The 120 engaging parent-led lessons in the Level 3 Course Book are open-and-go and were carefully designed to reduce teaching time, yet be academically robust. The course covers the following foundational principles: phonics, reading, spelling, writing, grammar and punctuation, literature, art, poetry, and geography. All of this is taught in gentle, natural, and enjoyable ways for the child.

• 428 pages
• Full color, perfect bound, 8.5”x11”

The Spelling Practice Book and the Phonics Read-Together Book Set are also needed to complete the course.

Engaging exercises in the Spelling Practice Book, an integrated part of the Level 3 Language Arts Course, provide practice and mastery of spelling rules, spelling principles, spelling patterns, and commonly misspelled and rule breaker words. The spelling practice book is not only fun, but also effective as it teaches children to segment words, use spelling patterns, and practice spelling rules through varied activities and sentence dictation. The Course Book will tell you when and how to use this book. It is used about every other lesson; thus, you will see lesson numbers skipped.

• 136 pages
• Full color, layflat binding, 11″x4.25″

Each chapter of the Level 3 Phonics Read-Together Books begins with a phonics page. The phonics principles studied are then reviewed repeatedly and reinforced within the engaging chapter. The parent and child take turns reading their labeled sections, which allows the child to dive into rich literature and complex plots and experience greater joy in reading. These books improve reading fluency, speed, and accuracy; expose the child to model writing; instill a love of good books; and create bonding time for the parent and the child. In addition, the books are packed with powerful messages about moral character.

The Level 3 Language Arts Course Book will tell you when to read from each of the 4 Phonics Read-Together Books. The Language Arts Level 3 Read-Together Book Set includes the following books that are integrated with the Level 3 course:

• Timothy of the 10th Floor by Jenny Phillips
• The Kingdom of Kind by Jenny Phillips
• Heather and the Highland Pony by Maggie Felsch
• The Journey of Five by Jenny Phillips

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All books may be purchased separately, although significant savings are available with the purchase of the full Book Set.

Each chapter of the Level 3 Phonics Read-Together Books begins with a phonics page. The phonics principles studied are then reviewed repeatedly and reinforced within the engaging chapter. The parent and child take turns reading their labeled sections, which allows the child to dive into rich literature and complex plots and experience greater joy in reading. These books improve reading fluency, speed, and accuracy; expose the child to model writing; instill a love of good books; and create bonding time for the parent and the child. In addition, the books are packed with powerful messages about moral character.

When the river suddenly dries up without explanation and strange soldiers demand gold to make it flow again, the village council chooses a group of five special people to discover who these soldiers are and how they are controlling the flow of water. “These five will journey forth bravely and wisely, representing every person in the land, to discover how we can overcome this challenge without weapons and without war. . . . Our freedom and our way of life will never be the same if this mission does not succeed.”

• 187 full-color pages
• 5.5”x8.5”

This read-together chapter book, along with Heather and the Highland Pony, Timothy of the 10th Floor, and The Kingdom of Kind, is included in the Phonics Read-Together Book Set, which is integrated with the Level 3 Language Arts Course. This book is perfectly aligned with phonics principles the child has learned.

Each chapter of the Level 3 Phonics Read-Together Books begins with a phonics page. The phonics principles studied are then reviewed repeatedly and reinforced within the engaging chapter. The parent and child take turns reading their labeled sections, which allows the child to dive into rich literature and complex plots and experience greater joy in reading. These books improve reading fluency, speed, and accuracy; expose the child to model writing; instill a love of good books; and create bonding time for the parent and the child. In addition, the books are packed with powerful messages about moral character.

Heather’s mum quickly pressed a heavy cloth bag into her daughter’s arms. “Heather, if we’ve not arrived at the waterwheel by sunrise, you should leave town. Look after your brother and take care of this bundle. It will help you. You need to—”

But Heather’s mum couldn’t finish her sentence. A soldier called her name loudly.

Armed with sheer determination and a cloth bag of mysterious items, Heather and her young brother set off on a curious journey to find the reason for their parents’ disappearance. As they travel across the Highlands and isles of Scotland, they discover new friends and solve old mysteries.

• 184 full-color pages
• 5.5”x8.5”

This read-together chapter book, along with Timothy of the 10th Floor, The Journey of Five, and The Kingdom of Kind, is included in the Phonics Read-Together Book Set, which is integrated with the Level 3 Language Arts Course. This book is perfectly aligned with phonics principles the child has learned.

Each chapter of the Level 3 Phonics Read-Together Books begins with a phonics page. The phonics principles studied are then reviewed repeatedly and reinforced within the engaging chapter. The parent and child take turns reading their labeled sections, which allows the child to dive into rich literature and complex plots and experience greater joy in reading. These books improve reading fluency, speed, and accuracy; expose the child to model writing; instill a love of good books; and create bonding time for the parent and the child. In addition, the books are packed with powerful messages about moral character.

If you use your imagination, you might be able to picture the Kingdom of Kind with its vast forests, turquoise lakes, and rolling hills of rich soil and long, waving grass. It is here that we find Prince Eric, a young man who believes power and material things should bring him happiness and cannot understand why he is so miserable. Join Prince Eric as his quest for true happiness leads him to the most unexpected places.

• 150 full-color pages
• 5.5”x8.5”

This read-together chapter book, along with Heather and the Highland Pony, The Journey of Five, and Timothy of the 10th Floor, is included in the Phonics Read-Together Book Set, which is integrated with the Level 3 Language Arts Course. This book is perfectly aligned with phonics principles the child has learned.

Each chapter of the Level 3 Phonics Read-Together Books begins with a phonics page. The phonics principles studied are then reviewed repeatedly and reinforced within the engaging chapter. The parent and child take turns reading their labeled sections, which allows the child to dive into rich literature and complex plots and experience greater joy in reading. These books improve reading fluency, speed, and accuracy; expose the child to model writing; instill a love of good books; and create bonding time for the parent and the child. In addition, the books are packed with powerful messages about moral character.

Eleven-year-old Timothy Todd lives happily with his dad on the tenth floor of the Bedford Apartments building—that is, until Timothy’s cousin, Zoey, and her grandmother, Nanna Bell, come to live with them. Timothy isn’t thrilled about giving up his room or sharing his life with people he barely remembers, but he soon learns how much this homeschooled girl and her loving grandmother will change his life. This read-together book is filled with mystery, fun, and powerful messages.

• 161 full-color pages
• 5.5”x8.5”

This read-together chapter book, along with Heather and the Highland Pony, The Journey of Five, and The Kingdom of Kind, is included in the Phonics Read-Together Books Set, which is integrated with the Level 3 Language Arts Course. This book is perfectly aligned with phonics principles the child has learned.

The Level 3 Language Arts Answer Key includes the answers for all lessons within the Level 3 Language Arts Course Book.

• 232 pages
• Full color; layflat binding; 8.5″x11″

Please note, this product is not included in the Level 3 Language Arts Course Set and is an optional purchase. A free PDF download can be located by clicking on the blue FAQs, Helps, and Extras button on the Level 3 Language Arts product page.

Level 3B

The Todd family has inherited a large farm that holds many secrets and surprises for cousins Timothy and Zoey. Follow along as they explore the mysteries of the farm in the six books of the Badger Hills Farm series written by Jenny Phillips. Messages about the importance of faith, family, and friends will encourage the hearts and minds of your young readers in these action-packed books.

Note: Students were first introduced to Timothy and Zoey in Timothy of the 10th Floor, part of the Level 3 Phonics Read-Together Book Set. Although it is not necessary to have read Timothy of the 10th Floor first, students can now continue the cousins’ adventures in the Badger Hills Farm series!

The Badger Hills Farm books are Level 3B books designed for personal reading.

PDF for self-printing

The full-color Course Book guides the parent through each lesson in the Maturation and Sexual Reproduction science course. Hands-on activities, vocabulary words, beautiful illustrations and images, along with engaging information is found throughout the course. Once you gather any simple lesson supplies, the lessons are open-and-go. Just turn to a lesson and start reading and learning together! Only one Course Book is needed per family.

• PDF for self-printing
• 69 pages
• Full-color

A Student Journal for each child is also needed to complete this course.

The full-color Course Book guides the parent through each lesson in the Maturation and Sexual Reproduction science course. Clearly outlined lessons, vocabulary words, along with beautiful illustrations and images are found throughout the course. Once you gather any simple lesson supplies, the lessons are open-and-go. Just turn to a lesson and start reading and learning together! Only one Course Book is needed per family.

• 69 pages
• Full-color
• 8 lessons
• Wire bound; 8.5″x11″

A Student Journal for each child is also needed to complete this course.

Explore the wonders of the vast world that surrounds us, from the amazing creations found in your own backyard to the most extreme biomes on Earth, in the updated Ecosystems science unit. Every little part of the earth, from the drops of water in the ocean to lumbering elephants to each unique person, is an important part of our world!

The full-color Course Book guides the parent through each lesson in the Ecosystems science course. Hands-on activities, engaging videos, vocabulary words, beautiful illustrations and images, along with engaging information is found throughout the course. Once you gather any simple lesson supplies, the lessons are open-and-go. Just turn to a lesson and start reading and learning together! This course is taught family-style and only one Course Book is needed per family.

• 112 pages
• Full-color
• 9 lessons
• Wire bound; 8.5″x11″

A Student Journal for each child is also needed to complete this course.

PDF for self-printing

The full-color Course Book guides the parent through each lesson in the Ecosystems science course. Hands-on activities, engaging videos, vocabulary words, beautiful illustrations and images, along with engaging information is found throughout the course. Once you gather any simple lesson supplies, the lessons are open-and-go. Just turn to a lesson and start reading and learning together! This course is taught family-style and only one Course Book is needed per family.

• PDF for self-printing
• 112 pages
• Full-color

A Student Journal for each child is also needed to complete this course.

Immerse your family in nature as you study the fascinating characteristics, amazing anatomy, and beautiful habitats of birds around the world! Explore this fun scientific subject through engaging videos, beautiful images, and hands-on activities. Easy-to-teach lessons will plunge you and your children into learning about different types of birds, their habitats, and much more.

The full-color Course Book guides the parent through each lesson in the Birds science course. Hands-on activities, engaging videos, vocabulary words, beautiful illustrations and images, along with engaging information is found throughout the course. Once you gather any simple lesson supplies, the lessons are open-and-go. Just turn to a lesson and start reading and learning together! This course is taught family-style and only one Course Book is needed per family.

• 160 pages
• Full-color
• 14 lessons; spiral bound; 8.5″x11″

A Student Journal for each child is also needed to complete this course.

Two full-color, interactive books in the optional Health and the Human Mind Read-Aloud Book Pack expand learning and provide a fun, engaging addition to your Health and the Human Mind study.

How do we recognize faces we’ve seen before or remember what we wore yesterday? The Amazing Thing Called Memory by Kelley Williams answers these questions and more as it explores brain function anatomy, fascinating facts, and case studies of individuals with memory challenges. (32 pages, full color, 10″x7″)

Perfectionism, overthinking, low self-esteem, and pressure to please others—Tilly experiences all these thoughts during her first day at choir camp. She wonders if she should even go to camp at all. However, with the help of her mom, Tilly decides to make some goals so she can work through the stress she’s experiencing. It’s hard at first, but Tilly learns just how powerful her mind can be in A Penny for Your Thoughts by Tyler Mattson. (36 pages, full-color, 11″x8.5″)

These books are all published by The Good and the Beautiful Library and are designed to appeal to children of many ages. Lessons will prompt students when to read these optional books, but they are not integrated with the lessons.

Two full-color, interactive books in the optional Health and the Human Mind Read-Aloud Book Pack expand learning and provide a fun, engaging addition to your Health and the Human Mind study.

How do we recognize faces we’ve seen before or remember what we wore yesterday? The Amazing Thing Called Memory by Kelley Williams answers these questions and more as it explores brain function anatomy, fascinating facts, and case studies of individuals with memory challenges. (32 pages, full color, 10″x7″)

Perfectionism, overthinking, low self-esteem, and pressure to please others—Tilly experiences all these thoughts during her first day at choir camp. She wonders if she should even go to camp at all. However, with the help of her mom, Tilly decides to make some goals so she can work through the stress she’s experiencing. It’s hard at first, but Tilly learns just how powerful her mind can be in A Penny for Your Thoughts by Tyler Mattson. (36 pages, full-color, 11″x8.5″)

These books are all published by The Good and the Beautiful Library and are designed to appeal to children of many ages. Lessons will prompt students when to read these optional books, but they are not integrated with the lessons.

Three full-color, interactive books included in the optional Weather and Water Read-Aloud Book Pack expand learning and provide a fun, engaging addition to your Weather and Water study.

Learn about tornadoes, downbursts, hurricanes, trade winds, and more with Sam and his grandfather’s letters that teach about different weather patterns without creating fear in Wild, Wild Wind by Shannen Yauger. (31 pages, full-color, 11″x8.5″)

Fascinated by the atmosphere, June Bacon-Bercey, a bright and motivated young woman who excelled in school chose to study meteorology. What she didn’t expect was to not be welcome to study meteorology. But undeterred, June became the first African-American woman to earn a degree in meteorology. In Changing Weather—The Story of June Bacon-Bercey you’ll learn about this pioneer who blazed the trail for others to follow. (27 pages, full-color, 11″x7″)

On January 12, 1888, in a small Nebraska town, the school children are caught in a sudden blizzard. Follow along with Tommy and Carrie Carter and their teacher Miss Penny as they decide whether to stay in the schoolhouse and freeze or brave the storm on foot to find warmth and safety in The Schoolhouse Blizzard: (32 pages, full-color, 11″x8.5″)

These books are all published by The Good and the Beautiful Library and are designed to appeal to children of many ages. Lessons will prompt students when to read these optional books, but they are not integrated with the lessons.

Three full-color, interactive books included in the optional Weather and Water Read-Aloud Book Pack expand learning and provide a fun, engaging addition to your Weather and Water study.

Learn about tornadoes, downbursts, hurricanes, trade winds, and more with Sam and his grandfather’s letters that teach about different weather patterns without creating fear in Wild, Wild Wind by Shannen Yauger. (31 pages, full-color, 11″x8.5″)

Fascinated by the atmosphere, June Bacon-Bercey, a bright and motivated young woman who excelled in school chose to study meteorology. What she didn’t expect was to not be welcome to study meteorology. But undeterred, June became the first African-American woman to earn a degree in meteorology. In Changing Weather—The Story of June Bacon-Bercey you’ll learn about this pioneer who blazed the trail for others to follow. (27 pages, full-color, 11″x7″)

On January 12, 1888, in a small Nebraska town, the school children are caught in a sudden blizzard. Follow along with Tommy and Carrie Carter and their teacher Miss Penny as they decide whether to stay in the schoolhouse and freeze or brave the storm on foot to find warmth and safety in The Schoolhouse Blizzard (32 pages, full-color, 11″x8.5″)

These books are all published by The Good and the Beautiful Library and are designed to appeal to children of many ages. Lessons will prompt students when to read these optional books, but they are not integrated with the lessons.

The beauty of weather has captured the imaginations of artists throughout history. Through spectacular paintings artists have brought snowcapped mountains, tumultuous waves, windblown trees, and foggy mornings to life. Through awe-inspiring artwork and thought provoking questions, the beauty of our world’s incredible weather patterns comes alive in this remarkable collection of landscape paintings from artists around the world.

Written by Elle Staples and Shannen Yauger

61 pages, full-color, 10.75″x6.75″

This book is recommended to accompany our Weather and Water unit as extra reading for students in grades 7-8.

Addiction to substances and certain activities can have serious and devastating effects on a person’s life. Through 36 commonly asked questions and easy-to-understand, scientific explanations, The Addiction Questions & Answers Book teaches children and teenagers to recognize these addictive substances and activities, understand the physical and mental health dangers of using or engaging in them, and honor themselves as God’s divine creations by keeping their bodies free from addictions and substance abuse.

Written by The Good and the Beautiful Team

47 pages, full-color, 8.5″x5.5″

The Addiction Questions & Answers Book is recommended to accompany our Health and the Human Mind Science unit and expand learning for students in grades 7-8.

How do we recognize faces we’ve seen before or remember what we wore yesterday? The Amazing Thing Called Memory answers these questions and more as it explores brain function anatomy, fascinating facts, and case studies of individuals with memory challenges.

32 pages, full color, 10″x7″

This book is an optional read-aloud book for our Health and the Human Mind Science Unit and is included in the optional Read Aloud Book Pack which is suggested to accompany that unit.

Perfectionism, overthinking, low self-esteem, and pressure to please others—Tilly experiences all these thoughts during her first day at choir camp. She wonders if she should even go to camp at all. However, with the help of her mom, Tilly decides to make some goals so she can work through the stress she’s experiencing. It’s hard at first, but Tilly learns just how powerful her mind can be.

36 pages, full-color, 11″x8.5″

This book is an optional read-aloud book for our Health and the Human Mind Science Unit and is included in the optional Read Aloud Book Pack which is suggested to accompany that unit.

Receive a FREE copy of Exploring Central America by Elle Staples & Shannen Yauger with a purchase of a physical Ecosystems Course Book! Click here to view more details and to purchase! 

Picture Book for All Ages

A vast array of colors, geological features, sounds, traditions, and creatures make up the incredible area of the world known as Central America. Such variety makes this region a truly unique and fascinating place to explore. From the resplendent quetzal and Tamanique Waterfalls to cacao trees, ruins, and resourceful people, there’s something beautiful to see at every turn. Featuring dazzling full-color photos, Exploring Central  America will take you on a journey from the moment you open the book.

72 pages