5 Fab Freebies Friday - Character Studies {Link-up Party}

I would have had this up sooner. I worked on it for a couple hours yesterday (finding the resources and whatnot) but didn't post it because I was up late, hadn't set up the linky, and was tired so headed off to bed. I woke up this morning to post it and for whatever reason it didn't save! This has never happened to me. I've used Blogger for about 5 years now. I've been considering moving to Wordpress and now have decided it's that time. So, I'm now in the market for someone to do the switch and design. If you know anyone who can do it at a reasonable price, let me know. I'm excited for the move. I've absolutely made my mind up about this!

You can find the rules and how-to's for the link-up here. 

Now that my venting is out of the way :) Let's move on to what this post is all about. Today I'm posting resources for character studies. Not the characters from stories but your child's character development. This is what shapes our children into who they will become. I know it's one of the most important things we can spend our time teaching them each day.




 Here's what I've found for you this week... 

{1} Earlier this year I posted Old Testament and New Testament Character Study Notebooking Pages. They have been a great help in our homeschool. 

{2} Erica from Confessions of a Homeschooler did a 10 day series on Character Study. It's a great series with great advice as well as free printables. I'm linking to the category but that only includes the 10 posts in the series so be sure to check them all out.

{3} Homeschool Share has 10 character lapbooks. They include: Cheerfulness, Diligence, Compassion/Mercy, Helpfulness, Kindness, Attentiveness, Thankfulness, Stewardship, Dependability (Faithfulness), Forgiveness and Obedience.

{4} Using the Book of Virtues by William Bennett, Shiver's Academy put together a study with nearly 1000 pages! It's been around for years but I think it's a great resource and worth checking out if you haven't already. You'll find the links to download the entire file or individual lessons on the sidebar.

{5} Kids of Integrity offers lessons plans and printables to 20 different character traits. It's another excellent resource to help you get started or continue with your own study.

Please share any books that you've found helpful during your character studies. I had planned to add my books choices but will in another post because I'm getting this up so late.

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5 Fab Freebies Friday - Presidents & Elections {Link-up Party}

This week's 5 Fab Freebies Friday I'm adding some great freebies to go along with Presidents and Elections. You can find the rules and how-to's for the link-up here.                                                                     
I'll be giving away my title Presidents of the Untied States of America Notebooking Pages FREE through Monday of next week only. In order to receive this title you will need to like my Facebook page. If you don't have a facebook account you can purchase this title here for only $4.99. 

{1} As mentioned above... Presidents of the United States of America Notebooking Pages from Me :)  Add me as a friend on facebook and you'll receive a free copy of this title. If you don't use facebook (which I completely understand) you can purchase this set here for $4.99.

{2} Presidents and Elections Unit Study by Oklahoma Homeschool
This unit study is a 12 week study. It includes a plethora of books, websites, activities and information on presidents and elections. Don't miss this FREE excellent unit!

{3} Elections Lapbook from HomeschoolShare.com

{4} Printables from www.galloppade.com - 'Ballots' relating to elections. These are meant for classroom teachers but would be a nice addition to a lapbook or notebook as well. There's also a map to track the election, succession word search, campaign buttons, and voter registration application.

{5} Timeline Add-ons: U.S. Presidents from homeschool bits

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5 Fab Freebies Friday Link Up - Something New!

I'm starting something new here on my blog that I hope you'll be a part of as well. I LOVE awesome freebies of all kinds and I'm pretty sure you all do to. I think it might be fun to share 5 freebies that I found useful or fun with you each Friday. I'd love it if you joined in as well!  

This week I'm posting a day early because this will hopefully give some of you time to put a list together. I'm keeping the list short because finding more than 5 a week may become a chore :) However, you also don't have to post 5... you can post as many as you'd like. I'm sure we'd all love to see what great freebie/s you've found! I hope you'll join in when you can.

Most of my future link-up's will be subject/topic specific but this time they're just 5 random freebies. You can post your freebies however you'd like to. I've already started next weeks... but you'll have to come back to see what they are :)

So what are the rules? 

• Link back to the post so others can find all the great freebies others will be posting. You can add the button to your post or to your sidebar. You can find a button with code on my sidebar. 
• Be sure to add your link at the end of this post as well so others can find your freebies - that's pretty key when linking up :)

• When posting your link, please make sure the link is going directly to the post. For example, www.abc.com is not correct but www.abc.com/5freebies.com is correct. If I find links that are not posted corrected they will be removed and I don't want to have to do that :(
• The freebies don't have to be school related but that would be preferred. However if you find great freebies for things for our homes and/or fun stuff for the kids, please pass those along.
• Share what you've created... PLEASE! That's basically the point here. But if you don't have anything of your own to share I'm sure you have lots of great things you've found.
• DO NOT share a purchased, copyrighted download. They must be free from the publisher or website! I will delete any copyrighted work.
• I'd love if you liked me on any one of my social networks... Facebook page, Twitter, Pinterest or Google Plus.

That's about it! Have fun with this and I'm excited to see what you'll share!

 Here's what I'm sharing this week! 

{1} Free Curriculum Planner 7 Steps from newbeehomeschooler.com

Photo Copyright newbeehomeschooler.com

{2} Hello Fonts by Jen Jones at Teachers Pay Teachers (TpT)

 I downloaded these fonts a couple weeks ago and I LOVE THEM. There are 28 fonts in this collection and they are so cute. Awesome fonts for creating printables! I used these in my recently added Reading Journal Prompt Pages (which are still a work in progress).

{3} Polka Dot Frames and Labels by Karen Cox at TpT

A super cute set of frames that can be used to create printables. I used some from this collection with the My Months of the Year Notebook I recently added here free. So adorable!

{4} ClipArt ETC

This is a great place to find free classical images. I love how they have separated them into different categories to make it easy to find what you're looking for.

{5} Starfall.com 

With my youngest being 13 we obviously don't use this site anymore but we did everyday when he was little. Being the youngest of 6 kids he basically taught himself to read using this site. It offers free reading lessons, worksheets and more. This is an excellent resource for busy moms with young kids.