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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Latin Alive
The Latin Alive! series is a relevant, rigorous, yet engaging introduction to Latin for middle and high school students. This Latin curriculum will truly make the Latin language come alive both for students who have studied Latin (such as students who have completed the Latin for Children curriculum) and for those who have not been introduced to Latin.
Written by experienced and enthusiastic Latin teachers, the Latin Alive! series provides complete Latin training that enables students to read and translate original Latin. The Latin Alive! series features a unique blend of grammatical training and engaging reading of original Latin texts that will help maintain student interest and impart skill, capacity, and mastery. Where other curricula downplay training in grammar, the authors of this series have found a way to teach grammar so that students understand and enjoy it. The authors present Latin grammar in small, digestible sections that are clearly illustrated and explained.
For grades 9 and up.
Four levels available, level 1 to level 4.
Math-U-See Pre-Algebra
Negative numbers, order of operations, solving for the unknown, and other topics.
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.
Character Concepts Kids of Character Curriculum
Your children will study 45 crucial character qualities, gleaning insights from Scripture as well as practical projects for implementing them in everyday life, and inspiration from real people from history who have left us inspiring examples to follow! One of the most powerful ways to inspire people to greatness is through the stories of great people from the past. In Portraits of Integrity you and your children will be challenged to strive for excellence through the examples of 45 people who did just that. An added feature contained in this study is “Ifs”, a game we often played to help children learn to make wise decisions before they are even placed in a position of temptation.
English II: Composition Skills
The English II: Composition course from Paradigm Accelerated Curriculum (PAC) will continue to develop language arts skills by teaching students how to build strong writing skills in various contexts. This course was designed to help students who’ve been identified as exhibiting weak composition skills; it’s recommended for use as a grade 10 remedial writing curriculum.
This course teaches through five high-interest “text” booklets, which cover crafting strong sentence and paragraphs; how to write effective poems, letters, essays, narratives, articles, and research papers; how literary concepts such as cause and effect are used; parts of speech; spelling and pronunciation; and more.Non-reproducible pages, stapled bindings, paper covers. Suggested for Grade 10 remedial. Designed to cover one year. 5 Texts, 5 Activity Books, and 1 Teacher’s Resource Packet included.
Mystery of History
The Mystery of History is a four-volume world history series, which will take you around the globe through the study of chronological events. (It is recommended but not necessary to complete the volumes in the order they are written.)
Christian The Mystery of History is written from a Christian worldview and uniquely weaves world cultures and stories of the past into the history of Christianity. But more than that, lessons in The Mystery of History are like fragments of a mosaic that, when put together, reveal a much bigger picture and tell a much larger story—one that points toward God’s plan for mankind.