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Only a few years ago (1950s) we walked on solid earth. Today we whirl through space. Space is big. It is not cozy. But with these verses and drawings… cheerfulness breaks in. Suddenly, science seems merry. And space begins, with the rhyme on page 1, to feel a little more like home.
A witty collection of 1950’s space age poetry accompanied by clever black and white line drawings.
Little Bo Peep Has lost her sheep,
The radar has failed to find them.
They’ll all, face to face, Meet in parallel space,
Preceding their leaders behind them.
Some poems, such as
The Theory that Jack Built, are pages long and delightfully illustrated. Here’s another short poem:
Little Jack Horner Sits in a corner
Extracting cube roots to infinity,
An assignment for boys
That will minimize noise
And produce a more peaceful vicinity.
"Originally published in 1956, this quirky, long out-of-print classic comes in the guise of a children’s illustrated book, but should appeal, now that it’s been rediscovered by Purple House Press, to a much broader audience. With delightful line drawings by Marian Parry reminiscent of those found in Stanislaw Lem’s timeless sci-fi novels, Frederick Winsor’s rhyming verses bring a wide variety of scientific theories, thought, and spirit to life. Probable-Possible, my black hen, She lays eggs in the Relative When. She doesn’t lay eggs in the Positive Now Because she’s unable to Postulate How. The Space Child’s Mother Goose will delight, confound, and edify the egghead inside all of us."
—BookSense.com Daily Pick July 24th, 2001
By: Frederick Winsor; Marian Parry
$18.95
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The Rod & Staff Math Speed Drill Packet includes 100 math problems per sheet. Other features include random number facts within specific settings, numbered lines for easy checking, 78 randomizations, and an answer key.
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Teach spelling with some of the greatest minds in history!
Learn today’s 6,000 most frequently used words presented in the writings of great men and women of history! Now you can have the confidence that you’re teaching the words your student needs to know, using the Charlotte Mason method of prepared dictation.
- Easy — Teaches spelling and punctuation in just a few minutes each week.
- Thorough — The Spelling Wisdom series incorporates more than 12,500 words, including the 6,000 most frequently used words in the English language.
- Effective — Uses the tried-and-true method of prepared dictation, which Charlotte Mason endorsed.
- Interesting and inspiring — Presents beautiful and fascinating ideas from great men and women of history that encourage and motivate children as they learn to spell the words.
- Flexible — Allows you to progress at each student’s pace.
- Saves Time — Can be used for copywork as well.
A Complete Homeschool Spelling Curriculum
The five
Spelling Wisdom books’ exercises become progressively longer and contain more difficult words as you work through the series. Each book contains 140 exercises. If you cover two exercises per week, you should be able to finish a
Spelling Wisdom book in a little less than two school years.
Quality Sources
Compiled from dozens of quality sources, including:
- Excerpts from Literary Classics, such as Aesop’s Fables, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Black Beauty, David Copperfield, The Deerslayer, Freckles, Les Miserables, Little Women, Robinson Crusoe, The Secret Garden, The Story of My Life, and The Wind in the Willows.
- Speeches and quotes of famous men, such as Sir Winston Churchill, Theodore Roosevelt, and George Washington.
- Charlotte Mason quotes and excerpts from Ourselves.
- Letters written by famous men, such as Beethoven, Seneca, Mozart, and Abraham Lincoln.
- Poems, written by such poets as Stevenson, Wordsworth, Emerson, Longfellow, and Holmes.
- Scripture passages.
- Excerpts from Shakespeare’s plays, plus several Sonnets.
Subjects Included
Exercises thoughtfully selected to support a generous education and broad curriculum, including:
History
Literature
Math
Science
Character Development
Bible
Poetry
Geography
Shakespeare
Art
Music
Language Arts
By: Sonya Shafer
$43.50
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Teach spelling with some of the greatest minds in history!
Learn today’s 6,000 most frequently used words presented in the writings of great men and women of history! Now you can have the confidence that you’re teaching the words your student needs to know, using the Charlotte Mason method of prepared dictation.
- Easy — Teaches spelling and punctuation in just a few minutes each week.
- Thorough — The Spelling Wisdom series incorporates more than 12,500 words, including the 6,000 most frequently used words in the English language.
- Effective — Uses the tried-and-true method of prepared dictation, which Charlotte Mason endorsed.
- Interesting and inspiring — Presents beautiful and fascinating ideas from great men and women of history that encourage and motivate children as they learn to spell the words.
- Flexible — Allows you to progress at each student’s pace.
- Saves Time — Can be used for copywork as well.
A Complete Homeschool Spelling Curriculum
The five
Spelling Wisdom books’ exercises become progressively longer and contain more difficult words as you work through the series. Each book contains 140 exercises. If you cover two exercises per week, you should be able to finish a
Spelling Wisdom book in a little less than two school years.
Quality Sources
Compiled from dozens of quality sources, including:
- Excerpts from Literary Classics, such as Aesop’s Fables, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Black Beauty, David Copperfield, The Deerslayer, Freckles, Les Miserables, Little Women, Robinson Crusoe, The Secret Garden, The Story of My Life, and The Wind in the Willows.
- Speeches and quotes of famous men, such as Sir Winston Churchill, Theodore Roosevelt, and George Washington.
- Charlotte Mason quotes and excerpts from Ourselves.
- Letters written by famous men, such as Beethoven, Seneca, Mozart, and Abraham Lincoln.
- Poems, written by such poets as Stevenson, Wordsworth, Emerson, Longfellow, and Holmes.
- Scripture passages.
- Excerpts from Shakespeare’s plays, plus several Sonnets.
Subjects Included
Exercises thoughtfully selected to support a generous education and broad curriculum, including:
History
Literature
Math
Science
Character Development
Bible
Poetry
Geography
Shakespeare
Art
Music
Language Arts
By: Sonya Shafer
$43.50
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Teach spelling with some of the greatest minds in history!
Learn today’s 6,000 most frequently used words presented in the writings of great men and women of history! Now you can have the confidence that you’re teaching the words your student needs to know, using the Charlotte Mason method of prepared dictation.
- Easy — Teaches spelling and punctuation in just a few minutes each week.
- Thorough — The Spelling Wisdom series incorporates more than 12,500 words, including the 6,000 most frequently used words in the English language.
- Effective — Uses the tried-and-true method of prepared dictation, which Charlotte Mason endorsed.
- Interesting and inspiring — Presents beautiful and fascinating ideas from great men and women of history that encourage and motivate children as they learn to spell the words.
- Flexible — Allows you to progress at each student’s pace.
- Saves Time — Can be used for copywork as well.
A Complete Homeschool Spelling Curriculum
The five
Spelling Wisdom books’ exercises become progressively longer and contain more difficult words as you work through the series. Each book contains 140 exercises. If you cover two exercises per week, you should be able to finish a
Spelling Wisdom book in a little less than two school years.
Quality Sources
Compiled from dozens of quality sources, including:
- Excerpts from Literary Classics, such as Aesop’s Fables, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Black Beauty, David Copperfield, The Deerslayer, Freckles, Les Miserables, Little Women, Robinson Crusoe, The Secret Garden, The Story of My Life, and The Wind in the Willows.
- Speeches and quotes of famous men, such as Sir Winston Churchill, Theodore Roosevelt, and George Washington.
- Charlotte Mason quotes and excerpts from Ourselves.
- Letters written by famous men, such as Beethoven, Seneca, Mozart, and Abraham Lincoln.
- Poems, written by such poets as Stevenson, Wordsworth, Emerson, Longfellow, and Holmes.
- Scripture passages.
- Excerpts from Shakespeare’s plays, plus several Sonnets.
Subjects Included
Exercises thoughtfully selected to support a generous education and broad curriculum, including:
History
Literature
Math
Science
Character Development
Bible
Poetry
Geography
Shakespeare
Art
Music
Language Arts
By: Sonya Shafer
$43.50
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Teach spelling with some of the greatest minds in history!
Learn today’s 6,000 most frequently used words presented in the writings of great men and women of history! Now you can have the confidence that you’re teaching the words your student needs to know, using the Charlotte Mason method of prepared dictation.
- Easy — Teaches spelling and punctuation in just a few minutes each week.
- Thorough — The Spelling Wisdom series incorporates more than 12,500 words, including the 6,000 most frequently used words in the English language.
- Effective — Uses the tried-and-true method of prepared dictation, which Charlotte Mason endorsed.
- Interesting and inspiring — Presents beautiful and fascinating ideas from great men and women of history that encourage and motivate children as they learn to spell the words.
- Flexible — Allows you to progress at each student’s pace.
- Saves Time — Can be used for copywork as well.
A Complete Homeschool Spelling Curriculum
The five
Spelling Wisdom books’ exercises become progressively longer and contain more difficult words as you work through the series. Each book contains 140 exercises. If you cover two exercises per week, you should be able to finish a
Spelling Wisdom book in a little less than two school years.
Quality Sources
Compiled from dozens of quality sources, including:
- Excerpts from Literary Classics, such as Aesop’s Fables, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Black Beauty, David Copperfield, The Deerslayer, Freckles, Les Miserables, Little Women, Robinson Crusoe, The Secret Garden, The Story of My Life, and The Wind in the Willows.
- Speeches and quotes of famous men, such as Sir Winston Churchill, Theodore Roosevelt, and George Washington.
- Charlotte Mason quotes and excerpts from Ourselves.
- Letters written by famous men, such as Beethoven, Seneca, Mozart, and Abraham Lincoln.
- Poems, written by such poets as Stevenson, Wordsworth, Emerson, Longfellow, and Holmes.
- Scripture passages.
- Excerpts from Shakespeare’s plays, plus several Sonnets.
Subjects Included
Exercises thoughtfully selected to support a generous education and broad curriculum, including:
History
Literature
Math
Science
Character Development
Bible
Poetry
Geography
Shakespeare
Art
Music
Language Arts
By: Sonya Shafer
$43.50
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Spelling Workout is a research-based K–8 learning solution that takes a phonetic and structural approach to spelling instruction.
This is Level B of the student edition.
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$43.95
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Spelling Workout is a research-based K–8 learning solution that takes a phonetic and structural approach to spelling instruction. This is Level E of the student edition.
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Spelling Workout is a research-based K–8 learning solution that takes a phonetic and structural approach to spelling instruction. This is Level F of the student edition.
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Randy and Oliver Melendy awake one fall morning full of gloom. Their brother and sister are away, the house seems forlorn and empty, and even Cuffy, their adored housekeeper, can't pick up their spirits. Will they have to face a long and lonely winter? But a surprise message in the mailbox starts a trail of excitement and adventure that takes them through the cold season. When summer finally comes around again, the children have found fourteen messages in all, and the end of the search bringsthem a rich reward.
Full of unforgettable moments (like finding a secret note tucked under the dog's collar) and delightful twists of language (the more challenging clues, the better), this fourth book in Elizabeth Enright's Melendy Quartet makes for a grand finale to an equally grand collection of stories. Spiderweb for Two is the fourth and final installment of Enright's Melendy Quartet, an engaging and warm series about the close-knit Melendy family and their surprising adventures.
By: Elizabeth Enright
$15.99
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This study guide thoroughly teaches the states and capitals of the United States.
By: HLS Faculty
$20.50
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This Teacher Manual includes thorough teaching instructions, answers to student guide questions, and tests.
By: HLS Faculty
$20.50
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Behind the gentle sadness of such songs as Old Black Joe, My Old Kentucky Home and Old Folks At Home, lies the dreaming, home-loving spirit of the man who wrote them—Stephen Collins Foster. There is much more in this book than the engaging story of the young Stephen Foster, and his music. In this appealing, sensitive biography of the composer whose folk songs are our common heritage, is told one of the real stories of our own America.
By: Opal Wheeler
$20.95
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Ignite a wonderful love of learning as you guide your child’s first steps on the stepping stones to success with a developmentally-based course for preschool. Introduces students to concepts like colors, letters, nutrition, matching objects, and weather, while also developing their biblical faith.
By: Carrie Bailey
$66.50
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A Caldecott Honor Book with remastered artwork for its 75th anniversary! Clever soldiers outwit greedy townspeople with the creation of a special soup in this cherished classic.
By: Marcia Brown
$11.99
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Ever since it was published in 1978, the picture-book presentation of Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" has been an enduring favorite. For this special edition with a new design, trim size, and three new spreads, Susan Jeffers has added more detail and subtle color to her sweeping backgrounds of frosty New England scenes.
By: Robert Frost
$24.49