by Sandi Queen $35.00

Written for a child between the ages of ten and fifteen - whenever they are reading a variety of classical literature and able to write a short report without much effort. This volume contains grammar, punctuation skills, copywork, narration, dictation, picture study, letter writing, and more - with a strong emphasis on learning about and learning to write different types of poetry. A consumable text with 180 daily lessons and full color classic paintings throughout, this is the perfect language arts course for your Grade 6-8  child who is using the Charlotte Mason approach.

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by Sandi Queen $35.00

For the student who has pretty much mastered English grammar lessons, this volume in our best-selling “Language Lessons” series takes a different turn. Still containing full color picture studies, along with lessons in dictation, editing, and narration, this is also a one year creative writing program, concentrating on story-writing. As usual, new concepts are introduced in bite-sized, incremental fashion, and are written directly to the student in an easy-to-follow, conversational format. 180 daily lessons, consumable. Answer key included in the back of this volume for editing lessons.

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Compiled and Arranged by Sandi Queen  $20.00

180 daily lessons for copywork that will help your young child to memorize important bits of fact!
Selections for memory include poems and verses to memorize the days of the week, months of the year, books of the Bible, Parts of Speech, and much more, all from a Christian perspective. Consumable. 100g.

by Frode Jensen $36.00

Jensen’s Grammar - This book has many things going for it. The lessons are simple and direct. The exercises constantly repeat what has been formerly taught. New ideas are approached incrementally in digestible form. The nature of the exercises forces the students to use what they have learned. In particular this is true with the formula sentences the students are required to produce almost immediately. This book is different. Yes, it is a lot of work, but there is no such thing as a free lunch in learning how to write. The total focus in this book is on the sentence. Grammar is a means, not an end.

by Frode Jensen $36.00

A systematic program of learning English words having Latin and Greek roots, prefixes, and suffixes in various combinations. This is a solid program of daily and weekly reinforcement to ease the mastery of over 1000 valuable words in various Latin or Greek families. Students will gain an ability to recognize common parts of new and unknown words as well as increase their performance on standardized tests such as the SAT or ACT. This is a complete, self-contained package for 18 or 36 weeks of study. Grades 7-9.

by Dennis Oliver Woods

Two Vol Set $75.00

This is a great book to use with your older children as you move through your history studies.

The biographical sketches appear in order of publication date which gives a good overview of the important authors.

Student Text

Includes biblical analysis of 50 classical authors (Homer to Van Til) Student emerges from this study with a rock solid biblical worldview. Each essay covers biography, historical background, summary, historical implications, biblical analysis, and application. Thirty-question quiz for each essay to test your understanding, plus reading assignments in the classics and discussion questions. Memory icon/keys help students grasp basic theme of each philosopher.

Teacher’s Guide

Includes objectives and lesson plans. Explains how to use the course at home or in the classroom. Short answers to quiz questions and nearly 500 open-end questions posed in Keys to the Classics makes this Guide an easily understood, philosophical treatise in its own right — Some are even calling this Philosophy for Dummies.

For grades 7-12.

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by Olivia Coolidge $23.00

Olivia Coolidge provides us with a panoramic view of Roman history through biographies of twelve of the most powerful, brilliant, influential, and well-placed men spanning 450 years of the Roman Empire: Cicero, Julius Caesar, Augustus Caesar, Vergil, Horace, Nero, Seneca, Trajan, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, Diocletian and Constantine.

Her methodology is similar to that employed in Plutarch’s Lives, but is focused across a wider range of history with a better perspective of the ultimate impact their experiences will prove to have on the assension and endurance of the Empire.

‘The history of the Romans is to a large extent a history of the people.  The heart of the Empire is Rome, a single city where every important person knows everyone else.  It is also a city where character counts for much.’ - Olivia Coolidge.

What better way can the interplay of character and events be viewed than through the lives of those who shaped the Empire and ultimately Western civilization. For ages 12+; pb 222p; 300g

by Caroline Dale Snedeker $20.00

Young Theras, born an Athenian, is taken to Sparta by a relative when his father is lost at war.  He is forced to live like a Spartan, a brutal life with no pity for those who are not physically perfect and totally obedient to Spartan control.  After enduring rigorous training and repeated cruel incidents, he escapes with a Perioikoi boy and heads for his beloved Athens.  Here is the story of a hard and dangerous journey including an escape from slavers.

Caroline Dale Snedeker, twice a Newbery Honor winner, captures the authentic flavour of ancient Greek culture in a story of adventure and excitement that fully illustrates the differences between the Athenian and Spartan cultures.  For ages 10+; pb 208p; 300g.

by Caroline Dale Snedeker $20.00

Here is a touching story of a young Roman boy, Flavius, and his developing compassion for his captured Greek slave Ariphron.  Ariphon was given to Flavius by his father, General Lucius Mummius, at the time of Mummius’ public Triumph for his victories in Greece and Corinth.  you will learn a great deal about Roman culture observing Flavius’ relationship with his family among the sights and sounds of Rome.

Drama, personal development, tragedy, hope, compassion, triumph - this story has it all in a form easily understood by the young reader. This book is a wonderful introduction to the study of classical Rome and Greece.  Bring this culture to life - don’t just teach language, emperors, wars and dates.  For ages 8-12; pb 94p; 200g.

by Olivia Coolidge $23.00

From the introduction:

‘Caesar’s Commentaries on the Gallic War are among the most interesting historical books which the Romans have left us.  It is not often that a commander of Caesar’s fame has the ability to write well.  His first hand account, written in an extraordinarily simple, clear style, gives us a picture of the Gallic War which may be taken from the Roman point of view, but which is real.  Reading Caesar, we know what he knows - how the Gallic War actually was.’

The original, in Latin of course, was written for adults of Caesar’s time.  It lacked the viewpoint, character description, story line and some of the vivid imagery that would make the story exciting to children.

In 1961, Olivia Coolidge wrote this account, both factual and fictional, of the Gallic War of 58-51 BC, narrated by a fictitious soldier in Caesar’s army, which provides a more vivid and readable companion to Caesar’s Commentaries on the Gallic War.  This book, for more than 40 years, has been one of the finest introductions to Caesar, oman civilsation, and the Gallic War available to children. For ages 11-16; pb 240p; 300g.