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.
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Math-U-See Pre-Algebra
Negative numbers, order of operations, solving for the unknown, and other topics.
Dove Channel
The Dove Channel is safe and trusted family entertainment instantly streamed to your television, computer or tablet device, which can be customized based on a set of parental controls. In addition to movies and television shows, Dove now features a homeschool shelf with educational videos to accompany your child’s learning.
Precepts of Anatomy and Physiology
The Precepts of Anatomy and Physiology course from Paradigm Accelerated Curriculum (PAC) will introduce students to the design of the human body, including body systems, organs, hormones, diseases, and more. Illustrations and diagrams enhance understanding and appreciation each element of the body. Perfect as a slow introduction to the topic, or for students who need remedial help!
Two text books are included with the readings for the course. Precepts of Anatomy & Physiology Text Chapter 1 covers the endocrine system, nervous system, skeletal system, muscular system, and more. Precepts of Anatomy & Physiology Text Chapter 2 covers the circulatory system, digestive system, immune system, and the reproductive system.
30 lessons in all; non-reproducible pages, stapled binding, paper cover. Grades 7-12 remedial.
Veritas Press Omnibus Self Paced Courses
Self-paced Omnibus courses are geared for 7th – 12th graders. Omnibus is a Latin term meaning “all encompassing.” Combining history, theology and literature, these courses help students grow in their appreciation of the unity of all knowledge. Each year offers two courses; the primary books course and the secondary books course. They can be taken separately, but taken together, students earn three credits—history, theology and literature.
- Learn from experts in each subject area
- Tour the locations where history occurred
- Be challenged by interactive exercises that require thinking, not just learning facts
- Interact with the Great Books, all from a Christian worldview
Blaze New Trails – Purposeful Natural Learning
Blaze New Trails is a comprehensive guide using nature and your community to connect life with learning. Includes nine unit studies in a ready to use format, practical tips and ideas along with encouragement for mom. Holly weaves history, science, literature, family stories and resources in this creative approach to lifestyle learning. This book serves as a complete science for the younger years and activities for families to enjoy for years to come. The Student Companion is designed for children in grades 3 thru 8 to use as a complete science curriculum for one year making Blaze the teacher book. The Companion is filled with lapbooking, notebooking, art, extended hands on projects in all subject areas, yet the focus is science based.
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.
