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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Basic Science Mysteries
The Basic Science Mysteries course from Paradigm Accelerated Curriculum (PAC) studies the mysteries we associate with all kinds of science; the body, universe, plants, chemistry and more. This course is perfect as a slow introduction or for struggling learners; it’s recommended for use as a grade 7 remedial science curriculum.
Set includes 5 Chapters plus 5 Activity Books and 1 Teacher’s Resource Kit; non-reproducible pages, paper covers with magazine-style stapled bindings. Suggested for Grade 7 remedial. Designed to cover one year.
Trail Guide to Learning series
Four levels available:
Paths of Exploration – Follow the steps of famous explorers and pioneers across America and let geography be your guide to science, history, language skills, and the arts. The paths of the explorers are seen through multidisciplinary eyes, but always with the same goals: to make learning enjoyable, memorable, and motivating. Full year course for grades 3-5.
Paths of Settlement – Key events studied include the Colonial Period, the Revolutionary War, the war of 1812, the Civil War, and Westward Expansion. Learn about the accomplishments of great Americans such as George Washington and Patrick Henry who built upon the trial blazed by brave explorers. Their actions teach us the principles of freedom and citizenship – founding and expanding our country, strengthening us in times of war and binding us together in times of struggle. Full year course for grades 3-5, but adaptable up to grade 7.
Paths of Progress – The lives of these devoted individuals and their contributions will be examined throughout our history, into the Industrial Revolution and the beginning of the 20th century. Some key figures studied include Ben Franklin, Samuel Morse, George Washington Carver, the Wright Brothers, and Thomas Edison. Full year course for grades 5-7, but adaptable for grades 4-8.
Journeys Through the Ancient World – Journeys through the Ancient World will transport your students into four important early civilizations—Egypt, Israel, Greece, and Rome. The Bible is an essential part of this study, as both an historical and a literary text. For grades 6-8.
Switched On Schoolhouse
Switched-On Schoolhouse is a comprehensive, Christian homeschool curriculum that offers computer-based learning for grades 3-12. With animation, video clips, and other fascinating multimedia, Switched-On Schoolhouse is the perfect Christian homeschool curriculum for today’s generation. With this flexible, best-selling curriculum, you can customize student learning to fit individual educational needs.
Products are available as a 5-subject core curriculum package or as individual subjects. Subjects include Bible, math, science, history and geography, and language arts. Additional courses in French and Spanish are also available.
Spanish for Children
Teaching students the rules behind the language, and comparing Spanish and English grammar, Spanish for Children will teach elementary students both creatively and classically. Employing the same style and structure of the Latin for Children series, this primer emphasizes parts of speech and grammar as vital for correctly speaking and understanding Spanish. 37 weekly chapters include 8 review chapters; students will use chants to aid memorization, learn 290 common words and grammar concepts like verb conjugation, tenses, and noun gender; weekly worksheets and quizzes allow for evaluation. Audio files are available as a free download on the publisher’s website. 289 pages, softcover.
For grades 4 and up.
Two levels are available, levels A and B.
Dover Publications Educational Books
Make anatomy, biology, and other challenging topics fun for boys and girls with Dover’s science books for kids. Learn how your body works and all the incredible things it can do. Discover living organisms in soil and water along with simple experiments and projects using stuff around the house. And to make learning memorable we’ve included coloring books on the tough stuff! Dover covers the entire educational spectrum and can serve as core curriculum material or supplemental aids.
Apologia Exploring Creation with Physics
A curriculum in motion tends to stay in motion—and Dr. Wile’s award-winning physics course just keeps getting better! Offering outstanding college-prep instruction, it now features color illustrations, 50% more experiments, expanded discussions of light and optics, extra practice problems, and direction to online resources. Covers vector analysis, Newton’s laws, work and energy, waves, magnetism, electrodynamics, and more! Trigonometry and chemistry are recommended prerequisites. Includes a 334-page softcover test/solutions book. Approx. 575 pages, hardcover.This course is designed for high school juniors/Grade 11.