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My First Africa Reader includes 22 short stories for brand-new readers. Each story is set in a different country in Africa and focuses on one or two phonics concepts or groups of kindergarten sight words. My First Readers follow the exact scope and sequence of the Reading Booster A Cards, which are integrated into the Level K Language Arts Set. For example, Story #11 in My First Africa Reader covers ending consonant blends that correlate with a corresponding reading booster card, and avoids any concepts the child has not learned yet.

• 178 pages
• Full color

The Good and the Beautiful My First Readers are not integrated with the language arts course, but are designed to give the child extra independent reading practice at exactly the level the child is on. These wonderful books boost confidence and make reading less overwhelming and a more enjoyable and positive experience.

Note: My Second Nature Reader correlates with the Reading Booster B Cards. My Third Nature Reader correlates with the Reading Booster C Cards.

My First Africa Reader is also available in physical hardcover format by clicking here.

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My Second Nature Reader includes 20 short stories for beginning readers at a first grade reading level. Each story focuses on one or two phonics concepts or groups of first grade sight words. My Second Nature Reader follows the exact scope and sequence of the Reading Booster B Cards, which are integrated into the Level 1 Language Arts Course Set. For example, Story #16 in My Second Nature Reader covers OU and OW that correlates with a reading booster card, and avoids any concepts the child has not learned yet.

• 188 pages
• Full color

My Second Nature Reader is not integrated into the language arts course, but is designed to give the child extra independent reading practice at exactly the level the child is on. The Good and the Beautiful’s wonderful readers boost confidence and makes reading less overwhelming and a more enjoyable and positive experience.

Note: My First Readers correlate with the Reading Booster A Cards. My Third Nature Reader correlates with the Reading Booster C Cards.

My Second Nature Reader is also available as a physical book by clicking here.

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My Third Nature Reader includes 20 short stories for beginning readers at a second-grade reading level. Each story focuses on one or two phonics concepts or a group of sight words. My Third Nature Reader follows the exact scope and sequence of the Reading Booster C Cards, which are integrated into the Level 2 Language Arts Course Set. For example, Story #16 in the My Third Nature Reader covers the phonics concept OUR and OUGH that correlates with a reading booster card, and avoids any concepts the child has not learned yet.

• 182 pages
• Full color

My Third Nature Reader is not integrated into the language arts course, but is designed to give the child extra independent reading practice at exactly the level the child is on. The Good and the Beautiful’s wonderful readers boost confidence and makes reading less overwhelming and a more enjoyable and positive experience.

Note: My First Readers correlate with the Reading Booster A Cards. My Second Nature Reader correlates with the Reading Booster B Cards.

My Third Nature Reader is also available in hardcover physical format by clicking here.

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Doodles & Pre-writing for Littles is designed for most children between the ages of 2 1/2 and 5 years old who are ready to develop the dexterity and coordination of small muscles as well as the mental focus needed to write.

This level focuses on the strokes and forms used to create letters and common shapes and is designed to help small children develop the fine motor skills necessary for writing. This workbook includes 100 sheets, which is 3–4 sheets per week for a normal school year. The course is divided into three sections:
1. Skill: continuous motions. Forms: curves, loops, waves, and spirals. Shapes: circle, oval, ellipse, quatrefoil, and curved triangle.

2. Skill: changing directions. Forms: straight lines, angles, and zigzags. Shapes: triangle, square, rhombus, parallelogram, trapezoid, pentagon, and hexagon.

3. Skill: combining different forms and shapes from sections one and two to create letters or more complex shapes, such as hearts and stars, and finding
shapes in nature.

Each sheet in this course provides an opportunity for the child to color, improving both coloring and motor skills. The doodles, forms, and shapes the child practices are all connected to nature or other common objects in a child’s world.

The images, artwork, and words used in this course are all designed to connect children to the good and the beautiful: family, faith, high moral character, and the wonders and beauty of nature and human life.

100 worksheet pages

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The images, artwork, and words used in this course are all designed to connect children to the good and the beautiful: family, faith, high moral character, and the wonders and beauty of nature and human life.

Doodles & Pre-writing for Littles: Part 2 is designed for most children between the ages of 21/2 and 5 years old who are ready to develop the dexterity and coordination of small muscles as well as the mental focus needed to write.

COURSE ORGANIZATION
This level focuses on the strokes and forms used to create letters and common shapes and is designed to help small children develop the fine motor skills necessary for writing. This workbook includes 115 sheets, which is 4–5 sheets per week for a normal school year. The course is divided into four sections:
1. Shapes & Strokes: provides a comprehensive review of the shapes and strokes learned in Doodles & Pre-writing for Littles: Part 1.
2. Letters: familiarizes children with letters and the kinds of strokes used for letters.
3. Trace & Try: allows children to trace shapes and strokes, then draw the same shape or stroke freehand.
4. Bonus Section—Find the Image: provides images hidden within a picture that children find and circle or
color.

COLORING AND NATURE
Each sheet in this course provides an opportunity for the child to color, improving both coloring and motor skills. The doodles, forms, and shapes the child practices are all connected to nature or other common objects in a child’s world.

115 worksheet pages

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Level K Handwriting focuses on correct print formation of letters and numbers and, near the end of the course, introduces short words and sentences.

This workbook includes 100 sheets, which is 3–4 sheets per week for an average school year. The course introduces 2–3 new letters at a time, going in alphabetical order. Halfway through the course the text size is reduced as the child gains the motor skills for smaller print.

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• Black and white with one color
• 8.5”x5.5″

See All Handwriting Levels

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Handwriting Level 1 focuses on correct print formation of letters and numbers and, near the end of the course, introduces short words and sentences.

This workbook includes 100 sheets, which is 3–4 sheets per week for an average school year. Along with teaching correct print formation, this course also helps children practice spelling number words. The text size reduces halfway through the course as the child gains the motor skills for smaller print.

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• Black and white with one color
• 8.5”x11″

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Handwriting Level 2 is for children in second grade. This course is for children with some handwriting experience who are still working on correct print formation of letters and numbers. Words, sentences, Bible verses, and poems are introduced part-way through the course. Text size is eventually reduced in the course as children gain experience with handwriting. This course also helps children learn to spell the names of colors and reviews the spelling of numbers. Handwriting 2 is side-bound.

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85% of the Handwriting Level 3 course focuses on teaching cursive with a unique colored dot system developed by Jenny Phillips. All the child has to do is follow the colored dots in order of the rainbow. This technique makes it easy for children to correctly learn cursive with little to no help from parents. About 15% of the course focuses on cementing correct print formation.

The images, artwork, and words used in this handwriting course are all designed to connect children to the good and the beautiful: family, faith, high moral character, and the wonders and beauty of nature and human life.

The course also exposes children to poetry, Bible verses, grammar rules, alphabetizing, and drawing.

This workbook includes 100 lessons, which is 3–4 lessons per week for a normal school year.

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Handwriting Level 4 focuses primarily on cementing correct cursive letter formation and on teaching how to write cursive words and sentences with a unique colored dot system developed by Jenny Phillips. This program makes it easy for children to correctly learn cursive with little to no help from parents. Level 4 also includes print letter formation as review.

This course is divided into three sections. Each section covers new  principles with plenty of practice.

Section 1 guides the child through the formation of each letter of the alphabet in cursive. The child begins to connect letters into words by following The Good and the Beautiful cursive color dot system.
Section 2 teaches the child to write cursive words without color guides and prepares the child to write whole sentences in cursive without guides.
Section 3 teaches the child to write entire sentences in cursive while reinforcing correct print formation.

The course also includes fun, inspiring, and beautiful drawing projects throughout. The images, artwork, and words used in this handwriting course are all designed to connect children to the good and the beautiful: family, faith, high moral character, and the wonders and beauty of nature and human life.

This workbook includes 100 lessons, which is 3–4 lessons per week for a normal school year.

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Handwriting Level 5 is for children in fifth grade.

Recently updated to refine the cursive font and include engaging new art and activities throughout, this course mainly focuses on cursive, but some pages cover refining print handwriting in specific ways. Inspiring quotes, scriptures, and poems are included in the course and may be included more than once for repeated exposure. This course also helps children memorize grammar rules and definitions.

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Handwriting Level 6 is for children in sixth grade. The course focuses on cursive writing. If children have no experience with cursive writing, they should start with the Level 3 Handwriting course, which introduces cursive writing.

As children copy adages, Bible verses, skillfully written poetry, states and capitals, grammar rules, and presidents of the United States in order of presidency (the first six), children will be learning more than just cursive handwriting.

The text size for cursive writing gets smaller as the course progresses. Also, as the course progresses, instead of just copying cursive writing, children will write original sentences in cursive and convert manuscript print to cursive writing. This will help children to memorize the formation of cursive letters.

This workbook includes 100 sheets, which is 3–4 sheets per week for an average school year.

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Handwriting Level 7 is for children in seventh grade. The course focuses on cursive writing.

As children copy inspiring adages, Bible verses, skillfully written poetry, the names of Canadian provinces and territories, foreign languages, states, capitals, and presidents of the United States, children will be learning more than just cursive handwriting.

As the course progresses, instead of just copying cursive writing, children will also write original sentences in cursive and convert manuscript print to cursive writing. This will help children to memorize the formation of cursive letters.

This workbook includes 100 sheets, which is 3–4 sheets per week for an average school year.

Includes a PDF version of:

• 43-page, full-color course book
• 8.5 x 11 sticker sheet

Topics covered in Typing 1:

• Proper posture and hand position
• Home row placement
• All of the letters
• The space bar, the shift key the semicolon, the period
• Typing words and short sentences

Typing 1 is designed for children ages 7–12 with no or little typing experience. We suggest children start the course at age 7–9, depending on the child and their interest in typing.

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Includes a PDF version of:

• 45-page, full-color course book
• 8.5 x 11 sticker sheet

Topics covered in Typing 2:

• Review of concepts taught in Typing 1
• Typing words, sentences, poems, & numbers 0, 1, 2, and 9
• Increasing typing speed
• The caps lock key; changing font size; adding bold to the text
• The following punctuation keys: comma, quotation mark, apostrophe, question mark, hyphen, exclamation mark

Typing 2 is designed for children ages 7–12 who have completed Typing 1 or have had the same level of typing experience.

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Includes a PDF version of:

• 42-page, full-color course book
• 8.5 x 11 sticker sheet

Topics covered in Typing 3:

• Review of concepts taught in Typing 1 and Typing 2
• Typing words, sentences, and poems
• Increasing typing speed
• All the numbers
• The tab key
• Colon, slash, parentheses, symbols, plus and minus sign
• Indenting, centering,
• Learning and practicing capitalization and punctuation rules

Typing 3 is designed for children ages 8–13 who have completed Typing 2 or have had typing experience.

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• Master 13 of the most consistent and important spelling rules with these helpful flashcards!
• Each card has fill-in-the-blanks on one side and the complete spelling rule on the other side.
• PDF for self-printing.

You will receive a link to download the complete PDF unit for self-printing. All PDF materials are for use within your family or school group (of 8 students or less, please purchase an additional copy for every 8 students) and cannot be shared or distributed to others.

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Please note: free PDF only available with physical purchase. If you choose to return an unwanted unit or cancel an order, you will be charged the full amount for the PDF file; only the physical portion is refundable.

• PDF for self-printing
• 83 full-color pages

Have you ever held a beautiful stone and wished to know its story—how it was formed, what it is made of, or why it is shaped and colored that way? Some stones grow in volcanic rock, others in wet caves, and still others are formed through intense heat and pressure over thousands of years! Look at the world of rocks and minerals with new eyes through this fascinating book, packed with stunning photographs and images. Children will learn fun facts, as well as the uses and history of the forty rocks and minerals highlighted, while they discover the secret to classifying and describing each one. Helping children glimpse the majesty of the natural world is one of the main goals at The Good and the Beautiful, and this study guide is a perfect place to start!

Hard cover, 43 pages, full color

This book is an optional resource perfect to accompany our Geology science unit. This book is included in the optional Geology Read-Aloud Book Pack which is suggested to accompany that unit.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to explore the subterranean realm deep inside the earth? The world mostly concealed from our sight is one of mystery, beauty, and wonder. Come and discover the incredible underground rivers and lakes, lava tubes, rocks, and rare gems that lay within the crust of the earth. Understand the importance of how the substances found below contribute to the wonderful life and advancements we enjoy above. This beautiful book filled with stunning images and incredible facts gives readers a new appreciation for the vast world beneath our feet.

This book is an optional resource perfect to accompany our Geology science unit. This book is included in the optional Geology Read-Aloud Book Pack which is suggested to accompany that unit.

32 pages, full color

Grades K–2

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The Birds: Science Activity Book for Littles is an engaging science learning resource for your grades K–2 child. Now your younger children can join in alongside their older siblings and learn about all the diverse and unique birds in our world! With fun activities, including mazes, coloring, cut-and-paste, and more, these unique, beautifully illustrated activity books are a valuable addition to family-style science or a wonderful resource to kick-start your child’s scientific learning.

• PDF for self-printing
• 35 pages
• Black and white illustrations
• Paperback, saddle stitch, 8.5”x11”

Each book in the Science Activity Books for Littles series correlates to a Good and Beautiful grades 3–8 science unit, with every 2-page spread in the activity book corresponding to a lesson in the science unit. However, the activity books are not integrated into the unit and can be used independently.

The Birds: Science Activity Book for Littles can be purchased in physical form here.

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Grades K–2

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The Botany: Science Activity Book for Littles is an engaging science learning resource for your grades K–2 students. Now your younger children can join in alongside their older siblings and learn about the world of plants, trees, and flowers! With fun activities, including mazes, coloring, cut-and-paste, and more, these unique, beautifully illustrated activity books are a valuable addition to family-style science or a wonderful resource to kick-start your child’s scientific learning.

• PDF for self-printing
• 31 pages
• Black and white illustrations
• Paperback, saddle stitch, 8.5”x11”

Each book in the Science Activity Books for Littles series correlates to a Good and Beautiful grades 3–8 science unit, with every 2-page spread in the activity book corresponding to a lesson in the science unit. However, the activity books are not integrated into the unit and can be used independently.

The Botany: Science Activity Book for Littles can be purchased in physical form here.

*NOTE: Downloads are final sale and may not be refunded, returned, credited, or exchanged.

Grades K–2

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The Geology: Science Activity Book for Littles is an optional resource for your grades K–2 students. Now your younger children can join in alongside their older siblings and learn about the amazing earth that God created! With fun activities, including mazes, coloring, cut-and-paste, and more, these unique, beautifully illustrated activity books are a valuable addition to family-style science or a wonderful resource to kick-start your child’s scientific learning.

• PDF for self-printing
• 31 pages
• Black and white illustrations
• Paperback, saddle stitch, 8.5”x11”

Each book in the Science Activity Books for Littles series correlates to a Good and Beautiful grades 3–8 science unit, with every 2-page spread in the activity book corresponding to a lesson in the science unit. However, the activity books are not integrated into the unit and can be used independently.

The Geology: Science Activity Book for Littles can be purchased in physical form here.

*NOTE: Downloads are final sale and may not be refunded, returned, credited, or exchanged.