Great Books ForumAll K-6
The Old Stories
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Logos Press
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Level: k-6
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“Prepare to see the Garden of Eden as you always wished you could: tangible, leaves rustling, the scent of fruit on the breeze.
N.D. Wilson and Peter Bentley weave the story of our first parents with wild realism, but also a childlike honesty and clarity that bring new depth to an old truth.” – Logos Press
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The Story of the World Series
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Christian Book
Also sold by Memoria Press
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Level: K-6
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“Told in a straightforward, engaging style that has become Susan Wise Bauer’s trademark, The Story of the World series covers the sweep of human history from ancient times until the present. Africa, China, Europe, the Americas―find out what happened all around the world in long-ago times. This first revised volume begins with the earliest nomads and ends with the last Roman emperor. Newly revised and updated, The Story of the World, Volume 1 includes maps, a new timeline, more illustrations, and additional parental aids. This read-aloud series is designed for parents to share with elementary-school children. Enjoy it together and introduce your child to the marvelous story of the world’s civilizations.” – Amazon
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Traditional Spelling
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Traditional Spelling
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Level: k-3
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“Memoria Press is proud to introduce the Traditional Spelling series. It is a comprehensive, phonetic approach to teaching spelling, and is the culmination of our primary Reading & Phonics program. It is designed to follow completion of the Kindergarten Curriculum Package or First Start Reading Books A-D, which ensure students have mastered reading “consonant-vowel-consonant” words with short vowels. Paired with StoryTime and More StoryTime Treasures in first grade, or with the literature study guides in second grade, Traditional Spelling provides your student with an extensive mastery-based study of phonics for spelling and reading. Begin this program with Traditional Spelling I.” – Memoria Press
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Visual Latin 1 & 2
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Compass Classroom product sold by Roman Roads Media
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Level: k-6
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“Visual Latin lessons pair three videos with worksheets and online flashcards to guide students from grammar concepts, to practice sentences, to reading in Latin. Kids everywhere love it! Dwane Thomas is a Latin magician: he’s spent over 15 years turning students into Latin speakers and readers. His secret? He’s one of those unique teachers who makes learning difficult subjects fun and enjoyable. Thousands of children have already been transformed through his magic: let yours be next.” – Roman Roads
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Vocabulary From Classical Roots
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Norma Fifer and Nancy Flowers
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Level: All
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“This five-book series teaches junior and senior high school students words derived from the most important Greek and Latin roots. Every lesson introduces up to fifteen words derived from two or more classical roots. A dictionary-like format provides all the necessary information, including related forms of the word and sentences illustrating each word’s correct usage. Special sections called “Nota Bene” provide information about etymologies and words that might be confused.” – Christian Books
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Well-ordered Language
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Classical Academic Press, Tammy Peters
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Level: k-6
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“Grammar is a vital tool used throughout a lifetime to express creativity and original thought. A strong, creative, and engaging approach to grammar will grab students’ attention and equip them to use these tools to great effect.
With our new Well-Ordered Language series, we are changing how students learn grammar. Using tested content, beautiful design, and proven classical pedagogy, we have developed this series to provide students with clear paths to mastery.” – Classical Academic Press
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Westminster Shorter Catechism Songbook
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Veritas Press
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Level: k-6
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“When our boys were younger we had them memorize all 107 answers to the Shorter Catechism. Why? Because the questions and answers provide a clear and concise, yet comprehensive, statement of doctrine and beliefs of Christianity-clarity of what they believe that will benefit them all their lives. We’ve also always been huge proponents of memorizing with music. Imagine our delight when we discovered the clear pronunciation and simple melodic tunes of Dutton’s production. This songbook corresponds to the four audio CDs.” – Veritas Press
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What We Believe Series
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Apologia
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Level: All
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“Our children are bombarded on a daily basis with competing messages. Every song, movie, book, TV show, blog, and game is full of ideas—ideas about truth, morality, beauty, identity, faith, and more. Not all of these ideas are true. Some are wrong, some are deceptive, and some are outright destructive. Young children must be equipped to discern among competing ideas and stand firm in the truth.” – Apologia
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Writing and Rhetoric Series
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Classical Academic Press
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Level: All
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“A Creative Approach to the Classical Progymnasmata—Think of the progymnasmata as a step-by-step apprenticeship in the art of writing and rhetoric. What is an apprentice? It is a young person who is learning a skill from a master teacher. Our students will serve as apprentices to the great writers and great stories of history.
Students are often expected to write with no clear model before them. Modern composition scolds traditional writing instruction as rote and unimaginative. It takes imitation to task for a lack of freedom and personal expression. And yet, effective communication from writer to reader always requires some sort of form and structure. Many of history’s greatest writers learned by imitation. In other words, writing takes the same kind of determined study as ballet or diving. Creativity uses conventional form as a stage or a springboard from which to launch grand jetés and somersaults. Too often students are expected to tackle complex writing assignments without learning the necessary intermediate steps. The assumption is that because most everyone can speak English well enough to be understood, and form letters with a pencil, that everyone should be able to write well. Yet how many of us would expect a child to sit at a piano, without piano lessons, and play a concerto? Writing is never automatic.
The Writing & Rhetoric series method employs fluent reading, careful listening, models for imitation, and progressive steps. It assumes that students learn best by reading excellent, whole-story examples of literature and by growing their skills through imitation. Each exercise is intended to impart a skill (or tool) that can be employed in all kinds of writing and speaking. The exercises are arranged from simple to more complex. What’s more, the exercises are cumulative, meaning that later exercises incorporate the skills acquired in preceding exercises. This series is a step-by-step apprenticeship in the art of writing and rhetoric.” – Classical Academic Press
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Writing Trails in American History
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Logos Press
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Level: k-6
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“Integrate history, vocabulary, thesaurus, cursive practice and key word outlining in this multi-faceted writing modeling program for 3rd and 4th graders.
Using the very effective method of “Imitation in Writing” taught by the good folks at the Institute for Excellence in Writing, students imitate short essays on major figures and events in American history: The Mayflower, Paul Revere, The Declaration of Independence, Lewis and Clark, The War of 1812, The Oregon Trail, The War Between the States, WW I, WW II, Famous Inventors, Immigration, and more.
Includes 17 writing assignments and a scope and sequence detailing a 31-week schedule. Of course, you can pick and choose the topics and the order in which they are presented.” – Logos Press
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