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Sources A wise man once said he could teach a child to read writing with a stick in the sand on the beach.But most of us need more help than that. "Stuff," well chosen and well used, can make learning pretty fun. Many publishers have fun and interesting web sites with great curriculum and enrichment ideas Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich (HBJ) 1-800-225-5425 (for Math Plus), www.harcourtschool.com MacMillan McGraw Hill (for Merrill spelling) 1-800-442-9685 or 800-848-6205 www.glencoe.com Scott Foresman 800-554-4411 www.scottforesman.com Scholastic 800-325-6149 or 800-724-1212 or 800-724-6527 Houston phone # 281-876-4769 age-related book clubs and software, reading, maps, teacher resources. Reasonable prices, well chosen materials. Prize winning web site. www.scholastic.com Dover Publications 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, NY 11501 (good books cheap) www.doverpublications.com Modern Curriculum Press 800-321-3106 (Max the Cat Phonics Practice Readers - great for very beginning) Also does Globe Fearon. http://.mcschool.com. Pearson Education - for the class acts. Addison Wesley (a great math program), Prentice Hall (Jenny Latin, metals literature), Allyn and Bacon. www.pearsoneduc.com Houghton Mifflin (elementary),McDougall Litell (secondary) Elem. 800-733-2828 x5756 (grammar, handwriting) Secondary 800-323-5435 http://www.hmco.com HomeText Inc. 718-852-6583 (text books from many sources, geared to homeschool, discounted) Follet Home Education FAX 800-638-4424 or www.fes.follett.com (used and reconditioned) Academic Book Services 800-652-3050 (for schools and homeschools - used and discounted) EMC 800-328-1452 (foreign language texts) NTC 800-323-4900 ( “ ) Carltext 800-526-3768 ( “ ) Amsco Publishing, 315 Hudson Street, New York, N.Y. 10013 (ditto) Specific to New York, helpful for all. http://www.amscopub.com Educators’ Publishing Service (EPS) 800-435-7728 (Wordly Wise vocabulary, special needs) www.epsbooks.com Critical Thinking Books and Software 408-393-3288 (just what it says - great) www.criticalthinking.com Pro-Ed (512) 451-3246 (special needs) www.proedinc.com Latter-day Family Resources 801-798-2106 homeschooling materials from an LDS viewpoint. Also herbs. www.ldfr.com John Holt’s Book Store 2269 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140 617-864-3100 the father of the homeschooling movement, publisher of the journal Growing Without Schooling, www.holtgws.com Edmund Scientific 800-728-6999 (hands-on science projects) www.scientificsonline.com Estes Rockets 1295 H St., Penrose, CO 81240 (model rockets and curriculum) www.estesrockets.com Dale Seymour Publication 800-872-1100 (stuff for math teachers - lots) I can't find the web site, but they are the best. Call and get the catalogue. Activity Resources 510-782-1300 (math stuff for teachers) Cuisenaire 800-237-3142 (math stuff including manipulatives) www.etacuisenaire.com Key Curriculum Press 800-995- MATH (math stuff) www.keypress.com Delta Education 800-442-5444 (science & math manipulatives) www.delta-ed.com Sunburst Software, 101 Castleton Street PO Box 100 Pleasantville, NY 10570 1-800-321-7511 www.sunburst.com Bob Jones University Press 800-845-5731 (Through them you can administer the ITBS and some others if you have a 4-year college degree or a teaching credential.) |