So you're
teaching your children at home. Where do you start? How can
you do it better? And how can you avoid getting burned out doing
all this?
The following
homeschool how-to's offer
scores of solutions.
Just Starting to Homeschool?
$2.00
For moms and dads.
(8 pages; #60)
Also available as
an E-Book.
How to answer the outside (or inner) voices that ask
you:
What in the world are you doing? Spiritual,
social, academic, and personal advantages, all stacked up and listed together
to buttress your resolve to home school and to stick with it.
12 Optimum Ways to Trigger the Brain $3.50
For anyone who teaches.
(27 pages; #7)
Also available as
an E-Book. Illustrated by Theanna Sparrow. And, watch
Renee present this workshop on a DVD.
This is also covered by audio CD #3 in Renee's homeschool
how-to CD's.
Consistently
our most popular workshop! Jaw-dropping
techniques to hot-wire the brain with any subject matter. The fastest
route and shortest distance to mastery of new information. We get
reviews of “Wow!” and “Superb!” from seminar attendees
on this one. Teaching tools you’ll use every day from here
on out.
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The
2 Most Common Pitfalls in Home Schooling – and How to Avoid Them
(former title: Earmarks of Academic Idolatry) $3.50
For moms and dads.
(28 pages; #67)
Also available as
an E-Book.
When does the pursuit of education get out of line with the Heavenly Father’s purposes for us? Learn to recognize the tell-tale signs. A growing number of homeschoolers are facing one extreme or the other. Many are not schooling at all (un-schooling), while others are making academics their god (idolatry). Find out what a perfect “Garden of Eden” education is supposed to look like, and how to get there. Also describes the earmarks of a wholesome Biblically-based education.
Preschool
Pizzazz $4.50
(35 pages; #80)
Includes #52
(Academic Checklist).
Also available as
an E-Book. This is also covered by audio CD #s 6 and 7 in Renee's homeschool
how-to CD's.
How
to occupy and delight preschoolers for hours with things you already own!
You’ll grow their I.Q.s, too!
The Right Stuff
$4.50
For teachers of K through
12 (especially elementary). (31 pages; #81)
Also available as
an E-Book.
Guaranteed
to save you hassle! Spare yourself the expense and academic waste
of both time and energy by choosing just the right materials. What
to look for, and what NOT to buy.
(Includes
homeschool how-to's
#s 17 & 83
below, and #52.)
For elementary ages.
(3 pages; #17)
Also available as
an E-Book.
Proceed
from chaos to a look of culture. Ten little pointers developed for
inner city kids whose writing was illegible. In one lesson their
writing went from night to day. This isn’t calligraphy, and
it's not re-teaching the old standardized method. You'll love the
results.
(Included
in #81, above.)
How to Ignite
the
LOVE of Writing $2.00
For elementary ages. (6 pages; #83)
Also available as
an E-Book.
Fire
up an appetite for... and an attitude about...writing and
the clearly laid out aptitude will be welcomed through the back
door! A winning strategy for a difficult area. (Included
in #81,
above.)
(25 pages; #61)
Also available as
an E-Book.
Are you bogged
down? Does the daily grind now supersede your once high-held vision
of educating your own children? You're not alone. We identify
the warning signs, and then consider strategies for pulling you and your
children out and up again.
This is also covered by audio CD #4 in Renee's homeschool
how-to CD's.
Teaching the Resistant Student
$2.50
For moms and other teachers. (14 pages; #69)
Also
available as an E-Book.
Are
you butting heads over and over? Are daily battles with academic
resistance wearing you out? Find out what are the specific root
causes of resistance (this booklet discusses eight). Armed with
new, well-focused, concrete strategies, you'll see progress again as early
as tomorrow.
And,
watch Renee present this live workshop on a DVD.
Motivation: Academic Energizer
$2.00
For teachers of students of all ages. (5 pages; #9)
Also
available as an E-Book.
Put
the sparkle and joy back in your child's eyes. Motivation is so
important that without it, there is no education. With it, students
can begin to grasp what it means to be made in the limitless image of
the Almighty Creator and become lifelong lovers of learning. Get
these simple principles under your belt and watch the hard part of the
job disappear from your teaching.
No Cost Funny Little Rewards & Tricks
$2.50
For elementary ages. (9 pages; #25)
Also available as
an E-Book.
Sometimes a little spur, a little motivation, will help a child over a rough patch of academics or an overwhelming chore. Choose to give them these no cost rewards instead of another “thing”. Detailed descriptions of clever, unusual rewards we think you’ll have a hard time finding anywhere else.
A List (with comments) of Famous People
who were
failures in the public school, and
famous people who were successes from home schooling.
$1.50
For 4th grade and up. (6 pages;
#14) Inspiring!
Also available as
an E-Book.
For teachers of grades K-12. (1 page;
#52)
Also available as
an E-Book.
Subjects
and areas to study sometime, some way, somewhere.
Helps you not to overlook learning an important life-time skill.
You may make unlimited copies of this list.
Learn
to multiply at breakneck speed with
Picture Math Facts
For
3rd-6th grades. (20 pages; #18)
$3.00
Also
available as an E-Book.
A
fabulously easy new way to learn to multiply at breakneck speed.
Also includes
Action Academics …a
foolproof way to conquer 13 stubborn academic problems -- errors made
repeatedly by adults . . . little problems that make a big difference.
Want your child to spell to, too and two the right way every time from
now on? Your children can master them, and they'll stay mastered.
Give your child this lasting academic confidence. This little compilation
of 13 ditties does it! Simple to memorize . . . tough to forget.
Compiled by an exasperated high school English teacher who wanted these
problems conquered for life at the elementary level.
Teaching Gifted Children...H‑E‑L‑P!
$2.50
For
teachers of students of all ages. (13 pages; #8)
Also
available as an E-Book.
How to handle a gifted child. Unique problems, challenges and solutions!
(Includes #53—Humpty Dumpty Intellectual Stretch.)
Think Like an Inventor--
Humpty Dumpty Intellectual Stretch
$1.50
For
4th-12th grades. (3 pages; #53)
Also available as
an E-Book.
Get your kids thinking like
inventors with this pocketful of questions to ask anytime, anywhere.
Ask these simple stretching questions of any story or information to produce
brand new thinking, then watch your young pupils become bright-eyed and bushy-tailed the minute
you ask them. They won't respond to what is--they'll generate what isn't! Cultivate
Edison-type thinkers in your home and you'll be the talk of the town.
(This is included in item #8, Teaching Gifted Children.)
For 3rd-6th grades. (8
pages; #79)
Also available as
an E-Book.
A method to teach grammar with shapes for easy right-brain
recall.
Plus, tips on spelling.
For
4th-12th grades. (4 pages; #15)
Also available as
an E-Book.
Every
student needs to hear these study strategies at least once. Grab
this scholastic lifeline. Cut the waste of time; package the content
for strong recall. Take 2 students spending equal time studying
the same material -- one will emerge with it, the other won't. The
study skills make the difference. A must for the college-bound,
but start it with your 4th grader.
Critical Thinking Skills
$3.50
For 4th-12th grades. (17 pages; #6)
Also available as an E-Book.
What's the matter with this statement? "Do you walk to work or take your lunch?" It's a non sequitur.
Trade in naiveté for bedrock thinking. Learn how to detect the logical errors in scores of statements manipulators (such as the media and cults) attempt to use on you. Hilarious examples for developing serious mental survival skills.
Classics Study Questions
$5.00
For junior high and high school students. (46 pages;
#10)
Also available as an E-Book.
Double the great classics' contribution to your academics
by the superb questions you ask: open-ended questions that direct your
child to think about the great purposes of Christ. Includes questions
for sixteen novels by: C. S. Lewis, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Jane
Austen, Emily Bronte, John Steinbeck, etc.
Wind in the Willows
study activities
$1.50
For 4th-6th grades. (25 pages; #11)
Also available as an E-Book.
Wonderfully
creative activities and questions.
Many adults remember this as their favorite book!
3rd
grade and up. (2 pages; #13)
Also available
as an E-Book.
A great read-aloud of Cinderella, all mixed up. Use as a short drama piece for children who want to entertain their friends. They'll say, "again, do it again!" (This item is included in homeschool how-to's #s 51 and 31.)
For
4th through 12th grades. (29 pages; #51)
Also available as
an E-Book.
Your
children may be learning to write well these days, but are they
learning to speak persuasively? ...like Patrick Henry, who said
“Give me liberty or give me death!” Herein lies much
of a child’s future power to influence others. Learn how to
prepare and deliver 20 different types of speeches (each, 3 minutes or
less). Directions for each speech are winsome and funny!
(This item includes
several famous speeches, & homeschool how-to's #s 13
& 41, too.)
Creation
vs. Evolution $2.50
For elementary and
junior high. (10 pages; #41)
Also available as
an E-Book.
A short summary of the most powerful arguments against evolution.
Teach it in 15 minutes! (Included in #51, above.)
Audio book of Charles Dickens' A Child's History of England $45.00
(12 CDs; 13 hours of narration; #82) Click
here for more information.
Teach your children the entire history of England without even cracking a book. Nobody could write it quite like Dickens…. A rare find. For junior high through adult.
