Catalogs for Homeschoolers
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Looking for free homeschool catalogs? Real catalogs printed on paper that you can hold in your hands and not just a website?
Catalogs are great for planning next year's homeschool curriculum, finding great new living books to read, and for "window shopping."
Scan this page for all the best catalogs out there -- most are just a few clicks away. I've linked right to the catalog request page of each homeschool retailer or told you how to get the catalog.
In just a few days, watch your mailbox because the homeschool catalogs will start pouring in!
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Some of the Greatest Catalogs
in my opinion
These are my top choices for HS catalogs. I am a lover of living books, and these catalogs deliver!
- Winter Promise Catalog Request
- Winter Promise offers complete curricula packages based on a history or science foundation. Themes incluse Children Around the World, Hideaways in History, American History, Animals, Insects, Sea & Sky, and more! Packages are available for elementary through high school.
- Rainbow Resource Catalog Request
- This is a HS Bible of sorts. It's huge -- think the old Sears catalog -- and jam packed with most anything you could want from books to craft materials and science supplies. Even better, Rainbow Resource has some of the cheapest prices available! And they also offer helpful reviews of many of the products. I have turned to this resource time and time again.
- Sonlight Catalog Request
- This catalog creates a fever pitched frenzy of mailbox checkings each year at its release. Join in the fun and order your copy from Sonlight today.
- Veritas Press Catalog Request
- Veritas Press is a standby for the Classical style of home education. They provide complete graded packages or individual titles.
- Beautiful Feet Books
- I love this catalog! Beautiful Feet has themed programs with living books! Topics include History of the Horse, Anne of Green Gables, History of Classical Music, American History, History of Science, Geography through Literature, Character through Literature, and many more.
There is no online catalog request, you should instead email your name and mailing address to letters@bfbooks.com with "Catalog" in the subject line. - Heart of Dakota
- Heart of Dakota has curriculum for K through eighth grades. A living books approach, Heart of Dakota offers basic and full packages that include science, art, music, and language arts as well as history.
- My Father's World Christian Curriculum
- My Father's World is a blend of unit studies, classical and Charlotte Mason styles of homeschooling. Packages are available for preschool through high school levels.
Homeschool Catalogs
The Thrill of Getting a Catalog
We're adults, but the thrill of getting mail -- real mail, not junk mail or spam -- is still there! Ordering something and waiting for it to arrive is part of the fun! Order some catalogs today and start planning your next homeschool adventures.
For curriculum junkies, getting a new catalog is a thrill of shopping and planning adreneline. For the newbie, a catalog offers a life bouy in the sea of curriculum choices.
Here are more reasons to get catalogs -- even if your curriculum choices are made.
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Ideas, ideas, and more ideas -- for themes of study, for crafts, for experiments.
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Book lists -- You don't have to buy from the catalog. Take the catalog to your library and borrow the books. Buy used from online sources or your neighborhood used book store. If your children are voracious readers, you're always on the lookout for an excellent title.
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New curricula -- obviously, you may find that "perfect" resource that you've wondered even existed. It just might be hidden in the pages of a catalog.
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Motivation and evaluation of your current homeschool -- are you staying on track or lagging behind? Are your expecations realistic or too high? Are you pressing your kids too hard or just right? Looking at other curricula suitable for your child's level my help you decide.
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Pricing your own used books for sale or bargaining for used >-- with a catalog, you'll know the going price for that title.
More Great Catalogs
- Timberdoodle Catalog Request
- A fun name for a fun catalog. This catalog will leave you trying to squeeze a few more pennies from your HS budget so you can buy these fun extras! Timberdoodle offers free shipping on orders over $150.
- Love to Learn Catalog Request
- Love to Learn has loads of living books and homeschooling resources. They also sell Swim Modest bathing suits!
- Tobin's Lab Home Page
- This company specializes in hands on science products. Their motto is "Science is not a book; it's a mess!" Absolutely delightful! You can also find lapbooking resources at Tobin's. There is no online catalog request; instead you must email mike@tobinslab.com.
- Homeschooling Books Catalog
- Homeschooling Books offers complete curriculum packages with good product descriptions. The catalog (and its shipping) is free, but to request it, you need to go through the ordering process and order it.
- Memoria Press Catalog Request
- Another great Classical homeschool supplier, Memoria Press offers some wonderful Latin, logic, rhetoric, and other Great Books selections.
- Home Science Tools Catalog Request
- Home Science Tools is especially good for science selections -- dissection kits, nature study, and experiments.
- Learning Things Catalog Request
- Learning Things offers catalogs for 1. books & software, 2. toys, games, & hobbies, and 3. science kits and microscopes.
- Christian Book Distributors Homeschool Catalog Request
- CBD offers over a dozen different specialty catalogs -- look for the Homeschooling one! Their prices are very competitive.
- CriticalThinking.com Parent Catalog
- The Critical Thinking Company publishes books and software to develop critical thinking in core subject areas.
- Profrock Press
- The Prufrock Press gifted education catalog is packed with activity books, teaching resources, identification instruments, journals, and magazines for teaching and educating gifted children.
- Steve Spangler Science
- Steve Spangler makes science fun! This catalog is full of science experiment materials.
- Teacher Created Resources
TCR has over 1500 products for teachers, all created by teachers. Although the website has no option for requesting a print catalog, this link will take you to the online catalog.
- Apologia Science Curriculum
- From the website, "Apologia provides fun and challenging K-12 creation-based science curriculum specifically designed for the home school. Written by a former university professor and homeschool parent, our courses provide college-preparatory science in a way that is both clear and challenging. Our texts are readable, easy to understand, and full of engaging experiments that can be performed at home."
- Educator's Outlet
- Loads of educational manipulatives and games. Their discount sections have amazing bargains.
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The Well-Adjusted Child
The Social Benefits of Homeschooling
The Well-Adjusted Child: The Social Benefits of Homeschooling
Amazon Price: $7.06 (as of 02/15/2012)
"The definitive book regarding the socialization question surrounding homeschooling." -- Foreword Magazine, July-August 2007
Your Favorite Catalog
Your favorite catalog may be one that you eagerly await its release each year or simply one that you turn to time and time again as a reference.
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eclecticeducation
Aug 30, 2011 @ 11:51 pm | delete
- I get a lot of these catalogs. My favorite is probably Rainbow Resource, just because I can be pretty assured of finding about anything I need there. lol!!! I also love their descriptions of the products. It is so helpful. Great list here!
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A.P.
Jun 8, 2011 @ 12:42 pm | delete
- Thanks!! Great info!
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Jenn R.
Apr 9, 2011 @ 1:21 pm | delete
- Thank you for providing this information!
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Sarah Z. (H.S. mom of 4)
Jul 19, 2010 @ 5:36 pm | delete
- Thank you! What a wonderful resource...truly a valuable way to spend a lunch "break".
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Amy G.
May 8, 2010 @ 4:19 pm | delete
- Thanks for the links! My favorite is Winter Promise, followed very closely by Sonlight, Love to Learn, then Veritas.
I also love VIsion Forum's catalog.
Right now I'm anxiously awaiting the new Winter Promise one and it's so hard to wait!
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