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It was mailed from Ohio. I don't have full forum access any more, but I was chatting with a friend last night who does, and she said that it really hasn't hit very many places yet at all. Bulk mail is like Media Mail -- very uneven and unpredictable.

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Cut & pasted from SL forum:

 

WHAT'S NEW FOR 2009!!

 

SCIENCE K-6:

Major revision to all K-6 levels.

 

Presenting more information and response to evolution - God is creator and intelligent designer

Added some bios to learn not just facts about science, but also key people who shaped it

All books reviewed and outdated books replaced

All activity sheets reviewed and updated to match new books

LANGUAGE ARTS K-6:

Minor revision to K-6 levels.

 

Provided some additional scripting for writing instruction

Provided more examples of written work (for assignments)

Provided some additional notes for evaluating writing

CORE 300:

Minor revision to this program.

 

Literature Study Guide updated with more thorough notes, and answers provided in footnote format

Creative writing assignments updated

Some titles removed, nine new titles added

AP PSYCH:

Brand NEW program for 2009!

 

The package will include an AP Psych text and Study Guide with tests and answer key, plus a Sonlight workbook/diary

No Instructor's Guide (this is not a Core package)

Target audience: Those prepping for the AP Psych exam, or high schoolers interested in human behavior and design

IG REDESIGN:

 

K-7 Core and Science IG formatting changes

Very minor LA formatting changes

No formatting changes to upper level Cores (with exception of the Core 300 Study Guide - see above)

 

 

HTH,

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I'm busy, but I'm a newbie, so I'll spend a couple minutes obliging...

 

Core 2 5 day w/ regular readers was $370.26, now $378.07

 

Core 2 5 day science was $163.89, now$170.82

 

Core 300 new books: Hope was Here, My Father's Daughter, Robert Frost's Poems, The Tempest, The Wave, The Wednesday Wars, God Spoke Tibetan, There's a Sheep in My Bathtub, and To Destroy You is No Loss

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Thank you, thank you Michelle!

 

I'm curious to know what the "new payment options" are, too. That was a teaser on the postcard I just received. I'm wondering if they're just talking about the payment options they already had in place or if there's a new system that perhaps doesn't charge interest. I just can't pay interest on curriculum, KWIM? But payments would really help!

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Cut & pasted from SL forum:

 

WHAT'S NEW FOR 2009!!

 

SCIENCE K-6:

Major revision to all K-6 levels.

 

Presenting more information and response to evolution - God is creator and intelligent designer

Added some bios to learn not just facts about science, but also key people who shaped it

All books reviewed and outdated books replaced

All activity sheets reviewed and updated to match new books

LANGUAGE ARTS K-6:

Minor revision to K-6 levels.

 

Provided some additional scripting for writing instruction

Provided more examples of written work (for assignments)

Provided some additional notes for evaluating writing

CORE 300:

Minor revision to this program.

 

Literature Study Guide updated with more thorough notes, and answers provided in footnote format

Creative writing assignments updated

Some titles removed, nine new titles added

AP PSYCH:

Brand NEW program for 2009!

 

The package will include an AP Psych text and Study Guide with tests and answer key, plus a Sonlight workbook/diary

No Instructor's Guide (this is not a Core package)

Target audience: Those prepping for the AP Psych exam, or high schoolers interested in human behavior and design

IG REDESIGN:

 

K-7 Core and Science IG formatting changes

Very minor LA formatting changes

No formatting changes to upper level Cores (with exception of the Core 300 Study Guide - see above)

 

 

HTH,

 

:thumbup: You're the bomb, MIch elle! Thank you!

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Thank you, thank you Michelle!

 

I'm curious to know what the "new payment options" are, too. That was a teaser on the postcard I just received. I'm wondering if they're just talking about the payment options they already had in place or if there's a new system that perhaps doesn't charge interest. I just can't pay interest on curriculum, KWIM? But payments would really help!

 

They added 3- and 6-month payment plans in addition to the 9-month. It says deatils are at http://www.sonlight.com/timepayments.

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I would love to know what nine new books were added to Core 300 (and what was removed). Oh, What is the price now ofCore 300?

 

Thanks,

Jen

 

Core 300: the catalog says they removed three longer titles (it actually says "only" three titles, which is hilarious if you've read the punctuation thread...) including For Whom the Bell Tolls and replaced them with nine shorter new titles.

 

It is now $587.40 for the Core 300 Package.

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For Science K-6, the catalog states that it has been "thoroughly revamped." This includes: replacing out-of-date books, aligning and linking reading and experiments more, adding scientists' biographies to every grade, adding a bunch of notes on controversial issues (it states that the notes are now neutral toward the four major views of origins instead of taking a "good vs. evil" approach to evolution,) including new activity sheets, creating new design and printing on white paper, and adding optional activies at least once a week.

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Will I automatically get a catalog if I am a customer who bought Cores this past year?

 

I went and checked, and it appears that I do get one automatically. I am in Ohio, too, so I would think we'd get ours quickly but I guess that's not always the case!

 

Anita

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So how much is science 1 and what are the books? Or are there too many to list. It used to only be a handful.

 

Science 1

 

  • IG

  • Discover & Do Level 1 DVD

  • First Encyclopedia of the Human Body (Usborne) - new this year

  • Magic School Bus at the Waterworks

  • Pasteru's Fight Against Microbes

  • Science Activities Vol. 1 (Usborne)

  • Space (DK) - new this year

  • Why Do People Eat? (Usborne)

  • World of Animals (Usborne) - new this year

  • Science Supplies Kit 1

5-Day Program also includes...

 

  • Night Animals (Usborne) - new this year

  • See How It's Made (DK) - new this year

  • What Makes You Ill? (Usborne)

Five Day is $162.64

Four Day is $136.67

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Can you tell us what changes there have been to Science 5?

 

 

I don't think I see an answer to your question yet, so I will go ahead and answer.

 

The IG is listed as new. Must be revamped. It says it includes a full schedule, teaching helps, student activity sheets, separate parent full answers and defintions, and much more.

 

The other two new books are as follows:

 

Introduction to Genes and DNA (Usborne)

Understanding Your Brain (Usborne)

 

Let me know if you have any other questions.

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Would someone mind posting the books for Science 3 - Intro to Biology? Pretty please? (Yes, I'm groveling.) :blushing:

 

 

Here they are...

 

IG revamped

Discover & Do Level 3 DVD

Incredible Creatures that Defy Evolution I DVD - new this year

Listening to Crickets

Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body

Mysteries and Marvels of Nature

Real Science 4 Kids: Biology, Level 1

TOPS 38 and 39

Usborne First Encyclopedia of Seas and Oceans

Usborne Science Encyclopedia

Science Supplies Kit 3

 

5-Day Program also includes...

 

Water (Day) - new this year

 

5 day is $229.74

4 day is $214.75

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Here they are...

 

IG revamped

Discover & Do Level 3 DVD

Incredible Creatures that Defy Evolution I DVD - new this year

Listening to Crickets

Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body

Mysteries and Marvels of Nature

Real Science 4 Kids: Biology, Level 1

TOPS 38 and 39

Usborne First Encyclopedia of Seas and Oceans

Usborne Science Encyclopedia

Science Supplies Kit 3

 

5-Day Program also includes...

 

Water (Day) - new this year

 

5 day is $229.74

4 day is $214.75

 

Thank you Melabella! :)

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