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Homeschooling Group LibraryHomeschoolers are welcome to check out any of the following materials. Our group library is kept at Kim Jacks' house, 655 North St., Morgantown. Call her at 292-1629 to arrange borrowing items. 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 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. Portfolio Directions: A Handbook for Homeschoolers by Joy E. Held 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. Return to top of library
COLLEGE 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 WVU Undergraduate Catalog, 95-96 WVU Graduate Catalog, 1994-96 Return to top of library
MATH MATERIALS Saxon Math books with answers to odd numbered problems in the back: Algebra 1/2 Algebra I Algebra II Saxon 65 with answer & test booklets Cuisenaire Catalog Middle School 1999. Math manipulatives,books, puzzles, calculators,... 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. Return to top of library
PHYSICAL EDUCATION Everybody Wins. Non-Competitive Games. The Playgroup Handbook. Laura Broad and Nancy Butterworth Return to top of library
READING AND WRITING MATERIALS 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 (hundreds of words). Junior high or high school level 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: Across America Reader, Hewitt Foundation 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. Flash Cards: Phonics. Beginning Reading Series, Silver, Burdett, and Ginn with books and workbooks: Games. Homemade games for pre-reading and beginning reading skills. Multiple Skills Series Readers, A1 and A2, Richard A. Boning California Diagnostic Reading Tests. California Achievement Tests Class Management Guide. Information for teachers concerning CAT 5 Return to top of library
ART MATERIALS Calligraphy Set. Includes pens, ink, practice pad, and step-by-step introductory guide. Set of Leatherworking Tools. Includes a Leatherwork Manual
HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES Cobblestone Magazines (U.S. History): Culture of Pre-Columbian North America Indians of the Northeast Coast The Legacy of Columbus Jamestown Pilgrims to a New World St. Augustine, America's Oldest City Contest for Empire, 1754-1763 Colonial Craftsmen The People of Williamsburg 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 Lewis and Clark Expedition The Adams Family James and Dolly Madison The National Road Mountain Men Pirates Andrew Jackson Mississippi River: Father of Waters Sam Houston The Santa Fe Trail America's Cowboys The Anti-Slavery Movement Highlights of the Civil War Abraham Lincoln Ulysses S. Grant Robert E. Lee Buffalo Soldiers Outlaws of the West Emily Dickinson, American Poet Annie Oakley and the Wild West 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 WW II: Americans in Europe WW II: Americans in the Pacific 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 A Historical Look at Washington, D.C. 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 Energy: Powering Our Nation Important Supreme Court Cases America's Historic Parks Taking Stock of Wall Street America's Zoos American Architecture
Calliope Magazines (World History): Cities of the Past Early Christianity Buddhism The First Crusade The Ming Dynasty Islamic Spain Heroes and Heroines of Early Rome Athens Vs. Sparta Pharoahs of Egypt The Ottomons and Suleyman the Magnificient
A History of US (10 Volumes):by Joy Hakim 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) My First Book of How Things Are Made by George Jones (crayons, jeans, peanut butter, guitars, and more) The Aesop for Children, over 100 fables 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. Time-Life Books--Set of 14 books on World War II Iroquois Stories Keepers of the Earth and Teacher's Guide 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. The New England Indians by C. Keith Wilbur American Indian Myths and Legends,ed. Richard Erdoes & Aalfonso Ortiz Indian Handicrafts: How to Craft Dozens of Practical Objects Using Traditional Indian Techniques by C. Keith Wilbur Native American Wisdom, ed. Kent Nerburn & Louise Menglekoch Becoming Brave: The Path to Native American Manhood by Laine Thom The Spirit of Native America: Beauty and Mysticism in American Indian Art by A.Walters The Complete How-To of Indiancraft by W. Ben Hunt National Geographic Magazines (several years worth) Aramco World Magazines (published by Aramco World about Arab nations and their history) Exploring Our World. Map book.
Videos: 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: Carmen Sandiego travel game Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Board game Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego? Board game Return to top of library
DRIVING How to Drive. Published by American Automobile Association. Return to top of library
COMMUNICATION From Playpen to Podium: How to Give Your Children the Communication Advantage in Every Area of Life by Jeff Myers. Return to top of library
SCIENCE MATERIALS Simple Science Experiments Physics Experiments for Children, Muriel Mandell Zoobooks: Baby Animals, hardbound with nice photographs A Book About Your Skeleton by Ruth Gross, Paperback for young children. Stars: A Golden Guide. Cosmos, Carl Sagan World Book Encyclopedia of Science: Chemistry Today The Planet Earth The Plant World The Animal World Men and Women of Science Healing and the Mind, Bill Moyers (accompanied the PBS series) Everyday Science Explained. National Geographic. 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 AIMS: Activities That Integrate Math and Science 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.)
Videos: 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) Video: Rocks and Rivers: WV's Geological heritage Bill Nye the Science Guy tapes:
DRAMA Actor's Book of Improvisation: Dramatic Situations for the Teacher and Actor. Sandra Caruso and Paul Clemens. Return to top of library
CONTESTS All the Best Contests for Kids. Joan and Craig Bergstrom. Return to top of library
ASSORTED GOOD BOOKS The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Walden and Civil Disobedience. Henry David Thoreau Leaves of Grass. Walt Whitman Where the Sidewalk Ends. Shel Silverstein Go Tell It on the Mountain. James Baldwin Man's Search for Meaning. Viktor E. Frankl The Education of Little Tree. Forrest Carter Ishmael. Daniel Quinn The Autobiography of Malcolm X. As told to Alex Haley A Sand Count Almanac. Aldo Leopold All Creatures Great and Small. James Herriot Winesburg, Ohio. Sherwood Anderson To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf Mutant Message, Marlo Morgan A Story Like the Wind and A Far Off Place. Laurens Van Der Post Walk When the Moon is Full. Frances Hammerstrom Remote Control: Television and the Manipulation of American Life. F. Mankiewicz and Joel Swerdlow Planethood: The Key to Your Future. Benjamin B. Ferencz and Ken Keyes, Jr. Plain and Simple: One Woman's Journey with the Amish. Worms Eat My Garbage. Mary Appelhof Return to top of library
TEACHER'S GUIDES TO TEXTBOOKS These are guides to Mon County public school textbooks: Language Arts Series for grades 6-8 Discover the Wonder, grade 3 Merrill Pre-Algebra: A Transition to Algebra Geometry for Decision Making. Merrill Chemistry Understanding Structured Programming in BASIC: IBM/MS-DOS Version Calculus: Solutions Guide Return to top of "Homeschoolers Library"Return to "Getting Started with Homeschooling" page
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