Do we have a treat for you today! Right here in the planning and back to homeschool season, we have a backpack full – a tool kit – of resources for you! Our Curriculum Choice authors and favorite sponsors are offering up the following…
What is in our Back to School Tool Kit?
Hearts and Trees Spring/Summer kit – “a kit full of art, nature study and handicraft goodness that you are sure to love.The overall theme of this kit is gardens. The nature study projects in this kit will inspire you and your children to get out in your garden and explore.” Be sure to read our reviews of Hearts and Trees kits.
Loving Living Math – “Cindy West’s Loving Living Math has given my family permission. Permission to learn and enjoy the real life stuff of math. See, I admit I am not a math type mom. But I do thrive on the practical. That’s why Loving Living Math speaks to me. I can see math all around us now.” See a full description Loving Living Math at Shining Dawn Books.
$10 Gift Certificate from Classical Copywork – Classical Copywork from Amy at Living and Learning at Home is just the perfect product for your younger classically homeschooled children to work from as they complete their copywork each day. She has selected a nice variety of text to include and it works along with Primary Language Lessons, McGuffey Readers, and the Bible. Read Barb’s full review!
A brand new resource for music appreciation! SQUILT (Super Quiet UnInterrupted Listening Time) Volume 1: Baroque Composers is a fully internet linked music appreciation curriculum. It makes teaching the great classics of Baroque music EASY! Ten lessons are given, with specific listening cues and notebooking pages. It takes all of the guess work out of teaching music appreciation! The only supplies needed are an internet connection and basic notebooking supplies. Read Jen’s review!
Art for All Ages! A Simple Start in Chalk Pastels – now you can have a master artist teach your whole family. Just add chalk pastels and paper for a whole year of tutorials! No need to buy separate grades. Read Heather’s full art curriculum review!
$50 Gift Card from Mardel.com Christian & Education – visit Mardel to choose from wonderful homeschool resources on your back to school list.
Unit Studies by Amanda Bennett – Digital Photography AND Autumn Treasures units!
Digital Photography is a four week unit study for grades K-12. “Use this four-week unit study to teach your children how a digital camera works. Learn about the basic elements of composition and other important aspects of taking a good picture. From backyard scavenger hunts to photo journals of a typical day in your life, this academic adventure is both fun and fascinating!”Read Tricia’s full review.
**Plus at our other Southern Hodgepodge sites, we are giving away The Return of the Routine ebook, cookbooks, art and parenting resources. Stop by Habits for a Happy Home and Hodgepodge (links also listed below).
Just follow the instructions in the rafflecopter widget below… (backpack pictured at top photo not included in giveaway)
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Plus, don’t miss all the wonderful tool kits the bloggers of iHomeschool Network (including some of our authors!) are giving away!
(1) Back to School Toolkit from Milk and Cookies
(2)†Back to School Toolkit from These Temporary Tents
(3)†Back to School Toolkit from Spell Outloud
(4)†Back to School Toolkit from Great Peace Academy
(5)†Back to School Toolkit from Gricefully Homeschooling
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(6) Back to School Toolkit from Raising Lifelong Learners
(7) Back to School Toolkit from WriteShop
(8) Back to School Toolkit from Preschoolers and Peace
(9) Back to School Toolkit from Starts at Eight
(10) Back to School Toolkit from Joyful Mothering
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(11) Back to School Toolkit from Harrington Harmonies
(12) Back to School Toolkit from Ponder the Path
(13) Back to School Toolkit from Forever, For Always, No Matter What
(14) Back to School Toolkit from Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool Plus
(15) Back to School Toolkit from Habits for a Happy Home
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(16) Back to School Toolkit from Curriculum Choice
(17) Back to School Toolkit from See Jamie Blog
(18) Back to School Toolkit from Beautiful Motherhood
(19) Back to School Toolkit from Sam’s Noggin
(20) Back to School Toolkit from This Reading Mama
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(21) Back to School Toolkit from Teaching Mama
(22) Back to School Toolkit from Adorable Chaos
(23) Back to School Toolkit from The Pelsers
(24) Back to School Toolkit from Hodge Podge
(25) Back to School Toolkit from Sallie Borrink
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(26) Back to School Toolkit from The Kennedy Adventures
(27) Back to School Toolkit from Flourish
(28) Back to School Toolkit from Our Journey Westward
(29) Back to School Toolkit from Meet Penny
(30) Back to School Toolkit from On Faith and Coffee
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(31) Back to School Toolkit from Our Abundant Blessings
(32) Back to School Toolkit from Holistic Homeschooler
(33) Back to School Toolkit from The Encouraging Home
(34) Back to School Toolkit from Motherhood on a Dime
(35) Back to School Toolkit from The Homeschool Scientist
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~by Tricia~ Homeschooling for over a dozen years now, Tricia faces a daily dose of chaos with five children from preschool to high school. She shares a mixture of art lessons, recipes and helpful homeschool habits at Hodgepodge. She and her husband, Steve (who writes app and technology reviews), are co-owners of Curriculum Choice.
I am planning to use SQUILT, Life of Fred math, and copy work as new resources this year.
My 11 year old LOVES Astronomy so I picked up The Exploring Creation curriculum for this year.
Thanks for the chance to win.
Have a lovely day.
Kim
We are trying out two products from Apologia this year. Science and History/Geography…very excited to see how it goes!!
My 9 year old is using Apologia this year. Love this curriculum.
Would love to incorporate art and art appreciation in my homeschool this upcoming year.
Love this toolkit!
Glad it is working now! I am getting excited about starting this fall!
Always love teaching all the history we can get in.
This will be our first year homeschooling for public school grades 1st and 3rd, so everything will be new. Still working on curriculum, but will include Math-U-See and LLATL.
We are using several new things this year. We are starting Shurley Grammar and Apologia General Science.
WOW!!! Tat is a lot of great stuff. I would love to win…..
I’m hoping to add creative writing this year. This is an area we have struggled with in the past.
I’m planning on using IEW for the first time this year. That’s the scariest new resource for me! 🙂
We are trying all in Horizons for 2nd grade this year!
We are using Math U See with our little ones for the first time this year, and we are also adding in foreign language resources for our older ones. Thanks for the chance to win!
What a fab giveaway for our Curriculum Choice readers Tricia!
VERY interested in SQUILT!!!
Thank you for this giveaway, we would LOVE to win!
I am hoping to start music appreciation with SQUILT.
I am using Apologia for our Science this year – so excited! And a new Grammar book following the Charlotte Mason technique. Also a poetry book you reviewed on Curriculum Choice came in the mail recently that I am excited about.
Starting Easy Peasy this year for my preschooler and almost 2 yo.
Artistic Pusuits! So excited about it!
I would really like to give Loving Living Math a try. I have been looking for something to help me be a better math teacher…this might be it! Thank you for the give away…this basket is great!
moving beyond the page and it looks really fun
We are very excited to have Netflix this year – probably our biggest new resource!
We are using a lot of new resources and curriculum this year! I would love to add SQUILT and the Chalk art!! Thanks for this opportunity!
I am looking to ramp up the fine arts aspect of homeschooling this year. I would love SQUILT and the chalk art.
I just found out about Squilt and we are contemplating whether or not to use it this year. Thank you for the wonderful giveaway!
A great collection of resources! Covers some of the topics that worry me the most (art). And our musical family would love SQUILT, it looks very intriguing.
Thank you!
We will be using My Father’s World for the first time this year. 🙂
This is our first year homeschooling, so it’s all brand new to us! Most looking forward to using The story of the World.
Love Mardel, thanks for the chance of winning
we are trying my father’s world this year and math u see!
We just started Sonlight for the first time!
This looks like a great kit.
Emergent readers are our #1 at the moment!
I am planning to use an Apologia science course this year.
Thank you for the chance to win! We love anything with Apologia!! Trying Copywork this year too!!
We are new to homeschooling…just finished our first year so I can use any new resource.
We are starting a new curriculum this year so that will be our new thing. We are excited about it. Thanks for the giveaway!
I am planning on adding more classical education this year – artist studies and music!
We are going to try out All About Spelling next year, and I am still on the lookout for a good art and music curriculum.
Our resources are all new. 🙂 This is our first year.
I’m hoping to do some art and music – the squilt series sounds (ha ha) great!
I’m excited to add music to our preschool time! And I see you have a resource for that 🙂 I need all the help I can get!
We are using Five in a Row for the first time this year!
Squilt looks great!
Love the giveaway! Just found HodgePodge’s blog a few weeks ago and we have been devouring it, so we would love to win some of her ebooks!!! Thanks for offering!
I want to use more arts and copywork this year.
Been hearing a lot about SQUILT. Would love to give it a whirl this year.
This year, we are trying The Paragraph Book, Life of Fred and Khan Academy for the first time. It’s going to be an interesting year!!
If I can come up with some money for curriculum, I would like to do LOF and I would really love to try out Tapestry Of Grace.
I’d love to win!
This looks great! There are things I would use for my classroom and some I would use for my own 2 children. Thanks!
We are using Life of Fred and ArtAchieve for my middle son. I think he would really like the Chalk Pastels book in this giveaway.
This year we are attempting to incorporate Latin for both my 5th and 1st this year. We’ll see how the younger one takes to it…
Would love this back-to-school kit!
I’ve wanted to try out Hearts and Trees for a while…
Looking for new resources for art, music and nature.
Living, loving math looks interesting
I recently heard about Hearts and Trees, I have been wanting to try it!
We are going to incorporate some Easy Peasy into our school this year.
I haven’t thought of any new materials to use yet.
just had a new little one, and haven’t gotten to that point yet.
So excited to include art and music for the first time this year! I think she is looking forward to it even more than I am!
We are brand new to homeschooling. I would love to try it all.
Curriculum! I haven’t got mine purchased yet, but I’m so excited to!
You have some great products in your giveaway. They look very family and user-friendly.
I’m excited about it all! This is our kindergarten year and our first formal school year!
We LOVE Mardel! We’re planning to use Biblioplan this year!
We have several new items this year, including Mystery of History. We are also looking to use several items from Homeschool in the Woods.
we are using iew for the first time this year!
thank you
America the Beautiful for my older two and Reading Kingdom for my youngest.
We hope to start learning violin with the violin book.
I am wanting to use more of a Charlotte Mason Approach
I love these! We could definitely use this material.
I’m hoping to incorporate more art and music into our home school this year. I’ve been looking at SQUILT an the Chalk Pastel lessons so this would be an awesome addition to our school year. Thank you so much for doing this give away.
These all look great!
Foreign language, writing…essays :(…, art, music, would love to do some nature study but I think I waited too late as my high schoolers are not interested at all and they have so many other things to cover 🙂
What a great basket!
We’re going to give Math U See a try. Thanks for the chance.
This is our first homeschooling year and we are using the Weaver curriculum and also Horizons Math. I am also finding a lot of great resources from the help of pinterest!
I was able to get a lot of fiction and nonfiction books at a library book sale and I can’t wait to plan our units with them!
Who Is God? is our new book this year. I’m excited to see what all we can learn from it.
My oldest has started to show a true love (and gift) for art, so I’m looking forward to finding some good art resources.
We are using two new resources this year. We are trying Apologia science for the first time and we will be using First Language Lessons for the well-trained mind for our grammar work.
I am hoping a schedule will be me answer to actually getting this accomplished this year.
We are using Story of the World for the first time.
History Odyssey
A home school planner!
We’re gonna try lapbooking out this year.
That Art book looks fantastic! That was one area that went by the wayside last year.
We are using Queen Homeschool’s Language Lessons. I was trying to “wing it” with language arts and not being successful!
This year we are using a new curriculum, My Fathers World. So for us its all new. I am so excited to be using a lot of living books and hands on learning this year.
Wonderful giveaway! Thank you for hosting!
I love finding new resources for schooling! This year we are using some fun studies from Confessions of a Homeschooler – We are using her art and composer studies as well as her Scientist and Inventor studies. I am loving the Mike Venezia books that are the base for the studies!
We’re looking forward to starting up with Song School Latin 2 this year! Also, we took the plunge and joined our local Classical Conversations Co-Op.
Going to use Excellence in writing student intensive course!!
All of these things look wonderful!!
All look interesting. I am especially interesting in the SQUILT.
We are trying the Apologia Science Botany this year. Also, the Mystery of History and the Drive Thru History: The Holy Land.
I am still searching for a spelling and a handwriting curriculum that would work well with my kids. The copywork might do the job for one, if not partically for both!
My son wants to learn to draw so we are going to try Artistic Pursuits.
This year we will be giving Road Trip USA from Confessions of a homeschooler….looking forward to it.
We are going to try Moving Beyond the Page this year along with Explode the Code, and Singapore Math.
Wonderful giveaways 🙂
My daughter would love the chalk art book
This is our first “official” year, so everything is new. I love to mix and match and that has carried over to homeschooling too. AiG Science, Horizons Phonics, Math-U-See, Mystery of History. Excited!
I am using a Latin curriculum this year!!
We are starting Classical Conversations this year and I am so excited to be part of it!!
New resources I plan to use are a lot!! (this is our first “official” year of homeschooling!) We are using ALl About Reading Level 1, Writeshop primary book A, Elemental Science-Exploring Science, and Horizons Math!! I am also wanting to get We Choose Virtues, but am praying for funds to come in! We are excited to start this journey!! 🙂
We are going to be doing all of our math and language arts on the computer through Compass Learning Odyssey.
This kit looks very good. I have been reading about SQUILT and would love to try this book.
I would love to add some art appreciation for my little ones but I haven’t settled on plans yet.
I am looking forward to lots of new readers I have ordered.
I just discovered the Science of Disney DVDs, and we’ll definitely be incorporating those this year. I’m thinking of trying out Life of Fred for math, but haven’t made a decision yet.
We have homeschool children from PreK through 10th grade, we have used a LOT of stuff in our years of homeschooling! This year, we are trying out a new organizer/planner… hoping it helps keep all 8 of us on track!
Apologia Bible
I plan on using the Heart of Wisdom unit studies as well as many Jewish study sources. Thank you.
I’m hoping to add more arts to the curriculum this year. My oldest is very analytical, so we could use a little variety this year.
Everything is new to us. I spent the first half of the year exploring and investigating what was a available. We are starting homeschooling this fall.
We are using a differant curriculum this year so we will see what God has for us. Thanks for sharing.
We’re starting Classical Conversations, so I’m excited to use that!
Two new things we will be using are Apologia Exploring Creation with Botany and Rod and Staff English!
We are using a new online curriculum this year. It’s a blessing to our growing family on a tight budget. It’s called all in one homeschool and it’s basically one missionary mom’s online curriculum for her children and she has made it available to others for donation only! Super blessed and excited to tap into this thoughtful resource.
We do CM homeschooling. Love Living Math sounds wonderful!
Our homeschool has mostly new resources for this year. We kept BJU Heritage Studies for Social Studies. I plan to use some new books about homeschooling to hopefully give me new perspectives and new ideas to implement in our homeschool.
Since this is our first year to homeschool, everything is new material for us but I am excited about the history program that I am creating for the kids.
This is our first year of formal home schooling, so all of our resources are new!
Since this will be our first year homeschooling everything is new to us.
Love this giveaway. On a tight budget like many 1 wage earners are.
I hope to use more workbooks!
Because my daughter is a special needs child I am always looking for things that are adaptable to her.
Oh it’s my first year,… all resources are new to me. lol
Draw through Proverbs by Notgrass. Thank you for the opportunity to win!
This will be our second year homeschooling. Last year we didn’t do nearly enough art to satisfy my boys, so we’re going to add lots more this year in actual art class and in projects for other classes. One thing I look forward to adding is chalk pastels…a first for me!
a simple start in chalk pastels!!
Trying TT for math. Praying this is the ONE!
I’m planning to use IEW this year.
We are going to be using some American History from Notgrass that we have not used before.
Thanks for the chance at winning!
This is our first year to homeschool, so everything will be new to us!
This is a great giveaway! This year we will be trying BJU and All About Spelling.
This is our first year so everything is new and exciting!
This is our first year so everything is new!
It’s all new to me! This is my first year homeschooling.
More reading of classics and Astronomy.
Great basket!
this is my first year homeschooling I would love to use all that is there
I’m thinking of using the Ambleside website this year for the first time
We are new to homeschooling this year but are excited to use Story of the World and McGuffey readers.
I am planning to use copywork as a new resource as well as some elementary age Apologeia.
I have been eying nearly all of your basket choices for our upcoming years, this is by far the best basket I have seen yet!
We are going to be incorporating more music and music lessons this year.
I’m hoping to incorporate a bit more of the arts this year.
More art and music!
Answers in Genesis Science.
I am hoping to use a memory book for all of us to memorize what we need to memorize and keep it memorized.
My son loves art, so I am really hoping to dive into our new art program this year.
The Mystery of History! We can’t wait!
We are starting My Father’s World Exploring Countries and Cultures.
We are looking into starting the Robbinson Curriculum this year. And adding in some art and natural science.
We are just starting Nancy Larsen Science…
A more relaxed and enjoyable approach to homeschooling for my son.
Alef Press biblical Hebrew homeschool primer. I’m excited about it.
Switching to My Father’s World, so lots of new things this year.
We’re using Saxon math for the first time.
We would love the art book and the digital photography book as well. Thanks for the giveaway.
I am excited to add copywork, dictation and world history to our curriculum study this year!
I’ll be using unit studies for the first time this year!
LATIN!
Going to try My Father’s World this year
I am going to attempt to to teach music and art this year, these books would help alot. Good luck everyone!
We’re using a lot of new curriculum this year. Veritas, All About Spelling, and BJU Grammar being a few of the ones I’m excited to try. 🙂
We are adding more geography this year.
I would like to do a music appreciation program with my son.
Wow, this backpack has all the areas covered! I love art & history but need all the help I can get teaching math.
I am going to get my children to have more self directed learning.
The pastels and dugutal photography books look like fun!
I love your giveaway! I am excited to return to my fathers world this school year!
We are planning to use a lot of new things – SQUILT, CM inspired subjects, art study, …….. I’m excited this year!
The Loving Living Math book and the Chalk Pastels are both books on my wishlist for this upcoming schoolyear!! So, hopefully I can win and use these.
Thank you for putting together this neat basket!
still figuring this all out, anticipating my first year home schooling soon!
We will be using many new resources this year, including math-u-see, online classes and hopefully, artistic pursuits! The gift card would help with that one! Thanks 🙂
We are just starting out homeschooling, so everything is new!
We’re starting Life of Fred this year.
Character building, copy work and maybe more nature studies.
Thanks for the giveaway!
This year my 7th grader will be working on Writing with Skill and my third grader will be using Apologia Science Swimming with the creatures of the 5th day. He will also be using Story of the World and Draw and Write through history.
We are hoping to add an iPad to our schooling this year.
I will be doing a Canadian History program.
I am trying to let my kids lead a little more this year by picking “electives.”
I’m looking forward in reading living books, art/composer study, nature study and doing some unit studies as some child directed learning!
I hope to do more music and art appreciation study this year.
The newest resource I am planning to use is actually your chalk pastels book! So this giveaway is just perfect!!
I would love to finally start with notebooking and unit studies! Plus, a Bible study we can all do together.
This is our first year homeschooling so it is all new to us, but we are really looking forward to using Apologia Astronomy this year.
The little house on the prarie series.
We are trying out a lot of new things this year… Beautiful Feet Early American History, Handwriting Without Tears, Wordly Wise. Would love to win this and try a few other new things!
We are using some MFW this year.
An assortment of finds from pinterest! 🙂
expedition earth, a new bible study curriculum & some fun new stuff from the review crew.
I am finding my own American History curriculum from various web sites.
I want the chalk pastel book.
We will be using Real Science Odyssey for the first time this year.
We’ll be using Bible Road Trip for the first time, I can’t wait, it’s just what I’d been looking for!
This is my 2nd yr homeschooling, my 1st schooling 2 kids,..I could use all the resources I can get !
Hoping to use A Simple Start in Chalk Pastels this year 🙂
I’d love to use Autumn Treasures.
Nature studies and art! I need to beef up both areas 🙂 .
Online Spanish classes…thanks for the chance!
I got a book called Story Starters off of Ebay it’s supposed to encourage writing for kids. I am looking forward to trying it. Other than that, haven’t come up with anything very new or exciting.
I would use all of them!
I really need something for Music – I miss it! I just haven’t found anything good yet that I am excited about to teach….
We love Art and my son really got into photography in the last year – he wants his own camera for his birthday now….
Thank you for the chance. Great giveaway. Blessings.
I am using a digital planner this year which is a big change for me.
We plan on using the Library more this year
Awesome basket. Thanks!!!
Lots of science and art.
This year I am getting on my knees more each day to see what God has in store for our family. I foresee lots of time praising God and serving others and working on character training. Thanks for the great offer!
I’m hoping to use MCT this year.
NAEO science, McRuffy press & BJU Heritage Studies
We will be using All about Spelling for the first time this year.
New resources? Actually, we will be using Rosetta Stone for the first time. Looking forward to re-practicing those old high school/college classes while my dd and ds learn Spanish for the first time.
We are trying out Sonlight this year.
I am farming some stuff out online, so we’ll see how THAT goes!
Shurley English
Trying lots of new things this year! thanks for hosting!
We’re hoping to use Five in a Row this year!
We actually aren’t going to be homeschooling this year. I am going back to school this year, and then the following year we start preschool!!!
Hoping to utilize a typing resource and a creative writing resource.
I’m hoping to incorporate more hands-on crafts with my third grade daughter, like knitting and cross-stitch–I loved to do those things when I was her age and I know she will too. I’m also hoping to teach her how to properly use our Canon DSL since she has such an interest in photography.
I did buy some things at a used curriculum sale recently. Notgass history America the Beautiful. This should be fun to use. Not adding a lot of new stuff due to very strict budget right now.
I’m hoping to use Vocabulary from the roots up!
Excited to be using a Timberdoodle curriculum package along with a few other choices (Saxon Math K and Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons).
We would definitely used the down load n go Autumn this year if we won!
I’m excited to begin a classical writing curriculum with my older two this fall.
I’ve found the Mardel ‘A Simple Plan’ online planner and look forward to using it all year! I’ve already started it and love it! I look forward to more Mardel Resources as well as I hadn’t heard of them before this! Thanks for the giveaway!
I bought some bob jones science at a garage sale and am planning on adding that next year to our curriculum.
SQUILT is our favorite! this is a wonderful giveaway the covers a lot of the curriculum. Thank you for putting this together!
I picked up Goldie Blox & the Spinning Machine for my 5 yr old daughter. And we picked up some Mad Libs since we have gone through verbs, nouns, etc.
I’m still in the process of trying to find the right phonics program for my kindergartner, and I’m trying to incorporate unit studies that all of my children can do together.
We are using the brand new God’s Little Explorer’s curriculum via Motherhood On A Dime!
We are incorporating a few computer based classes this year. Will be fun to see how they adapt!
We hope to find a history one that we like
Your chalk books!
All About Reading and We Choose Virtues!
Excited to try out All About Reading this year!
The only new resource we’re using this year is a Student Planner. She’s super excited to get writing in it. 🙂
Thank you for putting together such a fun prize pack!!
We love hands on learning here!!
It’s all new. This is my first year! 😉
This is our first year homeschooling so we are new to everything. We are looking into several resources.
So excited to be using MFW for the 1st time doing CTG 🙂
Lovely giveaway!
Music
Basket looks awesome
I’m planning to add beautiful feet books to our study.
We’re trying out the Digital Photography study along with our core subjects.
Rod and Staff in Spanish
I will be using Apologia’s Who is God series for the first time.
Looking for fun living math resources!
I’m trying All About Spelling, Writing with Ease, and First Language Lessons for the first time this year.
Cursive and Queen Language Lessons
I recently purchased the book Educating The Whole Hearted Child.
I am planning on doing regular visits with my kids to the Museum of Modern Art. They have family resources there for art appreciation.
We would like to try Loving Living Math and Art for All Ages!
we are going to be adding some fun music resources in next semester!
These look amazing and for a girl that’s out of money for school supplies, this would be a great asset!!
I would love to use SQUILT and the Chalk Pastels by Hodgepodge but we haven’t been able to afford to get them yet so this would be a great help!
We will love to try Loving Living Math, SQUILT, and Classical Copywork this year. I have heard a lot about SQUILT lately and my interest is sparked. I have been wanting Loving Living Math since it was published. Thank you for the chance to win them!
I’m still researching a new history program.
Mystery of History…… I am so excited to get started on it
Our oldest is in K this year, so EVERYTHING’S new! 🙂
I am hoping to add in some art dvds this year! (I’d love to add SQUILT too!)