We believe that you are looking at the best complete curriculum package available for third grade. We've combined language arts, math, thinking skills, science, history, geography, and more to make this year an engaging and memorable, yet simple-to-plan, year of learning.

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Language Arts and Reading When you think of grammar, do you think of endless memorization and lengthy, tedious workbooks, suitable only for the most meticulous older student? If so, you're not thinking of Language Lessons for the Elementary Child 1! Language Lessons for the Elementary Child 1 is the finest implementation of the Charlotte Mason method of instruction we've seen. The short daily lesson may include a picture study with a full-color painting, poetry appreciation, narration, copy work, or more. What a great way to cultivate language skills in your third-grader! Beginning Word Roots teaches children the meanings of prefixes, roots, and suffixes commonly used in English. Learning word elements dramatically improves spelling and the ability to decode unfamiliar words. Daily 6-Trait Writing Grade 3 uses a quick daily lesson approach to build writing skills without overwhelming your student. We wish we'd had A Reason for Handwriting when we were growing up. With each lesson built around Bible verses, content is not only instructional, but also inspirational. Plus, at the end of each week your children will be given the opportunity to apply excellence to their work as they copy their verse-of-the-week onto their choice of "Scripture Border Sheets." Done with care, these completed sheets are worthy of sharing with friends and family. This year your child will learn cursive. Sequential Spelling is not only the most logical spelling program we've seen, but it is also one of the easiest to use. Simply read your child one list of words a day to write down, correcting any mistakes as you go. That's it! The sequences are based on building from easy words to advanced words such as from all, to tall, stall, install, installment, and installation; this is an intuitive approach with no memorization required. If your student has not yet completed Sequential Spelling book 1, you will want to do that book first. While we believe reading is the single most important skill to foster in your third-grader, you'll notice that we did not include any traditional readers. Don't let this puzzle you. Our experience is that the best way to help your child become an eager reader is to constantly supply him with reading materials that interest him. Future doctors may want to read up on anatomy, young explorers are drawn to the escapades of adventurers young and old, and the baby-lover in your family will be captivated by adoption stories. Assign reading if you must, but encourage it at all costs; a child who enjoys reading will find it easier to excel in every area. We are including three sample Graphic Novels for you, on assorted topics relating to this year's studies. This colorful, engaging approach has been a big hit with eager and reluctant readers alike.

Editor-In-Chief Beginning 1 Grades 2-3 Editor-in-Chief Beginning provides your child with a fake newspaper article and picture, and then asks him to find and correct the errors. What a fantastic way to take the drudgery out of applying his budding language and spelling skills, while also enhancing his critical thinking and observation skills!

Daily Geography Grade 3 Basic geography is essential, but done in large, infrequent doses it can become tedious or, worse yet, too quickly forgotten. Daily Geography Grade 3 uses a short daily lesson approach that avoids both pitfalls.

History History is a story -- isn't it time you read it that way? The Story of the World is a captivating read-aloud series which will introduce your children to the marvelous history of the world presented chronologically from the beginning of time. The details of battles, kingdoms, cultures, and customs from every continent and major people group are woven together into a story that children will find mesmerizing. With short chapters, many less than seven pages, The Story of the World 3 (1600 to 1850 AD) presents history in small, easily-digestible chunks. Of particular appeal to children will be the occasional story about a hypothetical child in the culture of that time and fictional stories that were popular during that time. We include both the reader and the student activity book.

Teaching Textbooks Math 3 Teaching Textbooks Math 3 is a full-year curriculum designed for the typical third-grader or an academically advanced second-grader. The product includes a 618-page consumable workbook, a print answer booklet, and four PC- & MAC-compatible CDs that contain step-by-step audiovisual solutions to every one of the thousands of homework and test problems.

Daily Word Problems Math should be an inherently useful subject, but all too often students get caught up in accurately completing the paperwork of math and never really apply it to real-life problems. Daily Word Problems remedies that with a simple problem-a-day approach using story problems to put math in a real-world context.

Ravensburger XXL Children's Globe 180 Piece Puzzleball The new Ravensburger XXL Children's Globe 180 Piece Puzzleball with extra large pieces and colorful graphics is sized just right for children age eight and older.

Zoology I, Flying Creatures of the 5th Day A colorful, conversational approach to science, Zoology I, Flying Creatures of the 5th Day is also very easy to teach. This program uses a notebook-based approach, meaning that as you go through the course your child will be asked to write, draw, or dictate the results of his experiments into a notebook. Not only will this help him retain what he learns, but at the end of the year you will have a lovely record of his work! The hands-on experiments sprinkled throughout the book are sure to be a highlight for both of you. Zoology I Notebooking Journal Homeschooler Christina says it best: "The Zoology 1 Notebooking Journal is a wonderful supplement... It is full of beautifully decorated pages with places for my children to write information and boxes to sketch drawings in. This makes it very motivating for them. It also has full-color mini-book cutouts of various things that they love to make and glue in their notebooks. There are pages with extra tips, projects, library book suggestions, crossword puzzles, review questions, scripture copywork, and more..." One note: Don't feel you need to fill in every spot in the notebook, pick and choose what your time and your child's interest allows!

A Journey Through the Digestive System with Max Axiom What an incredibly unique way to teach science! Start with an ultra cool superhero scientist who can shrink to the size of an atom, or slip into a lab coat to travel through time, or even slip on a pair of sunglasses to obtain x-ray vision. Add engrossing graphics and short reader friendly sentences, and there you have it, the Max Axiom series of graphic novels.

OLLO Action Kit Nervous about robotics? Don't be! The Ollo Action Kit is a gentle introduction, perfect for young mechanics. The detailed and well-illustrated instructions will engage your child in building simple types of robotic projects while simultaneously developing their patience, fine-motor skills and logical thinking ability. Ollo Action Kit's reconfigurable plates and rivets system means that your child will be able to assemble all sorts of motorized creatures and contraptions. An illustrated, no-text instruction manual comes with five plans plus online links to more.

SepToys Design Blocks 32 Piece Set Hands-on thinking skills are a real blessing for this grade. Your student will explore spatial perception, problem-solving, symmetry, and more while using SepToys Design Blocks 32 Piece Set.

Thinking Skills From brainteasers and logic puzzles to mazes, Venn diagrams, and secret codes, Critical and Creative Thinking Activities has a wealth of mind-boggling activities that your child will enjoy. Exercises include thinking fluency, originality, generalizing, patterning, and problem-solving. Every lesson is based on grade-appropriate themes and is correlated to state standards. Just as important, the presentation is appealing, and many students will find that thinking skills are the highlight of their schoolwork.

Typing If you are looking for the right balance of education, entertainment, and motivation in a typing program, then consider the award-winning Typing Instructor for Kids Platinum 5.0 for Windows (NOTE: MAC version is also available, and can be substituted upon request). Typing Instructor for Kids offers thirteen action-packed, multi-level games; graduated drills and lesson plans; hundreds of activities, exercises, and tests; and bilingual learning in English and Spanish. Using proven typing techniques, children will master the keyboard while journeying with Toby and Lafitte to five imaginative lands where they learn proper typing techniques and build keyboarding skills. Just choose a typing plan, set a word-per-minute goal, and as your child explores Typer Island he will learn typing along the way. The ten customizable plans, with or without games, allow all skill levels to be successful. The engaging lessons and exercises teach children important typing skills, including speed and accuracy.

Other When one of our children was a preschooler, we received the best advice a parent of a kinesthetic child could receive: Let her wiggle. And wiggle she did. I don't think she sat for schoolwork for many years. Thinking Putty offers your child a way to move without becoming a distraction. An impressive, adult-sized handful of high-quality, moldable putty, the non-toxic, non-gooey Thinking Putty will bounce, stretch, tear, drip, snap, even shatter. Finally, your wiggler will be able to sit and listen! (Colors vary, let us know if you have a preference.) Many of you are required by your state to test your child yearly. Spectrum Test Prep gives you a way to prepare for that in a no-stress manner. Includes actual test questions, tips on test preparation, strategies and techniques for answering different kinds of questions, and full-length practice tests.

Gourmet Scented Pencil Smencils Gourmet Scented Pencils are made from 100% recycled newspapers; you can even see the layers of recycled newspaper when you sharpen them! Individually packed in their own freshness tubes (made of corn-based biodegradable plastic), the ten "scent-sational" fragrances are guaranteed to keep their delicious aromas for two years. (One smencil included with each Core Curriculum).