New Course! Common Latin Phrases

We have added a new course on common Latin phrases.

Subject: Vocabulary Building

Course: 450 - Latin Phrases

Do you know what the following Latin phrases mean? ante bellum, carpe diem, caveat emptor, cum laude, ex post facto, habeas corpus

In our new course students will learn thirty-nine Latin phrases that are still in common usage. Even adults will be surprised by what some of these phrases actually mean.

This new course is Free to Members.

400 Level Spelling

400 LEVEL SPELLING
(25 New Intermediate Spelling Courses)

The 400 level spelling words have been released.

All new recordings!

100% human voices!

They can be assigned to any grade level student. The are targeted to children in higher elementary through middle school.

A few 3 letter words remained in 300 level spelling, but they are all gone at the 400 level. The words are getting harder and are randomly distributed across all 25 courses.

New Spelling Voice For All 100 Level Spelling Words

All of the HomeSchool Advantage spelling words have been rerecorded with a human voice. Riana, our new voice talent, has recorded over 6500 English words and sentences for our spelling curriculum. We will be releasing all 6500 spelling words soon in a complete set of courses across all levels. We will announce each new set of spelling courses as they are released.

Spelling Level 100 (Complete) - All 5 Existing Courses Have Been Updated With New Recordings!

Thanks to everyone who encouraged us to improve the quality of our recordings. We listen closely to feedback from the community, and would love to hear what you think of the new high quality sound.

Have a Date With History

We created a new course in US History that contains 60 dates every US student should know.

History 400 - Key Dates in U. S. History

We encourage students to learn dates. Dates create a timeline in a student's mind. The timeline equips the student to understand the historical context of what was studied. As students learn more dates, it becomes easier for them to learn history, and to discuss history intelligently in context.

Seriously, we really mean it becomes easier. Once you have established a strong history date knowledge net, sometimes you will remember new dates after hearing them only one time!

As always, this new course is FREE TO MEMBERS!

O Canada - Four New Courses

Our friends in Canada requested more Canadian facts and we have responded with several courses dedicated to all things Canadian. Today we released four new courses, with over sixty facts, on the Canadian Government:

Social Studies

460 - Canadian Monarchy

461 - Canadian Executive

462 - Canadian Legislature

463 - Canadian Judiciary

We strongly encourage our US students to also learn these facts. Of course, as always, these new courses are Free to Members.

The Canadian Flag - February 15, 1965

We have released the second of four new courses on Canada based on requests from Canadian home schoolers. The course is:

160 - Canadian Flag Facts

This is the smallest of the four new courses. It provides a few fun facts on the Canadian flag and is similar to the US Flags course in content. We strongly encourage students in the US to take the Canadian Flag course too, impress your Canadian friends with your knowledge about what happened on February 15, 1965.

1500 SAT Vocabulary Words and Counting

The SAT Vocabulary Curriculum is now up to 1500 words. These words are also important to learn for those studying for the GRE. Math Problem: If a student adds 4 SAT words a day to their vocabulary starting at 12 years old, how many word will have been learned by the time they are 18?

Answer: Over 8760 (perhaps 8,766 depending on leap years). Interestingly enough, this is the number of vocabulary words we plan to have in our SAT and GRE courses combined.

Country Flags of the World

Do you know what the flag of Canada looks like? Great Britain, Mexico, Japan? How about Cameroon? A great way to reinforce knowledge of countries and capitals is to learn country flags. Once you learn the flags, they will become great additions to your knowledge nets. We have posted a complete set of courses on Country Flags of the world. Of course, all new courses are FREE to members.