Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts

Saturday, April 25, 2015

Juggling…

One of my sweet friends reminded me recently that this life that we are living is always going to be a juggling act and that we are always going to be dropping the ball.  The trick is to choose which ball to drop and when and to make sure that we alternate which one gets dropped from time to time. 

I am sure that many of you also have a similar story: there’s my job as wife and then mom and teacher and small business woman.  I need to feed little people, and make sure I get some exercise in, and that the laundry is relatively under control, and pack book treats into boxes and envelopes and write.  Writing.  I miss that.  Writing has been the ball that has been dropped lately and it’s time to dust it off and pick it up and get in touch again.  I think I am a bit of a modern day old fashioned girl: not much for talking on the phone but I do love to write and exchange notes.  If we can’t sit down and have a proper conversation over a cup of tea, then the written word is one of the best ways to communicate.

Writing soothes me.  I think that’s why I am a journaller.  I write even when I hope that no one will ever read it.  And while this sunny little spot Under the Maple Tree isn’t a very large community, I thank you for joining in this conversation.  It encourages me to hear from you and to hear of your struggles and your victories.  Thanks for indulging me and letting me share my little part of the world with you.  I’ve missed this time.

I can’t wait to tell you a bit about what’s been going on here.  Most of it is mundane and everyday-ish, some is exciting and exhilarating.  Dropping the writing ball has allowed me to do a little better at a few other things.  I have become fairly consistent in exercising and eating better, which has lead to me adding a few new treats to the shelves of our store: the book Trim Healthy Mama and some of the specialty foods that they provide like healthy natural sweeteners. 

We have also done a bunch of the boring behind the scenes work that needs to be done, updating computer programmes and hardware to make Maple Tree run better.  I thought that changing my email address (to cori@mapletreepublications.ca) would be less cumbersome than it proved to be but now we have an address that won’t need to change again as it matches our website. 

We’ve tripled the number of books that are available on the webstore as we continue to work towards being Canada’s Charlotte Mason resource provider, www.mapletreepublications.ca.  Check out all the Simply Charlotte Mason books that we now stock in addition to publications by Maple Tree as well as Life of Fred math, Mystery of History, Story of the World, Jonathan Park, Learning Language Arts Through Literature and much more.

On the home front, the girls are in senior kindergarten to grade ten, if you want to talk schoolish.  I can’t wait to tell you about our experience reading through the whole Bible at the beginning of this school year.  Many of you have asked and so I will update you about that soon too. 

For now though I should leave you with a few more practical updates as I anticipate the excitement of a few more conferences coming up in the next several weeks.  It has been so refreshing to me to see many of you and to serve you at both the KWCHEA conference in Kitchener and the RVHEA conference in Ottawa.  Next weekend Maple Tree will be at OCHEC in Ancaster at Redeemer University.

If you are at any of these upcoming conferences, please come by and say hello.  And, of course, I will happily pack up an order to bring to you at the conference if you have something that you need and want to make sure it’s available when we meet up.

Here’s where Maple Tree is setting up shop in the next little bit:

May 1-2 OCHEC Convention in Ancaster.
https://www.ochec.org/?q=convention
*I will be speaking on “Enjoying Math?”*  (Really, it will be  fun one!)

May 30th KATCH Conference in Peterbourough.  http://www.katchpeterborough.org/Conference.html
*I will be doing a three part series on Charlotte Mason’s philosophy of education: Education is an Atmostphere, a Discipline and a Life.*  I am really excited to be able to share these ones.  Don’t miss out!

June 6th Used Book and Curriculum Fair and Small Business Expo in Barrie. https://www.facebook.com/events/768354386584075/

June 12th TEACH New and Used Curriculum Fair in Brantford.
http://groupspaces.com/TeachHomeEducators/item/911069

Looking forward to seeing many of you soon in person and to hearing from you Under the Maple Tree as I get back to adding the writing ball into this jumbled up mess that I juggle.

Peace and blessings,

Cori
www.mapletreepublications.ca

Friday, August 1, 2014

Maple Leaves: Titles available for sale at Maple Tree Publications - your Canadian Charlotte Mason Resource Supplier

Dear Friends,
 
I have been talking to so many of you wonderful homeschoolers over the past few months at homeschool conferences, meetings, Newby workshops, and virtually by email, on the phone, or by Facebook.  I realize that chatting one on one with so many people has kept me from sharing with you what I have been telling all of them: we have so many new and exciting products at Maple Tree!
 
This became very evident at a recent conference: I was talking to one sweet mama at my little booth when she noticed the new Life of Fred Language Arts books on my table. The conversation went a little something like this:
 
Lovely Customer: Life of Fred Language Arts!  I didn’t know there was a Life of Fred Language Arts!
 
Me: Yup.  It’s brand new.  I just got it in stock recently.
 
Lovely Customer: But I didn’t know about it!  You have to tell your customers about it.  I want to buy it but I didn’t plan for it.  If you’d told me I could have planned to buy it.  Your customers want to know what you have in stock and what you sell.  You have to put these things on your blog.
 
Me: I wish I had time to do more blogging. Maybe you need to come and help out because working between 10pm and 2am is just not getting it all done anymore!
 
If you have come and chatted with me at a conference, you might think that I am quite the saleswoman since I am so enthusiastic about the books that we carry at Maple Tree.  On the contrary, I don’t want to clog up your mailboxes with tons of unwanted sales pitches.  Judging by the number of conversations that I have had recently with friends and customers though, I realize that I am not doing a very good job of letting you know how I can help with your homeschooling needs. 
 
So, here below, I am adding a brief list of all of the books that I currently carry.  Thanks for your grace, as you will see that many of these books are not currently listed on my website.  I so appreciate being a part of the homeschooling community and that you are all so understanding of the fact that things like home and school tend take away a lot of the time that I would like to devote to growing this little sapling into a giant forest. 
 
If there is a resource on this list that you would like to order and it is not yet listed on my website then please email me at mapletreepublications@sympatico.ca and I can help you to complete your order.  Remember that, as always, taxes are included in my prices and shipping to anywhere in Canada is only 15% (though you are welcome to save the shipping and pick up your order if you are close by our little store in Bradford, Ontario.)  I do also do special orders about once a month for items that are not a part of our regular stock on the list below.  Please let me know if I can be of any help as you prepare for the upcoming school year.
 
Blessings,
 
Cori
 
905.778.9412
 
 
Maple Leaves….
 
Books Published by Maple Tree:
Come Sit By Me Volume One - $49
Come Sit By Me Volume Two - $49
Add Two Cups of Laughter - $16
My Reading Journal - $9.99
The Canadian Kids’ Daily Journal - $7
The Gloriously Groovy Girls’ Daily Journal - $7
Awesome Adventurous Boys’ Daily Journal - $7
The Nature Nuts’ Daily Journal - $7
The Great Canadian ArtPak - $49
Early Canadiana ArtPak - $24
Famous Canadian Painters ArtPak - $18
Group of Seven ArtPak - $24
The Ultimate Lapbook Handbook - $30
A Bunny, a Case and a World of Taste - $12
Working Together - $28
 
Parent-Teacher Resources
Educating the WholeHearted Child - $23.50
Read for the Heart - $18
A Charlotte Mason Companion - $21.50
For the Children’s Sake - $16.50
The Three R’s - $12.95
You Can Teacher Your Child Successfully - $15
A Biblical Home Education - $16
Honey for a Child’s Heart - $14
Pocketful of Pinecones - $18
Lessons at Blackberry Inn - $18
Original Homeschooling Series  - $62
Beyond Survival - $14
Reaping the Harvest - $14
The Living Page - $19
 
Other Resources
Do Hard Things - $19
Ministry of Motherhood - $17
Mission of Motherhood - $17
Raising a Modern Day Joseph $14
Dancing with my Father - $16
Desperate - $18
One Thousand Gifts - $18
Margin - $18
Fool Proofing - $9
 
Bible
Hero Tales Volume One - $16.25
Jesus Storybook Bible w/CDs - $28
Jesus Storybook Bible - $19
Buck Denver Asks What’s in the Bible? – Volume 1: Genesis - $15
Buck Denver Asks What’s in the Bible? – Volume 2: Exodus - $15
Buck Denver Asks What’s in the Bible? – Volume 3: Leviticus, Numbers & Deuteronomy - $15
Buck Denver Asks What’s in the Bible? – Volume 4: Joshua, Judges & Ruth - $15
Buck Denver Asks What’s in the Bible? – Volume 5: 1 & 2 Samuel - $15
Buck Denver Asks What’s in the Bible? – Volume 6: Kings & Chronicles - $15
Buck Denver Asks What’s in the Bible? – Volume 7: Ezra, Nehemiah & Esther - $15
Buck Denver Asks What’s in the Bible? – Volume 8: Psalms, Proverbs & the Writings - $15
Buck Denver Asks What’s in the Bible? – Volume 9: Isaiah, Jeremiah & the Prophets  - $15
Buck Denver Asks What’s in the Bible? – Volume 10: Matthew, Mark, Luke & John - $15
Buck Denver Asks What’s in the Bible? – Volume 11: Acts - $15
Buck Denver Asks What’s in the Bible?  – Volume 12: Romans through Philemon - $15
Buck Denver Asks What’s in the Bible? – Volume 13: General Epistles & Revelation - $15
Buck Denver Asks What’s in the Bible? – Christmas - $15
 
Life of Fred Elementary Math 
Apples
Butterflies
Cats 
Dogs
Edgewood
Farming
Goldfish
Honey 
Ice Cream 
Jelly Beans
$18 each or $170 for the set of 10 books
 
Life of Fred Intermediate Math

Kidneys
Liver
Mineshaft
$18 each or $52 for the set of 3 books
 
Life of Fred Before Highschool Math

Fractions  - $21
Decimals & Percents  - $21
Elementary Physics - $32 (This has been renamed Pre-Algebra 0 with Physics but is the exact same book)
Pre-Algebra 1 with Biology  - $32
Pre-Algebra 2 with Economics  - $32
$133 for the set of 5 books
 
Life of Fred Highschool Math

Beginning Algebra Expanded - $42
Zillions of Practice Problems: Beginning Algebra  - $32
 
Advanced Algebra Expanded - $42
Zillions of Practice Problems: Advanced Algebra  - $32
 
Geometry  - $42
Geometry Answer Key  - $8
 
NEW! Trigonometry Expanded - $42
NEW LOWER PRICE! $234 for the set of 7 books
 
Life of Fred: Financial Choices  - $21
 

Life of Fred College Math
Calculus $42
Calculus Answer Key $8
 
Linear Algebra $53
Linear Algebra Answer Key $8
 
Statistics $42
Statistics Answer Key $8
College Set of 6 books $157
 

NEW LOWER PRICE! Full Set of Life of Fred Math books $757
(includes Financial Choices; does not include Chemistry or Language Arts)
 
NEW! Life of Fred Language Arts:

Australia 
Begin Teaching
Classes
Dreams
$21 each or $80 for the set of four books
 
Learning Language Arts Through Literature

Blue Kit (Grade 1) - $105 includes teacher book, student book, readers and other material
Blue Student Book - $29
Red Kit (Grade 2) - $94 includes teacher book, student book, readers and other material
Red Student Book - $29
Yellow Teacher (Grade 3) - $29
Yellow Student - $23.75
Orange Teacher (Grade 4) - $29
Orange Student - $23.75
Purple Teacher (Grade 5) - $29
Purple Student - $23.75
Tan Teacher (Grade 6) - $29
Tan Student - $23.75
Green Teacher (Grade 7) - $29
Green Student - $23.75
Gray Teacher (Grade 8) - $29
Gray Student - $23.75
Gold American Lit (High school)- $29
Gold British Lit (High school) - $29
 
Other Language Arts
Simply Grammar - $27.50
Story Starters - $37.50
 
Canadian Authors

Janis Cox:
Tadeo Turtle - $13
 
Carolyn J Morris:
Mourning Dove - $13
Barn Swallows - $13
Pine Warbler - $13
NEW (Available August 21st!) Chickadees at Christmas $13
Set of four books $40
 
Exploring Creation Series by Apologia

Elementary Series
 
Astronomy - $43
Astronomy Notebook (~Grades 4-6) - $26
Astronomy Notebook Junior (~K- Grade 2) - $26
 
Botany - $43
Botany Notebook (~Grades 4-6) - $26
Botany Notebook Junior (~K- Grade 2) - $26
 
Zoology 1 – Flying Creatures - $43
Zoology 1 – Flying Creatures Notebook (~Grades 4-6) - $26
Zoology 1 – Flying Creatures Notebook Junior (~K- Grade 2) - $26
 
Zoology 2 – Swimming Creatures - $43
Zoology 2 – Swimming Creatures Notebook (~Grades 4-6) - $26
Zoology 2 – Swimming Creatures Notebook Junior (~K- Grade 2) - $26
 
Zoology 3 – Land Animals - $43
Zoology 3 – Land Animals Notebook (~Grades 4-6) - $26
Zoology 3 – Land Animals Notebook Junior (~K- Grade 2) - $26
 
Human Anatomy - $43
Human Anatomy Notebook (~Grades 4-6) - $26
Human Anatomy Notebook Junior (~K- Grade 2) - $26
 
NEW! Chemistry & Physics - $43
NEW! Chemistry & Physics Notebook (~Grades 4-6) - $26
NEW! Chemistry & Physics Notebook Junior (~K- Grade 2) - $26
 
Middle School Series
Exploring Creation – Gen’l Science w/tests-$95
Exploring Creation – General Sci Ntbk - $37
General Science Comp CD - $19
 
Exploring Creation – Phys’l Science w/tests-$95
Exploring Creation Physical Sci Ntbk - $37
 
High School Series
Exploring Creation – Biology w/tests - $95
 
Exploring Creation – Chemistry w/tests - $95
 
Exploring Creation – Physics w/tests - $95
 
Reasonable Faith - $11
 
YAY! BACK IN PRODUCTION! Jonathan Park

Jonathan Park, Volume 1: The Adventure Begins - $25
Jonathan Park, Volume 2: No Looking Back - $25
Jonathan Park, Volume 3: The Winds of Change - $25
Jonathan Park, Volume 4: The Hunt for Beowulf - $25
Jonathan Park, Volume 5: The Explorers Society - $25
Jonathan Park, Volume 6: The Journey Never Taken - $25
Jonathan Park, Volume 7: The Voyage Beyond - $25
Jonathan Park, Volume 8: The Copper Scroll - $25
Jonathan Park, Volume 9: The Whispering Sphinx - $25
 
NEW! Life of Fred Science!

Life of Fred: Chemistry - $32
 
Mystery of History

Mystery of History Volume 1 - $55
Mystery of History 1 Companion CD - $23
Mystery of History Volume 2 - $55
Mystery of History 2 Companion CD - $23
Mystery of History Volume 3 Student $65
Mystery of History Volume 3 Companion $44
Mystery of History 3 Companion CD - $30
 
Story of the World

Story of the World Volume 1  - $18
Story of the World Activity Book Vol 1 - $37
Story of the World 1 CD - $42
Story of the World Volume 2  - $18
Story of the World Activity Book Vol 2 - $39
Story of the World 2 CD - $47
Story of the World Volume 3  - $18
Story of the World Activity Book Vol 3 - $39
Story of the World 3 CD - $52
Story of the World Volume 4  - $18
Story of the World Activity Book Vol 4 - $40
Story of the World 4 CD - $57
 
NEW!!! Finally Available in Canada:

Simply Charlotte Mason
Learning and Living DVDs & book - $150
Delightful Reading Kit - $62
My Word Book - $4
Delightful Handwriting Teacher - $14.50
Delightful Handwriting Copybook - $17
Child’s Copywork Reader Vol 1 - $9.50
Child’s Copywork Reader Vol 2 - $9.50
Child’s Copywork Reader Vol 3 - $9.50
Print to Cursive Proverbs - $17
Hymns in Prose Print Copybook - $12
Hymns in Prose Cursive Copybook - $12
Hymns in Prose for Children - $14
Hymns in Prose Teacher w/CD - $18
Mathematics $19
Genesis – Deuteronomy - $21.50
Discovering Doctrine - $14
Ancient Egypt - $18
Boy of the Pyramids - $16
Jashub’s Journal - $18
Visits to Africa - $18
Stuff They Left Behind – Egypt - $20
106 Days of Creation - $18
Laying Down the Rails - $30
Laying Down the Rails Children Set - $56
Laying Down the Rails DVD - $14
Early Years book- $21
Early Years book and DVD - $36
Planning Your CM education - $21
Handicrafts – Woodworking - $21.50
Handicrafts – Knitting - $21.50
Picture Study – Michelangelo - $20
Picture Study – Rembrandt - $20
Picture Study – Botticelli - $20
Picture Study – Van Gogh - $20
Picture Study – Monet - $20
Picture Study – Giotto - $20