North Star Geography
Leann is a homeschooling mama of an over-active 6 year old, proud wife of a cop, and pet lover of their two dogs, frogs, turtles – and cricket. Her blog, The Hands-On Homeschooler, chronicles their homeschooling journey, while throwing in tidbits about life, reviews, and recipes. Prior to being a stay-at-home mom, Leann taught math at a public high school for high achieving students. She and her family currently reside in the middle Tennessee area.
Similar Posts
From Adam to Us
From Adam to Us by Ray and Charlene Notgrass is a one-year world history and literature course designed for students in grades 5-8. The daily lessons are written in a narrative style and richly illustrated with color photographs and maps. Primary sources, literature, and hands-on activities help the student connect with the history in a personal way.
The curriculum has thirty chronological units of five lessons each. Each weekly unit has one lesson from each of five categories: major events in world history, how natural wonders of God’s creation influence history and culture, historic landmarks, biographies of influential people, and daily life and how it impacted technology and social change.
Currently (Fall 2015), only the pdf version of this curriculum is available. The print version will be available Spring 2016.
Partnership Writing
The most overlooked stage in the writing journey!
Successfully navigate the Partnership Writing phase (no more “blank page, blank stare” syndrome!) with our Year-Long Language Arts Plan and 10 Monthly Writing Projects.
The Partnership Writing program product:
Four color, 100+ page PDF file suited to all screens or can be printed
Developmentally appropriate writing projects
Step-by-step instructions
A weekly and monthly planMastering Essential Math Skills
Produce motivated and confident math students with this innovative, easy-to-use system of teaching basic math! Each daily lesson contains five key components: two speed drills, review exercises, Helpful Hints, new material and a daily word problem. Lessons are not rigid however; teachers have the flexibility to modify lesson plans while structure and a basic framework are still provided. Eight chapters cover whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percentages, integers, geometry, charts, graphs and problem solving. Help your students really master the essential math skills they’ll need throughout their lives with enthusiasm and consistency. Answer key and final review included. Also includes access to videos. Books include: Math Skills, Pre-Algebra Concepts, Whole Numbers and Integers, Fractions, Decimals nad Percents, Geometry, Problem Solving.
Available in both print and digital formats.
New American Cursive
New American Cursive is an easy-to-follow resource for teaching beginning cursive. It presents simplified letter forms, using multi-sensory methods to aid in the learning of motor skills necessary to write well. Developed by Iris Hatfield, with over 35 years of experience in the handwriting field, the book improves the process of teaching handwriting and allows students to start at a younger age.
The character Mr. Meerkat is the book’s guide, making learning tasks fun; step-by-step, he shows the way to draw each letter and encourages creativity. There are clear arrow directions for letter creation, and plenty of shaded letters to trace for practice. The book is bound at the top for equal access for left- and right-handers.
NAC’s simplified strokes and letter forms allow first grade students to truly master beautiful cursive. We have used NAC in our Highlands Latin School, with dramatic results. Every child can master cursive in the first grade, and many of our first graders write better than typical third graders. Learning cursive early ensures that students are not slowed down or frustrated in the upper grades when they are focusing on other subjects, such as grammar and composition.
TeenCoder: Android Programming
This book & CD-ROM set is the second semester course of the Homeschool Programming Java and Android “TeenCoder” course-year; this book is preceded by Java Programming, which is a prerequisite for this course. Students must have a good knowledge of the content of Java Programming, be able to use application menu systems, and walk through their file system and directory structures in order to complete this book. The TeenCoder C# series may be completed before or after this years’ course. Students in grades 9-12 will learn to write their own mobile applications and understand the building blocks for Android applications by following the user-friendly book & course CD and completing the activities integrated into each chapter. Lessons written using plenty of screenshots and visually distinct programming language fonts ensure that instructions and code are clearly understood. Student activities and fully coded solutions for all activities are included.
256 pages, indexed, softcover with course CD. Reproducible for personal use only. An optional Android Programming Supplemental Instructional DVD, 2nd Edition is also available for this course, which covers every chapter and lesson with fun, animated videos (sold separately). Covers one semester. 2nd Edition.
Wondermaps
Maps are an integral part of many homeschooling projects, from lapbooks to notebooks to posters. Created by homeschooling publisher Bright Ideas Press, Wondermaps is destined to become a go-to resource! A customizable, printable collection of over 350 maps, Wondermaps are designed with easy-to-use layers that allow you to customize features such as:
- Creating outline, reference, political, and topographical maps
- Choosing black-and-white or color
- and including borders, rivers, cities, and physical features.
This CD-ROM includes:
- 60+ Maps of the World
- 60+ USA Maps
- 125 Historical Maps, including 25 biblical maps
- The complete map sets to accompany The Mystery of History Vol. I-III and All American History Vol. I & II.Adobe Reader 9 or higher required. Windows 7 & Mac Compatible.
