My favorite curriculum: living books and classic literature.

I love books! 

Our homeschooling is centered on timeless novels and works. 

We love to snuggle up and read a good book like Swiss Family Robinson or A Christmas Carol  aloud.

Everyone in our family is always in the middle of a good book. It might be an inspirational classic like Hinds Feet on High Places. Or a Golden Age cozy mystery by Agatha Christie or G.K. Chesterton. It might be a well-worn book that's been read over and over again like Ben Hur or Little Women. 

We love books! However, we had wasted time reading some poorly written novels or books with unwholesome content. Over the years, I have weeded out the bad, discovered hidden gems in used book stores, and put together my own reading lists for my children to read whatever they want to read. I have lined my bookshelves with these living books and novels. 

And I am always updating and adding to these lists. 

Happy Mother's Day! We wanted to bless you with a free gift from the Build Your Bundle Team - a package of 5 individual planners. There is no purchase necessary, simply add to your cart and check out. Take a look at what's included:

Total Value: $25.00

Build Your Days Planner
Building perfect days is ahead of you with the Build Your Bundle’s exclusive calendar, Build Your Days. With this simple planner you can keep your days organized with a few simple steps. Why add any complication in your day? Easy days are ahead of you when you take a few minutes to simply plan out your day.

Pages Include:

Monthly Planner
Daily Planner
Weekly Meal Planner
Shopping List
Household Cleaning Schedule
Freezer Inventory Sheet
Pantry Inventory Sheet

2018 Christmas Planner
Christmas is the most hectic time of the year. Isn’t that what they say? Well, for many of us that is how Christmas is defined. With this planner you can remember why Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. Organize your holiday so you can relax and enjoy the twinkling lights and time spent with your family.

Pages Include:

Days in December Overview
Monthly Calendar
Weekly Calendar
Christmas Meal Planner
Recipe Cards
Shopping List
Weekly Meal Plan
Christmas Card List
Christmas Checklist

And there's more...

Celebrations Perpetual Calendar
Make every day a celebration with this exciting and boldly designed perpetual calendar. Year after year, you can enjoy all the sparkle the year has to offer. Each month has plenty of room to record special days, vacations, appointments, birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays.

Prayer Journal
Build a habit of prayer in an engaging way so you can experience the power of prayer with this Prayer Journal. Creating a prayer journal allows you to look back on your prayer life while encouraging you to maintain a healthy prayer life. Pages include a place for the date, your praises to God, your requests and what you are grateful for. Stay focused on an attitude of prayer and thankfulness every day.

Includes a beautiful watercolored designed wall art poster featuring 1 Thessalonians 5:17.

Family Summer Planner
Summer will be here before you know it…are you ready? When the question arises, “Mom, what are we going to do today?”, are you prepared with an answer? Summer is a time to relax but not a time to throw caution to the sunny skies and ditch planning your days. Sometimes the most relaxing days are the days we plan ahead for. Get a jump on a great summer with this Family Summer Planner.

Pages Include:
Monthly Calendars
Summer Reading List
Summer Bucket List
Exploring My City
Summer Chore List

Enjoy! 

Happy Mother's Day! 
​Meredith Curtis
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We want to give you one of our favorite books, Let's Have Our Own Archaeological Dig. 

What could be more fun than participating in your own Archaeological Dig? You can do what archaeologists do!

Parents and older siblings can create a dig site with several layers like a tell. Children and teens mark off a grid before they dig. Carefully, artifacts are unearthed and sent over to a lab for examination. 

Does that sound fun? 

A little overwhelming? 

Don't worry! Meredith and Laura will take you step-by-step in planning and holding your own Archaeological Dig. 

Get ready to make some happy memories. 

All you have to do is sign up for our Free Newsletter Here.​

There's still time to get your FREE Homeschool Portfolio. Just head over to Build Your Bundle Pre-Sale Page and enter the Givaway for $5,000 worth of Digital Curriculum. 

Just for entering, you can immediately download this FREE Homeschool Portfolio Pack. .

Here's a little info about it: 

The homeschool year is filled with accomplishments and events you and your kids will want to cherish for years to come. Whether you need to meet your state law or you want to keep the precious memories of your child’s homeschool year, a homeschool portfolio will keep it all organized and decluttered. 

The Homeschool Portfolio will not only serve as a scrapbook of your child’s year it provides practical sheets and a place to record goals for the next school year. 

Pages Include:

• About Me
• Attendance Sheet
• Basic Daily Schedule
• Extra Curricular Activities Sheet
• Curriculum and Resources List
• Book Log
• Goals
• Field Trip Log
• Report Card
• Subject Evaluation
• Subject Binder Divider Sheets

Don't forget to enter the Giveaway and get your free Homeschool Portfolio Pack. 

Happy Homeschooling!
​Meredith Curtis

It's almost that time!

​The most important celebration on the calendar. The day we remember the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We want to bless you with a gift this season to make Holy Week and Easter morning meaningful. 

You don't have to sign up for our newsletter, though you are always welcome to sign up here. (scroll down to the bottom of the page)

Celebrate Easter Deovtions is 16 days of Bible reading, singing, and a family craft or activity. 

Starting the day before Palm Sunday when Jesus is anointed by Mary in Bethany, in preparation for his burial, and following the story day-by-day until his arrest, death, burial, and resurrection. 

The second week of devotions follows Jesus 40 days in His resurrected body until He ascends to the Father in Heaven. 

If you are looking for a way  to celebrate Easter that will draw the entire family closer to Jesus, this is it! Download your free copy of Easter Devotions here. 

The 20th Century is an exciting time to study. Would you like to time travel to the 1910s with your younger children? 

HIS Story of the 20th Century Lapbook & Timeline is a special gift from Powerline Productions to you. 

Jump into the second decade of the 20th Century with me to learn about building the Panama Canal, exploring the North and South Poles, the Balkan Wars, World War I, Trench Warfare, and changes after World War I. 

Easy-to-understand reading is followed by fun lapbook booklets to make. There are also beautiful timeline  figures to paste onto the timeline pages. 

Make a beautiful lapbook and complete a ten-year timeline. In addition, there are history labs and a great book to read: Who Was Ernest Shackleton? by James Buckley, Jr. 

​Your kids will have a blast!

​You can download HIS Story of the 20th Century for Young Folks 1910s Lapbook & Timeline here.

This FREE Offer is good until the end of January. ​Don't forget to download your free E-book!

Happy History Homeschooling!

Warmly, 
​Meredith Curtis

Powerline Productions is excited to announce that we are the January Sponsor for Thrifty Homeschool's Facebook Group. 

You can visit their Facebook Group here.

You can visit Thrifty Homeschool website here. 

You will find Powerline Productions offering all kinds of gifts and freebies this month as the January Sponsor. 

Today, I am freezing to death in Central Florida as a cold front has swept away our sunny blue skies. Ah, it's the perfect night for hot soup! 

Which brings me to our first gift :) 

Are you looking for hope this holiday season?

Are you hoping for a brand-new start?

Do you want your failures and flaws wiped away in one sweep?

I have something important to share with you! You can have hope, a brand-new start, and your failures and flaws wiped away in one sweep.

But, wait. There’s more. You can start life over with a new heart. The old gone; the new come.
“How much does this cost?” you ask.

The answer may surprise you. It’s free! There’s no strings attached. No newsletters to sign up for. No comment to leave. No shipping to pay.

God’s gift of Eternal Life this Christmas season is FREE.
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“The wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 3:23).
Those who believe in their heart and confess with their mouth that Jesus is Lord will be saved. “If you declare with your mouth that ‘Jesus is Lord’ and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified; and it is with your mouth you profess your sin and are saved” (Romans 10:9-10).  

Head over to Thrifty Homeschool to enter our Free Giveaway. 

The lucky winner will get Celebrate Christmas with Cookies Unit Study from Powerline Productions. This unit study makes learning fun for children who love picture books, Christmas, making cookies, and eating cookies. 

Each day, there is a picture book to read aloud together. Then, it's time to learn all kinds of fun things related to the picture book. Finally, it's time to bake cookies or create cookie-mix-in-a-jar gifts. Sometimes you will freeze cookies. At the end of the unit study, you will have a delicious and attractive collection of cookies to give to friends and neighbors as a thoughtful Christmas gift. 

Enter to win a digital copy of Celebrate Christmas with Cookies Unit Study by filling out the Rafflecopter form at Thrifty Homeschool. The giveaway ends December 16th at 11:59pm ET. Winner will be notified by email and will have 48 hours to respond. Please read all the Rafflecopter terms & conditions upon entering.

Have a Merry Christmas! 

Meredith Curtis and the Powerline Productions Team. 

Do you like cozy mysteries? 

​Do you have a kindle?


War of the Roses Mystery is FREE for your Kindle from Wednesday April  26, 2017 until Sunday, April 30, 2017.

​Homeschool mom Maggie King is studying the War of the Roses with her children and homeschool co-op--what a confusing time in history! When Maggie discovers a dead body, she becomes involved with another war of the roses that is just as confusing. Join Maggie and her friends and family as they unravel a confusing mystery. Can they bring a killer to justice? 

You can download your FREE copy of War of the Roses Mystery ​here. ​War of the Roses Mystery​ is #5 in the Maggie King Mystery series.

Enjoy!
Meredith Curtis