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2018 Homeschool Catalog Highlights

February 13, 2018 by Ben

Our 2018 homeschool catalog is off the press and will show up soon in your mailbox. We’re excited about what BJU Press families did to make this year’s catalog more engaging. Back in October, we asked you to photograph your homeschool in action. The results were overwhelming and fun! Here’s just one example.

New Distance Learning Courses

As a homeschool dad, I’m thrilled to see how the self-paced video courses enable my daughter to take ownership of the learning. My wife and I still have final say over the activities and the grades, but with a flexible roadmap, my third grader can learn on her own and at her own pace.

This year BJU Press is rolling out eight new distance learning courses. You can see sample lessons for each course on YouTube.

Heritage Studies 1

This 90-day course is taught by Mrs. Lawson and walks young children through civics starting in the home and expanding through communities and states to our nation. It concludes with a brief introduction to early American history, beginning with Columbus and finishing with Plymouth.

Science 2

Mrs. Overly teaches second graders simplified science skills and scientific methods so that they learn to be student scientists. They practice their skills in exposure-level discussions of earth science, biology, anatomy, and physical science. This is also a 90-day course.

Spelling 3

Students develop spelling skills as they inductively study word families. Mrs. Jarrell’s instruction also strengthens children’s proofreading and writing skills in this 180-day course.

Fundamentals of Math

Mr. Harmon’s personality engages students in this 180-day seventh-grade level course on math. Students will master the knowledge and skills they developed in sixth grade, providing them with a strong foundation for advanced math in high school.

World Studies

In this 180-day course, Miss Ingersoll provides students with a survey of world history from the Middle Ages to the present. Seventh graders will learn to think critically from a biblical worldview as they learn about the religions, movements, and philosophies that continue to shape our world today.

Earth Science

Geology is a field that’s dominated by secular thought, but Mrs. Gillenwater directs eighth-grade students to geology from a biblical worldview. This 180-day course also covers the atmosphere and space.

Geometry

Mr. Matesevac guides tenth graders in developing higher-level thinking skills. Students incrementally learn how to construct geometric proofs. This is a 180-day course.

American Government

In this capstone heritage studies course, Mrs. Bullock walks students through how our government was formed and the way it functions. The in-depth examination of our nation’s government is guided by a biblical worldview. This is a 90-day course.

• Price Drop for Spelling and Handwriting Video Lessons

If you’re considering buying spelling or handwriting video courses, be aware that they are now more affordable. We’ve dropped the prices for the spelling (1 through 6) and handwriting video courses from $299 per course to $149 per course.

• Vocabulary Now in Textbook Grade Kits

For the first time, we’re including vocabulary in textbook grade kits. This rounds out language arts for seventh–twelfth graders.

• Deeper Discount on Textbook Kits

When you purchase a grade or subject textbook kit, you can have the confidence that you have all of the items needed to teach your child. We’ve always discounted books when you buy them in kits. Three years ago, we evened out the discount to 20%. So purchasing kits cost 20% less than purchasing items in the kit individually. This year, we discounted the prices even more. Kits are now 25% less than purchasing the items individually.

• Lower Testing Prices

This year we’ve dropped the prices of Iowa and Stanford 10 achievement tests by 15%. This is good news for families, especially when you’re testing multiple children. Remember that many states require testing. If you’re planning on testing your children this year because your state requires it or if you do it for your own benefit, this is a great time to order—before the busiest season kicks in.

Homeschool Catalog Highlights for 2016

February 9, 2016 by Ben

Our team has been working on this catalog since September of last year, and we’re excited to watch our 2016 catalog go out the door. It should be in your mailbox soon, but until then here are a few highlights from this year’s catalog!

Distance Learning and Textbook Still Separate
Last year was the first time we separated Distance Learning from textbooks in the catalog. Many of you shared how much easier this change made it to find the product you needed. However, some found the two directions difficult to use. This year, we’ve kept the product types separate, with Distance Learning at the beginning and textbooks at the end of the catalog.

You can view the Distance Learning section and the textbook section online.

2016 Textbooks
Recently, one of our authors shared a preview of our new biblical worldview textbook. In addition to Biblical Worldview: Creation, Fall, Redemption, we have new editions for eight other subjects, bringing to each course a thoroughly biblical worldview with an educationally sound approach.

New Distance Learning Courses
Last year we released all new Distance Learning video lessons for grade 6. We’ve heard from parents of sixth graders that the newly condensed lessons have made learning more effective. This year, we’re releasing new video lessons for ten courses for various grade levels that include newly condensed lessons.

A Guide to Biblical Worldview Education
This year, our catalog includes a sixteen pages of magazine-style content in between the Distance Learning and the textbook sections. In this guide you can read about the principles BJU Press uses to combine a biblical worldview of each subject with the best educational approaches. “Your Guide to Biblical Worldview Education” is divided by subject, so you can read the sections that interest you most.

We pray that each of our products will help you give your children an excellent biblical worldview education. Have a great school year!

Homeschool Catalog Highlights for 2015

February 20, 2015 by BJU Press Writer

You want your children to grow in wisdom and knowledge and joy this year, and we here at BJU Press are ready to partner with you in reaching that goal. For more than forty years, we’ve been producing homeschool materials with a biblical worldview, giving your children a sound education as well as instilling in them a joy for learning. We’re excited to introduce you to some of the highlights of our 2015 homeschool catalog.

Catalog Format

The first thing you will notice about this year’s homeschool catalog is that it’s really two catalogs in one. One half of the catalog features our Distance Learning materials, while the other half features all our textbooks. This change should make ordering less confusing and should help you find what you need faster.

Discount and Payment Plan Changes

We’ve updated our discount and payment plan this year to help our homeschooling families. In the past, homeschoolers have had to purchase two Full-Grade Distance Learning Kits to be eligible for the payment plan. Now, all orders over $499 (even those that don’t include any Distance Learning items) will be eligible. If you opt to enroll in the payment plan, you will be required to pay 30% down, but the rest of the order total will be divided into six equal payments that will be automatically charged to your credit card on a monthly basis. You won’t pay any interest at all.

Also, when you buy two or more Distance Learning Grade Kits, we’re still going to give you $50 off each kit. And, to make our Distance Learning products even more affordable, we’re also offering a 25% discount on each kit when you buy three or more subject kits.

New Textbook Kits

We have always made it our aim to publish textbooks that teach grade-level academic content from a thoroughly biblical worldview. Since publishing our very first textbook in 1974, we have made it our goal to continually improve our textbooks. This year, the following textbooks have been revised. We think you’ll love these new editions.

Math 1
Spelling 1
Reading 2
Heritage Studies 4
Science 4
Bible Truths 6 (Check out the corresponding BJU Press Bible app!)
Cultural Geography
Chemistry (Read more about the new edition in this blog post by one of our science authors.)

New Distance Learning Products

With Distance Learning, your child can work at his or her own pace, supported by our Distance Learning teachers, who will teach your son or daughter directly, using a variety of creative means that capture attention and appeal to different learning styles.

For 2015, we’re excited to announce several new Distance Learning products. All the sixth-grade Distance Learning courses have been revised for 2015. These courses have new video content and use the most current textbook editions. The video content has also been condensed so that your child will be able to complete the lessons faster. Tenth-grade World History is also new this year.

Now when you purchase a Distance Learning Grade Kit with books, you’ll receive a free Vacation Stations workbook to help your child retain the things he or she is learning, even during long breaks from school.

There’s also a new reason for users to love Distance Learning Online because they will now receive copies of available VitalSource® eTextbooks. These eTextbooks can be downloaded on multiple devices and have note-sharing and study features.

We hope these changes for 2015 will really benefit you and your family. Have a great school year!

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Christian School 2015 Catalog

September 17, 2014 by BJU Press Writer

Have you received your Christian School 2015 catalog? Not yet? Well, we hope you won’t get too upset if we highlight four things from the new catalog. Honestly, we’re pretty excited about the projects God has helped us accomplish so that we can better serve you.

If you don’t like spoilers, we suggest that you wait to read this post until after your copy of the catalog arrives in the mail. Otherwise, read on!

What’s new for 2015?

Eight new textbooks offered.

You might tell students not to judge a book by its cover, but we think they won’t hesitate to look through one of these newly revised textbooks. And we promise you that the contents of each one are academically challenging too. Here’s the list of new editions.

ExamView^® Assessment Suite now offered through BJU Press Teacher Tools Online.

Your ability to assess how much your students understand just got easier. We’ve integrated ExamView^® with Teacher Tools Online (TTO). It is currently available for select grades and subjects, but by fall 2015 Grades 6–12 of Math, Science, and Heritage Studies will all be available. Here’s a reference chart that might help.

Distance Learning catalog makes viewing products easier.

This catalog features our Christian Classroom Online (CCO) options. We hope this catalog will communicate our Distance Learning options more clearly.

Bible memory app correlates with Bible Truths textbooks.

Parents can get more involved with their child’s learning by purchasing the new BJU Press Bible apps for iPhone^®, iPad^®, and iPod Touch^®. Memory games are included as well as the ability to track one’s progress in memorizing verses. The verses are listed in order by unit in the corresponding Bible Truths textbook. The apps are available in KJV, ESV, and NASB versions.

Which new item are you most excited about? Why?