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Family
Project-Based Homeschooling : Mentoring Self-Directed Learners
$21.95 Add to cartProject-based homeschooling combines children’s interests with long-term, deep, complex learning. This is an essential experience for children: to spend time working on something that matters to them, with the support of a dedicated mentor. This book is an introduction and guide to creating the circumstances under which children can teach themselves. The author gives parents concrete tips for helping children do challenging, meaningful, self-chosen work. From setting up a workspace that encourages independence to building a family culture that supports self-directed learning to concrete suggestions for a step-by-step approach to inquiry-based investigation, Project-Based Homeschooling shares techniques for mentoring independent, confident thinkers and learners.
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Electives
Project-Based Activities Resource Book Grade 6-8
$10.00 Add to cartEncourage students to work together to solve real-world problems using language arts skills.
Build teamwork, enhance communication, and refine critical thinking with Mark Twain Project-Based Activities for sixth–eighth grades. The exercises in this book require students to collaborate while creating graphic novels, virtual systems, book trailers, school brochures, and more.
To achieve success, it is essential to work together to accomplish goals— both in and out of the classroom. Project-Based Activities promotes teamwork while challenging students to:
- create unforgettable story characters
- utilize informational text
- write argumentative essays
- cite sources
- use explanatory writing
- write book reviews
Mark Twain Media Publishing Company provides engaging supplemental books and eye-catching decorations for middle-grade and upper-grade classrooms. This product line is designed by leading educators and features a variety of subjects, including history, fine arts, science, language arts, social studies, government, math, and positive behavior.
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Bible
Our 24 Family Ways: A Family Devotional Guide
$21.95 Add to cartOur 24 Family Ways is a parent-friendly, Bible-centered family time resource that seamlessy weaves together devotional interaction with discipleship instruction for the whole family. This is a tool to train your children in the way they should go, teach them Bible truths and principles, train them in Christian character and values, and strengthen their relationship with the Lord.
Our 24 Family Ways is a multi-purpose family devotional guide that will shape hearts in your home for God and his ways. It’s easy to use and hard to forget! Here’s what’s included:
–120 complete family devotionals…five for each of the Ways, in family-ready ARTS outlines.
–24 easy-to-learn family Ways…24 biblical values in six key areas of family life.
–24 Scripture memory passages…one for each Way, in NIV, NASB, and NKJV.
–24 character quality definitions…one for each Way, in child-friendly language.
–25 original screened illustrations…one for each Way, plus one for Proverbs 22:6.
–25 line art coloring pages…make My 24 Family Ways notebooks for each child.The only thing missing from this whole family devotional guide is you…to open it and use it. Clear instructions and a generous helping of creative ideas and suggestions are included for using the Ways in your family.
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Electives
Practical Life Skills Big Book
$33.99 Add to cartEmpower students with the confidence to live on their own.
Our in-depth study combines the three lessons in this series: Independent Living, Managing Money, and Employment & Volunteering. Students will start by finding their own place to live and knowing how to get around. Then, students learn how to budget and prepare for their future. Finally, students join the workforce by learning how to write a resume and gaining valuable interview skills. Comprised of reading passages, graphic organizers, real-world activities, crossword, word search and comprehension quiz, our resource continues the study of necessary Life Skills everyone should learn before venturing out on their own. All of our content is reproducible and aligned to your State Standards and are written to Bloom’s Taxonomy.
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Electives
Mission Monde Level 5
$19.95 Add to cartYour students will be able to see pictures of students their own age and read stories about their experiences overseas.  Cross-cultural tidbits as well as historical facts will be shared through out the curriculum and all along the students will be challenged to integrate their Christian Faith in a variety of settings.
They will learn how to pray in French and memorize Bible verses. This is not just a language class; this is a springboard to the mission field!
Watch as your students develop a renewed interest in French, Missions and the Great Commission!
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Art
Papier-Mache for Kids
$6.00 Add to cartStep-by-step, easy instructions show how to make pigs, cats, masks, monsters and more. Eight great projects in all! Everyone has the basic ingredients for papier-m̢ch̩ around the house Рnewspaper, flour and water Рand everyone can do this creative, satisfying craft that allows you to build big, small, crazy and decorative sculpture.
More than 150 color pictures guide you through the steps and show lots of variations on the results. Try it – it’s fun!
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Family
One More Wish
$18.95 Add to cartAs Christy blows out the 26 candles on her birthday cake, she closes her eyes and makes a wish.
Could this be the year that she and Todd finally have a baby?
They know that everything will change once they have a child. Are they ready for all the adjustments a new little one would bring? Christy isn’t sure.
But as her closest friends announce they are expecting, Christy’s heart carries an ache for a child of her own.
On their way home from Sierra’s wedding, Todd opens up the discussion of adoption and soon a simple invitation turns into a life-changing season. Christy’s patience and understanding are stretched beyond her limits, and she finds herself holding not just one baby in her arms, but two.Everything Christy and Todd thought about family and hospitality shifts as the two of them dare to make one more wish and believe that God’s timing is flawless.
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Family
My Family Community
$8.95 Add to cartThis book shows young readers that, like a community, a family has members who perform roles. Parents teach and care for their children; Children have rules to follow and household jobs to perform. Questions throughout the book encourage children to relate the information to their own families.
