The Harp and Laurel Wreath


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Contains poems chosen to foster a love of language in students of any age level, including works by Robert Louis Stevenson, Longfellow, Frost, and Yeats; and includes dictation selections to help improve writing ability, and study questions for many of the poems.




Designing Your Own Classical Curriculum


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Home educator Laura Berquist presents a modern curriculum based on the time-tested philosophy of the classical Trivium-grammar, logic and rhetoric. She has given homeschoolers a valuable tool for putting together a "liberal arts" curriculum that feeds the soul, as well as the intellect. Her approach, covering grades K - 12, is detailed and practical, and it is adaptable by parents and teachers to any situation. This third revised edition includes a much expanded section for a high school curriculum, and an updated list of resources for all grades.




Primary Language Lessons


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Fifty-seven Saints


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A collection of saints with focus on the virtues for which each one is noted.




What Shall I Draw?


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Step-by-step illustrations show simply and clearly how each drawing is done. The end result is sure to boost any child's confidence.




An Easy Start in Arithmetic


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The author gives many helpful hints for teachers so that they may have an easy start in arithmetic for their students in the K-3 group. These hints are for both home schooling teachers and classroom teachers.




Sam the Minuteman


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In this exciting classic early reader, Nathaniel Benchly re-creates what it must have been like for a young boy to fight in the Battle of Lexington. Arnold Lobel's vivid pictures give a poignant reality to the famous battle that marked the beginning of the American Revolution. This is historical fiction that pulls in young readers in first and second grade, even reluctant readers. Great for home or classroom units on and discussions about colonial America and the start of the American Revolution. "Benchley's expressive words and Lobel's vivid drawings portray a realistic story," Publishers Weekly wrote. Father and son rushed to the village green. Other Minutemen were already there. Through the long night they waited and waited. Then, at dawn, the soldiers came!




The Laurel Wreath


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The Writing Road to Reading


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Haystack Full of Needles


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Mrs. Gunther chronicles her path to accepting homeschooling even though she had concerns about the social opportunities for her children. What she found over time is that homeschooling provided her children with better relationships than she ever could have expected in traditional schooling.