I would like to ask you a question this morning. How is school going for you and your students? For Charlie and I, its been hard with everyone being sick and David not working.
We never seem to be at home to do the work Charlie needs to do or the way we should. I hope to be back on track next week. If so I know there is a lot of resources we need to look into for Charlie.
I am glad I was able to check out the Homeschool Resources in this email. Since I have this problem I thought you might as well. I hope you find some resources you can use. Or Homeschooling Conferences you can attend.
Homeschool Conferences: Get together with other homeschooling families at a homeschooling conference near you! Take a look at the Co-op’s database of homeschooling conferences, workshops, and homeschooling events, click here. Or are you putting together your on homeschooling conference?
Contest for April:
Tell us what you do to unleash the love of reading and writing in your child for a chance to win a $50 Amazon Gift Card as part of Language Arts Month!
Have you been thinking about purchasing a planner? Or, do you need to change what you’re currently using?
If so, organize your world with a subscription to Homeschool Planet – everything you need to hold your home and your homeschooling in one easy-to-use online planner!
Win an Amazon Echo, Tap or Echo Dot!
To draw attention to our outstanding line-up of language arts curriculum, this April we are pleased to give members a chance to win one of the three Amazon Echo Family products:
Amazon Echo, Amazon Tap, or the newest addition to the family, Echo Dot.
If you’ve ever wanted a classroom helper for your homeschool, one of these devices might undoubtedly help. The Amazon Echo family works with Bluetooth and WiFi and provides voice-activated assistance to get help with research, answers on spelling, schedule or to do list, reading stories from your Kindle or using Audible audiobooks, and much more.
HOW CAN YOU WIN:
Purchase a qualifying Language Arts product (see below) before April 30, and you’ll get ten chances to win. (10 chances per order, not per product). Place two orders for qualifying products — get 20 chances to win!
Do something that earns a SmartPoints award, and you get one chance to win. For example, write a field trip review, and you get a chance to win. Write two field trip reviews; you get two chances to win. Publish a paragraph about the Co-op on your blog or website? You get one chance to win. Look in your Co-op Account on the “My SmartPoints/Earn” tab to see how you can participate when earning a SmartPoints award.
Deals of the Day – Today Only!
TODAY ONLY (April 14, 2016), purchase any of these Deals of the Day and receive Bonus SmartPoints. Don’t miss these BEST DEALS ON THE PLANET!
- Explode the Code – Save 46% + Get 500 SmartPoints
- MindPlay Virtual Reading Coach – Save 33% + Get 750 SmartPoints
- PLATO Language Arts – Unlimited English for $15/Month + Get 600 SmartPoints
NOTE: The Deals of the Day SmartPoints listed above will be awarded based on purchases made and awarded at the time of purchase. For the products with Bonus SmartPoints, we will continue to offer the BEST DEAL ON THE PLANET for them, but the SmartPoints reduced or removed altogeter
Our Deals of the Week are the BEST DEALS ANYWHERE, but for a limited time only, so don’t delay:
- Mark Kistler Draw3D – Save 60% + Get 400 SmartPoints
- MusicLearningCommunity.com – Save 50% + Get 400 SmartPoints
- eMedia Music Academy – Save up to 50% + Get 400 SmartPoints
- Meet the Masters – Save 40% + Get 300 SmartPoints
NOTE: The Deals of the Week SmartPoints listed below will be awarded based on purchases and awarded at the time of purchase. For the products with Bonus SmartPoints, after this Saturday (unless otherwise noted), we will continue to offer the BEST DEAL ON THE PLANET for them, but the SmartPoints reduced or removed altogether
Sara Jordan Bilingual Kids Audio Series – Save up to 62%
Does your child like to sing? Why not add some song and fun to a foreign language curriculum?
Sara Jordan Bilingual Kid Series is an award-winning curriculum-based program used in both public and private schools, and, is back at the Co-op as the BEST DEAL ON THE PLANET!
Sara Jordan has created two downloadable bundles for the Bilingual Kids Series – for grades PreK-1st and grades 2nd-5th – for both the English-Spanish and English-French series. Special downloadable packages also include the accompanying digital resource books.
As soon as you place your order, you will be able to download the bundles.
Reading and Writing
IEW (Institute for Excellence in Writing) – Free Shipping + Bonus SmartPoints – New Titles!
We are pleased to offer Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW), a Cathy Duffy “Top 102 Pick for Homeschool Curriculum“, at the Co-op!
IEW’s award-winning curriculum teaches students how to write well, think clearly, and communicate effectively. With IEW’s unique approach, your student will have the structure they need to develop confidence in the writing process as well as gradually grow towards greater independence and creativity.
We are excited to offer Brand New Titles including Literature – American, British, World, and more, Deluxe Combo Packages (great value!), and Advanced U.S. History-Based Writing.
myON is a complete literacy solution that provides anytime, anywhere online access to thousands of award-winning digital books and personalizes content to fit your child. myON will track time spent reading, number of books read, a reading growth trajectory, and much more for your child.
With thousands of titles in over 50 different categories and genres, optional multi-media supports, Free mobile apps for the Apple iPad, Android, Chrome, and Kindle Fire HD. What better way to encourage literacy and reading in your child this upcoming school year than with a program tailored directly to their needs.
myON is currently only available to schools, but exclusively through the Co-op, members can purchase myON.
The ability to write well is one of the most practical and useful skills that we can teach our children, but it is also one of the most challenging skills to teach.
MY Access! Writing curriculum fits neatly into any homeschool language arts curriculum. It uses sophisticated technology to guide students through the process of writing to ensure that they become confident evaluators of writing and improve every time.
In the Pipeline
ScienceFusion – Save 30% – Coming Soon!
ScienceFusion from HMH/Saxon Homeschool will be returning to the Co-op.
ScienceFusion is a complete science curriculum available to homeschoolers for Grades K-8 and offers an entirely new online learning experience. ScienceFusion also includes a printed write-in Student Edition textbook with each grade or module license.
We’ve been having a great conversation with the creators of Mystery Science, a new, award-winning science curriculum for grades 2-5.
Mystery Science offers open-and-go lessons that are designed to inspire kids to love science. Each experience is an investigation into a mystery that kids wonder.
For example:
- Where do clouds come?
- Why do your biceps bulge?
- What do blind people see?
The mystery explored with an explanatory video, a hands-on activity using simple supplies you already have around the house, a non-fiction reading, an assessment, and additional learning resources.
- Raspberry Pi Projects Kit from Science Buddies
- For students who love to create games, artwork, or music, our friends at Science Buddies have put together a kit that allows all of these things with a modern twist: interactivity!
- The Science Buddies Raspberry Pi Projects Kit teaches students basic programming and electronics skills so that they can use sensors, sounds, images, and lights to create interactive projects. This kit is easy to use and comes with on-screen, step-by-step instructions for eight projects to get students set up, designing, and building in less than an hour. No previous programming or circuit building experience is needed to use the Raspberry Pi Projects Kit!
FREE Curriculum from ClickSchooling
Does it seem like you spend countless hours searching the internet for resources, games, worksheets, and more for your children? Well, look no further!
The Co-op is pleased to offer our members a database of free curriculum and other educational resources from our ClickSchooling partner. This week, we provide these free curriculum discoveries and their ClickSchooling reviews.
- Math at Play Kids Games
- Let’s Get Some Exercise
- Wacky Ways to Learn Parts of Speech
- Learn the History of the Raid on Deerfield
- Museo Galileo Virtual Museum
- Practice Basic German
Writing Tips by Julie Bogart
This week, we offer these new writing advice tips from Julie Bogart, the creator of the popular Brave Writer writing and language arts curriculum:
