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The Marketplace
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This is where I've assembled a collection of links to various vendors that I think will be of interest to you. Browse through the assembled pages to find great gift ideas or just something nice for yourself. Please note that I have agreements with some of these vendors whereby I receive a commission or other payment for purchases made through referral from my website. To facilitate these agreements, your entry to the vendor's site may be tagged with my affiliate or referral identification. Please refer to the Vendor Agreements page for more information.
I've selected some products that may be of interest to you and placed them on a special HWTK Featured Selections page. Also check the Latest Sales & Coupon Codes page for coupons and savings updates.
Don't miss the Coupons and Freebies list at the bottom of the page! There are links to free giveaways and downloadable lesson plans, plus lots more.
***Please note that clicking on a specific vendor's link will take you to their website.***
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Homeschool and Education Materials
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Love to Learn
One of my favorite places to shop. This site offers books as well as toys and you can find modest swimwear at a related site.
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Rainbow Resource
Wow, this seller carries just about everything. The annual catalog is as thick as my phonebook. If you have been homeschooling a while, you probably already know Rainbow Resource. If you are new to homeschooling, get their catalog and you'll find everything you need.
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TOS Schoolhouse Store
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The Homeschool Shop
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Alpha Omega Publications
 This is the Home of Switched-On Schoolhouse, LIFEPAC, Horizons, The Weaver Cirriculum and Power Glide.
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Timberdoodle
Timberdoodle is a Christian web retailer specializing in hands-on learning tools and home school curriculum.
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Homeschool E-store
This site offers downloadable e-books on various educational topics. It features many lapbooks and other interactive books to help you educate your children. Sign up for the newsletter and receive a link to a free downloadable book each week.
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Rosetta Stone Language Learning
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Teacher Created Resources
 In addition to a variety of materials targeted toward teachers in a public setting, but useful to any teacher, this site offers free downloads of calendars and activities.
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Knowledge Adventure School
This is the maker of the JumpStart line of software. We really enjoy the materials that we have used from this company. We purchased our software at a local retailer.
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Hooked On Phonics- Get Ready to Read
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Academic Superstore
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Science Kits for Kids
This site offers science programs that conform to Christian beliefs.
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Tumble Books
This site offers available online 117 animated children's books, 36 games plus comprehension quizzes. From the above link you can view a sample of the reader and a TumbleBook and take a tour before deciding whether you want to join. The annual cost is $29.99 (as of 1/12/07) to have access to these animated books and other resources.
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Titus2.com
This is the site hosted by the Maxwell Family, creators of the MOTH system, offering resources for Christian homeschooling families. This site offers lots of free resources in addition to making the Maxwell's products available for purchase.
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City Creek Press
This is where you can see a sample of and/or purchase "Addition the Fun Way" or "Times Tables the Fun Way." The site allows you to see examples of the lessons and a brief video clip as well.
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Discount Home School Supplies
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Homeschool Cirriculum Resale Sites
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Homeschool Buy
This site is relatively new and sponsored by the publishers of The Old Schoolhouse magazine.
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Homeschool Classifieds
A sophisticated site offering over 10,000 items by various sellers. The site is testing a free weekly planner sheet creation program and offers listings for activities throughout the country. You can add your own activity listing as well.
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Homeschool Christian
Scroll down to view the for sale messages. I found the navigation on this site took a bit to get used to, but there are several message boards including the "For Sale" and "Want to Buy" boards.
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Educator's Exchange
This is a text-based site with a moderate level of activity.
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Used Homeschool Cirriculum
Place "For Sale" or "Want to Buy" ads, sorted by category. No pop-ups. Registration is free.
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HSLDA Cirriculum Market
Open to listings by any seller but only HSLDA Members can purchase through this auction-based site.
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The Book Cover
Actual store located in Texas with web presence. You may ship your books to the Texas location to be sold on consignment. This store lists an ongoing inventory for sale and rents educational videos.
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This Little Piggy Stays Home
Auction and/or "Buy it Now" listings, allows posting of images of items being sold.
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Books
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HWTK Books
This is where I've started assembling shopping lists and other helps for you to find the books you want fast.
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Purple House Press
Purple House Press specializes in publishing classics that have been out of print. They have a small but growing selection of fine quality books. Be sure to check the Bargain Basement for 1/2 off selected titles. Many of the formerly out of print FIAR titles are available from Purple House Press.
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Bookpeddler
This seller offers many titles that complement the homeschool library. Classic titles and titles for the FIAR cirriculum can often be found here at very reasonable prices.
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Children's Books
Homeschool family owned bookseller. Features several homeschool specific titles.
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Book Closeouts
This site offers discounted books, sometimes in limited supplies. The degree of savings varies, but titles can sometimes be found for less than $1. Usually the savings are more modest, but there are still lots of good deals. Plus, it's a great place to browse for books. Coupons are usually available for this vendor, be sure to check before checking out. 
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Christian Book Distributors
 This site offers a wide variety of Christian themed books and other items, often at very good prices. I have found many books for myself and my children for under $5, many for as low as $.49. This site often offers limited time savings on items and low priced items sometimes sell out quickly. So if you really want it don't wait too long to make your purchase.
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Scholastic Store Online
 These are the books you used to buy in grade school. Remember those flyers?
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Highlights for Children Book Clubs
 Choose from a variety of topics and your child can enjoy receciving new books on a regular basis through Highlights for Children's book clubs. Pre-schoolers will enjoy Hidden Picture Playground, while older children can choose from Which Way USA, Top Secret Adventures, Mathmania or Puzzlemania.
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Amazon.com
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Library and Education Services
You need to establish an account for this store as a home educator, librarian or teacher. Registration is simple. This site often offers library binding books and deeply discounted book sets.
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Alibris
 
Search for hard to find books from many sellers.
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Half.com
- Buy used & out of print books
Biblio.com
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ecampus.com
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AbeBooks.com
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Other Publications
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Highlights for Children
 Highlights for Children now offers two different magzines, one for pre-school "High Five" and the original "Hightlights" for older children. This well loved educational magazine includes Hidden Pictures, stories, articles and tons of craft ideas for kids. Did you read Highlights as a child? I did!
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Zoobooks
These are light-weight magazines but each is packed with information. The magazine usually focuses on one particular animal or species and gives you lots of details. For instance one issue taught us how to tell the difference between African and Asian elephants. These magazines offer you a nice "different" format to get your children interested in learning about science.
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The Wall Street Journal
 As a remnant from my pre-mom days, I receive The Wall Street Journal and simply can't give it up. I've often thought that it would make a great resource for other homeschoolers. The Wall Street Journal takes a conservative, though secular, editorial view and has expanded its coverage of non-finance news in recent years. I have been very pleased with the evolution. There is now a Saturday edition as well as the regular Monday through Friday releases. There are sections focusing on personal health and finances, sciene and medical news, technology and entreprenuership. To give you just an idea of why I find it useful, in a single day's edition I found a review of chemistry sets for kids (the $200 model will give you a near high school quality lab) and tips on which batteries will work best in different products (alkalines won't last long in digital cameras). There's even a weekly recipe section! Do keep in mind, this is a paper about money and people spending it so you may not care for some of the coverage. I find the in-depth articles about North Korean refugess, school choice, solutions to poverty and immigration to be worth the read though. Visit www.wsj.com  to take a look at their free content to get an idea of what the paper has to offer.
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National Geographic & National Geographic For Kids
 Shop for Magazines at National Geographic! 
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Digital Photo Shops
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Picaboo
 
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CLICK HERE to read about my first successful attempt at making a Photo Book. |
Books start at just $9.99. I've just started making my first book! You can share your finished product digitally with your friends and get their input before buying. The software to get started is free.
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Sony Image Station
| Click Here to read about the creation of my Sony Image Station Flipbook. |
This service was recently picked as the "Editor's Choice" by PCMagazine (January 2007 edition) with 4 and 1/2 "circles". So I had to include it on my site! Prices here seem to be the lowest overall for individual prints, no service package required.
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Shutterfly
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CLICK HERE to read about my first time ordering prints online. |
Shutterfly makes it easy to be thoughtful and creative with your photo memories. Enjoy free online photo sharing and unlimited photo storage. Plus, order prints and create personalized Greeting Cards, Photo Books, Calendars, and photo gifts.
Shutterfly was rated as one of the top 5 online photo services in PC Magazine's January 2007 edition, receiving 4 out of 5 "circles" and having prints described as "very good quality."
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Snapfish
| Click here to read about my experience using Snapfish's photo publishing service. |
PC Magazine's January 2007 edition listed Snapfish in it's top 5 online services and named it as having the best turn around time.
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PhotoStamps.com
Put your favorite picture on a stamp!
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Fun Places to Shop
Gifts and Toys
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Back to Basics Toys
I love to browse through the Back to Basics catalog and so do my kids.
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All Aboard Toys
Thomas the Tank Engine, Madeline, Clifford and more can be found at All Aboard Toys!
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EBeanstalk Toys
This is a site with a new idea- you can buy individual toys OR sign up for a toy club. 4 times a year, you get toys specifically selected and appropriate for your child's age. This would make a great gift for someone special.
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HearthSong
 
HearthSong offers beautiful and unique toys at all price points from the small gift to the big ticket. We really enjoy the toys we've purchased from here. This is another catalog that gets worn from wishing.
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Highlights for Children
It's not just the magazines anymore. Now you can buy books, puzzles and really neat toys all at Highlights for Children.
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LEGO
LEGO's rule this house. We especially enjoy the big sets of bricks that we can turn into whatever our imaginations can dream up.
 
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Lillian Vernon
This site offers gifts for adults and children. They carry seasonal decorations throughout the year. This is another one of our family favorites.
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Magic Cabin
 
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The Paragon
This retailer offers more for the big kid in your family. Pretty jewelry, decorative items, gift books and more. Some of my favorites are the happy family necklaces and ornaments. I also like their decorative sculptures and earrings.
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Kindertrains
This is a great site for finding Thomas the Tank Engine and other wooden train sets. They were very prompt and helpful when I had a problem too.
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2Blockheads.com
Purchase books, names trains and other gifts personalized for your child.
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Kazoo Toys
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Red Wagon
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Stuff Kids Like
 Find unique board games and puzzles here!
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Online Games
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Big Fish Games
We frequently purchase games from this site. Big Fish periodically offers discounts on games or sets of games and makes coupon codes available to its members. Also, you can save by signing up for a Game Club membership. This link provides access to Big Fish Games and the "My Big Fish Games" page where I post my personal favorites and game reviews. Please note, Big Fish Games is wholly unrelated to this site and may contain content you deem inappropriate for your family. Please check out the site on your own first before allowing your children to view the pages.
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RealArcade-GamePass
Sign up for a 30-day trial of GamePass from realArcade. Get access to 400 games!
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