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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All About Reading
All About Reading is a fun and engaging program that starts with essential pre-reading skills and continues on to teach all five key components of reading. It contains everything your student needs to become a fluent reader for life!
Beyond the Book Report
Beyond the Book Report is our middle/early high school language arts curriculum. Beyond the Book Report is designed to pair with Analytical Grammar to provide a seamless, full-coverage, meaty, productful middle school language arts course that doesn’t take up your whole day. By using AG and BBR together (just add the vocab of your choice!), you can teach language arts in about an hour a day.
The course covers literary analysis, journalism, poetry, drama, essays, oral reports, and research papers spread over three seasons. The video lectures and student forms, worksheets, and rubrics are all on a computer DVD. For grades 6 and up.
Reading Eggs
Reading Eggs provides a comprehensive range of online reading lessons, activities and ebooks that teach kids aged 3-13 the core literacy skills needed for reading success. Featuring colorful animations, catchy music, sing-a-longs and heaps of exciting rewards, Reading Eggs makes learning to read fun and motivational for children. Take advantage of our FREE 4 week trial (exclusively through HHM!) and see how your child’s reading improves with Reading Eggs!
Classical Historian American Government and Economics
The Classical Historian teaches students to think independently, make decisions, read, write, and speak effectively, AND learn history. The Classical Historian uses a Five Step Method:
1. Students Learn the Tools of the HIstorian. 2. Students are Challenged with Open-Ended Questions. 3. Students Research in a Variety of Secondary and Primary Sources. 4. Students Engage in a Socratic Discussion. 5. Students Write an Analytical Essay. This text includes a 32 week parent/teacher guide, DVD curriculum, Take a Stand! textbook, Lessons for the Young Economist, Declaration Statemanship, A Patriot’s History of the US, and The Patriot’s History Reader.
Online course utilizing this curriculum also available.
Remember the Days: Medieval Days Book Two
This set is for children who are studying Medieval History. Medieval Days is a delightful story-style history spine that covers Medieval and Church history from the Fall of Rome to the Elizabethan Era. It is geared for children in K-6th. The Medieval Family Guide is a guide that integrates history with literature readings for grades K-12. It includes books, read-alouds, audios, movies, memory work, writing ideas and much more to allow students to immerse in the Medieval time period. The Medieval craft book is a fun way to make history come alive for the students. It is great for grades K-12. This set can be used for students using BiblioPlan’s material or can come alongside students using other curriculum like Classical Conversations.
Blue Manor Preschool
Our Christian preschool curriculum will not only prepare your children for kindergarten, but will also lay a strong physical, intellectual, and spiritual foundation that will benefit them for the rest of their lives. The best part is that our lessons require zero preparation and zero teaching experience. Give your children an elite foundation and be amazed by the ripple effects.
This is the complete set: 23 individual books and an additional “how to” teaching manual. Blue Manor Academy takes Christian preschool education to the next level! Level One is uniquely designed for parents like you who want to give your preschoolers a tremendous head start.