The Family Freebies Special is always one of my favorite Internet adventures. I am feeling a bit less trusting this year; though. I just spent a week adding more Junk Mail rules to my email filters to staunch the flow of spam in my Inbox. So, use caution with the information you reveal when signing up for contests and freebies. *Tip from Kim - Never use the same email account that you use for your personal correspondence when you register at a Web site. Instead, use a Web-based email account when you sign up at Web sites of all kinds. Then, you can surf by your email box occasionally to see if anything useful or interesting is there. Parenting Help Freebies
Charts & Printables l Booklets, Tests, Magazines, Software
Photo Processing & Storage
Charts and Printables
- Family Education Network has added a lot of nice free printables and software downloads to their excellent Web site for families of school age children. Printable certificates for children celebrate the first day of school and other milestones.
- Free Chore ChartsTipzTime
- Billy Bear's Awards and CertificatesThese cute and customizable awards take full advantage of your color printer.
- Awards and Certificates for your daughterSome neat ideas at this large list of printables
- The BabySitter's Checklist Just bookmark this checklist, print it out when you need it, and fill it in for your babysitter.
- My Parent Time's Printable Checklists Awesome list of useful checklists such as your child's friends, chores for different ages, child's sports schedule
- ADD-Plus offers useful forms for parents - Classroom Daily Report, Medication Effectiveness Monitoring, Academic and Social Skills Adjustment.
- Free charts to help bring needed structure to your ADD child's daily life, from the Christian ADHD list
- Banana Bucksare a cute reward tool for child behavior management. Designed for teachers, parents might find them useful at home.
- SchoolExpress.com has thousands of free worksheets and software downloads. Just what you need to keep your child busy this summer.
- RHL School -Free Worksheets and More
- MathWorks Free Math WorksheetsSimple to use, generate a new worksheet each time.
- Kidbibs AwardsA large selection to print or email
- Disney Back-to-School PrintablesBookcovers, pencil hats, locker posters, and bookmarks featuring pop stars such as nSync and Brittney Spears
- The Frugal Shopper Free Printables Links to many useful forms and checklists, such as family budget planning, educational worksheets for kids, grocery lists
Booklets, Tests, Magazines, Software
- Mommy, I Don't Feel GoodFree guidebook for children's illnesses, in Adobe Acrobat format, from Recovery Zone
- Focus on the FamilyFree print magazine subscription from James Dobson, also complimentary issues of the teen boy and teen girl magazines
- Gatorade Playbook for KidsFree booklet about kids and sports
- What Every Parent Should KnowFree booklet from Boystown Press to help parents recognize when their child is heading for trouble
- Put Prevention into Practice: Child Health GuideFree guide includes some good printable health charts. Start a folder for your child's medical care with the growth charts for children ages 3-18, individual growth record, and health care visit and illness record.
- Road to Debt FreedomFree 144 page booklet
- Birthday USA Party Guide Get a free birthday party planning booklet when you register to win a free party pack from Birthday USA
- Free Reading Aptitude Test
- Curriculum Associates Free Sample Lessons Excellent
- Free Learning Styles Survey at Smarter Kids
- We-Blocker softwareFree software that sets up parent-controlled Net profiles. I like the looks of this and plan to try it out.
- Free Software - PapaJan.com Helping Your Child Learn to Read
Photo Processing and Storage
- Ofoto Good free film processing and storage site. Get 50 free prints when you join.
- PhotoPoint Free online photo storage. Get 50 free prints when you join.
- Snapfish Free photo processing, storage, and prints
- ShutterflyMore free digital photo storage and prints