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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North Star Geography
North Star Geography gives students a deep understanding of how geography impacts all of us every day-with real-life applications for college, career, citizenship, and ministry.
Written from a distinctly Christian perspective by a homeschool grad (now a homeschool dad), North Star Geography is a full high school credit. It covers:
Geography Skills (such as reading maps and navigation)
Physical Geography (the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere)
Human Geography (social structures, culture and heritage, interacting with the environment)
The Companion Guide (included on CD) contains:
Hands-on activities and projects
Map work, memorization, and geographic research questions (with answers!)
Quizzes, a final exam, answer keys, and a grading rubric
Reproducible outline and reference maps, note-taking pages, and graphic organizersGrapevine Studies
Young students learn the major characters and events through hearing the Bible, stick figuring the passage, and answering questions about lessons. The method for young children is Hear-Draw-Review.
Once students reach first grade we introduce them to the timeline of biblical characters and events. The first lesson in these studies are the timeline, then each subsequent lesson relates to a character or event on the timeline. The method for older students is Read-Draw-Review. With each progressive age, we attempt to introduce students to more Scripture, basic Bible geography, and how to use Bible study skills such as a Bible dictionary.
Levels are: Traceable (PreK), Beginner (ages 5-7), Level 1 (ages 6-8), Level 2 (ages 8-10), Level 3 (ages 10-12); Level 4 (ages 12-14)
Books include: Old Testament Overview, Old Testament Catechism, New Testament Overview, New Testament Catechism, Biblical Feasts and Holy Days, Birth of Jesus, Esther, Joseph, Ruth, The Resurrection, Moses and the Exodus, and various timelines.
Kumon Math
From counting to calculus and beyond, the Kumon Math Worksheets enable students to progress all the way up through high school-level math.
Help for High School
Written to teens directly!
Help for High School is a self-directed writing program for teens that both teaches rhetorical thinking in writing, as well as the academic essay formats for high school and college. Teens work independently of their parents, however rubrics for feedback are included, as well.
This home-study course comes in a digital format and can be purchased alone, or in combination with The Writer’s Jungle.
Physics 101
Explore the fascinating science of physics and study the principles and laws that drive the natural world. With over eleven hours of information packed into four DVDs, this series presents everyone with a rich opportunity to study the clockwork of God’s universe. Included on Disc D is a printable (PDF) guidebook with quizzes covering the material presented in each segment and a one-year highschool course booklet.
KidCoder: Game Programming in Visual Basic
KidCoder: Game Programming will teach students in grades 6 through 8 game design and logic, including how to display graphics, animate images, handle sprites, and play sounds. This book & CD set is the second semester course of the Homeschool Programming Inc. Visual Basic “KidCoder” course-year; it is preceded by Windows Programming, which is a prerequisite for this course.
Students will learn about game design, drawing on a screen, animation with timers, game logic, artificial intelligence, saving games, drawing test and printing, and more. Students will create different programs throughout the course; and in the final chapter, students will demonstrate everything they’ve learned by writing a simple computer game.
Course CD with set-up program is also included. 213 pages, indexed, softcover. Reproducible for personal use only. An optional Game Programming Supplemental Instructional DVD is also available.