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Algebra for Anyone : Getting a Handle on Abstract Math (Homeschool Math Manual 3)  Author: Denise Gaskins  Algebra for homeschoolers

Charlotte Mason Study Guide  Author: Penny Gardner

Children's Software and New Media Revue    Children's software review.

Christian Home Educators' Curriculum Manual : Elementary Grades  Author: Cathy Duffy  Christian home curriculum guide.

Complete Home Learning Source Book: the Essential Resource Ghuide for Homeschoolers, Parents, and Educators Covering Every Subject from Arithmetic, Th  Author: Rebecca Rupp

Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills: Grade 1  Author: Vincent Douglas

Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills: Grade 3  Author: Vincent Douglas

Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills: Grade 4  Author: Kacy Branstetter

Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills: Grade 5  Author: Kacy Branstetter

Comprehensive Curriculum of Basic Skills: Grade 6  Author: Kacy Branstetter

Daily Language Review 1  Author: Evan-Moor  Four question a day language review.

Daily Language Review 3  Author: Evans-Moor  Five question a day language review.

Daily Language Review 4  Author: Evan-Moor  Five question a day language review.

Daily Language Review 5  Author: Evan-Moor

Daily Math Practice: Grade 5  Author: Jill Norris, Marilyn Evans

Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum: A Guide to Catholic Home Education  Author: Laura Berquist  Design a curriculum from a Catholic perspective

Educated Child: A Parent's Guide from Preschool Through Eighth Grade, The  Author: William Bennett, Chester Finn, John Cribb  The Educated Child defines a good education and offers parents a plan of action for ensuring that their children achieve it

Elements of Style, The  Author: Wiliam Strunk, E.B. White, Roger Angell  Basics for English.

English for the Thoughtful Child  Author: Mary Hyde  If your interested in a classical approach

Every Child Can Succeed: Making the Most of Your Child's Learning Style  Author: Cynthia Ulrich Tobias  More on learning styles

First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind  Author: Jessie Wise  Language for the Well-Trained Mind

Guerilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education with or Without School  Author: Grace Llewellyn  Educate your kids.

Hands-On Math Projects with Real Life Applications : Ready-to-Use Lessons and Materials for Grades 6-12  Author: Gary Muschla and Judith Muschla  Math for teens.

Home Learning Year by Year: How to Design a Homeschool Curriculum from Preschool Through High School  Author: Rebecca Rupp

Homeschoolers' College Admissions Handbook: Preparing Your 12- to 18-Year-Old for a Smooth Transition  Author: Cafi Cohen, Linda Dobson  How to homeschool teens.

Homeschooling, the Middle Years: Your Compete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 8 to 12-Year-Old Child  Author: Shari Henry  A "how to homeschool" guide.

Homeschooling: The Early Years: Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 3 to 8 Year Old Child  Author: Linda Dobson, Jamie Miller

Homeschooling: The Teen Years: Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 13- To 18-Year Old  Author: Cafi Cohen  Reference for homeschooling teens.

How Children Learn (Classics in Child Development)  Author: John Caldwell Holt

Janice VanCleave's Geometry for Every Kid  Author: Janice VanCleave  Geometry for upper elementary.

Learn at Home, Grade 1    Low cost starter curriculum.

Learn at Home, Grade 2  Author: American Education  Low cost starter curriculum.

Learn at Home, Grade 4    Low cost starter curriculum.

Learn at Home, Grade K  Author: American Education  Low cost starter curriculum.

Learning Adventures in Reading: Grades 3-4  Author: Score Kaplan  Reading practice.

Learning How to Learn  Author: L. Ron Hubbard  How to study for kids and adults

Math Made Easy: Third Grade Workbook  Author: Sean McArdle

Math Smart! : Over 220 Ready-to-Use Activities to Motivate & Challenge Students, Grades 6-12  Author: Judith Muschla, Gary Muschla  Math worksheets/activities for teens.

Montessori Play & Learn: A Parents' Guide to Purposeful Play from Two to Six  Author: Lesley Britton  Ideas for early childhood Montessori

Muse  Cobblestone  Great, overall magazine for kids.

Music Conservatory  Turtle Beach Systems  Program to learn music history, theory, and composers.

Teaching Montessori in the Home: The Preschool Years  Author: Elizabeth Hainstock  Guide to Montessori.

The Ultimate Homeschool Physical Education Game Book  Author: Guy Bailey  Homeschool P.E.

Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling, The  Author: Debra Bell  A "how to homeschool" guide.

Well Trained Mind, The  Author: Jessie Wise, Susan Wise Bauer

What Your Fifth Grader Needs to Know  Author: E.D. Hirsch

What Your First Grader Needs to Know  Author: E.D. Hirsch  A reasonable curriculum in a book to get you started.

What Your Fourth Grader Needs to Know  Author: E.D. Hirsch  A reasonable curriculum in a book to get you started.

What Your Second Grader Needs to Know  Author: E.D. Hirsch

What Your Sixth Grader Needs to Know  Author: E.D. Hirsch

What Your Third Grader Needs to Know  Author: E.D. Hirsch

Writers Inc: A Student Handbook for Writing and Learning  Author: Patrick Sebranek  Guide for writing, grammar, and more.

You Can Teach Your Child Successfully: Grades 4-8  Author: Ruth Beechick  Education strategies.

 Language Arts

A Child's Introduction to Poetry: Listen While You Learn About the Magic Words That Have Moved Mountains, Won Battles, and Made Us Laugh and Cry  Author: Michael Drischoll

A to Z Poster  Sarah Nayler  You've got to start with the alphabet.

Alice in Wonderland  Lewis Carroll  A classic on audio.

Boggle Jr.

Books That Build Character: A Guide to Teaching Your Child Moral Values Through Stories  Author: William Kilpatrick, Gregory Wolfe, Suzanne Wolf

Cartooning with Letters, Numbers, and Shapes  Author: Bill Costello  Combine learning numbers and letters into art.

Chatter Matters Family Game

Comic-Strip Grammar  Author: Dan Greenberg

Daily Language Review 1  Author: Evan-Moor  Four question a day language review.

Daily Language Review 3  Author: Evans-Moor  Five question a day language review.

Daily Language Review 4  Author: Evan-Moor  Five question a day language review.

Daily Language Review 5  Author: Evan-Moor

Disney Alphabet

Elements of Style, The  Author: Wiliam Strunk, E.B. White, Roger Angell  Basics for English.

English for the Thoughtful Child  Author: Mary Hyde  If your interested in a classical approach

First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind  Author: Jessie Wise  Language for the Well-Trained Mind

Grammar Smart Junior  Julian Fleisher  Grammar for 6 to 8 grades.

Hamlet  Shakespeare  Audio shakespeare.

Hands-On Alphabet Activities for Young Children: A Whole Language Plus Phonics Approach to Reading  Author: Roberta Seckler Brown, Susan Carey

Homeschooling Your Gifted Child: Language Arts for the Middle School Years  Author: Lee Wherry Brainerd, Wendy Moss  Exercises for gifted middle schoolers

Hot Fudge Monday: Tasty Ways to Teach Parts of Speech to Students Who Have a Hard Time Swallowing Anything to Do With Grammar  Author: Randy Larson

Jane Eyre    Classic on video.

Kids' Magnetic Poetry Book and Creativity Kit  Author: David Kapell, Sally Steenland, Judith Viorst

Learn at Home, Grade 1    Low cost starter curriculum.

Learn at Home, Grade 2  Author: American Education  Low cost starter curriculum.

Learn at Home, Grade 4    Low cost starter curriculum.

Learn at Home, Grade K  Author: American Education  Low cost starter curriculum.

Learning Adventures in Reading: Grades 3-4  Author: Score Kaplan  Reading practice.

Making Words: Multilevel, Hands-On Developmentally Appropriate Spelling and Phonics Activities  Author: Cunningham, Hall, Heggie

Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3 to 8  Author: Stephanie Harvey

Phonics Pathways  Author: Dolores G. Hiskes

Punctuation

Read-Aloud Handbook, The  Author: Jim Trelease

Reading is Fun Alphabet

Reading Rescue 1-2-3: Raise Your Child's Reading Level 2 Grades Through This Simple 3-Step Program  Author: Peggy M. Wilber

Reading Teacher's Book of Lists, The  Author: Fry, Kress, Fountoukidis, Fry

Ready Words Game

Schoolhouse Rock! - Grammar Rock

Shakespeare Tragedies-Origins and Style  The Standard Deviants  Another tool for understanding tragedies and Shakespear

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lesson  Author: Englemann, Haddow, Bruner, Engleman

The Writing Road to Reading: The Spalding Method of Phonics…  Author: Romalda Bishop Spalding, Walter T. Spalding

Tri-Virsity  Gentertainment

What Your First Grader Needs to Know  Author: E.D. Hirsch  A reasonable curriculum in a book to get you started.

What Your Fourth Grader Needs to Know  Author: E.D. Hirsch  A reasonable curriculum in a book to get you started.

Wild Days: Creating Discovery Journals  Author: Karen Skidmore Rackliffe

Writers Inc: A Student Handbook for Writing and Learning  Author: Patrick Sebranek  Guide for writing, grammar, and more.

 Math

1 to 12 Math Poster  Sarah Nayler  Learn to count to 12

Aha! How to Teach Math So Kids Get It (Homeschool Math Manual 1)  Author: Denise Gaskins

Algebra for Anyone : Getting a Handle on Abstract Math (Homeschool Math Manual 3)  Author: Denise Gaskins  Algebra for homeschoolers

Cartooning with Letters, Numbers, and Shapes  Author: Bill Costello  Combine learning numbers and letters into art.

Cartooning with Math  Author: Bill Costello

Daily Math Practice: Grade 5  Author: Jill Norris, Marilyn Evans

Donald in Numberland

Game of Knowledge

Hands-On Math Projects with Real Life Applications : Ready-to-Use Lessons and Materials for Grades 6-12  Author: Gary Muschla and Judith Muschla  Math for teens.

How Math Works  Author: Carol Vordemann

Janice VanCleave's Geometry for Every Kid  Author: Janice VanCleave  Geometry for upper elementary.

Learn at Home, Grade 1    Low cost starter curriculum.

Learn at Home, Grade 2  Author: American Education  Low cost starter curriculum.

Learn at Home, Grade 4    Low cost starter curriculum.

Learn at Home, Grade K  Author: American Education  Low cost starter curriculum.

Math and Literature: Book One K-3  Author: Marylin Burns

Math Made Easy: Third Grade Workbook  Author: Sean McArdle

Math Monsters #1: Data Collection

Math Monsters #3: Number Conservation

Math Munchers  Mac and PC Compatible

Math Smart! : Over 220 Ready-to-Use Activities to Motivate & Challenge Students, Grades 6-12  Author: Judith Muschla, Gary Muschla  Math worksheets/activities for teens.

MathArts: Exploring Math Through Art for 3 to 6 Year Olds  Author: MaryAnn F. Kohl, Cindy Gainer

Multiplication Poster

Multiplication Table

Multiplication Unplugged-Times Tables to 12  Sara Jordan and Sebastian Hergott

Rubik's Cube

Schoolhouse Rock - Money Rock

Schoolhouse Rock! - Multiplication Rock

Standard Deviants TV - Fractions 411  Standard Deviants  Learn fractions from the Standard Deviants

Standard Deviants: Basic Math

The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure  Author: Hans Enzensberger, Michael Henry Heim  Try reading some math for a change.

What Your First Grader Needs to Know  Author: E.D. Hirsch  A reasonable curriculum in a book to get you started.

What Your Fourth Grader Needs to Know  Author: E.D. Hirsch  A reasonable curriculum in a book to get you started.

Writing in Math Class: A Resource for Grades 2 to 8  Author: Marilyn Burns, Susan Ohanian

 Reading

A Child's Introduction to Poetry: Listen While You Learn About the Magic Words That Have Moved Mountains, Won Battles, and Made Us Laugh and Cry  Author: Michael Drischoll

A to Z Poster  Sarah Nayler  You've got to start with the alphabet.

Alice in Wonderland  Lewis Carroll  A classic on audio.

Boggle Jr.

Books That Build Character: A Guide to Teaching Your Child Moral Values Through Stories  Author: William Kilpatrick, Gregory Wolfe, Suzanne Wolf

Books to Build on: A Grade-By-Grade Resource Guide for Parents and Teachers  Author: E.D. Hirsch Jr., John Holdren

Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets  Author: Dav Pilkey

Chatter Matters Family Game

Comic-Strip Grammar  Author: Dan Greenberg

Daily Language Review 5  Author: Evan-Moor

Disney Alphabet

Elements of Style, The  Author: Wiliam Strunk, E.B. White, Roger Angell  Basics for English.

English for the Thoughtful Child  Author: Mary Hyde  If your interested in a classical approach

Fellowship of the Ring, The  J.R. Tolkien

First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind  Author: Jessie Wise  Language for the Well-Trained Mind

Get in Shape to Write  Author: Philip Bongiorno

Grammar Smart Junior  Julian Fleisher  Grammar for 6 to 8 grades.

Hamlet  Shakespeare  Audio shakespeare.

Hands-On Alphabet Activities for Young Children: A Whole Language Plus Phonics Approach to Reading  Author: Roberta Seckler Brown, Susan Carey

Hot Fudge Monday: Tasty Ways to Teach Parts of Speech to Students Who Have a Hard Time Swallowing Anything to Do With Grammar  Author: Randy Larson

Jane Eyre    Classic on video.

Journey to the Centre of the Earth  Jules Verne

Kids' Magnetic Poetry Book and Creativity Kit  Author: David Kapell, Sally Steenland, Judith Viorst

Learn at Home, Grade 1    Low cost starter curriculum.

Learn at Home, Grade 2  Author: American Education  Low cost starter curriculum.

Learn at Home, Grade 4    Low cost starter curriculum.

Learn at Home, Grade K  Author: American Education  Low cost starter curriculum.

Learning Adventures in Reading: Grades 3-4  Author: Score Kaplan  Reading practice.

Making Words: Multilevel, Hands-On Developmentally Appropriate Spelling and Phonics Activities  Author: Cunningham, Hall, Heggie

Mice at Bat  Author: Kelly Oechsli

Muse  Cobblestone  Great, overall magazine for kids.

Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3 to 8  Author: Stephanie Harvey

Phonics Pathways  Author: Dolores G. Hiskes

Pretty Good Magic  Author: Cathy East Dubowski

Punctuation

Read-Aloud Handbook, The  Author: Jim Trelease

Reading is Fun Alphabet

Reading Rescue 1-2-3: Raise Your Child's Reading Level 2 Grades Through This Simple 3-Step Program  Author: Peggy M. Wilber

Reading Teacher's Book of Lists, The  Author: Fry, Kress, Fountoukidis, Fry

Ready Words Game

Schoolhouse Rock! - Grammar Rock

Stuart Little  E.B. White

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lesson  Author: Englemann, Haddow, Bruner, Engleman

Teachers Ask About Sensory Integration  Carol Krenowitz and Stacey Szklut

The Writing Road to Reading: The Spalding Method of Phonics…  Author: Romalda Bishop Spalding, Walter T. Spalding

Tom Sawyer Abroad  Mark Twain

Tri-Virsity  Gentertainment

Ultimate Homeschool Plan Book-Your Perfect Planner

Wild Days: Creating Discovery Journals  Author: Karen Skidmore Rackliffe

Writing in Math Class: A Resource for Grades 2 to 8  Author: Marilyn Burns, Susan Ohanian

 Science

A.D.A.M. The Inside Story

Atom, The - Poster

Audubon's Animal Adventures: Bat    All about bats.

Bears of North America

Birds of the World  Mac & PC Compatible

Brachiosaurus Poster

Brain Quest Game Bus

Butterfly Garden

Collectors' Butterflies

Dexter's Laboratory-The Incredible Invention vs. Dee Dee Game

Dig Into Rocks Study Set

Dinosaurs  Bill Nye

Dolphin Poster

Extinction

Eyewitness - Insect

Eyewitness - Skeleton

Eyewitness Planets

Food Rules! What You Munch, Its Punch, Its Crunch, and Why Sometimes You Lose Your Lunch  Author: Bill Haduch  This a great book for learning about nutrition.

Game of Knowledge

Genius of Leonardo da Vinci, The

Globe - International Edition

Human Body

Human Body  Bill Nye

Human Genome Landmarks  U.S. Department of Energy  Genome poster

Incredible Human Machine  National Geographic

Learn About Texas Insects  Author: Georg Zapple

Learn at Home, Grade 1    Low cost starter curriculum.

Learn at Home, Grade 2  Author: American Education  Low cost starter curriculum.

Learn at Home, Grade 4    Low cost starter curriculum.

Learn at Home, Grade K  Author: American Education  Low cost starter curriculum.

Magic School Bus Goes to Seed

Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm

Magic School Bus Plays Ball

Magic School Bus: Getting Energized    An introduction to alternative energy

Magic School Bus: Going Batty    The bus turns into a bat.

Magic School Bus: Inside Ralphie

Mecury 13: The Secret Astronauts  History Channel

Minerals Poster

Muse  Cobblestone  Includes science articles.

Mystery of the Senses - Hearing  Nova

Mystery of the Senses - Smell  Nova

Mystery of the Senses - Taste  Nova

Mystery of the Senses - Touch  Nova

Mystery of the Senses - Vision  Nova

National Geographic Kids  National Geographic Society

National Geographic's Secrets of the Wild Panda

NOVA True Science

Penguins of the Antartic

Periodic Table of the Elements

Pollution and the Environment

Ranger Rick

Rough Science Adventure Activities Guide    Science experiments for the Rough Science show.

Rubik's Cube

Schoolhouse Rock! - Science Rock

Shark Poster

Smithsonian SmartLabs: Weather Center

Snake Poster

Solar Posters

Spider Poster

Standard Deviants TV - Meet the Planets  Standard Deviants  Learn Astronomy from the Standard Deviants

Standard Deviants: Anatomy, Parts 1 & 2  Standard Deviants  Anatomy videos.

Triceratops Poster

Tropical Rain Forest

Tyrannosaurus Rex Poster

Universe Within, The  Nova

Visible Man Anatomy Kit    Classic anatomy model.

Volcano Poster

Volcanoes of the Deep  Nova

Weather - International Edition, The    Learn weather basics.

Whale Poster

What Your First Grader Needs to Know  Author: E.D. Hirsch  A reasonable curriculum in a book to get you started.

What Your Fourth Grader Needs to Know  Author: E.D. Hirsch  A reasonable curriculum in a book to get you started.

Wild Days: Creating Discovery Journals  Author: Karen Skidmore Rackliffe

Women of Science

WOW Science

Your Big Backyard    Introduce prescholers to nature.

Zoobooks    Great introduction to animals.

 Social Studies

American Presidents I Poster    From Washington to Arthur (1789 to 1995). Includes name, term of office, and term highlights

American Presidents II Poster    From Cleaveland to Clinton (1885 to 1996). Includes name, term of office, and term highlights.

Declaration of Independence    Historical document.

How a Bill Becomes a Law

I Have a Dream Poster

Learn at Home, Grade 1    Low cost starter curriculum.

Learn at Home, Grade 2  Author: American Education  Low cost starter curriculum.

Learn at Home, Grade 4    Low cost starter curriculum.

Learn at Home, Grade K  Author: American Education  Low cost starter curriculum.

Middle Ages - The Feudal System

Middle Ages- The Black Death

National Geographic Kids  National Geographic Society

Schoolhouse Rock! - America Rock

STOPS-North American Edition

Underground Railroad Map    Map of underground railroad.

Women Who Dared I

Women Who Dared II

 Starting Homeschooling

Beyond Survival: A Guide to Abundant-Life Homeschooling  Author: Diana Waring, Cathy Duffy  Personal experience with homeschooling.

Educated Child: A Parent's Guide from Preschool Through Eighth Grade, The  Author: William Bennett, Chester Finn, John Cribb  The Educated Child defines a good education and offers parents a plan of action for ensuring that their children achieve it

First Year of Homeschooling Your Child, The  Author: Linda Dobson

Fundamentals of Homeschooling: Notes on Successful Family Living  Author: Ann Larson-Fisher

Guerilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education with or Without School  Author: Grace Llewellyn  Educate your kids.

Home Learning Year by Year: How to Design a Homeschool Curriculum from Preschool Through High School  Author: Rebecca Rupp

Home School Manual, The  Author: Theodore E. Wade  How to homeschool.

Homeschoolers' College Admissions Handbook: Preparing Your 12- to 18-Year-Old for a Smooth Transition  Author: Cafi Cohen, Linda Dobson  How to homeschool teens.

Homeschooling for Success: How Parents Can Create a Superior Education for Their Child  Author: Rebecca Kochenderfer, E. Kanna, R. T. Kiyoski

Homeschooling, the Middle Years: Your Compete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 8 to 12-Year-Old Child  Author: Shari Henry  A "how to homeschool" guide.

Homeschooling: The Early Years: Your Complete Guide to Successfully Homeschooling the 3 to 8 Year Old Child  Author: Linda Dobson, Jamie Miller