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Mystery of History You'll Love It

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Mystery of History will save you time and stress

I stumbled upon Mystery of History after I started my online homeschool curriculum rental business, Yellow House Book Rental. Wanting to know more about it before I started renting and selling it at Yellow House Book Rental, I incorporated it into our Sonlight curriculum, and we loved it. My two oldest had graduated and I used it with my younger two, ages 11 and 13....continue reading

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Watch your Child's Reading, Math, and Confidence Soar by Playing Games

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 Welcome to Yellow House Book Rental! We are primarily a homeschool curriculum, rental service. However, we offer a variety of services. You can compare each one, at Yellow House Book Rental, and decide which is best for your family.  **This post contains affiliate links and we will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on our links. Thank You! I am so excited to tell you about this FREE 8-week course. Learn how your child's reading, math, and confidence will soar just by playing these games fromEquipping Minds    Homeschooling each of our children and directing their learning to their strengths...

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Why We Chose Sonlight Curriculum

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Until I started homeschooling I didn't realize how much I loved history. I know I learned a few things about history during my public school years, but nothing sticks out in my mind other than learning the States Song in 5th grade. I was so excited that my children would be able to view history differently. Sonlight helped me do that. And we were all able to learn the same thing together as a family..... Continue reading and Save $20 on Sonlight cores

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An Entire Year of Homeschool Curriculum for under $140

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The retail value is $125, which doesn't sound like much for a whole year, but when you rent curriculum you are able to get so much more!

For example:

For your elementary to middle school students, you can rent an Apologia science bundle or  a Christian Kids Explore..., a Mystery of History Book, Vol 1 or  Vol. 2, three Life of Fred Elementary or Intermediate series books and a Primary WriteShop set for under or..... continue reading

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Family Read-Aloud: Beyond the Picture Book

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Snuggle up before bedtime, pull out a picture book and read to your preschooler. Many families read to their children in the early years. They know that reading aloud plays a significant role in a preschool child’s thinking and language development. Reading aloud to preschoolers increases their phonic and grammatical awareness, solidifies their language development and strengthens their reading readiness.

   What about after that? Why read to a student who can read independently? Is there value to reading aloud to our older children? Apparently, many families choose not to.   but 83% of children up through age 17 said they really enjoyed being read to at home. Continue reading

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