Homeschoolers are welcome to check out any of the following materials. Our group library is divided up and kept at the homes of several members. Contact Janine at jbreyel@excite.com for information. Please understand that if you do not return an item, you must replace it before checking out more materials. We have many helpful resources to share, so please make use of them!

Please select from the following areas:
Homeschooling Materials                    Driving
College                                              Communication
Math Materials                                   Science Materials
Physical Education                             
Reading and Writing Materials           Contests
Art Materials                                    History and Social Studies                 

The Three R's at Home by Susan and Howard Richman

Learning All the Time: How Small Children Begin to Read, Write, Count, and Investigate the World, Without Being Taught. John Holt.

Teach Your Own: A Hopeful Path for Education. John Holt.

Home Grown Kids: A Practical Handbook for Teaching Your Children at Home. Raymond and Dorothy Moore.

Homeschooling For Excellence by David and Micki Colfax

How Children Fail by John Holt

Who Does What When? Record Keeping in the Homeschool by Kate Kerman

A Sense of Self: Listening to Homeschooled Adolescent Girls by Susannah Sheffer

The Big Book of Home Learning. Vol.I:Getting Started by Mary Pride

The Big Book of Home Learning. Vol. 2 Preschool and Elementary by Mary Pride.

What Your 5th Grader Needs to Know: Fundamentals of a Good Fifth Grade Education,by E.D. Hirsch

What Your 6th Grader Needs to Know: Fundamentals of a Good Sixth Grade Education,by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.

The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education by Grace Llewellyn

Catalog of Items Available in the Monongalia County Instructional Materials Center

Konos Character Curriculum

Growing Without Schooling magazines(past issues), published by Holt Associates

PA Homeschoolers magazines (past issues), published by Susan and Howard Richman

Homeschool PC magazines (past issues)Eight issues.

Practical Homeschooling magazine(past issues) Seventeen issues.

Catalogs of homeschooling materials.

Teenagers: The Continuing Challenge by Shirley Gould

Your Ten- to Fourteen-Year-Old by Louise B. Ames, Frances Ilg, and Sidney Baker

College Admissions: A Guide for Homeschoolers by Judy Gelner

The Scholarship Book: Complete Guide to Private-Sector Scholarships, Grants, and Loans for Undergraduates by Daniel J. Cassidy

College Degrees by Mail: 100 Good Schools that Offer Degrees by Home Study by John Bear., Ph.D.

Earn College Credit for What You Know by Lois Lamdin

How to Earn a College Degree Without Going to College by James P. Duffy

One Year to a College Degree by Lynette Long & Eileen Hershberger

Saxon Math books with answers to odd numbered problems in the back:

      Saxon 65 with answer & test booklets

      Saxon 54 (two copies)

Harper & Row Mathematics, fourth grade

Key to Algebra:

      Rational Numbers, student workbook 5

      Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions, student workbook 6

      Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions, student workbook 7

      Graphs, student workbook 8

      Systems of Equations, student workbook 9

      Square Roots and Quadratic Equations, student workbook 10

Key to Teachers Guides with copies of workbook pages, answers, and notes to:

      Percents: books 1-3

      Decimals: books 1-4

      Fractions: books 1-4

      Measurement: books 1-4

      Algebra: books 1-4

      Algebra: books 5-7

      Algebra: books 8-10

Cuisenaire Catalog Middle School 1999. Math manipulatives,books, puzzles, calculators,...

Treasure Hunt Math, PC software on floppy disk.

Animated Clock, computer game for learning how to tell time

"My First Computer" hand-held game-- Numbers, Colors, and Shapes, by Playtime

Magneforms magnetic playset collection. 2-sided playboard and colorful magnetic shapes

Arithmetic Teacher magazines, Math Education Through the Middle Grades, 8 issues

Unfolding Mathematics with Unit Origami, by Betsy ]Franco, published by Key Curriculum Press

Agnesi to Zeno: Over 100 Vignetts from the History of Math. Sanderson Smith, published by Key Curriculum Press

Presto Chango-O board game, published by Educational Insights

Giant Number Rods by Playskool (wooden blocks similar to large Cuisenaire rods)

Mathematical Ideas, 7th ed. Charles D. Miller. (high school or college level text)

Business Mathematics for College, 10th ed. James E. Deitz & James L. Southam.

Basic Math Skills. Jeffrey Slater & Rick Ponticelli. (written for a community college)

Foundations of College Math. James A. Page.

Everybody Wins. Non-Competitive Games.

The Playgroup Handbook. Laura Broad and Nancy Butterworth

The Horn Book Magazine. Reviews of books for children and young adults.

Boggle. Spelling game.

Phonetic Quizmo, bingo type game for learning letter sounds & blends

Writing From Home: A Portfolio of Student Writing by Susan Richman

Responding to Children's Writing by Susannah Sheffer

Write Away by Peter Stillman

Easy Grammar, Level 1, Wanda C. Phillips

Easy Grammar, Wanda C. Phillips

If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland

Writing Strands; Challenging Writing Projects for Homeschoolers,Level 3, (3rd to 7th graders)

Set of English vocabulary cards

Word Builder, box of letter cards for practice creating words. Junior high or high school level

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

Perspectives on Truth in Literature and Teachers Guide. Christian Light Literature Series.

Teacher's Guide for Writers Inc., a Student Handbook for Writing and Learning. (secondary students)

Wordly Wise, Book 6, and Wordly Wise, Book 7. Educators Publishing Service vocabulary books. (secondary students)

Think, Speak and Write Better! Word Smart: The Easiest Way to Improve Your Vocabulary. CD ROM for Microsoft Windows.

Rolling Along, beginning reader for first or second grader

A Beka Readers:
      Open Windows
      Open Roads
      Aesop's Fables for Young Readers

Across America Reader, Hewitt Foundation

Macmillan English, grade 4

Hooked on Phonics Program Seven booklets, eight cassette tapes,nine sets of flash cards.

Super Speller: Spelling Activities for All Grades. Reproducible activity sheets.

Flash Cards: Advanced Sight Words.

Beginning Reading Series, Silver, Burdett, and Ginn with books and workbooks (K-3rd or 4th grade):
      Fish and Not Fish
      Birds Fly, Bears Don't
      Across the Fence
      Glad to Meet You
      Give Me a Clue
      Mystery Sneaker
      Ten Times Round

Children's chapter books:

Dragon's Milk, by susan Fletcher

One-eyed Cat, by Paula Fox

The Family Under the Bridge, by Natalie Savage Carson

Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Little Bear books by Else Minarik:
      Little Bear
      Little Bear's Visit
      A Kiss for Little Bear
      Father Bear Comes Home
      Little Bear's Friend

Frog and Toad books by Arnold Lobel:
      Frog and Toad Together
      Frog and Toad are Friends
      Frog and Toad All Year
      Days with Frog and Toad

Multiple Skills Series Readers, A1 and A2, Richard A. Boning

Calligraphy Set. Includes pens, ink, practice pad, and step-by-step introductory guide.

Vogue Sewing, published by Harper and Row. Basic sewing instructions.

Cobblestone Magazines (U.S. History):

Culture of Pre-Columbian North America

Indians of the Northeast Coast

Indians of the Northwest Coast

The Sioux

Joseph, Chief of the Nez Perce

The Legacy of Columbus

Jamestown

Pilgrims to a New World

St. Augustine, America's Oldest City

Contest for Empire, 1754-1763

Colonial Craftsmen

Deerfield, A Colonial Perspective

America's Folk Art

Patriotic Tales of the American Revolution

Benjamin Franklin

George Washington

Our Bill of Rights

Salem and the East Indies Trade

The Adams Family

James and Dolly Madison

Monroe Presidency 1817-1825

The National Road

Mountain Men

Andrew Jackson

Mississippi River: Father of Waters

Sam Houston

The Santa Fe Trail

America's Cowboys

The Mormon Pioneer Trail

The Anti-Slavery Movement

Highlights of the Civil War

Abraham Lincoln

Ulysses S. Grant

Robert E. Lee

Stonewall Jackson

Buffalo Soldiers

Outlaws of the West

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Geronimo

The Chautauqua Story

Teddy Roosevelt

Hawaii

To the North Pole

U.S. Involvement in World War I

Prohibition

The Magic of Radio

The Harlem Renaissance

Louis Armstrong and the Art of Jazz

Duke Ellington: a Musical Genius

Amelia Earhart: Heroine of the Skies

Tuskegee Airmen

Franklin D. Roosevelt

The Cold War

Norman Rockwell

Mary McLeod Bethune, Educator, Organizer, Political Activist

Tuning In to Television

Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement

Irish Americans

Italian Americans

Japanese Americans

Chinese Americans

Polish Americans

Hispanic Americans

The United States and France

The Story of American Jews

Quakers

New York City

African American Inventors

Women Inventors

First Ladies

Children Who Shaped History

Kid Power Changing Public Policy

People With Disabilities

Americans Abroad

What is History?

Famous Dates

Elections in America

Energy: Powering Our Nation

Important Supreme Court Cases

America's Historic Parks

Taking Stock of Wall Street

America's Zoos

American Architecture

Celebrating History Texas Style

Cities of the Past

Early Christianity

Buddhism

The First Crusade

The Ming Dynasty

Cities of the Past

Islamic Spain

Heroes and Heroines of Early Rome

Athens Vs. Sparta

Pharoahs of Egypt

The Ottomons and Suleyman the Magnificient

The Phoenicians

Ancient Nubia

The Doges of Venice

Islam

China's First Emperor: Shi Huangdi

The First Americans

Making Thirteen Colonies

From Colonies to Countries

The New Nation

Liberty for All?

War, Terrible War

Reconstruction and Reform

An Age of Extremes

War, Peace and All That Jazz

All the People

From Sea to Shining Sea by Amy L.Cohen. Collection of American Folklore--stories, poems, songs.

A Century of Women, ed. Allen Covey, a text which accompanied a TBS documentary(1900s)

Books from the Colonial Period: An Annotated Bibliography of Children's Literature and Teacher's Resource Materials. Published by the Dept. of School and Group Services of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

The Aesop for Children, over 100 fables

The Pharoahs of Ancient Egypt,Elizabeth Payne, Landmark Books

The Apple and The Arrow: the Legend of William Tell

Meiko and the Fifth Treasure Eleanor Coerr. (Post Nagasaki bombing in Japan)

Behind the Bedroom Wall, Laura Williams. (WW II German family helping Jewish people)

Richard Scarry's Going Places, hardbound with little stories & illustrations about many countries, "Pierre, the Paris Policeman", Taking the Tokyo Train", & "Professor dig & His Egyptian Mummy", etc.

A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn

It's the Law, 3rd ed. John D. Ashcroft and Janet E. Ashcroft. High school or college level. Legal system, contracts, family law, criminal law.

Aramco World Magazines (published by Aramco World about Arab nations and their history)

The Wonder of Israel (Video and discussion guide), sponsered by Embassy of Israel and produced by Spark Media for KIDSNET

Liberty: The American Revolution PBS video (6 hours)

The U.S.-Mexican War, 1846-48 (PBS video) (4 hours)

Africans in America (PBS video)

Geography Games:

Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Board game

Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego? Board game

How to Drive. Published by American Automobile Association.

From Playpen to Podium: How to Give Your Children the Communication Advantage in Every Area of Life by Jeff Myers.

Zoobooks: Baby Animals, hardbound with nice photographs

A Book About Your Skeleton by Ruth Gross, Paperback for young children.

Stars: A Golden Guide.

Finding Out About Deserts. Usborne Explainers, by Angela Wilkes.

Cosmos, Carl Sagan

Life Science, Discovering Basic Concepts, Fearon/Janus Oak Meadow School 6th Grade Course, accompanies Life Science textbook.

Rock, mineral, and fossil collection assembled by Robert Pyle, a local geologist. As well as about 30 bags of samples, this includes reproducibles of the rock cycle, types of rocks, identifying minerals, scale of hardness, fossil shells.

The Kid's Kitchen Takeover.

50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth, Earthworks Group

Ranger Rick's NatureScope, Amazing Mammals, part I, National Wildlife Federation

Ranger Rick's NatureScope, Amazing Animals, part II, National Wildlife Federation

Project Learning Tree: Environmental Education Activity Guide, Pre-K-8, American Forest Institute

Project Learning Tree: Supplementary Activity Guide for Grades 7-12, (Project Learning Tree) American Forest Institute

Project Learning Tree: Focus on Forests, secondary environmental ed. program, American Forest Institute

Project Wild K-12 Activity Guide. Conservation and environmental education program for educators of K-12. Published by Western Regional Environmental Education Council, Inc.

Set of nine prepared microscope slides for biology lab.

Optical bench with lenses for physics experiments.

Biology dissection lab tapes. A Beka.

NASA Educational Materials Catalog.Videos available at NASA facility in Fairmont. (We have been invited to bring blank tapes and copy these at the center-call Toni Beims for more info.--278-7171). Also can be accessed on ;the internet at http://spacelink.nasa.gov/Instructional.Materials/NASA.Educational.Products/NASA.CORE.Catalog/ (Over 200 videos, slides, and CD-ROM programs.)

A Science Odyssey: 100 Years of Discovery PBS video (10 hours)

Universe: The Infinite Frontier (set of videos and student guide and book, Horizons: Exploring the Universe, a PBS telecourse)

Bill Nye the Science Guy tapes:
      Tape 1: Rivers
                    Marine Mammals
                    Earthquakes
                    Pollution
                    Probability
                    Psuedo Science
                    Deserts
                    Time
      Tape 2: Space Travel
                    DNA
                    Architecture
                    Agriculture
                    Volcanoes
                    Invertebrates
                    Computers

Zoobooks Magazines
              Whales
              Wolves
              Spiders
              Eagles
              Pandas
              Insects
              Tigers
              Hummingbirds
              Bears
              Wild Dogs
              Ducks, Geese, and Swans
              Penguins
              Skunks
              Endangered Animals
              Birds of Prey
              Alligators and Crocodiles
              Wild Horses
              Giraffes
              Night Animals
              Koalas
              Turtles
              Gorillas
              Baby Animals
              Bats
              Hippos
              Owls
              Camel Family
              Sharks

All the Best Contests for Kids. Joan and Craig Bergstrom.