Category: Pre K-8 Curriculum
Each student grades 7–8 needs their own copy of the 56-page Motion and Simple Machines Student Journal which includes interactive activities, games, and worksheets the child will complete during the lessons. The parent-led lessons in the course book will direct the student regarding when to complete the student journal activities. The grades 7–8 journal also includes a student-directed lesson extension for each lesson. These allow your older students to dive deeper into the lesson concepts.
- 56 pages
- Full-color
- Saddle-stitch binding; three-hole punched; perforated; 8.5″x11″
The 120 engaging parent-led lessons in the Level 1 Course Book are open-and-go and were carefully designed to reduce teaching time, yet be academically robust. The course covers over 80 foundational principles, such as phonics, spelling rules, spelling patterns, homophones, reading comprehension, alphabetical order, art appreciation, and so much more. All of this is taught in gentle, natural, and enjoyable ways for the child.
- 368 pages
- Full color; wire binding; 8.5”x11”
The Reading Booster B Cards and Reading Booster B Books Set are also needed to complete this course.
Each lesson in the Level 1 Course Book will direct you to work on these beautiful and fun Reading Booster Cards and/or Books. The child will go through the Cards and Books at his or her own pace. Once a card is mastered, your child selects a sticker from the sticker sheets in the back and places it on the “Mastered” circle at the bottom of the card.
Each card focuses on a certain phonics principle or a group of first grade sight words. Review cards are placed intermittently throughout the cards. These Reading Booster Cards will also tell you when to read the Reading Booster Books. These adorable and fascinating books correlate directly with each card.
- 70 full-color cardstock pages and 2 pages of stickers
- Wire binding; 5.5”x8.5”
Because the Reading Booster B Cards include consumable stickers and has maze pages that are consumable, they may not be reusable for your family. You may choose to purchase a set for each child completing the course.
The Reading Booster B Books Set includes 20 adorable and fascinating books that correlate directly with the Reading Booster B Cards. The Reading Booster Cards will tell you when to read the Reading Booster Books. These books can be read as many times as desired for review and for cementing principles.
Each book focuses on just one or a select few reading concepts, phonics principles, word families, or first grade sight word groups that were just learned on the corresponding Reading Booster Card. The books also only contain words including phonics principles the child has already learned.
- 20 full-color books in a sturdy box
- Saddle-stitch binding
- 5.5”x4.25”
The Reader Booster A Books Set is non-consumable and can be shared.
Reading Booster B Cards
Each lesson in the Level 1 Course Book will direct you to work on the beautiful and fun Reading Booster Cards and/or Books. The child will go through the Cards and Books at his or her own pace. Once a card is mastered, your child selects a sticker from the sticker sheets in the back and places it on the “Mastered” circle at the bottom of the card.
Each card focuses on a certain phonics principle or a group of first grade sight words. Review cards are placed intermittently throughout the cards. These Reading Booster Cards will also tell you when to read the Reading Booster Books. These adorable and fascinating books correlate directly with each card.
- 70 pages and 2 pages of stickers
- Full-color cardstock pages
- Wire binding; 5.5”x8.5”
If the child finishes the Reading Booster B Cards before the Level 1 course book is completed, the child can move on to the Reading Booster C Cards while finishing this course.
Reading Booster B Books Set
The Reading Booster B Books Set includes 20 adorable and fascinating books that correlate directly with the Reading Booster B Cards. The Reading Booster Cards will tell you when to read the Reading Booster Books. These books can be read as many times as desired for review and for cementing principles.
Each book focuses on just one or a select few reading concepts, phonics principles, word families, or kindergarten sight word groups that were just learned on the corresponding Reading Booster Card. The books also only contain words including phonics principles the child has already learned.
- 20 full-color books in a sturdy box
- Saddle-stitch binding
- 5.5”x4.25”
Reading Booster B Games
The colorful, gentle Reading Booster B Games are available on the Good and Beautiful Homeschool app and correlate perfectly with the Reading Booster B Cards. Children can use the optional fun games to practice phonics principles and sight words that are learned in the Reading Booster B Cards.
Two full-color, interactive books and a fun family game included in the optional Birds Read-Aloud Book Pack expand learning and provide a fun, engaging addition to your Birds study.
Learn about the habitats and behaviors of 20 different songbirds, each of them so different and yet so beautiful in The Good and the Beautiful Songbirds Study Book by Molly Sanchez. (hardcover with fabric bookmark, 32 pages, 11″X8.5″)
Join the mission as we learn about the delightful whooping crane and the innovative, groundbreaking, and comical lengths rescuers went to to ensure these amazing specimens of God’s handiwork would be around for future generations to enjoy in Mission Migration by Ileana Board. (32 pages, 11″X8.5″)
These books are all published by The Good and the Beautiful Library and are designed to appeal to children in grades K–8. Lessons will prompt students when to read these optional books, but they are not integrated with the lessons.
Aspiring artists, young and old, learn through simple steps to draw fun and easy birds.
In Drawing 100 Fun & Easy Birds, draw a high-stepping flamingo, a whimsically patterned owl, a graceful swan, and more!
- 57 pages
- Full-color illustrations
- Paperback, perfect binding, 8.5″x11″
Please note: barcodes, SKUs, and pricing listed on printed books may vary.
For Littles
Introduce your child to the many unique and fascinating birds that God has created with the Birds board book. As you read, the child taps the swan in the pond, shows the crow where to go, and says whoo whoo like the owl.
With their charming illustrations and engaging text, The Good and the Beautiful Board Books captivate your young child’s mind. The thick board pages are ideal for little hands to turn. Designed for 2–5 year olds.
16 thick, full-color board pages; 6.5”x8.5”
Find all board books on The Good and the Beautiful Board Books page.
Note: Due to the nature of board book material and other factors such as shipping conditions, slight variations in the board books may occur. These variations do not affect usability.
Picture Book for All Ages
Whether it’s a whistle, a chirp, a trill, or a “wichety-wichety,” songbirds around the world sure know how to make a joyful noise! With this field guide as your companion, you will learn about the habitats and behaviors of 20 different songbirds, each of them so different and yet so beautiful. The more you discover about these fascinating creatures, the more you will want to grab a pair of binoculars and meet the songbirds in your own backyard!
- 45 pages
- Full-color illustrations
- Hardcover with fabric bookmark, 11″x8.5″
This book is an optional read-aloud book for our Birds science unit and is included in the optional Read-Aloud Book Pack which is suggested to accompany that unit.
Picture Book for All Ages
Today, the distinctive call of the whooping crane can be heard across many marshes in the United States, but this was not always the case. These majestic birds were a hair’s breadth from extinction until a dedicated group of conservationists, scientists, and daredevil pilots decided to give them a fighting chance at survival. Join the mission as we learn about these delightful cranes and the innovative, groundbreaking, and comical lengths rescuers went to to ensure these amazing specimens of God’s handiwork would be around for future generations to enjoy.
- 18 pages
- Full-color illustrations
- Paperback, perfect binding, 11″X8.5″
This book is an optional read-aloud book for our Birds science unit and is included in the optional Read-Aloud Book Pack which is suggested to accompany that unit.
Two full-color, engaging books included in the optional Space Science Read-Aloud Book Pack expand learning and provide a fun, engaging addition to your Space Science study.
For centuries mankind has been fascinated by the bright red spot in the sky that is Mars, Discover the ongoing scientific journey to photograph and explore the mysterious planet of Mars, and perhaps someday, to land the first human being on its cratered surface in Mars Exploration / 1960-2016 by Megan Noel. (24 pages, full-color, 11″X8.5″)
Fascinated by science and the night sky, Mae Jemison pushed through the obstacles before her to achieve her dream of becoming the first female African American astronaut. People everywhere will be inspired by her story of aspiration, determination, and grit in The Story of Mae Jemison by Amy Drorbaugh. (32 pages, full-color, 11″X8.5″)
These books are all published by The Good and the Beautiful Library and are designed to appeal to children in grades K–8. Lessons will prompt students when to read these optional books, but they are not integrated with the lessons.
Two full-color, interactive books included in the optional Ecosystems Read-Aloud Book Pack expand learning and provide a fun, engaging addition to your Ecosystems study.
Travel to three unique ecosystems around the world and learn about the cute and creepy plants and animals that live and work side by side in keeping their ecosystem—and our earth—healthy in Ecosystems in Your Backyard. (32 pages, 11”x8.5”)
Explore the biodiverse ecosystem of the Sonoran Desert with the elf owl. Travel with him as we observe his habitat day and night in Elf Owl and His Ecosystem. (32 pages, 11”x8.5”)
These books are all published by The Good and the Beautiful Bookshop and are designed to appeal to children in grades K–8. Lessons will prompt students when to read these optional books, but they are not integrated with the lessons.
Two full-color, interactive books included in the optional Marine Biology Read-Aloud Book Pack expand learning and provide a fun, engaging addition to your Marine Biology study.
Which fish is the most lethal in the world? Which creature can turn its own stomach inside out to devour coral polyps? Discover the answers to these questions and more in Dangerous Sea Creatures. (32 pages, 11”x8.5”)
Join Pacifico as he explores the coral reefs around the world and earn your Reef Explorers Club patch in Dive! Explore Coral Reefs Around the World. (32 pages, 11”x8.5”)
These books are all published by The Good and the Beautiful Library and are designed to appeal to children in grades K–8. Lessons will prompt students when to read these optional books, but they are not integrated with the lessons.
Two full-color, interactive books included in the optional Marine Biology Read-Aloud Book Pack expand learning and provide a fun, engaging addition to your Marine Biology study.
Which fish is the most lethal in the world? Which creature can turn its own stomach inside out to devour coral polyps? Discover the answers to these questions and more in Dangerous Sea Creatures. (32 pages, 11”x8.5”)
Join Pacifico as he explores the coral reefs around the world and earn your Reef Explorers Club patch in Dive! Explore Coral Reefs Around the World. (32 pages, 11”x8.5”)
These books are all published by The Good and the Beautiful Library and are designed to appeal to children in grades K–8. Lessons will prompt students when to read these optional books, but they are not integrated with the lessons.
Level 7
The ocean floor is planet Earth’s last frontier, largely unexplored and filled with sights to amaze us and new wonders to behold. Come along as we visit underwater volcanoes, canyons housed in the darkness of the abyss, and mountains that would dwarf anything found on land. Take a front-row seat as we discuss navigation and seafloor mapping techniques from long ago and discover how technology is making it possible to see the terrain at the bottom of the sea for the first time. Journey back to the days of ancient civilizations, pirates, grand sea voyages, and world wars as we uncover the shipwrecks and lost cities forever memorialized on the seafloor. Learn about the fascinating ecosystem that exists around hydrothermal jets and the plants and bizarre, one-of-a-kind creatures that call the depths their home. Let’s explore the ocean floor!
- 11″x8.5″, 56 pages, full-color, written by Ileana Board
- Perfect binding
This book is suggested to accompany our Marine Biology science unit as extra reading for students in Grades 7–8.
The 120 parent-led lessons in the Level K Course Book are open-and-go and were carefully designed to reduce teaching time, yet be academically robust. The course covers over 80 foundational principles, such as phonics, spelling, homophones, plural nouns, capitalization, discussing literature, art appreciation, poetry memorization, using appropriate pencil grip, writing fiction and nonfiction, oral narration, reading comprehension, studying and creating maps, starting sentences with capital letters, and so much more. All of this is taught in gentle, natural, and enjoyable ways for the child.
- 368 pages
- Full color; wire binding; 8.5”x11”
The Reading Booster A Cards and Reading Booster A Books Set are also needed to complete this course.
Each lesson in the Level K Course Book will direct you to work on the beautiful and fun Reading Booster Cards and/or the Reading Booster Books. The child will go through the cards and books at his or her own pace. Once a card is mastered, your child selects a sticker from the sticker sheets in the back and places it on the “Mastered” circle at the bottom of the card.
Each card focuses on a certain phonics principle or a group of kindergarten sight words. Review cards are placed intermittently throughout the cards. These Reading Booster Cards will also tell you when to read the Reading Booster Books. These adorable and fascinating books correlate directly with each card. The cards and books can be purchased as part of the Reading Booster A Set.
- 64 full-color cardstock pages and 2 pages of stickers
- Cardstock, wire binding, 5.5″x8.5″
Because the Reading Booster A Cards includes consumable stickers and has maze pages that are consumable, they may not be reusable for your family. You may choose to purchase a set for each child completing the course.
If the child finishes the Reading Booster A Cards before the Level K course book is completed, the child can move on to the Reading Booster B Cards while finishing this course.
The Reading Booster A Books Set includes 20 adorable and fascinating books that correlate directly with the Reading Booster A Cards. The Reading Booster Cards will tell you when to read the Reading Booster Books. These books can be read as many times as desired for review and for cementing principles.
Each book focuses on just one or a select few reading concepts, phonics principles, word families, or kindergarten sight word groups that were just learned on the corresponding Reading Booster Card. The books also only contain words including phonics principles the child has not already learned.
- 20 full-color books in a sturdy box
- 5.5”x4.25”
- Saddle-stitch binding
The Reader Booster A Books Set is non-consumable and can be shared.
- 64 pages and 2 pages of stickers
- Full-color cardstock pages
- Wire binding; 5.5”x8.5”
Reading Booster A Books Set The Reading Booster A Books Set includes 20 adorable and fascinating books that correlate directly with the Reading Booster A Cards. The Reading Booster Cards will tell you when to read the Reading Booster Books. These books can be read as many times as desired for review and for cementing principles. Each book focuses on just one or a select few reading concepts, phonics principles, word families, or kindergarten sight word groups that were just learned on the corresponding Reading Booster Card. The books also only contain words including phonics principles the child has not already learned.
- 20 full-color books in a sturdy box
- 5.5”x4.25”
- Saddle-stitch binding
Reading Booster A Games The colorful, gentle Reading Booster A Games are available on the Good and Beautiful Homeschool app and correlate perfectly with the Reading Booster A Cards. Children can use the optional fun games to practice phonics principles and sight words that are learned in the Reading Booster A Cards.
Two full-color, interactive books included in the optional Ecosystems Read-Aloud Book Pack expand learning and provide a fun, engaging addition to your Ecosystems study.
Travel to three unique ecosystems around the world and learn about the cute and creepy plants and animals that live and work side by side in keeping their ecosystem—and our earth—healthy in Ecosystems in Your Backyard. (32 pages, 11”x8.5”)
Explore the biodiverse ecosystem of the Sonoran Desert with the elf owl. Travel with him as we observe his habitat day and night in Elf Owl and His Ecosystem. (32 pages, 11”x8.5”)
These books are all published by The Good and the Beautiful Bookshop and are designed to appeal to children in grades K–8. Lessons will prompt students when to read these optional books, but they are not integrated with the lessons.
Level 7
Pack your bags, grab some sturdy clothing, and get ready to venture through the Amazon Rainforest! There is so much to learn about this tropical ecosystem, from the geography and climate, to the kinds of lush vegetation and fascinating predators and prey who call the rainforest their home. The Amazon Rainforest will take you on a journey of discovery down the Amazon River and up into the treetops filled with clouds.
Written by Elizabeth Thuernagle, 32 pages, full-color, perfect binding, 11″X8.5″
This book is suggested to accompany our Ecosystems science unit as extra reading for students in Grades 7–8.
For Littles
Introduce your child to the wonders of the forest and God’s wonderful creation with the Forest board book. Enjoy a walk through the forest to see what can be discovered—squirrels, foxes, mushrooms, water, and more!
With their charming illustrations and engaging text, The Good and the Beautiful Board Books captivate your young child’s mind. The thick board pages are ideal for little hands to turn. Designed for 2–5 year olds.
16 thick, full-color board pages; 6.5”x8.5”
Find all board books on The Good and the Beautiful Board Books page.
Note: Due to the nature of board book material and other factors such as shipping conditions, slight variations in the board books may occur. These variations do not affect usability.
PDF for self-printing
Aspiring artists, young and old, learn through simple steps to draw fun and easy trees.
In Drawing 100 Fun and Easy Trees, draw an evergreen tree decorated with tinsel, a whimsical palm tree, a weeping willow heart tree, and more!
- 59 pages
- Full color
- 8.5″ X 11″
- PDF for self-printing
Note: Bookshop books in PDF form do not count towards the Free Shipping promotion. All downloads are final sale and may not be refunded, returned, credited, or exchanged.
Picture Books for All Ages
Two full-color, engaging books included in the optional Space Science Read-Aloud Book Pack expand learning and provide a fun, engaging addition to your Space Science study.
For centuries mankind has been fascinated by the bright red spot in the sky that is Mars, Discover the ongoing scientific journey to photograph and explore the mysterious planet of Mars, and perhaps someday, to land the first human being on its cratered surface in Mars Exploration / 1960-2016 by Megan Noel. (24 pages, full-color, 11″X8.5″)
Fascinated by science and the night sky, Mae Jemison pushed through the obstacles before her to achieve her dream of becoming the first female African American astronaut. People everywhere will be inspired by her story of aspiration, determination, and grit in The Story of Mae Jemison by Amy Drorbaugh. (32 pages, full-color, 11″X8.5″)
These books are all published by The Good and the Beautiful Library and are designed to appeal to children in grades K–8. Lessons will prompt students when to read these optional books, but they are not integrated with the lessons.