Creakycorner is in the process of winding down.

Dear Customers,

After approximately 18 years of serving the homeschooling community with our curriculum, Creakycorner will be shutting our doors.

On a positive note, another homeschooling family has bought all our stock and will continue to supply our curriculum in New Zealand! This includes all the Rod and Staff curriculum, the pathway books and Targeting Handwriting.

The company is called Purebooks (See Link at the top right of the page) and they are based in Timaru. They will have a physical shop where you will be able to view and purchase the curriculum, in addition to taking online orders. They will also be offering second-hand material.

There is some talk that I may still be able to make an appearance at North Island conferences and take orders on their behalf.

For now, you can still reach me here through Facebook or email me at kathycreak@gmail.com All the books have been picked into boxes and sent to the South Island, and in the future, the items will be posted from there.

I am sorry for the sudden announcement, but it has been rather sudden for all involved!

Thanks for your patronage all these years.

All the best in your homeschooling journey,

Kathy Creak

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Activity Books

Christian activity books for all ages. Make leisure time valuable with Christian Activity books. Bible word searches, Christian puzzles to solve, crossword puzzles, jigsaw puzzles and framed puzzles, nature activity books, mazes and many more. Activity books make great indoor times. Activity books are also a great gift for shut-ins.
Christian Light Readers

A Reading to Learn Series
Christian Colouring Books

Sensible coloring books for the Christian family. Christian coloring books that teach Christian principles as well as useful everyday information. Depicts a Christian lifestyle. Provide hours of profitable activity for growing children.
Christian Storybooks

Christian storybooks by Rod and Staff, Christian Light, Green Pastures Press, and other Christian publishers. Christian storybooks build character and create ideals. We offer storybooks for all ages.
Miller Family Series
This set includes:

6 storybooks:
- Storytime with the Millers
- Wisdom and the Millers
Missionary Stories with the Millers

Prudence and the Millers

School Days with the Millers

Growing with the Millers

5 workbooks:

Make and Do with the Millers

Working with Wisdom

Prudence and Your Health

Character Companion

Colourful Characters

Puzzle book:

Bible Puzzles for You to Do!
Pathway Readers

This is a complete reading program, available for grades 1 - 8, which also teaches many good moral and spiritual values. To help keep the young student's focus and interest, the first couple of grades feature continuing stories about Peter and Rachel on their farm, at school, and with their friends. The remaining grades contain stories and poems from Amish settings, Anabaptist heritage, the Bible, and other literature, giving you insight into the life and values of the Amish people.
Preschool Resources

Excel: Maths & English

Rod and Staff: workbooks for 3-4yrs and workbooks for 5-6yrs
Rod and Staff Textbooks

These Bible-based textbooks by Rod & Staff Publishers are designed to make the child God-conscious. This curriculum not only teaches the Bible but uses many illustrations of how Bible principles can be applied in everyday life.
Targeting Handwriting

Targeting Handwriting covers the handwriting curriculum in a clear and structured way, with content directly linked to NSW syllabus outcomes.

Writing is a vital, compelling form of communication. Children need to write every day, for a variety of purposes and for a variety of audiences.

To be competent writers, their handwriting needs to be fluent and legible. The teaching of handwriting is an essential part of the writing curriculum.
School Aid Health

This curriculum offers an extensive study of health, covering many practical issues you will want your children to learn in life. Different aspects of physical, mental, and social health are studied in grades 3 to 8. Topics include habits, manners, nutrition, safety and first aid, and systems of the body.

(For those needing a course on procreation, which is not covered here, see God's Will for My Body.)

The lower-grade courses are basic enough for weekly and bi-weekly lessons. The paperback workbooks include general teaching instructions in the front, and removable tests in the back. Since no answer key is provided, you can make your own by using an additional workbook.

The upper grades (5-6 and 7-8) have hardback textbooks with separate teacher's editions and tests. These courses are divided into units that can be taught interchangeably within those grade pairs, giving the teacher more flexibility in multi-grade settings. (This is the same approach used in Climbing to Good English, also published by Schoolaid.)
Pentime Penmenship

Handwriting by Pentime Publishers

The Pentime handwriting series was carefully designed to teach proper handwriting. These books are designed with the students and the teacher in mind. Minimal teacher assistance is needed to teach students these writing skills, so no teacher's manuals are necessary.

This series begins with a manuscript type that is custom designed with helpful arrows, making it simple yet educational for the students. The transition from manuscript to cursive is easy to learn for most students. They continue to practice handwriting skills with custom designed letters and helpful arrows, and can enjoy their work while studying interesting topics, including wildlife and nature.

The art of pencil coloring may be touched up with Pentime books or can be completely ignored when time does not allow.

Grades 4 - 8 have progress report boxes designed to help the teachers better communicate with their students, so students know where they have areas to improve.

As the eighth graders polish off their handwriting skills, they also have the opportunity to try their hand at calligraphy.

For a finishing touch to the series, we offer desk labels in the Pentime typestyle. These labels, with their bright rainbow borders, add splashes of color to any classroom.

The letter forms are quite similar to those used by Rod and Staff penmanship (grades 1 - 4), so students should be able to switch between curriculums without much difficulty.
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