What are your favorite sources for hsing materials? sm

[gandpsmommy]

I have discovered some new ones over the past few days from reading through some threads. For instance, I didn't know about Teacher-Created Resources or Evan Moore.

[Narrow Gate Academy]

We mainly stick to the basic ones.

Rainbow Resource for most things.

Timberdoodle to add in some more fun.

Veritas Press, Sonlight, and Honey for a Child's Heart for book ideas.

Lots of library books and lots of googling for hands on ideas.

[Ann in IA]

I found this catalog this year and really enjoy reading it and have found some great deals:
http://www.lovetolearn.net/

I also like www.barebooks.com for blank books, journals, game boards

www.doverpublications.com is great for the science and historical coloring books

[godpoetry]

I have learned so much from these boards the last few years. The sights that I have found and the Curriculum ideas have been great.

[Kathy in MD]

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[Lizzie in Ma]

Sing N Learn (http://singnlearn.org/) is a wonderful little company that specializes in all things audio to help teach and learn. It is a homeschooling family business run by Sarah and Fred Cooper. They tend to answer their own phone and are wonderful to deal with.

I also love Timberdoodle (http://www.timberdoodle.com/), though ti has already been mentioned.

The Baldwin Project (http://www.mainlesson.com/main/displayarticle.php?article=feature) is one of my favorite free internet resources and has been such a blessing to me that I am now helping to transcribe a book for them.

Another free and helpful site for me has been Old fashioned Education (http://oldfashionededucation.com/0kindergarten.htm) which outlines K-12 with free old resources and great books lists.

[Trivium Academy]

I love catalogs, they allow me to look and explore at any time. I get catalogs from the companies of products we do use and ones we will use in the future but I also get catalogs from places like ETA/Cuisnaire and other more schoolish type places. I love to neat items for the kids- science and math manipulatives and catalogs like ETA give me an opportunity to see what is out there.

Catalogs and magazines are one source for me, this board is another, the Rainbow Resource catalog is great but I only use the printed version when I really want to sit down and read about different programs and compare them without online distractions. There really is SO much out there and it can be overwhelming but if you find something you like, usually you can find it cheaper or recreate it yourself. There are other items where it is just better to purchase instead of trying to recreate. The catalogs & magazines (Homeschool Enrichment, The Classical Teacher by Memoria Press) allow me to see what is out there and whether or not we want to incorporate it into our homeschool.

Evan-Moor and Teacher Created Resources have catalogs. :)

[nukeswife]

we also use Rainbow resource, home science tools.

[Mommyfaithe]

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[Rebecca in GA]

I like Ambleside Online and Sonlight, and these boards.

Yard sales and the ongoing library sale help me try out other resources as well. In the spring/summer, teachers often donate their sample texts and reproducible books to the library sale, so we've picked up some neat things.

I can't look at catalogs because I am too easily overwhelmed. I ordered a Rainbow Resource catalog once, took one look at the size of the thing and passed it along to a friend. :o

[Jenny in Atl]

I like SL, here, Denim Jumper, Rainbow Resource (when I have a lot of time), used books stores, local curriculum sales, and library sales.

[Ann in IA]

I agree about the Sonlight catalog. I don't use their program but the booklists for each grade are wonderful. I've used them for the last 2 years. It's a great way to get supplemental reading ideas for different history periods.