Age of Revolution
Trish is the owner of Hip Homeschool Moms. She also owns Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers, Homeschool Travel Adventures, Only Passionate Curiosity and Love These Recipes! She has been married to her best friend, David, for 25 years and they have three sons (ages 23, 22 and 18). Trish is from the coast of North Carolina, but they now live in rural West Tennessee on a 40+ acre farm. She has been homeschooling since 2009 and her homeschool style leans towards a Montessori approach with a heavy emphasis on hands-on learning. Trish’s family is Messianic and they love studying the Scriptures, learning Hebrew and growing in their faith and walk daily. In her spare time, Trish loves to travel, write, work in their garden and can regularly be found trying to learn something new, modeling that learning is indeed a life-long endeavor!
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Word Up: The Vocab Show
Dwane Thomas, of Visual Latin fame, stars in a zany new show teaching Latin and Greek roots, as well as hundreds of English vocabulary words. Utilizing a new approach to learning, WordUp! seriously expands a student’s grasp of the vocabulary used in literature, science, and standardized tests.
Each DVD or download set includes: 10 video lessons (12-15 min each), 20 Latin & Greek roots, 200+ English words, and links to online Vocabulary Flashcards.
Teaching Textbooks Algebra I
Created for the independent, homeschooling student, Teaching Textbooks has helped thousands of high schoolers gain a firm foundation in upper-level math without constant parental or teacher involvement.
Extraordinarily clear illustrations, examples, and graphs have a non-threatening, hand-drawn look, and engaging real life questions make learning algebra practical and applicable. Textbook examples are clear while the audiovisual support includes lecture, practice and solution CDs for every chapter, homework, and test problem. The review-method structure helps students build problem solving skills as they practice core concepts and rote techniques.
Teaching Textbooks’ new Algebra 1 Version 2.0 edition now includes automated grading! Students watch the lesson on the computer, work a problem in the consumable workbook, and type their answer into the computer; the computer will then grade the problem. If students choose to view the solution, they can see a step-by-step audiovisual solution.
Financial Adventure
How we treat our finances has a direct impact on the way we live. Financial Adventure is simple, easy & delivered right to you helping kids develop a strong financial foundation. When you teach children about money at an early age they will learn to be more responsible with their financial choices. We take the hassle out of trying to gather all the necessary information needed to teach your children financial literacy on your own & incorporate our great monthly programs which combine learning extremely important financial skills in a fun and rewarding environment. We know that kids need to have fun to stay engaged in what they do. We developed this monthly program to ensure just that-an exciting FinancialAdventure they get rewarded for.
Available as individual products, monthly subscription, or as a bundle. For elementary through high school.
Math-U-See Calculus
Derivatives, integrals, calculus applications, differential equations, and more.
The Calculus Instruction Pack contains the instruction manual with lesson-by-lesson instructions and detailed solutions, and the DVD with lesson-by-lesson video instruction.
An Online Co-op Class is available for this level.
KidCoder: Advanced Web Design
KidCoder: Advanced Web Design will teach students in grades 4 through 12 how to create their own web pages using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.
This book & CD-ROM set is the second semester course of the Homeschool Programming Inc. Web Design “KidCoder” course-year; it is preceded by Beginning Web Design, which is a prerequisite for this course. Students must have a good knowledge of the content of Beginning Web Design, be able to use application menu systems, and walk through their file system and directory structures in order to complete this book.
Chapters cover using Komodo Edit, handling new HTML5 elements, using headers and footers, dynamic navigation menus, embedded audio and video, CSS3 styles, relationship selectors, pseudo-selectors, JavaScript, JQuery animations, and more.
Chapter review summaries, “work with me” step-by-step instruction, and “your turn” practice activities are highlighted within each chapter. Plenty of screenshots and visually distinct HTML ensure that instructions and code is clearly understood. Throughout the course, students will be challenged to apply what they’ve learned by building their own web site.
The course CD with set-up program is also included. The optional KidCoder Advanced Web Design Supplemental Instructional DVD is also available for this course, which covers every chapter and lesson with fun, animated videos (sold separately). 266 pages, indexed, softcover. Reproducible for personal use only. Course CD-ROM included. Can be used on Mac or Windows computers.
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.
