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 Curriculum and Supplies

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.

 Homeschool

A Reason for Handwriting Homeschool Guidebook: Comprehensive K-6  Author: Carol Ann Retzer, Rob Harrell

And What About College? How Homeschooling Can Lead to Admissions to the Best Colleges and Universities  Author: Cafi Cohen, Patrick Farenga

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

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

Charlotte Mason Study Guide  Author: Penny Gardner

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

Complete Idiot's Guide to Homeschooling  Author: Marsha Ransom, John Taylor Gatto

Creative Home Schooling for Gifted Children: A Resource Guide  Author: Lisa Rivero

Deschooling Our Lives  Author: Matt Hern

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

Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense  Author: David Guterson

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

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

From Homeschool to College and Work: Turning Your Homeschooled Experiences into College and Job Portfolios  Author: Alison McKee

Fundamentals of Homeschooling: Notes on Successful Family Living  Author: Ann Larson-Fisher  How and why to homeschool

Getting Started on Home Learning: How and Why to Teach Your Kids at Home  Author: Rebecca Rupp

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

Home Education Magazine    My favorite homeschool magazine.

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.

Home Schooling on a Shoestring  Author: Melissa L. Morgan and Judith Waite Allee

Homeschool Your Child for Free  Author: LauraMaery Gold, Joan M. Zielinski

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 Almanac 2002-2003  Author: Mary and Michael Leppert

Homeschooling Book of Answers, The  Author: Linda Dobson

Homeschooling for Excellence  Author: David and Micki Colfax

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

Homeschooling Handbook (Revised 2nd Edition)  Author: Mary Griffith, Lisa Cooper

Homeschooling Your Gifted Child: Language Arts for the Middle School Years  Author: Lee Wherry Brainerd, Wendy Moss  Langauge arts for the middle schooler

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 Fail  Author: John Caldwll Holt  Basic reading for all educators.

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

Making Portfolio Assessment Easy: Reproducible Forms and Checklists and Strategies  Author: Mary Sullivan

McGraw-Hill Homeschooling Companion, The  Author: Laura Saba, Julie Gattis  For those just starting out.

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

One Size Fits Few: The Folly of Educational Standards  Author: Susan Ohanian

Portfolio Book: A Step-by-Step Guide for Teachers, The  Author: Cathy Grace, Elizabeth F. Shores, Kathy Charner

Portfolio Planner  Author: Julia Jasmine

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

Teenagers' Guide to School Outside the Box, The  Author: Rebecca Greene

The Successful Homeschool Family Handbook: A Creative and Stress-Free Approach to Homeschooling  Author: Raymond S Moore  Homeschooling strategies.

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

Ulitmate Book of Homeschooling Ideas  Author: Linda Dobson  Ideas for homeschooling.

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

Ultimate Homeschool Plan Book-Your Perfect Planner

Unprocessed Child: Living Without School  Author: Valerie Fitzenreiter  Personal unschooling experience

Unschooling Handbook: How to Use the Whole World as Your Child's Classroom, The  Author: Mary Griffith

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

Wild Days: Creating Discovery Journals  Author: Karen Skidmore Rackliffe

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.

 Lesson Plans

Butterfly Garden

Dig Into Rocks Study Set

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

Modern Dinosaurs Live Reptile Habitat

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

Smithsonian SmartLabs: Weather Center

Teaching Pre K-8    Magazine for resources for teaching K-8.

Unschooling Handbook: How to Use the Whole World as Your Child's Classroom, The  Author: Mary Griffith

 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