Studying... Religion/Bible Study

Picture Books
Easter Eggs for Anya (A Ukranian Celebration of New Life in Christ) - Virginia Kroll
I Wanted to Know All About God - Virginia L. Kroll
You are Special - Max Lucado

Easy Readers
Athletes of Faith - Kirsti Newcombe

Grace To You Sermon CDs
Depravity and Inability(Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
Saved or Self-Deceived (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
Hot-Button Questions About the Bible and Christian Life - John MacArthur
The Salvation Song of Security, Romans 8:31-39 - John MacArthur
A Biblical Response to the Church-Growth Movement (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
The Believer's Comfort in Christ's Return and Judgement, Part 1, 2 Peter 3 - John MacArthur
Jesus, Worry, and You, Matthew 6:25-34 - John MacArthur
Hacking Agag to Pieces (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
Lessons from a Modern-Day Moral Shipwreck (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
When Believers Stop Believing: Portrait of an Apostate - John MacArthur w/ Phil Johnson
The Believers Comfort in Christ's Return and Judgement, Part 2, 2 Peter 3 - John MacArthur
An Insider's Look at the Ressurection Story - The Empty Tomb Luke 24: 1-12
The Case Against the R-Rated Church (An Interview with John MacArthur)

In Touch Ministries
CD: Lessons My Mother Taught Me - Charles Stanley

First A.M.E. Church(Los Angeles)
Bible Study
(Cassette) Sin & Forgiveness 11/23/93
Sleep, Dreams & Revelations, Part 2 10/5/93
Sunday Service
"Is" Lorrie Logan (Student Minister) 8/1/93
Lashed, Lynched, Lifted! 4/25/93 (Pastor Cecil L. Murray)


The Story Keepers A.D. 64 (VHS/DVD) - Zondervan Publishing/Focus on the Family
Captured!
Roar in the Night
Catacomb Rescue
Sink or Swim
Trapped!
Ready, Aim, Fire!
Breakout!
Raging Waters

Videos/DVDs
Grio: African Bible Storyteller - The Good Samaritan (Urban Ministries, Inc.)
Christy - Volume 4: Lost and Found/Judgement Day
Christy - Volume 11: The Road Home/The Miracle of Christy
Grio: African Bible Storyteller - Samson and Delilah
Christy (The Original Movie)
Christy - Volume 2: The Sweetest Gift

Adventures in Odyssey
Someone to Watch Over Me (VHS)

CD's
Answers in Genesis - Genesis Chapter 1-11, read by Ken Ham

Studying... World History

Resources we used in our homeschooling journey

DVD - Movie
The Tokyo Trial (The Tokyo Trial, which took place after WW2 ended, lasted for 2 1/2 years from May 1946 to November 1948). The prosecution team was made up of judges from 11 nations including Australia, Canada, China, France, Great Britian, India, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, the Soviet Union and the USA. They sent 7 class A war criminals to the gallows.)

Picture Books
Hottest Coldest Highest Deepest - Steve Jenkins

Books We've used via LibraryThing

We're reading/adding books all the time. Hopefully, some of the books we've used will be of help in your own homeschooling journey

Studying... Black History/African-American History and Culture

Here are some books that feature Black/African-American Characters


PICTURE BOOKS
Wood-Hoopoe Willie
Masai and I - Virginia Kroll
Africa Brothers and Sisters - Virginia Kroll
Faraway Drums - Virginia Kroll
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (An African Tale) - John Steptoe
Phillis Big Test - Catherine Clinton
The Empak Heritage Kids - Kumi and Chanti
Duke Ellington - AndreaDavis Pinkney

CHAPTER BOOKS
A Song for Harlem (Scraps of Time 1928) - Patricia C. McKissack
The Road to Paris - Nikki Grimes
Sports Immortals: Jesse Owens - William R. Sanford & Carl R. Green
A Rookie Biography: Katherine Dunham, Black Dancer - Carol Greene

VIDEOS:
Jirimpimbira - An African Folktale
The Songhai Princess
Kwanzaa Kwest

Studying... Science (Geology)

Some of the resources used in our homeschooling:

Picture Books - Magic School Bus: Inside the Earth - Joanna Cole

Studying... Mathematics

Resources used during our homeschooling journey (a list in progress)

Picture Books
Equal Shmequal - Virginia Kroll (illustrator Philomena O'Neill)
Shape Me A Rhyme - Jane Yolen
Pigs Go To Market (Halloween Fun with Math and Shopping) - Amy Axelrod

Studying... Health

Here are some of the resources we used while studying Health & Fitness. All of the books and DVDs were found at the library. Please don't overlook the library as a low cost resource.

Picture Books
Brianna Breathes Easy - Virginia Kroll (A Book about Asthma)
My Sister Then And Now - Virginia Kroll (A Book about Mental Illness)

Books
HEALTH ZONE SERIES:
Stay Fit! How You can Get in Shape - Matt Doeden
The Brain (Our Nervous System) - Seymour Simon

DVD
Life's Greatest Miracle - PBS/NOVA
Life Cycles - Discovery School (Grades 3-6)

Websites
www.nutritionexplorations.org

Studying ... US/American History

Videotapes
Portrait of America: Alabama (VHS)
Portrait of America: Mississippi (VHS - 49 miutes)
note - The Portrait of America series was checked out from the County of Los Angeles Public Library system (colapublib.org)
Roots

Book on CD
Land of Lincoln (Adventures in Abe's America) - Andrew Ferguson 11 hours
Who Was First? Discovering the Americas - Russell Freedman

Easy Readers
The Library of Living and Working in Colonial Times Series:
A Day in the Life of a Colonial Indigo Planter - Laurie Krebs
A Day in the Life of a Colonial Lighthouse Keeper - Laurie Krebs
Cornerstones of Freedome: Yellowstone National Park - Deborah Kent







Picture Books
Johnny Appleseed: The Legend and the Truth - Jane Yolen

Studying... Religion/Bible Study

Picture Books
Easter Eggs for Anya (A Ukranian Celebration of New Life in Christ) - Virginia Kroll
I Wanted to Know All About God - Virginia L. Kroll

Grace To You Sermon CDs
Depravity and Inability(Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
Saved or Self-Deceived (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
Hot-Button Questions About the Bible and Christian Life - John MacArthur
The Salvation Song of Security, Romans 8:31-39 - John MacArthur
A Biblical Response to the Church-Growth Movement (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
The Believer's Comfort in Christ's Return and Judgement, Part 1, 2 Peter 3 - John MacArthur
Jesus, Worry, and You, Matthew 6:25-34 - John MacArthur
Hacking Agag to Pieces (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
Lessons from a Modern-Day Moral Shipwreck (Selected Scriptures) - John MacArthur
When Believers Stop Believing: Portrait of an Apostate - John MacArthur w/ Phil Johnson
The Believers Comfort in Christ's Return and Judgement, Part 2, 2 Peter 3 - John MacArthur
An Insider's Look at the Ressurection Story - The Empty Tomb Luke 24: 1-12
The Case Against the R-Rated Church (An Interview with John MacArthur)

In Touch Ministries
CD: Lessons My Mother Taught Me - Charles Stanley

First A.M.E. Church(Los Angeles)
Bible Study
(Cassette) Sin & Forgiveness 11/23/93
Sleep, Dreams & Revelations, Part 2 10/5/93
Sunday Service
"Is" Lorrie Logan (Student Minister) 8/1/93
Lashed, Lynched, Lifted! 4/25/93 (Pastor Cecil L. Murray)


The Story Keepers A.D. 64 (VHS/DVD) - Zondervan Publishing/Focus on the Family
Captured!
Roar in the Night
Catacomb Rescue
Sink or Swim
Trapped!
Ready, Aim, Fire!
Breakout!
Raging Waters

Videos/DVDs
Grio: African Bible Storyteller - The Good Samaritan (Urban Ministries, Inc.)
Christy - Volume 4: Lost and Found/Judgement Day
Christy - Volume 11: The Road Home/The Miracle of Christy
Grio: African Bible Storyteller - Samson and Delilah
Christy (The Original Movie)
Christy - Volume 2: The Sweetest Gift

Adventures in Odyssey
Someone to Watch Over Me (VHS)

CD's
Answers in Genesis - Genesis Chapter 1-11, read by Ken Ham

A Teacher's Motto (via 365 Meditations for Teachers)

Each and every day...
Each and every child.
I have the power, the passion, the skill, and the
knowledge
to make a difference.
Each and every day...
Each and every child.

- Sandra McBrayer
1994 United States Teacher of the Year

Studying... Black History/African-American History and Culture

Here are some books that feature Black/African-American Characters


PICTURE BOOKS
Wood-Hoopoe Willie
Masai and I - Virginia Kroll
Africa Brothers and Sisters - Virginia Kroll
Faraway Drums - Virginia Kroll
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (An African Tale) - John Steptoe
Phillis Big Test - Catherine Clinton

CHAPTER BOOKS
A Song for Harlem (Scraps of Time 1928) - Patricia C. McKissack
The Road to Paris - Nikki Grimes
Sports Immortals: Jesse Owens - William R. Sanford & Carl R. Green

VIDEOS:
Jirimpimbira - An African Folktale
The Songhai Princess
Kwanzaa Kwest

A Thought To Ponder

Education is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, if possible - Robert M. Hutchins

Studying... Black History/African-American History and Culture

Here are some books that feature Black/African-American Characters


PICTURE BOOKS
Wood-Hoopoe Willie
Masai and I - Virginia Kroll
Africa Brothers and Sisters - Virginia Kroll
Faraway Drums - Virginia Kroll
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (An African Tale) - John Steptoe
Phillis Big Test - Catherine Clinton

CHAPTER BOOKS
A Song for Harlem (Scraps of Time 1928) - Patricia C. McKissack
The Road to Paris - Nikki Grimes

VIDEOS:
Jirimpimbira - An African Folktale

A Quote For the Day

Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new - Og Mandino