Best Books for Homeschooling and Educating Your Children
Friday, February 29th, 2008“Many curriculum companies recommend Usborne books as part of their core curriculum, others as resource, but there is no home that will not benefit from having an Usborne Library available for reports, projects, and spare time learning and fun.”
If you are not yet familiar with Usborne Books, then y0u are in for a treat . In 1973, Peter Usborne decided that educational, nonfiction books would need to change in order to compete with TV and comics. He borrowed some ideas from these two media and hired educational consultants to oversee the writing to make sure that the books would satisfy the child’s interest but also arouse it. So began the idea of Usborne Books.
Some of Usborne’s great series include:
- Farmyard Tales - For preschool and early elementary age children
- Make Reading Fun! - Usborne’s answer to a phonics-based reading program. It is a four module series that is an outstanding value. Each module contains 3 books, 3 unique CD-ROMs, interactive exercises, informative videos (on CD-ROMs) and more. You can buy the whole set or individual modules.
Usborne was also the first company to introduce an Internet-linked book. An Internet-linked book is a book that contains Usborne-recommended, relevant Web sites, specially chosen by our editors land Web researchers, to take the reader further into the subject, adding new dimensions of information and entertainment. As web sites change from time to time, the sites recommended in the book will be reviewed regularly.
Usborne Books also puts out 8 different thematic curriculums, entitled Ten Terrific Weeks. You can purchase just the curriculum, which covers Ten weeks of activities, 5 days per week, for a particular topic such as “Space”. There is also the option to acquire the full set which includes the curriculum plus a set of books that goes with it. This is an amazing tool for home schoolers or for parents who want to work on a learning module over summer vacation.
When you purchase Usborne Books online, look for the “Internet Specials” on the right hand side of the homepage. These specials are often 40%-70% off the regular retail price. In addition, if you end up purchasing $85 worth of books online, you will automatically be given $15 in FREE books. You can also earn FREE books by hosting an e-show.
An e-show is just like a gathering of friends in your home, to look at and buy books, but instead of your home the gathering is on the computer. You receive the benefits of hosting a live show, yet you don’t have to prepare food or get a babysitter. Just go to kidsmountainbooks.com. On the lower right-hand side of the homepage there will be a link that says “host an e-show”. Just click on that follow the instruction. It’s helpful the have a list of all the friends and family that you would like to “invite” to you show. Once you fill out your information and invitation will be generated that you then send to your contact asking them to visit the link. Any books that are purchased are credited to you. When your show ends you will receive an email telling you how much money in free books you have accumulated. Don’t forget your original password. You will need it to claim your free books.
This is a great way to share these amazing books with others and also acquire FREE books for your family. It’s easy and takes only about 5-10 minutes of your time.
If you’d prefer just to visit the online site and shop, you can do that as well. There is an e-show going on as we speak. Just click on this link and you’ll be there.
This show will be open until March 15th.
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