 | Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons by Siegfried Engelmann
Buy new: $14.96 / Used from: $8.80 I used this with my first child and it was easy, though basic. My second child wanted to learn to read really quickly and we turned to it as well.
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 | Phonics Pathways: Clear Steps to Easy Reading and Perfect Spelling by Dolores G. Hiskes
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $19.30 Haven't used this but have heard good things about it.
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 | Sequential Spelling 1 by Don McCabe
Buy new: $19.95 / Used from: $11.48 I love this spelling program--much simpler, and less frustrating and time consuming, than Spelling Power. Cheaper, too!
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 | Painless Grammar (Painless Series) by Rebecca Elliott Ph.D.
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $4.06 I love this, but at this point it's too much information for my 4th grader, who's not as excited about grammar as I am. :)
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 | No Boring Practice, Please! Funny Fairy Tale Grammar: Highly Motivating Practice Pages-Based on Favorite Folk and Fairy Tales-That Reinforce Parts of Speech, ... and More (Grades 3-4) by Justin Mccory Martin
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $6.30 This is a light workbook, that concentrates on the basics of grammar.
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 | Writing Strands Level 3 (Writing Strands Ser) by Dave Marks
Buy new: $13.60 / Used from: $4.88 starting at this level the child is expected to do lessons on their own--the instructions are written to the child, not the parent
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 | Punctuation Puzzlers, Level A Book 1 Commas and More by Margaret Hockett
Buy used from: $1.89 extra practice for different aspects of punctuation
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 | Primary Mathematics 1A Textbook (Singapore Math)
Buy used from: $3.61 I have heard really great reviews, looks like it goes really in-depth. From their site: "Recommended for those who want a solid, basic math program . . .[with] an emphasis on concept development, mental techniques, and problem solving. . . .students are given several approaches for solving problems and are encouraged to discuss ideas and explore additional methods."
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 | Family Math (Equals Series) by Jean Kerr Stenmark
Buy new: $12.45 / Used from: $3.40 |
 | Family Math for Young Children: Comparing (Equals Series)) by Jean Kerr Stenmark
Buy new: $17.05 / Used from: $9.93 |
 | If You Had to Choose, What Would You Do? by Sandra McLeod Humphrey
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $4.92 Nice stories with moral issues, no right or wrong answer--just a way to open disucssions about situations with your child.
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 | Minimus Pupil's Book: Starting out in Latin by Barbara Bell
Buy new: $15.64 / Used from: $11.32 I haven't started this but it looks fun, and a friend has highly recommended it.
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 | Italian for Children (Book & CD) (Language for Children Series) by Catherine Bruzzone
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $18.44 My (Italian) mother used this program with my kids and three of their friends. My 10 year old felt it was a bit childish, but it's a good place to start.
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 | Janice VanCleave's 204 Sticky, Gloppy, Wacky and Wonderful Experiments by Janice VanCleave
Buy new: $10.34 / Used from: $0.01 |
 | Janice VanCleave's 201 Awesome, Magical, Bizarre, & Incredible Experiments (Science for every kid) by Janice VanCleave
Buy new: $6.48 / Used from: $0.64 fun experiments to try out
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 | The Beast in You!: Activities & Questions to Explore Evolution (Kaleidoscope Kids) by Marc McCutcheon
Buy used from: $2.97 ages 7-14, we haven't used it yet, but plan to start soon
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 | Darwin and Evolution for Kids: His Life and Ideas with 21 Activities (For Kids series) by Kristan Lawson
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $5.00 |
 | Life on Earth: The Story of Evolution by Steve Jenkins
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $6.24 beautiful pictures, simple (mostly) visual overview of evolution
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 | The Big Book of Books and Activities: An Illustrated Guide for Teacher, Parents, and Anyone Who Works With Kids! by Dinah Zike
Buy used from: $18.84 great ideas for how to record what your child has studied, or how to make learning more visual and hand-on
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 | Dr. Dooriddles Associative Reasoning Activities: Book A-1 by John Doolittle
Buy used from: $4.39 fun reasoning activities
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 | Mind Benders Warm Up: Deductive Thinking Skills by Anita Harnadek
Buy used from: $5.00 I haven't used the higher levels in this series, but these are some fun exercises in deductive thinking.
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 | Story of the World, Volume 1: Ancient Times Audiobook CD: From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperor, Revised Edition (7 CDs) (v. 1) by Susan Wise Bauer
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $31.28 We really enjoyed listening to this and volume 2. The activity book is ok, but I felt it a bit simple for my older child. Maybe more appropriate for up to 2nd or 3rd grade. Lots of coloring pages. But, the recommended additional reading lists are great.
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 | Classical Kids: An Activity Guide to Life in Ancient Greece and Rome (A Kid's Guide series) by Laurie Carlson
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $4.68 We used this when we were studying Ancient Rome, to find fun activities to compliment the more factual information and learn the culture.
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| A History of US. Third Edition. 11 Volumes Set. by JOY HAKIM
These books are supposed to be more accurate and less biased than others out there. We haven't started using them yet, however.
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 | Spectrum Test Prep, Grade 4 by School Specialty Publishing
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $4.47 If you must test your child, this will give them practice at understanding how tests are worded, how answers may be similar but they need to choose the closest one, or the one the testers are looking for, also that in math, answer choices are there for the common mistakes, so it's important to be sure to understand the problem and not rush.
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![Spanish (Latin America) Level 1 Win/Mac Personal Edition [Old Version]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NTMJA0NVL._SL75_.jpg) | Spanish (Latin America) Level 1 Win/Mac Personal Edition [Old Version]
Buy used from: $119.00 We have the homeschool edition, not the personal edition. The homeschool edition allows the parent to track everyone's progress, and make up their own program for which particular practice lessons to use. I am using this myself, but the kids haven't started on it yet. I enjoy it, but would like more on grammar.
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 | Spanish the Easy Way (E-Z Spanish) by Ruth J. Silverstein
Buy used from: $0.29 I'm using this in conjunction with Rosetta Stone for more written work.
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 | Spanish in 10 Minutes a Day® (10 Minutes a Day Series) by Kristine K. Kershul
Buy new: $18.95 / Used from: $0.49 I'm using this as well. It helps to use multiple resources for reinforcement and also to catch things that might not be in other workbooks.
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