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Baktar, A Tale from the Andes
A short novel of historical fiction about the ancient Incas for grades 3-6.
More info...
  King Alfred's English:
A History of the Language We Speak and Why We Should Be Glad We Do

Grades 7-12 (and curious adults)
~A CBD Top Ten  Homeschooling Pick~
More info...

    

Booksellers or homeschool cooperatives:

Discount prices are available for King Alfred's English on orders of 10 or more books. Please go here for prices.


BOOKS BY LAURIE WHITE:


The books below are available at Amazon.com, CBD.com, and other online bookstores.  

 

Baktar – A Tale from the Andes 

by Laurie J. White     

List price $10.95         

A unique story of myth, intrigue and heroism wrapped around a study of the Ancient Incas.

Recommended for age 9 and above.      More information

Table of Contents

STUENTS: If you're reading Baktar click here.

 

 

Click on the Amazon ad to buy, read reviews, or search inside the book.

 

For a review by The Old Schoolhouse, click here--www.theoldschoolhouse.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


King Alfred's English  --One of CBD's Top Ten Homeschooling picks for 2010. See the CBD review.

Do you remember the first time you looked under the hood of a car or popped off the back of an electric toy to see the inner workings? Well, most of us go through our entire life speaking a highly complex and organized set of sounds we call language without ever getting a glimpse under its hood. So come have a look at some of the hidden gears and spark plugs that have steered and energized English over the centuries. King Alfred's English provides a guided tour of forces and events, conquerors and writers that have shaped, simplified, matured and expanded English into what it is today—the largest and most flexible language in the world and the first truly global language in history. 

King Alfred's English

A History of the Language We Speak

and Why We Should Be Glad We Do     

This 145-page text provides a unique, one-semester study in both history and English. Recommended for students grades 7 through 12. 

List price $16.95

Why Study the History of the English Language?

Table of Contents


Read the review in the CBD Summer Homeschooling Catalog. KING ALFRED'S ENGLISH is listed as one of the Andreola's Top 10 Picks for 2010

 

  Click on the Amazon ad  to the right in order to:

> Read more reviews on Amazon

> Search inside the book

King Alfred's English is available from CBD, Amazon, 

Grace and Truth Books, and other online bookstores.

 

If you need more than 10 books-- click this link for a discount.

STUDENTS reading King Alfred's English click here

 

Resources List: links to the main books and articles used in the research and writing of King Alfred's English



HOMESCHOOLER FREEBIES --


  • FREE TIMELINE FOR WORLD HISTORY--
    Need a good timeline for world history or Bible study? Try this 8 page succinct, digestible, not too dense, Biblically-based timeline. Print front-to-back on 4 sheets, place in sheet protectors, and insert into your own 3-prong folder -- easy, simple, and free. For more information and to view the timeline, click on the link below

    The Shorter Word Timeline of World History -- FREE DOWNLOAD

     

  • What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing at Home on a School Day? Want an easy to read apology for why you homeschool your kids? This one is good for giving to well-meaning but skeptical family members and friends to help them see the homeschool side of things. Great for those who won't read a book but want more than a few minutes of an explanation.

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  • FREE E-BOOK:

    The classic children's novel, The Adventures of Mabel by H. Thursten Peck. For girls age 8-11 (and a great read-to for younger ones).
    Click here for more information and the link to download.

 

The you tube videos that follow were initially put up for my NCCA students, but I've had such good comments on them that I kept them here for anyone who is interested.

I have recently discovered Richard Feynman. He was a Harvard professor, a physicist and Nobel prize winner, with a great sense of humor. Short video below: Richard Feynman on how a mirror works (it may surprise you!)

 

For more by Feynman click here.

 

ARCHIMEDES: Below is a video from NOVA on this ancient Greek genius and his recently discovered book. 8 min.

Click here to watch the next part on You Tube.

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Book-favs for high school and beyond

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NCCA STUDENTS 


Links to other stuff I like and recommend


Knowledge Quest's 5 Must-Have, No-Cost Resources for Homeschooling


Math and more

The Kahn Academy-- All homeschoolers should know about this guy (really!). Click here for a short pbs video introduction to what Kahn is about.


History

Write in HIEROGLYPHICS

culturefocus.com

openculture.com -- for free audio books plus much, much more!

KnowledgeQuest.com recommendations as well as Terri Johnson's whole website.

Owl and Mouse free online geography games (I love these)


Science

Stardome

Video science online

Principles of Physics (animated demonstrations)


Video shorts

Galileo & the telescope

Galileo proven right

The Evolution of Beauty

Drawing the City of Rome


Video programs

J.J. Abrams(creator of Lost) TED talk on technology & movies

Merchants of Cool

The Paradox of Choice--Why Less Is More

Laser Archaeology

ted.com

Top Ten TED talks (what's TED? Find out!)


Random stuff

Use Replyforall to have an advertiser send money to a charity you select every time you send an email--and it's free to you! I help bring clean water to people in impoverished areas.

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