English III: Writing Skills

Science in the Beginning is an engaging, exciting, hands-on, multilevel elementary resource that is the first in a planned series of books by Dr. Jay Wile.

Introducing scientific concepts in the context of history, the days of creation are used as a structure through which a wide variety of scientific topics are introduced, including: light, energy conservation, air & water, botany, the solar system, zoology, and some aspects of human anatomy and physiology.

A total of 90 lessons are included; 15 for every creative day in the Genesis account. The first 12 are “normal” lessons and the last 3 are challenge lessons. Depending on how much science you wish to teach in your homeschool, there are enough lessons to cover every other day for the length of a school year, or, you can finish the book by only doing two lessons a week (and skipping the challenge lessons).

Learn historical facts while learning about history!

History Go Fish comes in 5 different card decks: Ancient History, Medieval History, American History, Constitution, Bible.

With each game, you can play up to 4 different types of games. Rules for each game are included. Cards and categories for each deck differ. To give you a sample, the list of categories for the medieval cards are:

Architecture; Paintings; Aztecs, Incas, Mayas; Technology; Religion; Warriors; Royal Power; Warfare; People; Arabia; Castles; and Famous Medieval Leaders.

History Memory comes in 2 different sets: Ancient and Medieval.

Elementary levels of Math-U-See:

Primer:  In the Primer level your child will learn not only how to write numerals but also addition and subtraction, basic counting, skip counting, geometric shapes, telling time, and they will be introduced to the manipulative block system. It’s a gentle introduction to “doing math.”

Alpha: Alpha focuses on teaching the concepts of single digit addition and subtraction. We use systematic teaching strategies to help students commit the addition and subtraction facts to memory.

Beta: Beta builds on the foundation in Alpha by applying students’ mastery of single-digit addition and subtraction to multiple-digit addition and subtraction. One of the stepping stones between these two levels is the concept of place value, which is an important milestone for truly grasping any multiple-digit operation.

Gamma:  Once students have mastered the concepts of addition and subtraction (covered in Alpha and Beta), they are ready for multiplication. Gamma teaches single-digit facts and multiple-digit multiplication skills.

Delta: Division is presented as the inverse of multiplication. Single-digit division facts are learned and the concepts of division and place value are applied when solving long division problems.

Epsilon:  Now that students have learned basic operations with whole numbers,Epsilon covers these same operations with fractions. Fractions are presented in an intuitive way with visual explanations of equivalent fractions, common denominators, and fractions and numbers larger than 1. Fractions and operations are illustrated using our proprietary Fraction Overlay manipulatives.

Zeta: Zeta extends the student’s concept of place value to the right of the decimal point. Students learn to complete core operations with decimals. The connection between fractions and decimals is presented.

This three part curriculum, consisting of a 75 lesson text and a volume of historic documents, is packed with information on our government’s beginnings and development. You’ll gain an adequate understanding of the purpose and functions of democracy by paying attention to the Constitution and biblical basis for government. You’ll learn what the government does, why it is the way it is and why it does what it does. This is a one semester course if one unit is studied per week. Units contain an overview, lesson list, suggested activities, applicable document reading and more. 526 pages, indexed. Softcover. Quizzes and tests available

Bon Voyage! Take a vacation around the world with Trail Guide to World Geography. Three different ‘trails’ allow for three years worth of use, or for three different students to simultaneously use the same curriculum; trails are divided into 2-4th grade, 5-7th grade and 8th-highschool. Geography Trail Features include five minute drills that use an atlas, almanac or critical thinking and analysis skills on the part of the student; Points of Interest contains a variety of mapping, research and other projects for students to choose from, and “Geography through Literature” follows Phileas Fogg in “Around the World in 80 Days.” Systematically moving around the world, there’s something here for everyone, whether you’re looking for a few warm up drills or a thorough, in-depth geography course. Reproducibles and answers included. 127 pages, softcover.