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Last Chance to Claim Your Prize

  

Thank you so much for joining us at our Facebook Party to celebrate Raising Real Men being named Christian Small Publishers 2011 Book of the Year!

Hey, dear ones, please check to see if you've won a prize in our Facebook Party. If your name is in red, I haven't heard from you at all. If your name is in blue, I need more information (like your address - you should have an email from me!

While you are here, hope while you're here you'll sign up for our encouraging newsletter, the first place we announce promotions like the Facebook Party, sales, and news and articles to help you raise godly sons:

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Besides, we'll be choosing a family to receive one of our Hero Series swords for every boy in their home (so far, only available at conferences and speaking events), three families to receive subscriptions to The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, and one family to get a free seat in our Boot Camp 9-12 Getting Geared Up for the Teen Years LIVE Webinar! (If you've already bought a seat, we'll refund it if you win!) All from our newsletter subscribers!

Congratulations to Heure! Daniel Forster of Doorposts is going to let a winner have Their Choice of any one book in their For Boys Section!
Congratulations to Cindy who wins the Petri Dish set and Shannon Wallace who wins the Owl Pellet Kit! Joe & Teresa Wirtz of Lighthouse Productions (formerly Home 4 School Gear) is giving away a Petri Dish & Agar Experiment Kit and a boss Owl Pellet Kit!
Kristi wins a beautiful Psalm of her own! Joan Rudder of Visual Psalms is offering one of their gorgeous prints!
Mary Joy "Gets it All" with the preschool curriculum and Barrett will be singing Bible Memory Verses soon! Candace Allgood of SONbeams is donating a copy of both The Get It All package of their Let's Learn preschool curriculum and ABC Bible Memory Verse Songs in the download forms. Wow!
Congratulations to Floete22, Christa Wells, Jennifer Hodgkiss, and Thera! Diane Hurst of Gentle Shepherd is giving away four copies of My Alphabet and Number Pictures!
Jennifer's family is about to enjoy medieval times! Chautona Havig is giving away a complete set of her Wynnewood series of novels set in Medieval England!
Congratulations, Debbie! Felice Gerwitz of Media Angels is giving away a complete set of the Truth Seekers mystery novels!
Rachel Stevens needs to decide what she wants on her labels! Nancy Sasser of Savory Favors is going to customize five free Hershey's bars for a blessed winner!
Sybil Lane is going to discover Lewis & Clark through York's eyes and Michelle, Blessed Mom of 4, is going to read of the youth of Leonardo di Vinci! Catherine Jaime of Creative Learning Connection is donating a copy of York Proceeded On and Leonardo the Florentine! See our review of York here and Leonardo here.
Kelly is shopping for hands on, hearts on resources! Kate Estes of Hands and Hearts is donating a 25% gift certificate to her wonderful store of history kits and more! And check out the party favor below!
Jessica Stemmerding will be there, one way or another! Lisa Hogden of Me and My House Ministries is giving away a Freedom & Simplicity of Lifestyle Education through Discipleship (Biblical home ed) Seminar (downloadable OR LIVE, if they want to come to North Platte, NE on the 28th!) And see the Party Favor below!
Teri Shepard is going to be checking out a new spelling program! Marie Rippel of All About Spelling will give away a complete "All About Spelling Level 1″ plus a Deluxe Interactive Kit. This is everything that you need to teach Level 1 of their spelling program. This is a $79.90 value!
Jennifer9461 is going to be teaching her toddler sign language! Sybil Lane of Baby Signs will donate a Baby Signs Complete Starter Kit! And see below for their favor!
Sabrena Nussey is getting this one hot off the presses! Anita Mellot is going to giveaway a copy of her soon-to-be-released new devotional book, School Is Where the Home Is: 180 Devotions for Parents
Beth Hall, Ginger, and Ammie Allen are going to be teaching with games! Chris of Teach with Games is giving away three sets of Printable Games!
JW Chadwick's got some help praying now! Brooke McGlothlin is giving away a copy of her great new book Warrior Prayers: Praying the Word for Boys in the Areas They Need it Most
Spell2go is going to do some neat science experiments! Dan & Deb Deffinbaugh of Timberdoodle are donating a copy of Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes: Unforgettable Experiments that Make Science Fun!
Comjen is going to love geography with this resource! Terri Johnson of Knowledge Quest is giving away a copy of Map Trek! We loved this resource!
Natalia, Rozfam7, and Caroline are learning about spiritual warfare! Cheryl Ellicott of Sweetwater Still is donating three copies of This Means War: Equipping Christian Families for Fostercare or Adoption!

And wow! Harvey & Laurie Bluedorn of Trivium Pursuit are offering us a wonderful collection of their fantastic resources! Highly recommended stuff here!

Melisa H., Laurie, Carissainks, and Christine in OH are going to learn more about classical education from a Christian perspective! 4 copies of Teaching the Trivium: Christian Homeschooling in a Classical Style by Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn On Sale this Week!
Karie Raynovic, Songofmyheartblog, Carrie, and Therese are fighting fallacies! 4 copies of The Fallacy Detective by Nathaniel Bluedorn and Hans Bluedorn — Our guys loved this!
Lori F., Heather Russell Trimmer, Elizabeth, and Lisa are gaining real thinking skills! 4 copies of The Thinking Toolbox by Nathaniel Bluedorn and Hans Bluedorn
Michelle J Stahnke, Terri G., Alissa, and Homeschoolfamily are going to enjoy the 103rd Psalm! 4 copies of Bless the Lord by Johannah Bluedorn Stanford

I need to hear from you by tomorrow or I'll have to choose another winner!!!! Please don't make me do that — I hate it! LOL

 

Hymn of the Week: O Worship the King

As you know if you have followed us awhile, we like to teach our children a new hymn every week. Now, we don't always succeed, but here's the idea: Each day of that week, we sing the same hymn all the way through. Each day, we explain a different verse of that hymn. There is so much truth, encouragement and admonition in the hymns of the faith that we don't want our children to miss!'

This week's hymn is O Worship the King. It was originally written by William Kethe and published in the Genevan Psalter of 1561. It was modernized and adapted by Robert Grant and published in Christian Psalmnody in 1833. The most common tune was composed in the 1700s, most likely, by Johann Haydn.

O worship the King, all glorious above,

O gratefully sing His power and His love;

Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days,

Pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise.

O tell of His might, O sing of His grace,

Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space,

His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form,

And dark is His path on the wings of the storm.

The earth with its store of wonders untold,

Almighty, Thy power hath founded of old;

Established it fast by a changeless decree,

And round it hath cast, like a mantle, the sea.

Thy bountiful care, what tongue can recite?

It breathes in the air, it shines in the light;

It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,

And sweetly distills in the dew and the rain.

Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,

In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail;

Thy mercies how tender, how firm to the end,

Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend.

O measureless might! Ineffable love!

While angels delight to worship Thee above,

The humbler creation, though feeble their lays,

With true adoration shall all sing Thy praise.

My foule praise the Lord, speake good of his Name,

O Lord our great God how doeft thou appeare,

So passing in glorie, that great is thy fame,

Honour and maieftie, in thee fhine moft cleare.

His chamber beames lie, in the clouds full fure,

Which as his chariot, are made him to beare.

And there with much fwitneff his courfe doth endure:

Vpon the wings riding, of winds in the aire.

 Although there is nothing hard to understand in this hymn, there are quite a few difficult words that we ought to define for our children and Scripture references we ought to point them to. For example, Ancient of Days is a name for God that we find in Daniel 7. How awe-inspiring to read this description of our Lord on His throne!

May the Lord bless you and us this week as we teach our children to serve our King.

Announcing….

The Winners!!!

Thank you so much for joining us at our Facebook Party to celebrate Raising Real Men being named Christian Small Publishers 2011 Book of the Year! We hope while you're here you'll sign up for our encouraging newsletter, the first place we announce promotions like the Facebook Party, sales, and news and articles to help you raise godly sons:

Email Marketing You Can Trust

Besides, we'll be choosing a family to receive one of our Hero Series swords for every boy in their home (so far, only available at conferences and speaking events), three families to receive subscriptions to The Old Schoolhouse Magazine, and one family to get a free seat in our Boot Camp 9-12 Getting Geared Up for the Teen Years LIVE Webinar! (If you've already bought a seat, we'll refund it if you win!)  All from our newsletter subscribers!

Don't miss the great discount today on our book and if you have problems ordering (server has been overwhelmed and is having problems), then send us a contact with your address and we'll take care of it!

Now, with no further ado, the winners – I can't wait to hear their delight at God's provision for them!: (Please contact us using the form at the very bottom of this page if you have won! If we don't hear from you by Tuesday, we'll choose another winner.)

Congratulations to Heure!   Daniel Forster of Doorposts is going to let a winner have Their Choice of any one book in their For Boys Section!
Congratulations to Cindy who wins the Petri Dish set and Shannon Wallace who wins the Owl Pellet Kit!   Joe & Teresa Wirtz of Lighthouse Productions (formerly Home 4 School Gear) is giving away a Petri Dish & Agar Experiment Kit and a boss Owl Pellet Kit!
Kristi wins a beautiful Psalm of her own!   Joan Rudder of Visual Psalms is offering one of their gorgeous prints!
Mary Joy "Gets it All" with the preschool curriculum and Barrett will be singing Bible Memory Verses soon!  Candace Allgood of SONbeams is donating a copy of both The Get It All package of their Let's Learn preschool curriculum and ABC Bible Memory Verse Songs in the download forms. Wow!
Congratulations to Floete22, Christa Wells, Jennifer Hodgkiss, and Thera!  Diane Hurst of Gentle Shepherd is giving away four copies of My Alphabet and Number Pictures!
Jennifer's family is about to enjoy medieval times!  Chautona Havig is giving away a complete set of her Wynnewood series of novels set in Medieval England!
Congratulations, Debbie!  Felice Gerwitz of Media Angels is giving away a complete set of the Truth Seekers mystery novels!
Rachel Stevens needs to decide what she wants on her labels!  Nancy Sasser of Savory Favors is going to customize five free Hershey's bars for a blessed winner! 
Sybil Lane is going to discover Lewis & Clark through York's eyes and Michelle, Blessed Mom of 4, is going to read of the youth of Leonardo di Vinci! Catherine Jaime of Creative Learning Connection is donating a copy of York Proceeded On and Leonardo the Florentine! See our review of York here and Leonardo here.
Kelly is shopping for hands on, hearts on resources!  Kate Estes of Hands and Hearts is donating a 25% gift certificate to her wonderful store of history kits and more! And check out the party favor below!
Jessica Stemmerding will be there, one way or another!  Lisa Hogden of Me and My House Ministries is giving away a Freedom & Simplicity of Lifestyle Education through Discipleship (Biblical home ed) Seminar (downloadable OR LIVE, if they want to come to North Platte, NE on the 28th!) And see the Party Favor below!
Teri Shepard is going to be checking out a new spelling program!  Marie Rippel of All About Spelling will give away a complete "All About Spelling Level 1″ plus a Deluxe Interactive Kit. This is everything that you need to teach Level 1 of their spelling program. This is a $79.90 value!
Jennifer9461 is going to be teaching her toddler sign language!  Sybil Lane of Baby Signs will donate a Baby Signs Complete Starter Kit! And see below for their favor!
Sabrena Nussey is getting this one hot off the presses!  Anita Mellot is going to giveaway a copy of her soon-to-be-released new devotional book, School Is Where the Home Is: 180 Devotions for Parents
Beth Hall is going to be teaching with games!  Chris of Teach with Games is giving away three sets of Printable Games!
JW Chadwick's got some help praying now!  Brooke McGlothlin is giving away a copy of her great new book Warrior Prayers: Praying the Word for Boys in the Areas They Need it Most
Spell2go is going to do some neat science experiments! Dan & Deb Deffinbaugh of Timberdoodle are donating a copy of Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes: Unforgettable Experiments that Make Science Fun!
Comjen is going to love geography with this resource! Terri Johnson of Knowledge Quest is giving away a copy of Map Trek! We loved this resource!
Natalia, Rozfam7, and Caroline are learning about spiritual warfare! Cheryl Ellicott of Sweetwater Still is donating three copies of This Means War: Equipping Christian Families for Fostercare or Adoption! 

And wow! Harvey & Laurie Bluedorn of Trivium Pursuit are offering us a wonderful collection of their fantastic resources! Highly recommended stuff here!

Melisa H., Laurie, Carissainks, and Christine in OH are going to learn more about classical education from a Christian perspective! 4 copies of Teaching the Trivium: Christian Homeschooling in a Classical Style by Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn On Sale this Week!
Karie Raynovic, Songofmyheartblog, Carrie, and Therese are fighting fallacies!  4 copies of The Fallacy Detective by Nathaniel Bluedorn and Hans Bluedorn – Our guys loved this!
Lori F., Heather Russell Trimmer, Elizabeth, and Lisa are gaining real thinking skills!  4 copies of The Thinking Toolbox by Nathaniel Bluedorn and Hans Bluedorn
Michelle J Stahnke, Terri G., Alissa, and Homeschoolfamily are going to enjoy the 103rd Psalm!  4 copies of Bless the Lord by Johannah Bluedorn Stanford

 

Celebrating 6000

This evening we had our first ever "Facebook Party" — which operates just like a real party, but without the chips.  We had dozens if not hundreds of people dropping in on our Facebook page over a three hour period, just sharing ideas, laughing together, asking questions and getting answers. This was great fun — we had Melanie, myself, and two sons, hammering away on four laptops in the living room, overloading our poor wireless hub, just keeping up with the fun!  And our eldest son John even logged in from Oxford, England, even though it's well after midnight there.

And part of that is watching our list of fans ("likes") on Facebook climbing during the evening.  We started out at 5699 fans last night.  As I write this, we just shot past the 6000 mark.  As my Internet-savvy sons say, "Woot!"  That is awesome.

And like we promised, since we passed that number, we're going to offer a thank you prize to everyone concerned.

We are drawing toward the end of our supply of Raising Real Men.  The warehouse is down to its last few boxes, and three of our retail partners just restocked their own shelves.  That means it's time for a new printing, and one with "BOOK OF THE YEAR" proudly displayed on the cover.

So we're going to make you an offer:

Order now from the upcoming third printing of Raising Real Men — which will be available in just a few short weeks — and we'll give it to you for $12.50, not the usual price of $15.  And we still offer free shipping in the U.S., and discounts to addresses outside our borders.

This will be for the third printing, not the few remaining copies we need for the North Carolina convention.  It will be the same quality content you've enjoyed, or heard about, already.  But you will be the first on the list to receive it! Just $12.50!!!

Oh, and if you'd like the famous "Mom and Dad Special" — both the book and the audio version — why, we'll give you a discount on the audio too.  How about $30 for the book and audiobook together, a full 25% off the regular price of $40 if purchased separately.

This offer is only good with the buttons below, and only until midnight Saturday.  Eastern time.  How about it?

Thanks for all your support.  We have a great bunch of fans, rapidly becoming friends.  And we look forward to continuing to serve you in the future.

Gentle Shepherd

Here's the last prize from our friends and donors — if you have littles at home, you want to check out the resources at Gentle Shepherd! Diane Hurst is offering four copies of My Alphabet and Number Pictures, so post a comment below if you'd like to be in the drawing!

 

4 Chances for a copy of "The Thinking Toolbox"!

This book is like a toolbox, full of different kinds of tools you can use for different thinking tasks. Just as you use the wrench to fix the sink, so you can use the tools we give you in this book to solve thinking problems.

We wrote this book for children and adults who want to learn logic and critical thinking skills. The Thinking Toolbox follows the same style as The Fallacy Detective with lessons and exercises and an answer key in the back. Parents and teachers, as well as anybody who wants to learn logic, will find The Thinking Toolbox easy to use and practical.

 

 

 

Win one of four copies of this excellent curriculum on Logic, Critical Thinking, and Reasoning Skills from Nathaniel and Hans Bluedorn, authors of "The Fallacy Detective"! Just comment below for a chance!

Wynnewood

"This is a wonderful story that takes you into a mildly fantastical land (meaning minus the magic and witches) that is filled with adventure and fun. Rich characters and detailed imagery make this a fantastic read. This book will certainly help instill in your child(ren) a love of reading."  — Christy in MO

Author Chautona Havig is giving away a three-book series of novels set in Medieval England.  Do you like historical fiction?  Fantasy?  Mystery?  The Wynnewood stories will feed all three!  Post a comment below and we'll choose a winner!

THIS MEANS WAR

Enter To win one of three copies of "This Means War", a fantastic book on Adoption. Comment on the blog for an entry in the drawing!

SonBeams Memory Verse Songs

Even though we had a few precocious readers, we're not big fans of the "Homeschooling From The Cradle To Create Super-Genius Kids" idea. Children need time to be, well, children. Don't push them into formal schooling too early!

One great big exception, though, is talking to your children about God, Jesus, and the Bible — THAT, you should be starting early, and doing it constantly!

SONBeams has some great resources to help your "littles" learn God's word and commit it to memory.  Candace Allgood is offering a free download of her  ABC Bible Memory Verse Songs, using passages from the KJV set to some really catchy music of all different styles.  If you'd like a set for your own, post a comment below and you may be our winner!

Lighthouse Productions (2)

[image error]You are what you eat.  What are owls?  Maybe you can figure that out from these Owl Pellet Kits from Lighthouse Productions.  Post a comment for your chance to win.