no cost to join.  

According to the info we found on their site, they also have participating grocery stores in New York, New Jersey and North Carolina - but none yet in Florida.  Bummer.

Comment:  This site is good for those of you who make a regular habit of making purchases online. You earn these “greenpoints” at a rate of 20 per dollar (usually), so over the course of time you can earn something from their rewards selection.

Speaking of points...

mypoints.com
mypoints.com

MyPoints.com – I guess you could consider this one the competitor to greenpoints.com.  Like greenpoints, these points are earned by shopping online, as well as participating in surveys.  Your points can be redeemed for similar merchandise and gift cards.  Unlike greenpoints, mypoints doesn’t appear to have any grocery store participation and they seem to make much greater use of email marketing.  I seem to receive a couple a day, which I honestly don’t always appreciate or read.  You earn fewer MyPoints per dollar than you do with greenpoints, but a single MyPoint seems be worth more than a single greenpoint, so it seems to work out in the end.

Next site…

homeschoolfreebie

Homeschool Freebie of the Day - This site promises to make available a new “freebie” every day (Monday thru Friday).  Each of the items that are made available for free would be of appeal to homeschoolers.  Examples given on their site include:  Unit Studies, Ebooks, Audio Programs, Games, Samples, Lesson Plans, classic books, and other quality resources.

Comment:  For a homeschool family on a budget, this seems like a nice, easy way to acquire some useful materials from time to time.

Last one for today…

 

paymentcard.com
paymentcard.com

National Payment Card - Prices at the pump making you sick to your stomach?  This Florida-based company may be able to ease the pain a little.  They offer a unique service that allows you to pay for fuel (at a discounted rate – usually 3¢ to 5¢ per gallon) at participating fuel sites using your driver license or a valid loyalty card.  Using this form of payment, they claim that the fuel station owner can pass savings on you to because they do not have to pay credit card fees on that transaction.

Comment:  I’ve tried this one and it works.  Fortunately for me, there’s a participating station near my home.  Your mileage may vary (pun intended).  I recommend that you check our their site for yourself and make your choice.

 

Thanks for stopping by.  We’ll be writing about more sites in a future post.

If you have a favorite cost-saving site that you’d like to share, drop us a note or write a comment.  Don’t be shy!  We’d love to hear from you so that we can share with others.  This site all about homeschoolers helping each other.


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