Free Family Inductive Bible Study Guide for Advent

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The files for Eleanor Zweigle's 2018 Family Inductive Bible Study Guide for Advent are available for download here. Advent begins tomorrow, and this family study is a wonderful way to focus on Christ during the Christmas season. Homeschoolers may also use it for Bible study. There are coloring pages for young children, but the guide can be used by the entire family. It is a great way to learn or brush up on the inductive Bible study method.

Lunar Eclipses

Photo from total lunar eclipse on 2/20/2008

If you are looking for an intriguing hands-on astronomy study, lunar eclipses are absolutely fascinating. We were able to get some photos of the total lunar eclipse in February of 2008. Why is it always freezing when we attempt to view an eclipse anyway?

About two-thirds of lunar eclipses are able to be seen with the naked eye, depending on where you live. This makes them really fun to study. The next total lunar eclipse is expected on April 15, 2014. Check out the NASA Eclipse Website for information.

Here are some informative lunar eclipse links:

Technical Information at NASA

Lunar Eclipses for Beginners at Mr.Eclipse.com

Observe a Lunar Eclipse (animation)

Lunar Eclipse (another animation)

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Old post published on 12/20/10

There is a lunar eclipse tonight (or early tomorrow morning depending on your time zone) that will be best viewed in North America. The eclipse will begin at 5:29 UT (12:29 a.m. EST on 12/21/10 and 9:29 p.m. PST on 12/20/10).

Here are some links about the upcoming eclipse:

Holiday Treat: December's Total Lunar Eclipse Is Best One Until 2014

December 21 Lunar Eclipse at Mr.Eclipse.com - includes diagrams of the eclipse for each time zone

Free Online PSAT Test Prep

I realized that this free PSAT prep post is popular, but it is outdated. I believe that Kaplan still offers their online PSAT prep for free a few weeks before the PSAT test date in October every year, so feel free to check the link below. However, I thought it would be a good idea to update this post with resources that are free all of the time. It isn't too soon for students in ninth or tenth grade to begin preparing for the PSAT.

CollegeBoard's PSAT Preparing Section: Of course, the sponsoring organization, CollegeBoard, is a great place to start for PSAT information and prep. You will find explanations and practice questions for each section.

TestPrepPractice.net: Tutorials and Practice Tests for each section

Peterson's Free PSAT Practice: Your student will have to sign up for a free StudentEdge account to access the test. If you are a homeschooler, just click "Don't have an access code?," select the role, and choose "I am Home Schooled" below the high school search box.

Test Prep Review PSAT Practice: Scroll down for several self-assessment modules. The answers are below the questions. You may also sign up for a "Free PSAT Tip of the Day" e-mail.

Old post from 9/30/10

This fall's PSAT is in a couple of weeks, but this definitely looks like a worthwhile resource, even if it is "last-minute."

Kaplan is offering a "Free last-minute SAT, PSAT/NMSQT, and SAT Prep" section of their website that includes a code to access their Online PSAT Prep for free! It is regularly $99 and includes evaluation for customized practice, video explanations for all of the test topics, over 900 practice problems, and more. Go to this website and look under the PSAT column (center column).

There are also several websites with free practice helps and lessons for the SAT, PSAT, and ACT.

Enjoy! I already signed up my eleventh-grade son.

Christian Audio's Free Download of the Month Program

Christianaudio.com offers a free download every month. Just go to their website, enter your e-mail address, and click "Download" to receive the latest freebie.

Summer Reading Contests and Programs

Yes, she really was reading and stirring!

When I began preparing this post on summer reading contests, I came across an article about the potential negative effects of incentive-based reading programs: A Closer Look at Reading Incentive Programs (click the link to read the article).

I think the article brings up some points that are worth considering. I am still going to post the links to summer reading programs because my children will read this summer regardless of incentives, and I think there are many children who love to read and would have fun with these programs.

As always, use your discretion as to the types of websites you allow your children to visit, the programs themselves, book choices, and whether you think an incentive-based program might be detrimental for your reader(s).

• Scholastic Summer Challenge: Kids ages 7 and up sign up for their school and log their reading minutes. Schools that log the most minutes will be published in the 2011 edition Scholastic Book of World Records. There is a check box for homeschoolers. This is an interactive site, although there are strict privacy rules in place. Kids are placed in groups by book genre interest and can make a profile and interact on message boards, take polls, etc.


• Barnes & Noble Summer Reading: Children in grades 1-6 download a Summer Reading Journal to keep track of the books they read and record their favorite parts. Return the completed form (8 books) to a local Barnes & Noble for a free book by 9/7/10 (books are pre-selected by age and based on local availability).


• Homeschool Buyer's Co-op: You must be a member (free) for your children to participate in this summer reading contest for homeschoolers. Parents log their kids' reading hours, book titles, and optional reviews every day at the Daily Reading Record. The Reading Champions page lists everyone's reading hours, book titles, and reviews, which is nice for kids who are looking for book ideas. Every Tuesday starting on June 8, they will do a drawing for a $15 Amazon gift certificate. In September, they will do a drawing for an Apple iPad. Homeschooled children ages 1 through 18 may participate.


• Book It! Summer Reading: Children who were in grades K-6 during the 2009-2010 school year may fill out an entry form and mail it in after reading 5 books for a chance to win a prize package. Homeschooled students are eligible to participate (I checked via e-mail). Entries must be received by 8/23/10.

Don't forget to check your local libraries, stores, and restaurants. Most libraries offer summer reading programs, and it can't hurt to keep an eye open at other public places you frequent.

Resurrection Day Activities

Photo Credit: Rob Elliott

As followers of Christ, our family believes that it is valuable to spend some extra time to celebrate Resurrection Sunday. We try to live for Jesus every day, remembering His sacrifice and victory, but this gives us a chance to refocus and meditate anew on His love and saving grace.

There are many wonderful family activities on the web for this time of year.

Holy Experience has a few family Easter activities that I would like to do this year:

• Easter Garden
• Easter Tree (how to make one, devotionals and artwork - parents should check the image for Day 1 before showing your children)
• Box of Repentance

My post from last year includes several links to Resurrection Day activities:

• Resurrection Day Links (I made sure the links were working and updated some)

Easy Fun School has a Passover unit study that looks great:

• Celebrating Easter: A Passover Unit Study

Biblical Holidays has information on Passover and instructions for a Messianic Passover Seder:

• Passover Overview
• Messiah in Passover
• Messianic Passover Seder
• Passover Recipes

 Enjoy this season of celebration and hope with your family!

Black History Month Resources

This is an edited repost from 2008.

February is Black History Month in the United States. This is a great time for educators to focus in on an aspect of our history that does not always receive thorough treatment in textbooks. I have posted many helpful links for in-depth study of African-American history, as well as an inexpensive homeschool resource that our family really enjoys.

I haven't completely gone through all of these sites, so please use discretion and do some previewing!

These two sites contain many links for studying African American history:

• Black History Month at FactMonster
• Black History Month at Education World

Awesome Stories is a favorite resource in our homeschool. "Enjoy an interactive learning experience as you see thousands of hand-selected and relevant links to pictures, artifacts, manuscripts, documents and other primary sources, IN CONTEXT, within each story." This is a huge site with tons and tons of information. If you haven't seen it, it is well worth looking at. I signed up for the free academic membership a few years ago, which gives you access to narrated stories, lesson plans, text documents, etc. Here are some of the Awesome Stories links related to Black History Month:

• Amazing Grace: The Story Behind the Movie
• Slave Voices
• Black History Month (A-I) and Black History Month (J-Z) (some of these will link to chapters in the above topic - they are "focused topic" lists)
• Slavery and the Slave Trade (A-F) and Slavery and the Slave Trade (G-Z) (focused topic lists)
• Civil Rights (a focused topic list)
• American Civil War (A-I) and American Civil War (J-Z) (focused topic lists)

For Older Students:

• PBS: Africans in America: This is a very informative PBS website. I was amazed at the amount of information here! There is also a PBS video series by this name that I was able to obtain from my local library. It is also available at Netflix.
• PBS: African American World: Your guide to African American history and culture
• Black History at History.com
• The Underground Railroad (interactive National Geographic site)
• The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African: If you saw the movie "Amazing Grace," this is the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano, one of the people featured in the movie.

For Younger Students:

• Educational Bookmarks for Black History Month
• Culture and Change: Black History in America (Scholastic site)

About Africa:

• PBS: Wonders of the African World
• PBS: Africa for Kids
• PBS: Kids Africa
• Xpeditions Printable Map of Africa (I had to include at least one map! You can customize this one for printing.)

Although this post highlights free resources for Black History Month, I would be remiss if I didn't mention fellow homeschooler Belinda Bullard's Christ-centered, literature-based history curriculum, written from an African American perspective. Her products and samples are available at A Blessed Heritage Educational Resources.

We supplemented our Tapestry of Grace Year 2 and Year 3 curriculum with This Far by Faith, Volume 1. We are currently using This Far by Faith, Volume 2 as our main history curriculum, supplemented by Tapestry of Grace Year 3 and Year 4 selections and some extra work for our high school students. I highly recommend this inexpensive resource if you are interested in adding an African American focus to your history studies.

Belinda has also written a unit study called A Historical Walk through the Harlem Renaissance that we will be purchasing once we get to the 1920s. I am really excited about it!

Enjoy!

Tons of Free Math Videos

I believe someone posted a link to this website on the LivingMath! yahoo group a while back. I took a look at Khan Academy and was amazed at all of the math help available there. 

Salman Khan, the founder of the website, has made YouTube videos for many math topics, from basic addition to calculus. These are basic chalk on blackboard style lectures, but the concepts are clearly explained and follow ordered lessons that are labeled by topic.

These videos would make a great supplement to a math program and might help students understand concepts they are struggling with. You might be able to use these as a basis for a custom-tailored math program along with other resources and practice problems. However, I am not a math expert. If anyone uses the videos this way, I would be interested to know how it works for you.

There are also SAT Prep videos that offer explanations of the problems in the practice tests of "The Official SAT Study Guide!" You will need the book. The Khan Academy SAT Prep page gives suggestions for using the book and videos.

Enjoy!

Summer Reading Programs and Contests

I like to give my children the opportunity to enter summer reading programs and contests. They all read quite a bit, but it's nice to have a little incentive sometimes. It's a bit late, but here are a few programs that I found this year (As always, check out the sites first to see if you are comfortable with having your children use them.):

• Scholastic Summer Challenge - Kids sign up, take a quiz to get sorted into teams, log minutes read and read for a cause, Save the Children. At the end of the year, the winning reading team gets to choose which Save the Children U.S. program will receive a donation.

• Summer Reading Splash - This reading program is hosted by HomeschoolBlogger and includes Splish's Blog, where children may share their reading lists, enter weekly contests and interact with others. Download the reading log for younger students here and for older students here.

• Barnes & Noble - Children in grades 1-6 download a reading journal to keep track of the books they read and record their favorite parts. Return the completed form (8 books) to a local Barnes & Noble for a free book (books are pre-selected by age and based on local availability).

Don't forget to check your library! All of the libraries around us have summer reading programs with prizes.

Free Writing Webinars

Tapestry of Grace is offering a free 2-hour mini-seminar on teaching your children to write by Marcia Somerville.

I own her Writing Workshop CDs, and I found these workshops to be extremely helpful! Marcia has a baby-step way of explaining how to teach your children to write that makes you feel like you are never behind.
It looks like this webinar is the same as the Writing Workshop that I own, but it is free! You do have to register, and "seating" is limited.

Here are the links to read a summary of each session and register:

Writing Workshop I: June 15, 3:00-4:00 pm (EDT)

Session 1 Registration and Workshop Summary

Session 1 Handout (pdf)

Writing Workshop II: June 15, 8:00-9:00 pm (EDT)

Session 2 Registration and Workshop Summary

Session 2 Handout (pdf)

Click here and go to the "Workshops" tab to keep up on all of the current webinars offered by Tapestry of Grace. You will find several virtual conference workshops available:

• "Teaching with Tapestry of Grace"
• "Introduction to Tapestry of Grace DE (Digital Edition)"
• "Writing Workshop I"
• "Writing Workshop II" (free download available - Windows Media Player needed)
• "The Nearness of God is my Good" (free download available - Windows Media Player needed)
• "Teaching Devotional Techniques to our Kids: a Toolbox Approach"
  

There are several handouts available for the various workshops:
Materials Download Page

These virtual conferences will be going on throughout the summer, so be sure to check back at this link to stay updated!

Enjoy!

Resurrection Day Links

It's a bit late for this, but I have seen so many great ideas for celebrating Resurrection Day that I wanted to be sure to post some of them.

I love the Names of Jesus Garland at The Homespun Heart. Hat tip to Keeper of the Home for the link. I adapted this to use as a children's ministry craft. You can read about that here if you are interested.

Holy Experience shares instructions for making an Easter Garden. Although we should have had this ready for Palm Sunday according to the directions, we're making one today or tomorrow (haven't found plants yet) because it is such a beautiful and visual way of "remembering of the grief of old beginning, the dazzling wondering of new beginnings." If you haven't visited this blog before, be sure to stop by just for a taste of the writing!

Make your own Resurrection Eggs. I use these in our children's ministry every year. We hide them and everyone takes turns opening his/her egg, sharing the contents and reading the Scripture. It is a fun, interactive way to share the Scriptures relating to Jesus' death and resurrection.

We have also made Resurrection Rolls before. We make these on Saturday evening, but we leave them in the oven overnight, "sealing" it with tape. We "unseal" the oven in the morning and pull out the rolls after I have warmed the rolls up a bit. The first time we made them, the kids couldn't believe that the "tombs" were empty the next day! We are going to try making our own marshmallows for this instead of buying them.

The Archaeological Study Bible's Easter Story Site includes notes, images and information about several historical aspects of the Resurrection.

Try a 5-day Easter Unit Study.

Hold That Thought offers printable Easter-related Scriptures and quotes to make into a Scripture card ring. They also provide instructions and a template for children to make their own Story of Easter, scrapbook style.

Enjoy!

Free One-Year Missions Unit Study

I downloaded Mission-Minded LIFE: Teaching With God's Heart for the World last fall, looked through it, was very impressed, and never used it. :-) I already had a pretty packed homeschool schedule, but I knew I would want to use this at some point. However, the book may not be available for free much longer, so I wanted to make sure I posted about it.

The curriculum is written by Ann Dunagan, a homeschooling mother of seven, author, and co-founder (with her husband, Jon) of Harvest Ministry. She blogs about being a mission-minded family at the Missions and Your Family section of the Harvest Ministry website.

Teaching With God's Heart for the World is a two-volume out-of-print book that "presents a 'whirlwind tour' of God's enduring passion for missions - all-the-way through world history and all-across-the-globe."

I cannot give this extensive curriculum full justice here. You could use this as a year-long, multi-level homeschool unit study; stick mainly with the devotionals; pick countries or sections to enhance history or geography studies; or focus specifically on the missions teachings. There are also a number of teaching tips that are valuable apart from a study of missions.

This 600-plus page book is broken up into several sections because of its size, which makes it a bit difficult to navigate. Printing out the tables of contents for each volume and marking them with the downloaded section numbers would be very helpful.

This curriculum may not be available as a free download for long, so I encourage you to take advantage of it. The download is available here. Day 1 of the Daily Lesson Plans in Volume 1 Part 3 is missing, so don't miss the link for that, which is in the description paragraph of the Volume 1 Part 3 download.

If you download this and decide to use it, I would love to hear how you are using it. I am still trying to figure that out. :-)

Celebrating Christ with a Jesse Tree

Making a Jesse Tree as a family during the Advent season over the last three years really helped our family to focus on Jesus during the holidays. In fact, the first year we did a Jesse tree was the first year that we had a fairly relaxed holiday season, and that was with four children, ages 6, 8, 10 and 11. I think that purposefully taking the focus off ourselves and our own little family had a lot to do with that.

Last year, we discovered the inductive method Advent study that I posted about and attempted to do that and the Jesse tree. That was a bit too much. We managed to do the Jesse tree and our usual Advent readings, but we didn't do much with the study.

We sat down as a family a few weeks ago to plan out the holidays a bit, and the kids asked if we could skip the Jesse tree this year and do the Advent study instead. We'll miss it, but we agreed. New traditions are good too!

If you are interested in learning about the Jesse tree and possibly using one this season, it starts this Friday, November 28. The links from my past Jesse tree posts are still active and updated for this year, so I will re-post those.

This site has simple printable ornaments in two sizes and Jesse Tree readings here. I printed the ornaments out on card stock and had my daughters cut them out, hole-punch them, and tie ribbon around each one. I already had a miniature Christmas tree, so I decided to use that rather than make one. The "Advent Reflections" document (updated each year) includes a short Scripture reading, a synopsis of the actual Bible story mentioned, and the Bible verses to read the whole story. When we are busy, we just do the short reading and synopsis. When we have more time, we read the entire story from the Bible.

Here are some other Jesse Tree links if anyone is interested:

Making a Jesse Tree
(this one looks really cute for younger children)

The Jesse Tree
(this is an article with background information, directions for making a Jesse Tree and a chart of Scripture readings)

The Jesse Tree at Domestic-Church.com

Enjoy!

Free Inductive Method Advent Study

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We did a free Advent study last year with the kids that uses the inductive method, and I actually remembered to look for it again this year before Advent begins! Actually, Kathryn (our youngest) requested it, so I should not take the credit. :-) The study was written by Eleanor Zweigle and is available at A Family Inductive Bible Study Guide for Advent.

This study is a wonderful way to help keep your focus on Jesus and to introduce the inductive Bible study method to children.

Enjoy!

Summer Reading

The time for summer reading has already arrived! The Old Schoolhouse is hosting their first Summer Reading Splash, complete with a blog here at HSB where children can enter weekly contests to win - what else? - books, or even a series of books. What could be better? TOS has also provided a helpful list of reading goal-setting ideas.
The Summer Reading Splash began on May 19, continues through July 31, and is open to all ages (even nonreaders). Reading logs and a bookmark are available for download here. By completing a reading log and submitting it to the Schoolhouse Store at the end of the Summer Reading Splash, your child will be able to choose a free E-Book.
Here are links to some other Summer Reading Programs:

Veritas Press (also see their Summer Reading Coupon Book - these are incentive coupons for you to give to your children, not store coupons)
Barnes & Noble
Scholastic Summer Reading Buzz (info at the Teachers and Parents pages)

Don't forget to check your local library; we always enjoy our library's summer reading program.
~Andrea

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May. 22, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Jocelyndixon

Oh I saw the TOS email about the summer reading and the blog. It's so cute! lol I hope everything fares (is that the right use?) well with you and your reading this summer!

MJ

May. 23, 2008 - Hi

Posted by Anonymous

Hi, Andrea!
Just stopped in to answer your question about the graphics. I got them from stock xchng.com

I tweaked them a bit by changing the color. Glad you liked them. Have a great weekend! : )

Kysha
http://humblemama.blogspot.com

Studying Earthworms

We had a lot of fun studying earthworms in preparation for our very first dissection, and I thought I would share some of the online resources that we found to be helpful.

Check out Worm World for basic information about the habitat, lifestyle and reproduction of worms, as well as how to build a wormery to observe these wiggly creatures in more detail.
Discovery Kids has put together a very informative site called Yucky Worm World. Did you know that worms are recyclers? See them in action yourself by making a worm bin. At Yucky Worm World, you will also encounter Mary the Worm Woman, learn all about earthworms, and visit Wendell the Worm's cousins.

How would you like to read a worm's autobiography? Visit The Adventures of Herman the Worm, where Herman shares his history, family tree, anatomy and many other interesting facts. He even offers worm games to play.

K-2 Teachers will appreciate ReadWriteThink's Digging Up Details on Worms lesson plan, which includes a booklist and directions for making a worm habitat. These lessons could be adapted for older students.

Older students living in Canada might enjoy a more in-depth study of earthworms by participating in Worm Watch. Even if you do not live in Canada, this site offers a very helpful page detailing external earthworm anatomy and a basic earthworm dissection worksheet. Don't miss their Virtual Worm Tour!

Why stop at earthworms? Glencoe Science sends older students on a WebQuest to classify and compare worms. This site lists some great resources and includes a teacher's page and worm comparison worksheet.

I learned so much about earthworms during this study; they are amazing creatures! Enjoy the links.

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May. 1, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by lahbluebonnet

Good for you! I am glad to see them in my garden, but difficult for me to dig further into research with these squrimy critters! We may have to dissect them next year.
Blessings,
Laurie

May. 1, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by ApplesofGold

Wow-thank you for all these great links!! Holly

Free Gardening Unit Study

Dana at Principled Discovery is offering a free gardening unit study (click link for info)! I was going to add this to my previous gardening post, but that one was already so long that I decided to write a separate entry.
This would be a great study if you're looking for a way to get in some extra outdoor time and still "do school." I'm always looking to spice things up once the weather starts getting nice again!
Enjoy!

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Apr. 16, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

Hey, thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Dana
http://principleddiscovery.com

It's Gardening Time!

The gardening season is fast approaching here in Michigan, and I am so excited! Jacque at Seeking Rest in the Ancient Paths wrote a wonderful post about learning in the garden. She also posted a photo journal of her family's gardening experience last year that is very inspiring.

I found a gardening gem this morning that I just have to share: Garden-Based Learning. This website is geared towards starting school-based gardening programs, but it contains quite a bit of helpful information, activities, projects, and other gardening resources and publications. I was especially excited to find a downloadable guide entitled Know Your Insects (a 4-H publication in PDF format) that includes instructions for starting an insect collection. We are studying invertebrates for our Outdoor Hour Challenge, and we will be learning about insects as soon as we are finished with worms, snails and spiders.

Cornell's Gardening Resources website is also full of gardening helps, too many to list here.

Cornell's resources focus on the northeastern United States, but there are a lot of helpful tips for all gardeners. However, if you live in the U.S., you can find links to your state's Cooperative Extension System office here.

Here are some of my favorite gardening links:

• Garden Guides
• Backyard Wildlife Habitat
• kidsgardening.org (another site with classroom-based ideas - tons of information here)
• My First Garden (the format here is friendly for younger children)

 There are so many wonderful gardening websites available. I would love it if you would share some of your favorites; I'll add them to my list (giving you credit, of course).

"To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck what is planted...." Ecclesiastes 3: 2-3

Happy Gardening!

A Helpful Homemaking Website

I get so excited when I rediscover helpful websites that I've forgotten about! I wanted to link to a chicken tetrazzini recipe on my Menu Plan Monday post this week, but I had to find the recipe again; it was one that I had printed out some time ago and put in my recipe binder. I forgot how much information was at The Family Homestead! There is more information than I remember seeing when I first came across it. I have since come across it looking for laundry soap recipes, but I didn't realize it was the same website.

The Homestead Kitchen contains information on feeding your family nutritiously, as well as several recipes and helpful tips.

One of the highlights of the Homemaking and Home Management section is a homemade laundry soap recipe and a pictorial tutorial. I compared the cost of several laundry soap recipes and this is one of the least expensive. I am currently using a similar recipe that I adapted a bit, but I'll blog about that another time. You will also find spring cleaning and other home organization tips from this mother of eight.

Homestead Crafts includes bath & body, soap and soy candle recipes. The soap tutorials look very helpful, although I don't think I'm up for that yet! :-)

Crystal Miller, owner of The Family Homestead site, also blogs at Homemaking on the Homestead, where she shares weekly menu plans, recipes, bulk cooking tips, etc.

Enjoy!

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Apr. 9, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by BChsMamaof3

This looks like a super website! Thanks so much for sharing it with us and I wanted to let you know that I have been really enjoying reading your education week entries to :) They are wonderful. Have a wonderful evening,
Rosina

Regarding Amish Friendship Bread

Yummy stuff, but it is quite an endeavor to keep up with Amish Friendship Bread! As my aunt said when I told her I was baking some of this bread a few weeks ago, "Ah... it's a mixed blessing." I've never been successful at keeping up with this for long. In fact, it has been years since I have had some starter. I was wondering if you could freeze the starter or adapt the recipe at all, so I did a trusty Google search and quickly found some recipes and information, at allrecipes.com. Here are the recipes I found:

• Amish Friendship Bread Starter (guess it's not much of a secret anymore, thanks to the Internet)
• Amish Friendship Bread I
• Amish Friendship Bread II
• Amish Friendship Bread III
• Amish Friendship Chocolate Bread (I didn't see this one before!)

The editor's note for the starter recipe states that you can freeze the starter in 1-cup portions. You have to thaw it for at least 3 hours before using it. The comments for these recipes are very helpful too. I was able to play around with the recipe that I was given and use up all of the starter. I did make four new bags of starter that I froze. BTW, my instructions didn't say not to freeze it! Please, no negative comments on this controversial topic!

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Mar. 29, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by lahbluebonnet

Oh I LOVE amish friendship bread. I got my starter when I taught public school. Then my supply just grew and grew. So I took bread and lots of batches to Sunday School class to share. lol I don't have that recipe anymore.
Blessings,
Laurie

Mar. 29, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Sawickis

Andrea~

I have to tell you that my dogs love Amish bread starter because not more than 2 hours after you gave me some I found the bag on the floor in the family room completely empty.

I'd love more when you have some.

*Kristie*