Homeschool Resources for the family who are eager to teach the children in a Christian context

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Little Bitty Baby Learns Greek by Johannah Bluedorn $12.00 | Hardcover | 30 pages | Trivium Pursuit OUR PRICE: $12.00 Baby was not born with any language in his head: so your child can learn the Greek alphabet just as early - and just as easily - as our English alphabet. Here's the book for baby! Each of the 24 letters in the Greek alphabet are introduced, with a page of its own. Capital, lower-case forms, and the sound of the letter is explained, along with a colorful picture for each, to illustrate it. A creative, wonderful tool to introduce children (and their parents) to Biblical Greek. A great way to develop an early interest in the languages God used to reveal His Word to us! Click for Details & Reviews Quantity:

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The Thinking Toolbox: 35 Lessons to Build Your Reasoning Skills by Nathaniel and Hans Bluedorn $22.00 | Paperback | 160 pages | Christian Logic OUR PRICE: $22.00 In our opinion, the best book anywhere to provide a reader of student a bonafide "toolbox" to hammer your mind into rationality. From the masterful authors of The Fallacy Detective, this sequel is sure to make it as painless and pleasureable as possible to have your brain's blunders corrected! Packed with tools useful in different situations that require thinking, such as: ~ When is it Dumb to Argue? ~ Using the Scientific Method ~ Five Rules of Brainstorming ~ Who Has a Reason to Lie? ~ How to Analyze Opposing Viewpoints ~ Analyzing Evidence and Sources ~ The Reasons Why You Believe Something -- and much more! Not a dry textbook, but very fun to use, and with over 60 cartoon illustrations throughout. Click for Details & Reviews Quantity:

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Training Children With Grace & Truth - Audio CD Album by Dennis Gundersen $25.00 | CD | Grace & Truth Books OUR PRICE: $19.50 6-tape audio CD album by Dennis Gundersen, Senior Pastor of Grace Bible Church, Tulsa and founder of Grace & Truth Books. Includes our most popular seminars presented at many churches, retreats, and home education conventions, covering: ~ Character training ~ Building the conscience ~ Right views of "self" ~ Moral training by fathers ~ Courtship and dating contrasted ~ The joyful fruit of righteous training (this album includes CD's 1,2,3,4,5 and 8, as they appear on this page). Click for Details & Reviews Quantity:

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100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum by Cathy Duffy $21.99 | Paperback | 314 pages | Broadman & Holman OUR PRICE: $17.50 Vast resource book in large, oversized (8-1/2" x 11") edition. The key to successful home education, homeschool veterans will tell you, is determining your educational philosophy and marrying it to your child's learning style. With those factors settled, you're then ready to make informed decisions about choosing the right curriculum for your child. And there may well be no living author as well-equipped to help parents accomplish these critical decisions, as Cathy Duffy. Her book will share with you Cathy's "Top Choices" in virtually every subject area, approaching all of education with a Christian worldview. Click on "details and reviews" below for an extensive review by Laurie Bluedorn! Click for Details & Reviews Quantity:

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1828 American Dictionary of the English Language by Noah Webster $69.00 | Hardcover | 2000 pages | Foundation for American Christian Education OUR PRICE: $58.00 Noah Webster wrote, "Education is useless without the Bible." When training young minds, planting the habit of learning how to search for precise principles and answers is vital. This dictionary provides thorough, in-depth, accurate definitions, which established it as a standard for governing spelling, grammar and reading. Click for Details & Reviews Quantity:

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2000 Years of Christ's Power ~ Part 1: The Age of the Early Church Fathers by N.R. Needham $24.99 | Paperback | 400 pages | Grace Publications OUR PRICE: $19.50 Most certainly, one of the most enjoyable and readable surveys of the early church that a family could possibly read! Dr. Needham's goal for this series is to strike the much-needed balance between accessibility for the non-specialist, and scholarly integrity. In this first volume, he accomplishes this task admirably, and both the interested layman, and more advanced student can profit from this text. Dr. Needham's treatment of the many complex theological debates that shaped the early church is both clear and concise, and his exposition of the worship and practice of the early church is both fascinating and refreshing. Each chapter ends with a section of carefully selected primary source materials, which provide the reader some exposure to the writings of the figures discussed in the preceding chapter. Includes a variety of simple maps and a dozen illustrations. Click for Details & Reviews Quantity:

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A Catechism for Boys and Girls by Erroll Hulse and the Reformation Today Trust $3.95 | Booklet | 32 pages | Carey Publications OUR PRICE: $3.25 Finally back in print! A series of questions and answers to develop a child's understanding of the fundamentals about God, sin, salvation, the Bible, the church, prayer, heaven, and much more! This is the best-arranged children's catechism (for 10 and under) that we have seen in years! Click for Details & Reviews Quantity:

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A Charlotte Mason Companion: Personal Reflections on the Gentle Art of Learning by Karen Andreola $19.99 | Paperback | 384 pages | Charlotte Mason Research & Supply Co. OUR PRICE: $17.50 A wealth of insight, practical advice, and narratives, all of which are designed to illustrate how the ideas of Charlotte Mason - famed turn-of-the-century educator - actually work in real life and education. With warmth and humor, Karen Andreola weaves together her own stories of the joys and struggles of educating her children, seeking to use Charlotte Mason's high ideals and principles. This resourceful book will assist you to recognize a "living book"; use narration; teach reading, spelling and composition; appreciate great art, poetry, and classical music; establish helpful habits; create a loving and learning home atmosphere, and more. Click for Details & Reviews Quantity:

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A Greek Hupogrammon by Harvey Bluedorn $15.00 | Paperback | 172 pages | Trivium Pursuit OUR PRICE: $15.00 All Trivium Pursuit books are sold everywhere at full retail price, by request of the publisher. Features of this book: ~ Designed to correspond with A Greek Alphabetarion ~ Practice writing all Greek letters and marks, including accents, breathers, and obsoletes. ~ Practice finding Greek letters in words and sentences. ~ Practice identifying the sounds of Greek letters and Greek vowel combinations. ~ Practice reading and writing words and sentences in Greek, including eleven pages of numerals. ~ A variety of exercises in different formats. ~ Answer key to exercises in the back. ~ A consumable workbook -- you will need one for each student. ~ For ages 8 and up. Click on "details" below for much more information about this marvelous tool. Click for Details & Reviews Quantity:

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A Home School Vision of Victory by Douglas Phillips $10.00 | CD | Vision Forum OUR PRICE: $9.00 If a generation is to rise up and call America back to its biblical foundations, it must surely come from the ranks of her home schoolers. But home education is not an end in itself — only a God-ordained means of accomplishing God’s purpose in the home, in the heart of a young person, and in society as a whole. This message is for every exhausted parent who needs to be reminded of the beauty and greatness of the home school vision. Click for Details & Reviews Quantity:

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A Mom Just Like You: The Task of the Homeschooling Mother by Vickie Farris $12.99 | Paperback | 287 pages | Broadman & Holman OUR PRICE: $11.00 Face it: the bulk of the everyday work of homeschooling falls on Mom's shoulders, as a rule. As rewarding and fulfilling as it is, this is no easy task. Vickie Farris, mother of ten children and wife of Michael Farris knows this well. If you ever asked another mother, "How do you do it?", this is the right book for you. Her insights gleaned from two decades of on-the-job experience will give you confidence and increase your resolve. Click for Details & Reviews Quantity:

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A Sacred Foundation: The Importance of Strength in the Home School Marriage by Michael Farris $10.99 | Paperback | 184 pages | Broadman & Holman OUR PRICE: $9.50 Hundreds of thousands of home school spouses have discovered that, maintaining an excellent marriage is tough! As if the normal pressures of life weren't enough, parents who choose the incredible benefits of homeschooling soon discover that an entirely new level of intensity is added to their marriage. It's far too easy to focus only on the children while neglecting the very foundation of the home school - a rock-solid marriage. Sadly, some have given in to these pressures and are now shipwrecked on the rocks of life. But it doesn't have to be this way. You can enjoy the awesome rewards of homeschooling and have a first-rate, fulfilling marriage. But, like anything of lasting value, it won't happen by itself. Farris and Elam take you step-by-step through the issues you will face (or in which you now find yourself ensconced) as a home schooling spouse. For men and women, A Sacred Foundation gives you the "hands on" practical tools and guidelines that will lead you to a place of true love and fulfillment amidst the great challenge and reward of home schooling. Click for Details & Reviews Quantity:

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Adams' Syn-Chronological Chart and Map of History by Sebastian Adams $41.99 | Hardcover | 21 pages | New Leaf Press OUR PRICE: $29.50 Starting in May, we now include a FREE copy of the newly released "Teacher's Guide" with every order for the chart. A vintage reproduction of this famous illustrated timeline of world history. Huge 13" x 28" size! First published in 1871. The foldout, 21-panel chart features detailed, full-color drawings of various stages of history, from Adam and Eve to the late 19th century, with handwritten commentary throughout. Perfect for educational settings or Sunday School walls. Follows James Ussher's timeline from The Annals of the World, which was the inspiration for Adams' monumental work. Your purchase also includes the 64 page descriptive key-book, which was originally published along with the chart as an interpretive aid to it. This thorough and fascinating key is a guide for how to use the timeline for teaching, as it expands upon the different nations and cultures covered in the timeline. A great added resource which helps you get the most out of it, in classroom, church, or educational settings. Click on "details" (below) for much more information about this marvelous and historical find. Click for Details & Reviews Quantity:

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Bible Truths for Little Children: New Testament Stories by American Tract Society, 19th century $6.95 | Paperback | 150 pages | Grace & Truth Books OUR PRICE: $3.25 Volume 5 of the much-loved Bible Truths for Little Children set - the stories from the Four Gospels only. A very "plain" book, but with some of the clearest and simplest explanations of New Testament Bible stories for children 8 and under that we've ever seen. Bible story books often take too many liberties to alter what the Bible says, in an effort to simplify for young children. But this rare set skillfully maintains great Biblical accuracy while re-telling the Bible stories in language the very young can easily understand. Try volume 5, at less than half price! Click for Details & Reviews Quantity:

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Bitesize Theology: An ABC of the Christian Faith by Peter Jeffery $5.95 | Paperback | 108 pages | Evangelical Press OUR PRICE: $4.75 In this easy-to-use book, learn how tantalizingly enjoyable Bible study can be. Short, but solid chapters on key subjects that outline the key doctrines of the Christian faith. "Bite-sized" means, enough to manage at one time, but also enough to nourish the mind and warm the heart. "Peter Jeffery has a unique gift for presenting difficult concepts precisely, with clear and simple language. Bitesize theolog is bound sound and simple -- a combination all too rare in modern evangelical literature. This is an invaluable resource for both lay people and serious students of theology" -- John MacArthur, Jr. Click on "details" (below) for a complete list of the contents. Click for Details & Reviews Quantity:

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Black Beauty by Anna Sewell $8.99 | Paperback | 206 pages | P & R Publishing OUR PRICE: $7.50 A long out-of-print classic is back: Black Beauty has been a favorite animal story for almost 150 years. It's a story of compassion and tenderness. As one character in the story says: "If we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt." Click for Details & Reviews Quantity:

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