Partial List of Materials in the “Please Touch” Curriculum Resource Area

Partial List of Materials in the “Please Touch” Curriculum Resource Area

General

• 101 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum by Cathy Duffy
• ACE sample pack elementary from 2002
• Home Learning Year-by-Year by Rebecca Rupp
• KONOS Vol. 3 from 1990
• The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home by Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise
• What Your __ Grader Needs to Know, edited by E. D. Hirsch, Jr.

Math

• Math-u-see: primer, alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, and zeta
• Saxon Math—many levels
• Art of Problem Solving geometry
• Dolciani Structure and Method Course 2 (pre-algebra)
• Foerster Algebra
• Life of Fred: Fractions, Decimals, Pre-algebra with biology, Pre-algebra with economics, and Physics shortly
• Several logic books

Language Arts

• A Beka Language
• A Beka basic phonics cards
• Easy Grammar, grades 4 and 3, and daily grams
• Editor in Chief, several levels
• Handwriting Without Tears
• How to Read a Book
• Invitation to the Classics
• Michael Clay Thompson: Sentence Island, Grammar Island, practice books, grammar town, grammar island, essay voyage, several levels of poetry books, and one literature set
• Rod and Staff grammar
• St. Martin’s Guide to Writing
• Vocabulary from Classical Roots
• Words Their Way spelling and all accompanying word list books
• Writing Strands

Science

• Apologia Science
• Campbell, Reece, and Mitchell's Biology
• Chemistry, Part I – Teaching Company
• Connections – PBS TV
• CPO Science (Life Science, Physical Science, and Earth Science)
• Ellen McHenry science materials
• Real Science-4-Kids
• Several years of NOEO science: Chemistry I, Biology I, Biology II, Physics I
• The Story of Science (Joy Hakim)
• TOPS (Task-Oriented Physical Science) Learning Systems
• Understanding the Human Body – Teaching Company

Social Studies

General:

• A Beka 3rd grade history
• A History of US (Joy Hakim)
• American Adventures (Ira Peck, etc.)
• Kingfisher History Encyclopedia
• The Story of the World series by Susan Wise Bauer
• Usborne Book of World Geography

Travel:

• Old World Wisconsin
• Watch it Made in the USA

Ancient History:

• The Greeks – Asimov
• American Government:
• Basic American Government

Economics:

• Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?

20th Century:

• US and the Middle East – Teaching Company
• Geography
• Trail Guide Geography

Bible

• Lifepac 5th grade Bible

Foreign Language

• Getting Started With Latin
• Greek Code Cracker
• Minimus Latin
• Minimus Secondus
• Prima Latina
• So you really want to learn Latin (galore park, British)
• Song school Latin
• Spanish