There is a Used Curriculum Sale going on over at The Happy Housewife!

You can browse the listings and add a For Sale list of your own.

Please take a look at my list and see if there is something you fancy 🙂

Items are in good condition unless noted. Paypal and money order accepted.  I am willing to discount shipping for multiple items purchased. Also, see my wish list @ the end -maybe we can make a trade!

Email me at  toombstown @ gmail (dot) com if you are interested.

~ I will be adding more items to this list in the next couple of days~

Lightning Literature and Composition: Grade 8  $45 ppd  Includes:

• Teacher Guide
• Student Guide
• Student Workbook (missing ch. 1 & 2)
• Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children

Ancient Civilizations & the Bible (Diana Waring) $65 ppd  Includes:

• Teacher book
• Student book
• Tests
• 3 CD sets (What in the World?, True Tales, Digging Deeper)

Student of the Word Year 1 $85 ppd   -includes

• Teacher Edition
• Resource Edition
• Worksheets
• Audio Tape
• Understanding the Call to Discipleship dvd

Simply Grammar $8 ppd -shelf wear on cover; pages in great condition

Family Math $8 ppd -shelf wear on cover; pages in great condition

Creative Hands-On Science Cards & Activities $5 ppd

Exploring Creation with General Science $12 ppd -older edition ©2000 – wear on edges of cover, pages in good condition

Writing Strands Level 3 $10 ppd

Basic Math Word Problem Tutor DVD $10 ppd (see my review here)

Two Hands-On Science Activity Books  $6 ppd

• Reptiles -ink spot on top of pages but does not affect inside of book
• Space Exploration
  

Month-by-Month Poetry: March, April, May & June $4 ppd

How to Teach Spelling Without Going Crazy $4 ppd -gr. 4-8 Monday Morning Books   SOLD

American Girl Lot  $10 ppd

• Felicity’s Surprise
• Happy Birthday, Josefina!
• Josefina Saves the Day -tear at top of cover
• Meet Felicity
• Felicity Learns a Lesson
• Peril at King’s Creek – A Felicity Mystery

Easy Reader Lot $6 ppd

• Inspector Hopper
• The Case of the Scaredy Cats
• Abe Lincoln’s Hat
• Young Cam Jansen and the Missing Cookie
• Get Well, Good Night
• The Giant Jelly Bean Jar
• Footprints in the Snow
• The Nutcracker Ballet
• Case of the Missing Dinosaur
• Rocket Readers Little Things ( set of 5)

~My Wish List~

Exploring Creation with Zoology 1, Zoology 3, Anatomy & Physiology

First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind Levels 3 or 4 instructor guide and student manual

Teaching Textbooks Pre-Algebra

TruthQuest History  Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, or Middle Ages

I take a little time every January to think through our studies and decide what is working, and what needs to change.

It is my heart’s desire to simply homeschool. Creating an atmosphere of learning is high on the list of things I want to accomplish this year.

In order to implement these changes, I am doing something that is very hard for me — stepping back and letting go.

Letting go of …

… the way it is “supposed to be done”

… the thought that others might think we are Unchoolers (we’re not, but so what if we were?)

… the idea that High School learning has to look different than previous years (does it not count as High School unless Funny Girl takes  a beating everyday from her heavy workload?)

I want my children to love learning instead dreading schoolwork.

Our day-to-way work will be different, yet the same.

Same subjects, same books, different mindset.

Instead of weighing my kids down with literature guides and book reports, I am just going to let them read the books and discuss. *gasp*

We are going to explore history with good books and interesting websites.

We will delve into creative writing and poetry by taking the Joy Dare.

Writing skills will be developed through real life by writing thank-you notes, filling out applications,  creating recipes, etc.

Our science choices already fit the bill, so no changes there.

Math … well, it can’t all be fun & games now, can it?  🙂