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I.D.E.A. Curriculum Fair 2005
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Activities for Learning - RightStart™ Mathematics is a hands-on and visual program stressing understanding and problem solving. Using the AL abacus, the child learns to visualize concepts and strategies for memorizing the facts. Practice is provided through games from Math Card Games. Developed by researcher Joan A. Cotter, Ph.D., this standards-based and comprehensive K-4 program is formatted in daily lessons with detailed instructions. Fair Special! - Free shipping

Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education – The Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education (ACPE), the state higher education assistance agency, is committed to promoting, supporting, and providing access to postsecondary education for Alaskans through our AlaskaAdvantage outreach programs, publications, and education loan programs.  Visit us online at alaskaadvantage.state.ak.us.

Alaska Sea Grant - Marine science for all ages, AK Sea Week Publications for grades K-6.

AMC Technology – A wide variety of CD-ROM educational software (prices discounted 20-70%) for grades K-12, parents, and teachers. Fair Special! - Free shipping

AMSEA (Alaska Marine Safety Education Association) - Our goal is to reduce loss of life and injury due to hypothermia and drowning in cold water through public education and training proven effective at saving lives.  Homeschoolers can use our cross-discipline, 4-volume Surviving Outdoor Adventures Curriculum for K thru 12th grades as well as our other books and videos on water and outdoor safety and survival. Fair Special! - Free shipping

Atelier – Atelier Homeschool Art program is an award-winning, hands-on, easy-to-use comprehensive video-based instructional program used by thousands of homeschoolers throughout the United States. 

ATLA (Assisted Technology Products and Service) – Assistive technology for all Alaskans

Barnes & Noble Booksellers – Barnes & Noble Booksellers is the nation’s largest bookseller with locations in Anchorage and soon to be in Fairbanks in October of 2005.  Barnes & Noble offers educational discounts and exclusive learning materials, as well as excellent customer service and experienced staff to assist parents and students with their homeschool educational needs.  Fair Special! - 20% discount for PO Orders or individual purchases by homeschoolers

Books Are Fun-Alaska – Seller of a wide variety of educational books, CD’s, and games for all ages; all 30-70% below retail. Fair Special! - All products are 30-70% below retail

Borders Books & Music – Borders Books & Music offers 20% discounts to all IDEA home educators!  If we don't have what you need in our selections of 150,000 books, we can order it for you!  Call 1-800-478-4099 for more information. Fair Special! - 20% discount at Fair and in store

Brigham Young University Independent Study – Discover the advantages of BYU Independent Study.  Course offerings from 7^th grade to university level.  Quality education at an affordable price.

Brite Learning Materials - Learning through music and stories for ages 4-10. These cassettes/CD's with accompanying books/activities reinforce and enrich curriculum in such areas as nutrition, safety, character building, early phonics and social studies. 

Calvert Educational Services – Comprehensive curriculum for grades PK-8, plus individual enrichment courses, from a company that has been providing education to the world for over 100 years. Fair Special! - All table display courses at the Fair available at end of day with no shipping charge (first come, first served); Free shipping on orders taken on day of Fair

Castlemoyle Books & Gifts - Homeschool books and materials from the author of Spelling Power, Writing Power, and Home School, High School, & Beyond. 

Discovery Toys - Educational games, books, puzzles & software.  Fair Special! - 15% off products in "Making Math Fun" packs; Free shipping on orders of $200 or more!

Educational Services – Nest Family Videos and more.  Interactive and FUN education!  Nest videos are historical, family-oriented educational video and audio materials that have positive character-building messages.

EMC/Paradigm Publishing – Comprehensive, user-friendly texts for grades 6-12 in literature, consumer applications, business, and foreign language.

Fairfield Language Technologies (The Rosetta Stone) – The Rosetta Stone foreign language program - 28 world languages for all ages. Fair Special! - Free shipping

Front Desk Ink - Math and science software for middle school and up.  Printer cartridges and Region F yearbooks and yearbook class.

Go Phonics/Foundations for Learning LLC – Go Phonics® is Orton-Gillingham based K-2 beginning reading instruction featuring 48 phonics games, workbooks, decodable storybooks... It has a systematic, multi-sensory, building block approach (effective for dyslexia). The basic kit is a phonics curriculum that weaves in K-2 language arts.  New Curriculum Lesson Plans, more worksheets and assessments/tests offer a comprehensive phonics/language arts curriculum with explicit, guided instruction.

Greathall Productions – Award-winning storytelling audio from Jim Weiss/Greathall Productions, featuring classical literature/history.  34 recordings/75 awards: “intelligent entertainment for the thinking family.”  Titles include: Greek Myths, Sherlock Holmes, Galileo, Abraham Lincoln, etc.  Also available are G.A. Henty recordings!  Recommended by homeschool professionals from Well Trained Mind to Homeschooling Today.  Fair Special! - $5 off each CD purchased at Fair

Harcourt Achieve (Steck-Vaughn Publishing) – Harcourt Achieve, representing both Steck-Vaughn and Rigby imprints, offers superior educational materials in reading/language arts, social studies, science and math ranging from K-12.  We also provide quality test prep and assessment materials.

Hobbies and More - Science kits, hobby and crafting materials.

Houghton Mifflin - K-6 textbooks, resource materials, and software.

Institute for Excellence in Writing – With teacher instruction in mind, IEW offers award winning seminars on DVD for both the teacher and student.  Grammar and spelling helps and written writing lessons based on this material are also available. By providing clear models and enjoyable instruction, you and your student will discover success in writing from the very first lesson.  With a 100% unconditional money back guarantee, you can’t go wrong!

International Academy - Foreign language materials for children of all ages.  Fair Special! - Free gifts, discounts

JoyceHerzog.com, Inc. Author and Keynote Speaker – Scaredy Cat Reading System and other helps for K-8!  Joyce is a specialist in reading and in Special Ed.  She loves children and she loves encouraging homeschoolers!

Juneau’s Imagination Station – Supplying specialty educational toys and activities to supplement your homeschool curriculum.  Unique, hands-on activities for science, art, languages, social studies, math and more.  We specialize in making learning fun!  “Playing is Learning” at Juneau ’s Imagination Station.  Fair Special! - 10% discount for all registered homeschool families

K12 – K12 takes a traditional/classical approach to education and combines it  with cutting-edge technology to provide complete grade programs as well as individual courses in language arts, math, history, science, music and art.  The K12 curriculum provides planning and progress tools and engaging materials to make your job easier.  Fair Special! - Free shipping and $100 off programs purchased at Fair

Kenai Peninsula College – Full service college on the Kenai Peninsula.  Get college credit while still in high school.

Lakeshore Learning Materials - Hands-on developmentally appropriate learning materials in every subject area.  Products designed with learning in mind.

Laurel Springs School - Laurel Springs School - Laurel Springs School is a world-class, WASC-accredited independent study program for grades K-12. We provide mastery-based curriculum options to match your child’s learning style: online, project-based or text. Families can choose curriculum only or they can take advantage of our exceptional teacher services for individual or concurrent enrollments and for custom curriculum options. Our college prep courses are approved by the NCAA and the UC a-g system requirements. Please call us at 800.377.5890 or visit us at www.laurelsprings.com.  Fair Special! - 2 for 1 High School Online courses for people who attend the Fairs. Attendees must register for courses before July 31st to receive the special.

LeapFrog SchoolHouse – Sellers of LeapPad multi-sensory learning system, for use with interactive books, ages PreK-grade 5.

Learning Essentials – Educational materials - art materials, workbooks, manipulatives, science kits, educational games, etc.

Libraries O’Malley – Carol O'Malley is a former librarian with lots of educational experience who represents many companies and will be highlighting the following three companies.  (She is a great resource if you are looking for particular books or books on a particular topic.)

Gareth Stevens Publishing - K-6 books about science, social studies, health issues

Rosen Publishing Group - Beautifully illustrated non-fiction for grades 5-12

Sagebrush Education Resources - Discount books - 50,000 titles, K-adult, any subject

Little Schoolhouse Learning Collection – We offer a wide variety of materials in many subject areas which will supplement any curriculum you are using.  We are thrilled to announce that we will be offering Montessori curriculum manuals this year with our materials.  We look forward to sharing these with you at the Fair! Fair Special! - Free shipping

Math-U-See California, Inc. - A hands-on, manipulative based math curriculum K-12 with lesson-by-lesson video instruction to help you teach your child using a multi-sensory approach.

North Dakota Division of Independent Study - Correspondence classes for grades 5-12, some online.

Pathway Publishers - OdysseyWare is the most engaging computerized curriculum on the market with 25,000 media files!  See battle footage of WWII, see the space shuttle take off, hear famous leaders and make learning an “edu-taining” experience. OdysseyWare is available for grades 3-12 in all core subjects and is used by school districts as core curriculum, Special Education, Credit Recovery, or Gifted and Talented.

Pearson Learning Group – Pearson Learning Group has the precise solutions to meet your teaching needs and help all your students succeed.  Pearson Learning Group, a part of Pearson Education, is the leading publisher of supplemental materials for grades PreK-12 and includes the imprints of Modern Curriculum Press, Globe Fearon, Dominie Press, Celebration Press, Dale Seymour Publications, and Pearson Early Learning.

Dale Seymour Publications - Materials for math, science, and the arts, grades K-8

Globe Fearon - Supplementary products for grades 6-12 and Special Ed

Modern Curriculum Press (MCP) - Language arts and math for grades K-8

Power-Glide – Power-Glide is a fully accredited foreign language K-12 school. The unique, adventure-based courses develop quick speech, comprehension, and lifetime skills. We are the leader in distance learning and self-study language for credit.  Fair Special! - 25% discount on all Power-Glide products

Prentice Hall & Globe Fearon – Prentice Hall and Globe Fearon (Pearson Learning Group) publish basic, college prep, supplemental and special needs textbooks and consumables for all students in grades 6-12.

Rainbow Resource Center – Wide variety of educational materials for all subject and all grades, large indexed catalog with informative descriptions and discount prices.

Razzle Dazzle Learning Company – Daily language arts skills review for grades 4-8.

Ring of Fire – Ring of Fire offers hands-on science materials for students PreK-12^th grade.  Our science kits contain textbooks (hard copy or CD) with a set of rocks.  Our instructional DVDs contain all the lessons in the units taught by Myrna Martin.  All materials have an unconditional money back guarantee.  Fair Special! - 10% discount on all materials purchased at Fair

Rocket Phonics – Rocket Phonics, a reading program so unique it has a patent pending, turns reluctant or pre-readers into eager, successful readers. Rocket Phonics’ fun approach uses games, riddles and stories in a revolutionary way. In a recent UCLA study, Rocket Phonics students gained over 3 months reading skill for each month using the program. Recommended by learning specialists; ages 4-10.  Fair Special! - Free shipping on items taken on the day of the Fair

Schoolhouse Express - School supplies - art materials, workbooks, manipulatives, science kits, etc.  Materials in all areas to enhance your curriculum.

Sonlight Curriculum – Comprehensive, literature-based homeschool curriculum helps kids ages PreK through high school develop a lasting love for learning.  Complete lesson plans and comprehensive notes mean parents don’t have to spend much time preparing and coordinating.  (IDEA cannot pay for most instructor’s guides, some individual books, and the Bible portion of the core program.)  Fair Special! - Free shipping & handling, warranty, 10% order discount with core purchase (all year long)

Super Duper Publications – Super Duper® Publications creates and publishes fun, colorful, high quality, curriculum-based educational materials and assessment tools for speech-language pathologists, special educators, teachers, parents, and caregivers.  Super Duper® Publications has a team of speech-language pathologists and special educators on staff to answer questions, make recommendations, and provide continuing education.  Super Duper always offers Free Shipping! Every Order.  Every Time.  Fair Special! - Free shipping; 20% discount

Sycamore Tree – Sycamore Tree has curriculum for all subjects for grades K-12 and curriculum packages with daily lesson plans for K-8.  We have been serving homeschoolers around the world since 1981.  Fair Special! - Free gift with every order 

Timeless Toys – Locally owned and operated by life-long Alaskan, parent of three, Timeless Toys specializes in unique toys and educational supplies not locally available.

Toyz Unlimited – Homework helps and fun homeschool supplies; science kits, social studies games, puzzles, arts and crafts.

TRISMS – Unit study and research approach to learning unlike anything that you have seen before, using “real books” within a framework of world history.  

UAF Geophysical Institute – The Geophysical Institute turns observations into information from the center of Earth to the center of the sun.

University of Alaska - Anchorage – College courses in Anchorage.

University of Alaska - Fairbanks – College courses in Fairbanks.

University of Alaska - Southeast – College courses in southeast Alaska.

University of Missouri – MU’s Center for Distance and Independent Study offers 220+ high school, elementary and middle school courses as well as 150+ university level courses.  Students complete self-paced, independent study courses at home or school.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Independent Study High School – Offering more than 160 online and print distance education courses, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Independent Study High School has been a leader in the distance education field for 75 years.  Fully accredited, Nebraska’s High School offers both supplemental courses and courses leading to a diploma.

University of Oklahoma – The University of Oklahoma Independent Learning High School offers over 100 print-based and online courses that are developed and taught by certified high school teachers.

Usborne: Book Nook, Something New, Usborne Books, Usborne Books at Home – Educational books for families and kids of all ages.

Veritas Press – A full-service curriculum provider with a classical specialization.

Wildridge Education - Award-winning educational software developed by homeschoolers and founders of a private academy in northern Vermont .  Make connections between math, science, music, literature and more through enriching activities within self-paced assignments.  Products include CD, textbook and guides. Fair Special! - Free shipping; Raffle for 1/2 gallon of Vermont Pure Maple Syrup!

Wizard Works – "Alaska Small Press Catalog" - anything and everything having to do with Alaska!  Fair Special! - Free Alaska salmon booklet with every order

World Book - Print reference and online services.  We have supplemental curriculum materials for PreK to Adult. Fair Special! - 10% off any products ordered at Fair

Writing Strands – Writing Strands is an award-winning, fun, and engaging curriculum that’s the perfect tool to develop successful writing skills for your child’s lifetime. Recommended by Susan Wise Bauer in The Well-Trained Mind as the most thorough, parent friendly and affordable writing curriculum available.  Fair Special! - Free shipping on items taken on the day of the Fair