Our Resources

Herewith the resources we have on hand to date:

Mathematics
RightStart Maths B & C, Teacher's manuals and workbooks
RightStart Math Card Games, Lots of manipulatives: math balance, abacuses, 6 sets of special cards, drawing board and geometry set, compass, geoboards, place value cards, abacus tiles, cubes, fraction puzzle, geometric solids, coins, geared clock, calculator, tangrams.

Language Arts
Teaching Writing: Structure and Style - Teacher's Course Manual & DVD set, by The Institute for Excellence in Writing
Student Writing Intensive, B, DVD set
Linguistic Development through Poetry Memorization, Coursebook & CD set
Ancient History-Based Writing Lessons by Lori Verstegen
A Word Write Now, Structured Word lists for Stylized Writing by Loranna Schwacofer
(all of the above are from The Institute for Excellence in Writing )
Teaching the Classics: Literary Analysis from Seuss to Socrates- syllabus manual & DVD set
Classical Writing - Aesop A & B
Spell to Write and Read & Core Kit, DVDs by Wanda Sanseri
The Alpha List
Cursive First: Introduction to Cursive Penmanship
The Writing Road to Reading, by Spalding
The ABCs and All their Tricks by Spalding
Our Mother Tongue: a guide to English Grammar, by Nancy Wilson
Junior Analytical Grammar by Robin Finley
Easy Grammar and Daily Grams books
First Language Lessons for the Well-trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer
The Well-Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer
McCall-Harby: Test lessons in Primary Reading
McCall-Harby: Book A : The Comprehension Connection-User's Guide & Answer Keys
McCall-Crabbs: Standard Test Lessons in Reading Books A-E
McCall-Crabbs: The comprehension Connection: Books B-E: User's Guide & Answer Keys
The Roar on the Other Side:a guide for student poets by S. Clark
Mine, All Mine—Pronouns by Ruth Heller
A Cache of Jewels—Collective Nouns by Ruth Heller
Merry-Go-Round—Nouns by Ruth Heller
Kites Sail High—Verbs by Ruth Heller
Behind the Mask—Prepositions by Ruth Heller
Many Luscious Lollipops by Ruth Heller
Fantastic!Wow!Unreal!—Interjections & Conjunctions by Ruth Heller
Up, Up and Away—Adverbs by Ruth Heller
Latin For Children, A, Manual, Workbook, Reader & DVD set

History
TRISMS - The History Makers: 3500 B.C. to the Present
The Story of the World: Ancient Times by Susan Wise Bauer
The Story of the World: Ancient Times—Activity Book 1
In The Hands of a Child: Ancient Mesopotamia Research Project Pack
The Times History of the World
Larousse Encyclopedia of History
The Story of Mankind by Mendrick W. Van Loon
A little History of the World by E.H. Gombrich
Encyclopedia of Ancient History by Hermes House (Pub.)
The Usborne Internet-linked Encyclopedia of World History
Usborne Internet-linked Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece
The Ancient Greek World by Jennifer Roberts
The Ancient Greeks by Allison Lassieur
The Ancient Romans by Allison Lassieur
Life On Earth—the story of Evolution by Steve Jenkins
A Walk through Time: the evolution of life on earth by Liebes and Swimme
Born With a Bang: Book 1 by Jennifer Morgan
From Lava to Life: Book 2 by Jennifer Morgan
Mammals who Morph: Book 3 by Jennifer Morgan
Life Story by Virginia Lee Burton
Past Worlds: The Times Atlas of Archaeology
Mummies and their Mysteries by Charlotte Wilcox
Bodies from the Ash: Life and death in Ancient Pompeii by James M. Deem
Cities of Blood by Peter Ackroyd
DK Aztec
The Age of Shakespeare
The Times Illustrated History of Europe
Great Empires and Discoveries—Illustrated History Encyclopedia by Hermes House (Pub.)
Celts: History and Civilization by V. Kruta

Art
Gardner's Art Through the Ages (12th Edition)
Hieronymous Bosch by Larry Silver
Minoan and Mycenaean Art by Reynold Higgins
Leonardo, Beautiful Dreamer by Robert Byrd
The Mythic Image by Joseph Campbell
Art Forms in Nature by Ernst Haeckel
Pish, Posh Said Hieronymous Bosch by Nancy Willard
Drawing With Children by Mona Brookes
Lots and lots more…

Science
About a gazillion books on Natural History, Australian History and Science…
National Geographic-Everyday Science Explained
DK Restless Earth: Beginner's Plate Tectonics
Earth Science for every kid by J. Van Cleave
Biology " " " " by J. Van Cleave
Geography " " " " by J. Van Cleave
Fun Finding Out by Neil Morris
Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei by Peter Sis
The Tree of Life: Charles Darwin by Peter Sis
The Magic Schoolbus: Inside the Earth
The Magic Schoolbus: Inside the human body
Isaac Asimov's Guide to Earth & Space
Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest by Steve Jenkins

Literature
A Midsummer Night's Dream (DVD)
The Canterbury Tales (DVD)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (DVD)
Olivia
The Story of Frog-belly Rat Bone
Classical Mythology by Malcolm Day
The Power Of Myth-book and DVD set by Joseph Campbell
The Mythic Image by Joseph Campbell
Tales from Shakespeare-Charles and Mary Lamb
Merlin and the Making of the King by Margaret Hodges
Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges
Cupid & Psyche by Charlotte Craft
D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths
Rudyard Kipling (Jungle Book, 2nd Jungle Book etc)
Tales of Beatrix Potter
Winnie the Pooh
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Perrault's Fairy Tales a Folio Book
Grimm's Fairy Tales a Folio Book
The Children of Odin by P. Colum
The Children's Homer " "
The Roald Dahl Treasury
The Stories of Hans Christian Andersen
Fables of Aesop
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Dr Seuss - A classic Treasury

Reference
DK Visual Encyclopedia
DK Animal
Australian Oxford Dictionary
Fowler's Modern English Usage
Roget's International Thesaurus
The Cambridge Australian English Style Guide
The Oxford Australian Reference Dictionary