The Days of Creation art book provides a way for children (ages 9 and up) to learn about the days of creation through painting representations of each of the days and making their own book about God's glorious work. The book includes twelve (12) lovely watercolor paintings, depicting God's work during the six days of creation, as well as detailed instructions for reproducing each painting. Even novice painters have produced some very acceptable paintings using this book.

Still not sure about trying watercolor painting?  Our students have also used crayons and chalk to produce the same images.  The medium your children use is less important than the activitiy of producing an piece of art to the best of their ability.  Whatever the medium, your children will treasure the book they produce for many years.

Besides the painting instructions, the book provides religious instruction by including, for each day, commentaries from the early Church Fathers, thus revealing the traditional Orthodox teaching concerning the Genesis text.

The book is spiral bound, 8 1/2" x 11", 50 pages.  For pictures of some of the paintings, click here.

Please Note: We are no longer able to stock The Days of Creation Art Book since other sources can sell it much less expensively.  We suggest that you purchase the book through Christian Book Distributors, Christianbook.com.  In a recent catalog, they sold the book for $9.99.

A Careful Look  is our newest book.  It was written as a response to many Orthodox Christian parents who were unsure of how to present the idea of "evolution" in their science classes.  We have all grown up in a culture that is saturated with an evolutionary perspective.  We are constantly told that the theory of evolution is actually a proven scientific fact and that to question the idea of evolution is to question science.  Even some Orthodox authors have written that there are really no contradictions between an evolutionary perspective and the teachings of the Church.

Although this book presents some Scriptural and Patristic challenges to evolutionary theory, its main objective is to begin to show that the idea has serious scientific failings.  It also demonstrates that what is presented in most textbooks and other media as "proof" of the theory,  has no real substance when examined more closely.

Those who believe that God used an evolutionary process will be surprised 1) at the gradual decline of faith in the life of Charles Darwin, that 2) there are two definitions of "evolution" - one true and the other false, and that 3) much of what we were taught in our biology classes concerning evolution is simply untrue.  The author was educated (and initially believed) in an evolutionary environment, has taught biology and other sciences for over thirty years and has studied the subject for the last twenty years.

A Careful Look is not a long book, but it is accurate and informative.  It was written for those who want to be informed, but do not have the time or the inclination to read the much longer books that are available.

The book is 8.5 x x11, spiral bound and 55 pages long, $8.50

To see the Tables of Contents and read the Introduction, simply click here.

Starting from March 3, Sunday of The Prodigal Son, we are offering A Careful Look as a free download.  This offer will continue through Great Lent and perhaps a bit beyond.  To download this book, simply click here.

Sanctity through the Centuries is a chronological listing of saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church. The saints are listed, divided into centuries, in order of the year of their death. The saints' feast dates, general geographical information and sources for their lives are also included.

The listing is based on the calendar published by St. Herman of Alaska Press, with much additional material from other Orthodox sources. All "western" saints listed are those before the Great Schism in 1054 A.D.

The inspiration and goal for these books is to provide a way for Orthodox teachers to integrate the lives of the saints with the study of church and secular history.  These books are an excellent compliment to Ages of Grace, a literature-based Orthodox curriculum developed by Katherine Johnson, a  mother with eleven years home-schooling experience.

More information about the Ages of Grace curriculum can be found at agesofgrace.com

These books are not printed, but will be sent in PDF format to the e-mail address provided during purchase.

You may, of course, purchase the volumes at different times, but given the way the shopping cart works, it is best to purchase the three volumes at the same time for only $14.50.

These are the paints we use for our Days of Creation book and all other paintings. We have used these concentrates for over twenty years and have found nothing better. The paints are brilliant and completely non-toxic. We actually water our plants with the water used for rinsing the brushes.

The set includes six - 20 ml plastic jars of concentrate - carmine red, vermillion (orange), lemon yellow, gold, Prussian blue, and ultramarine blue. These concentrates make enough paint for scores of paintings.

Set of six jars of concentrate $38.00  (Sorry for the price increase.  It is costing us more to purchase them.)

 A good brush is an important tool for painting, but most families, or schools, will not want to spent a lot of money on a brush. We have tried several brushes and have found an inexpensive one that works well. This brush closely resembles the one we use for watercolor painting in school.

Watercolor paint brush $5.25

The common multiplication tables make beautiful patterns on this specially designed string board. Making the board is a very enjoyable and easy math/woodworking project.

We are offering a kit which includes 1) an 7.25 inch square piece of pine, 2) a piece of 100 grit sandpaper, 3) a circle used to mark the ten - 36 degree sections, 4) a dozen finish nails, 5) a 6 ft. piece of colored yarn, and 6) complete instructions for assembly.

This kit provides a simple craft to integrate with a child's arithmetic lessons and shows one of the hidden beauties of God's creation.  You can read what one home-schooling Mom had to say here.

The instructions may be seen in the Curriculum Ideas section under The Patterns of the Times Tables.

We have the students make a simple book which shows each times table and the accompanying pattern.  A sample of the pages for the four times table is here, and a free download of forms for the book is here.

The String Board kits are available in four different colors of yarn. $5.95

From the very beginning of formally teaching arithmetic, we make the lessons very concrete and multi-sensory. This set of wooden manipulatives are called “The Number Family” manipulatives, because we use them to introduce “number families” to the children.

Each of the numbers from 1 through 10 is represented by specially dyed hardwood blocks of appropriate lengths. The set includes a total of 120 pieces.

These manipulatives have many uses. If you have Microsoft Publisher, you may see the instruction booklet by clicking here.   If you do not have Microsoft Publisher, you may go here to see the booklet as a series of pictures.

We make the "Number Family" manipulatives, as well as the "Up the Hill" manipulatives ourselves, so we do not always have them in stock.

Number Family Manipulatives $32.00.  We now have three sets in stock.

These are the “Up the Hill” manipulatives, a name taken from the students’ favorite math game. They provide a concrete way to teach 1) carrying and borrowing (re-grouping), 2) the times tables, as well as 3) two-place multiplication.

Each set includes 1 Thousand-Block, 10 Hundred-Flats, 30 Ten-Bars, and 50 Units.

We often use them in conjunction with the “Number Family” manipulatives. If you have Microsoft Publisher you may see the complete instruction booklet here.

Up the Hill Manipulatives $42.00.   We make these manipulatives ourselves.  There are three (3) sets left in stock.