My brand new human body study for preschoolers through 2nd grade is $5 off for one week. Click here to see it in my online store. Happy homeschooling!
$5 off the new Little Otter’s Anatomy Curriculum
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Black Friday Sale!
I love deals, so I’m sharing the love for Black Friday here at Guest Hollow! Enter in the coupon code: BlackFriday! at checkout and you will get 35% off your cart! This applies to anything and everything. The code is valid ONLY on Friday, the 27th – one coupon code per person.
Newsletter subscribers get 40% off their cart with the code: only4subscribers!
Happy shopping!!
In other news, my new high school chemistry program is coming along nicely and should be done by January. It’s based on “living books” with no textbook and no crazy traditional labs! Instead, students learn chemistry concepts through cooking real food (you know, the kind you want to EAT) in the kitchen! This curriculum is designed for students who don’t have (or don’t want to use, lol) the math skills for a traditional chemistry course, but still need to fulfill requirements, or want to explore chemistry in a more hands-on and real-life approach. As with all of my curricula, it’s chock-full of videos, activities, and great books that will help spark a LOVE for science. It’s also a great course for teens interested in the culinary arts. I’m really excited about this chemistry course, as there isn’t anything I’ve seen out there in the homeschool world like it. I’ll be sharing more in the next month!
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Have you checked out our new chemistry curriculum?
In other news, I’m taking votes for what the next curriculum will be. Head over to the official Guest Hollow Facebook page and cast your vote for history or physics!
https://www.facebook.com/guesthollow/
Happy homeschooling!
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Physics Curriculum Update!
I’m finished creating a (math-free!) high school physics schedule and am now working on finishing up the accompanying study guide (due to popular demand)! You can take a look at the curriculum in more detail here:
http://www.guesthollow.com/…/highschool_p…/physics_home.html
You can also look at the scheduled books and resources here:
http://www.guesthollow.com/…/highschool_…/physics_books.html
I’m up to week 17 in the study guide and furiously typing away to get it finished up! After the guide is finished and the online version of the schedule is posted, the curriculum will go live in my store – hopefully sometime this month! Please contact me via PM if you need it before then.
Happy homeschooling and a big thanks to those of you who voted for a physics curriculum! Grammar and American history are coming up next!
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Our literature-based, conceptual (math-free) high school physics curriculum is ready to be purchased! Click here to read more about it.
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New, FREE, Updated Chemistry Curriculum Schedule
If you’ve purchased our chemistry curriculum at ANY time in the past, look in your email for a NEW, updated, FREE schedule we’ve sent out. We’ve recently updated the curriculum with new links, etc. Please let us know if you don’t get your copy.
You can also access the new copy via your store login, if you created an account when you made your purchase:
http://guesthollow.com/store/my-account/
Just enter in the email address you used to make your purchase, along with the password you created when setting up your account.
We’ll be posting updated schedules for the other curricula in the next few months and letting you know how to access them!
Everyone who has made a purchase of a curriculum that is updated will have access to a NEW copy with this set of updates, even if your purchase was over a year ago.
Thank you so much for being part of the Guest Hollow family!
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Curriculum Updates!
We’ve been busy updated all of our curricula – fixing links, adding activities, etc.
Check out our Facebook page for the most recent update notices:
https://www.facebook.com/guesthollow/
Our biggest overhaul is Guest Hollow’s Botany! We’ve added in new books, more material for high schoolers, and totally overhauled the links & activities. 
All of our schedules should be totally updated by March of this year.
In other news, if you are dealing with a financial hardship, please contact us. We don’t want any homeschooler to go without, when suffering through difficult times. Just send us a summary of your situation, and let us know how we can help. We can provide free or discounted materials from our store to those of you who don’t have the means to purchase them. We love our customers! 
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A drawing for 50% off one item in my store!
I’m holding a random drawing for a 50% off coupon for one item in my store! The coupon will be good for 1 year! If you’d like to enter, please like and/or follow our Facebook Guest Hollow page (if you haven’t already) and then leave a comment in the contest thread on Facebook.
Happy homeschooling!!
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Huge Giveaway!
It’s almost that time of year again! The Build Your Own Bundle sale starts on Monday, but starting today through Sunday, you can enter the giveaway to win ALL of the bundles being offered this year. That’s a $4,454 total value of homeschool curricula & helps from a variety of contributors (108 total), including ME! 
Here’s the link:
http://www.buildyourbundle.net/giveaway/ref/guesthollow
Also, if you refer a friend to the presale giveaway, and your friend wins, you win, too!
I’ve looked over all the bundles, and while I can’t share specific contents, yet, I can share that there are a lot of great contributors, including one of my favorites, Ellen McHenry. I used a lot of her things in my own homeschool and schedule some of her great books in my own curriculum schedules. There are also some other goodies from publishers / companies like Tapestry of Grace, TruthQuest History, Bright Ideas Press, and other well-known names. The lesser known contributors are also offering some really good products as well.
For those of you who don’t know, the Build Your Own Bundle sale allows you to bundle together curriculum, workbooks, online classes, etc. at a HUGE savings. There is even going to be a buy-two-get-one-free sale. These bundles are a great deal because you are getting savings of up to 96% off (I can’t share the prices of the bundles, yet). This is the kind of thing I loved when I was homeschooling, as I always needed my dollars to stretch, but I liked using a variety of things to meet the different needs and interests of my children!
You will also get the Bundle of Bonuses Book for free with any purchase. The bonus book has a ton of freebies, sales, and coupons (including one from me)!
I’ll share more info about the sale as soon as I am able to, but for now, you may want to click over and at least enter the pre-sale giveaway!
http://www.buildyourbundle.net/giveaway/ref/guesthollow
Happy homeschooling!
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Today is the first day of the Build Your Own Bundle sale! There are only 8 days left, and then the bundles will no longer be available. The bundles are offered at a HUGE savings. For example, you can build a bundle by picking 5 items that normally would cost about $129 and pay only $39. I have 4 items featured in the sale AND I’m offering a 15% off coupon in the Bundle of Bonuses book every BYOB customer receives for free. Check out the sale before it’s gone! This is truly a great deal! If I was still homeschooling, I’d be purchasing a bunch of stuff from this sale, lol.
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Beowulf’s Grammar is Ready!
Beowulf’s Grammar is ready to go!! We are having a 2-day sale on the Beowulf’s Grammar Bundle (both the workbook and the teacher’s manual). Get both for an amazing $30! After 2 days the sale price is going up to $35, and then, after a week, the combo will be full price ($40 – a 10% bundle discount). Get it now at this amazing deal!
Purchase the bundle here:
http://guesthollow.com/…/beowulfs-grammar-bundle-save-over…/
Want more info on Beowulf’s Grammar? Check it out at:
http://www.guesthollow.com/homescho…/…/beowulfs_grammar.html
Say good-bye to your boring grammar curriculum! Beowulf’s Grammar makes learning grammar FUN!
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Guest Hollow Language Arts is ready for purchase!
Our new language arts program is ready for purchase!
http://www.guesthollow.com/homes…/english/language_arts.html
Our language arts program is unlike any other language arts program I’ve seen! Be one of the first to check it out and get your kids to love language arts!
Guest Hollow Language Arts is engaging, contains customizable elements to make a great fit for all types of learners, and approaches language arts subjects through diverse and colorful resources instead of a pile of boring workbooks.
Our language arts schedule is a little different than most homeschool language arts curricula in a variety of ways. Some of the key differences:
It can be used for a variety of ages and grades, from grade 2 through grade 6. This means you can teach multiple students at once without having to use (or pay for) multiple language arts programs!
It uses literature and a variety of books to teach concepts rather than tons of boring workbooks.
It provides (optional) teacher education with parent/teacher reading assignments and articles to help YOU become a more informed homeschool teacher.
It gently guides you into making your own curriculum-related decisions, so you can feel more confident doing things “your” way in future years.
It’s flexible, so you aren’t locked into a set of books that doesn’t work for your student.
Tried-and-true traditional methods are incorporated in the program mixed with fresh and fun new ways of learning things to reach a variety of learners – from the gifted to the reluctant!
Check it out here: http://www.guesthollow.com/homes…/english/language_arts.html
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Cyber Monday Sale!
We are having a Cyber Monday sale! Get 25% off your entire order by entering in the coupon code: cybermonday2017
Happy shopping!
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Win one free item from our store!
What’s on your Guest Hollow Christmas wishlist? Share in the comments on this post or on our Facebook page giveaway post, and you will be entered to win one item of your choice from our store in honor of Christmas! A winner will be announced on December 24th!
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The biggest homeschool sale of the year!
The biggest homeschool sale of the year has started! Go now – Save up to 95% on your favorite publishers. Hurry, the sale ends 5/14/18!
When I was homeschooling, I was always on the lookout for a great deal. Th
e Build Your Bundle Sale is one of those things I would have LOVED due to the huge savings.
This year we’ve entered in Guest Hollow’s Language Arts into the sale, which can be found in the Elementary Bundle #3:
https://buildyourbundle.idevaffiliate.com/228-11-1-27.html
There are also other great bundles for every age group!
Have a middle schooler or high school student? Check out these 2 bundles geared for upper grades. Full of history, math, literature, language arts, science, Bible and more – all for 89% off!
https://buildyourbundle.idevaffiliate.com/228-12-3-22.html
The Thematics Units Bundle is the biggest one and was super popular last year. You will find a plethora of awesome resources for your homeschool: science, history, geography, language arts, math, writing prompts, a book report pack, several holiday lapbooks with study guides, and more!
Save 95% and spend only $10 bucks!
https://buildyourbundle.idevaffiliate.com/228-13-3-20.html
There are tons of other great bundles. Check them out here:
https://buildyourbundle.idevaffiliate.com/228.html
Don’t forget, the sale ends on the 14th! You won’t find the same items offered next year, due to the way the sale is structured. Grab the goodies now at the discounted price while you can! 
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Guest Hollow’s High School American History Year 1 is finished!
I’m so thrilled to announce that Guest Hollow’s High School American History Year 1 is now ready for purchase! If you have a middle-schooler, you’ll be happy to know we’ve also included instructions and book substitutions for this age group in our curriculum guide!
I started working on this project in February… and during these last 5 months I’ve read/previewed 170 books (many of which were thrown into the reject pile!), watched well over 400 online videos (and culled out the best), visited hundreds of websites, and created a 194-page workbook/study guide with custom artwork and maps! This has been a nearly all-consuming project with a lot of very late nights. I’m excited to get it into your hands in time for the 2018-2019 school year! Good thing I can read fast, or I wouldn’t have made the deadline! 
This is the American history program *I* always wished I had when I was homeschooling! The homeschooling moms who helped me proofread were so enthusiastic after taking a look:
“…this is an AMAZING curriculum! I love how well rounded it is. Not one sided. Very clearly laid out. That is SO hard to find in a history curriculum. Everyone is going to love it. I’ve searched high and low for a great history curriculum for high school.”
“I loved it SO much! I think my favorite part is the workbook…it’s meaty without being overbearing. And I love the project elements. It isn’t too crafty or elementary-ish. You have made it to being my #1 curriculum publisher!”
I’ve endeavored to create a history curriculum that is meaty, that will get students enthusiastic about the topics, and that is designed for them to not only understand the material, but to RETAIN it. I also split American history into 2 years as I believe one year is NOT enough time to study all of the important events and people. Our history curriculum doesn’t crush everything into one year, and it doesn’t skimp on important issues.
One of the things I think students will love are the book choices. Take a look at the resources list and you’ll see tons of graphic novels as well as lots of fresh, new book choices. When creating this curriculum, I wanted to avoid scheduling the titles you seem to see in every homeschooling American history curriculum. I’ve taught a lot of American history over the years. Let’s just say I got tired of the “same ol’ stuff.” I searched high-and-low for the BEST books. These are books that are going to engage your students. Even reluctant readers will likely love many of the choices.
There’s another benefit to many of my book picks. Lots of them are available for FREE, and many are also are available via audio books. This will help your budget and will also give you options for students who have difficulty reading (or just need a change)!
I spent a lot of time searching for the perfect spine book. The one I chose was written by real history professors & historians (not a textbook committee) and specifically avoids the “politically correct” type of viewpoint. I wanted a balanced, academic book and that’s exactly what I believe I found. Here’s a quote from a review that sums it up terrifically:
“This book is certainly meant to be an alternative to the Leftist propaganda by Howard Zinn and others that passes for school textbooks these days but it does not insult our intelligence by substituting Rightist propaganda for Leftist propaganda. If it had been conservative propaganda, for instance, we might expect it to stress the central importance of the Pilgrim fathers and their Christian faith in the American founding. And double that if you are aware that Schweikart is a committed Christian. In fact, however, the book glides over this small group of blown-off-course religious renegades as the relatively minor event in the British settlement of North America that it was. The Mayflower Pilgrims get in fact less than two pages out of 928. Even Africans arrived in North America before the Pilgrims! If any of that jars you, you need to read the book.” Quote from John Ray in his review of A Patriot’s History of the United States
Students will also love the recipes in the schedule! Our Chemistry in the Kitchen Curriculum is a HUGE hit with students. I’ve received so many comments from parents who tell me how their students LOVE the time spent cooking and creating great foods of all kinds. American history students will get to learn about historical methods of making & preserving foods and also hone some old-fashioned cooking skills to boot!
I could go on and on about the curriculum and how amazing it is, so I’ll stop here (or I’d take up about 10 more pages, lol), but I invite you to look at the curriculum FAQ:
http://www.guesthollow.com/homeschool/history2/highschool_american/index.html
…and also to look at the books and resources list to see some of the great things that are scheduled in:
http://www.guesthollow.com/homeschool/history2/highschool_american/american_history_books.html
Here’s a 2-day coupon celebrating our American History Curriculum’s release:
If you plan on purchasing the curriculum, this is a great way to save a few $$!
Guest Hollow’s High School American History Year 1 is a labor of love, and we think it’s going to be one of our biggest hits yet. We invite you to join the Guest Hollow family and see why both parents and students LOVE our curricula!
We also invite everyone to post your comments and questions and to join our High School History Curriculum User’s Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1020183814779100/
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