This post is just what it says it is, free stuff.
Pandora Radio - I found this by accident and love it, it is a radio station online that lets you pick an artist or a song and then creates a station based on that selection. You can make as many stations as you like and I have never received any type of email or solicitation from them.
Freecycle - this an organization run by people in your community. You fill out a short questionnaire, it might even be just one question, about why you want to join, then when you are accepted you are connected to people who are giving things away. You can even request things that you need. It was started to keep things out of the landfills, the whole 'one man's trash is another's treasure' philosophy.
Game Goo,
Poptropica, and
Starfall - these are all sites that Ashton and I use for school. Game Goo provides help for him in reading, Ash and Evie both read by remembering, instead of phonetically, his therapist recommended this site for him. Poptropica is a fun interactive game, he has to problem solve in order to 'save the day' for his character. The only thing is you have to be able to read, while the character's 'talk' to you, they do it in a comic book form bubble. It's fun, I even enjoy sitting with him, trying to solve the clues. Starfall I have mentioned before, this is a great site for your beginning reader, they sound things out loud so if he is having trouble with a word he can just click on it, and they will say it for him. This has levels from pre-k to 1st/ 2nd grade. We also use a math site called
Math Fact Cafe that has different grade levels going up to 4th grade. There are math worksheets you can print out, flashcards you can do online, or you can customize your own worksheets. One more,
this site lets you make a wordsearch puzzle, you can customize it as well.
Now here are a few things I found in an article which inspired this post. I have checked each website, but haven't actually tried them yet.
Silver Jewelry - this looked interesting I went and checked the site, it looks like they offer things for about 15 minutes each, but you can visit the site and see a preview of what's to come and they will email you when what you like is available. We'll see, now that my kids are getting girlfriends and such, it seems like an inexpensive way to impress them ;) The only thing you pay for is the shipping and handling ($6.99) The woman who wrote the article said she is allergic to nickel silver and they were great.
p.s. I just ordered a necklace for Evie, for Xmas, you get the pendant free, but the chain cost me $4 for a 16 inch one, so in all I paid $10.99 I'll let you know if it was worth it or not.
Free language lessons - I just signed up to take french, they email you weekly lessons, and at the end of it they send you a certificate.
Directory assistance - the article says instead of paying to get a number from 411, dial 1-800-free-411. The reason it's free is you listen to a 10 second ad before getting the number.
There are tons of stuff online you just have to look for it, kind of like thrift store shopping. Whenever I am looking for something I always type free in the search box.
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