 | McGuffey's Eclectic Readers/Boxed by William Holmes McGuffey
Buy new: $37.77 / Used from: $28.95 Godly, full of wisdom,and useful for multiple ages. Trivium minded. The teacher -parent book is a gem.
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 | Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 We loved this! Increase vocabulary, learn geography, and valuable lessons. Great read-aloud.
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 | The Read-Aloud Handbook: Sixth Edition by Jim Trelease
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $4.99 Great read for parents and teachers. Great advice for helping children love to read. I highly recommend this book to anyone who cares about education and literacy.
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 | The Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia Of World History by Jane Bingham
Buy new: $26.39 / Used from: $11.86 Great information. Beautiful pictures. I recommend it to highlight History dates and events. Internet -linked for further study. It is in chronological order. Warning of some Evolution and thus a worldly timeline. I am using Mystery of History and Veritas Timeline flashcards.
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 | It Couldn't Just Happen: Fascinating Facts About God's World by Lawrence O. Richards
Buy used from: $5.43 I just bought this book for my 11 year old. I think it is recommended for High School. But we have already studied so much nature and listened to Kent Hovind and Ken Ham, I thought he was ready for it.
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 | The Body Book: It's A God Thing! (The Lily Series) by Nancy Rue
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.46 Great for ages 8 or 9. Godly advice and facts.
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 | The Usborne Encyclopedia of World Religions: Internet-Linked (World Cultures) by Susan Meredith
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $8.96 This is a very good book for ages 10 and up. I would recommend family discussion. Narration is a valuable tool for this book also.
And internet links are valuable for further study.
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 | Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons by Siegfried Engelmann
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $8.50 Great for teaching reading and phonics. I used it for a struggling son and a daughter who was ready to read early. We went through 1 lesson a day (about 15-25 minutes). It works and it is fun! Writing is at the end of each lesson. And the stories are fun and build confidence.
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 | Wii Fit
Buy new: $109.90 / Used from: $89.95 I love this program. It is for all ages (my 4 and 6 year old use it) and it is great to have a yoga program that is focused on the physical benefits. No religion is taught.
The varied workout settings are wonderful. Just make sure you don't over do it! I work out 10-30 minutes or more 4-5 times a week. Balance games are fun too!
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 | The World of Pooh: The Complete Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner (Pooh Original Edition) by A. A. Milne
Buy new: $17.15 / Used from: $1.26 This is classic! It is fun to read aloud and expands the vocabulary.
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 | Latina Christiana I Set by Cheryl Lowe
Buy used from: $29.69 Latin taught in your home by a great teacher. This is easy to use and great for beginners. We love it!
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 | Drawing with Children by Mona Brookes
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $3.95 Wonderful step by step art. This is great for all ages!
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 | Mega-fun Card-game Math: grades 3-5 by Karol Yeatts
Buy new: $7.91 / Used from: $6.66 This has over 25 games! Reproducibles! We just got this because it was recommended by Classical Conversations for grades 3-5 and we have taught Rook and Rummy and Canasta to our 8 and 11 year old. So we thought they would enjoy these games too!
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 | The Children's Bible: The Old Testament, The New Testament
Buy used from: $14.25 Beautiful creation pictures. Memoria Press has a Study guide to use with this Bible.
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 | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia) by C. S. Lewis
Buy used from: $0.99 Great read aloud. I bought the box set. We have read all of them aloud or alone. The Magician's Nephew is the first book in this series. The teacher's edition has questions, but we made our own up. Narration is easy with this series.
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 | The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Buy new: $8.00 / Used from: $0.01 Great to read after the Chronicles of Narnia. Read aloud or age 10 and up read alone.
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 | Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
Buy new: $18.72 / Used from: $11.29 I really like this game. It is for Teens to adults/ we have to stimulate our frontal cortex. Using the classic Reading aloud, math, memory and sudoku to stimulate the brain, you are given a brain age! I am getting younger weekly. I still have a long way to go, but can't wait to get Brain Age 2.
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 | The Children's Book of Virtues
Buy new: $17.28 / Used from: $0.01 I highly recommend this book. It is full of wonderful stories to read over and over. This is a classic in our home. It is also a great tool for talking about lessons we need to learn.
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 | Christian Liberty Nature Reader Book 1 (Christian Liberty Nature Readers) by Wendy Kramer
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $1.98 I highly recommend the entire set of these Nature Readers, and you can get them one at a time. My son started reading them at about age 7. He still uses them at age 11.
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 | The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had by Susan Wise Bauer
Buy new: $18.45 / Used from: $10.99 Wonderful for anyone who wants to know how to have well trained mind. Yes,self-discipline is required. I am working on giving up late night tv and internet time robbers. This book is a gem!
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![The Visual Bible for Kids Box Set [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51D8XKKSQFL._SL75_.jpg) | The Visual Bible for Kids Box Set [VHS]
Buy used from: $17.90 Great for multiple ages to watch and learn about Bible stories and how they apply to life today.
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 | Usborne Time Traveler by Judy Hindley
Buy new: $15.63 / Used from: $8.00 Chronological time travel. Educational. Interesting for ages 9 and up to read alone.
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 | Science Encyclopedia (Usborne Internet-Linked Discovery Program) by Peter Tachell
Buy used from: $2.04 Great book! Great Internet links: We have watched many science experiments and learned many facts in this book and on the links!
Two pages of evolution near the end.
Great addition to any home library!
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 | The Usborne Internet-Linked First Encyclopedia of Science by Rachel Firth
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $2.67 This is a wonderful introduction to science. Links are great also. NASA has games to play!
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 | The Usborne Book of Living Long Ago (Explainers) by Felicity Brooks
Buy new: $11.04 / Used from: $3.94 This is good for younger children to learn history and see where we fit in.
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 | The Usborne Book of Inventors: From DaVinci to Biro by Struan Reid
Buy used from: $0.01 Great to go with Explorers!
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 | Dive Into Math for Saxon 54 2nd Edition by DAVID SHORMANN
DIVE is like having a tutor in your home. I am so pleased with the format of these lessons. Just be sure you get the corresponding edition. I use older versions of the math books and get great buys. So, it makes it easier to spend $ 50 for a virtual tutor for each lesson.
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 | My Body (Science Books) by PATTY CARRATELLO
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $3.49 Recommended by many classical homeschool associations! Hands on approach: Life size body for each student to color and make.
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 | Everything You Need...science To Know About Science Homework (Everything You Need to Know About) by Anne Zeman
Buy used from: $3.00 This book is out of print. I ordered it along with Everything you need to know about World History, and Everything you need to know about U.S. History, and Everything you need to know about Geography for a small reference library. This will help with assignments for each level in the Trivium.
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| Lyrical Life Science Volume 3: The Human Body, Workbook by Dorry Eldon
Buy used from: $12.58 This is the workbook only. It is available on ClassicalConversationsBooks.com as a set for $29.50 (CD teacher book and student book)
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 | The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, Revised and Updated Edition by Susan Wise Bauer
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $8.49 The guide to Classical homeschooling. A must have for anyone wanting to be encouraged, and needing information on how to do this at home. The trivium is explained and a step by step approach for each grade level is easy to understand. A great reference.
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 | Heavenly Harmony, CD-ROM, Windows Vista/2000/XP
Buy new: $38.77 This is a great tool with practice levels that are challenging. For young and young at heart. If you want to find your pitch and move up the singing ladder (from the garage party), then Heavenly Harmony is for you. We love it!
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 | Teaching Writing Structure and Style: Syllabus and Seminar Workbook Only by Andrew Pudewa
I have just ordered this book and will add more comments later. I know several homeschool families who are using this program with wonderful results. Our Support group is planning on showing the Teacher DVD's (at least 2) to get us started this August. I am interested in the History Writing lessons they have available.
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 | Teaching the Classics: A Strategic Method for Literary Education Book and DVD by Adam Andrews
Great for group study. Our homeschool group is planning on showing these in August as well.
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 | A Thomas Jefferson Education: Teaching a Generation of Leaders for the Twenty-first Century by Oliver Van DeMille
Buy new: $26.95 / Used from: $22.49 A must read for parents, teachers, grandparents, and anyone interested in homeschooling.
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 | Classical Music for Dummies by David Pogue
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $0.99 This is also recommended by Classical Conversations. Make sure you get a copy with a cd. This will be our first year using it. Although I am impressed that our children already know the difference in Mozart and Bach, and recognize other composers music when they hear it. I think this will help us to memorize much more than we have picked up from baby genius products.
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 | Discovering Great Artists: Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of the Great Masters (Bright Ideas for Learning) by MaryAnn F. Kohl
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $6.95 This is beautiful. It has 100 lessons and can be used for several years and several ages.
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 | D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths by Ingri d'Aulaire
Buy new: $13.22 / Used from: $4.85 We love this but wish it came in hardback.
It has great artwork in it as well.
The study guide is available from Memoria press if you really want to dig into it.
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 | The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome by Susan Wise Bauer
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $9.99 I plan to order this soon. Susan Wise Bauer has not let us down yet. She has a heart for the Classical home-school method and helping us implement it.
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