America’s Future Blog

In response to customer request, we now carry Saxon Publications Home Study Kits for math and phonics.  Saxon Publications has been one of the most widely used math programs for decades in both public, private and homeschool settings. 

You will find the math home study kits for elementary, middle school and high school grades, as well as the solution manuals for the higher level courses.  These well developed curriculum and manipulative kits are perfect for students who need repetition for learning, as they review past lessons on a continual basis to keep your students skills sharp.  Solution manuals show how the problems are solved, and give the student and teacher additional information on the problem sets in the lessons. 

Saxon Phonics is a highly recommended course for students of all learning styles.  Highly organized, this curriculum is a good choice for those instructors getting a start homeschooling.  For students that require more practice, or need a return to the basics, we recommend the Saxon Phonics Intervention.  Intervention would also be an option for the adult student learning to read, or looking to improve their limited skills. 

Saxon Physics Home Study Kit, along with the optional companion solution manual, is equally appropriate for average and gifted students. The entire program is based on introducing a topic to a student and then allowing them to build upon that concept as they learn new ones. Topics are gradually increased in complexity and practiced every day, providing the time required for concepts to become totally familiar.  Your Junior and Senior high school students will have a good grasp of Physics after completing this course.   

At this time we are only stocking the home study kits, but are open to carrying the individual components if demand is high enough.  We are always open to special order of the components - all you have to do is ask!

Homeschool co-ops are encouraged to ask for bulk pricing on 10 or more kits or components.

America’s Future was proud to release our very first newsletter on Tuesday, April 22, 2008.   Customers can now choose to be updated regularly on new products, publishers and sales by adding their email addresses to the subscribe box on our home page, or by clicking subscribe when creating an account. 

We will also be adding RSS feeds to our website so that customers can get instant feedback on hot new products, limited time specials, and clearance merchandise immediately.  These new capabilities will give our customers the opportunity to stretch their education budgets even further, as they will be able to act quickly on hot items, or hard-to-get titles. 

 America’s Future is excited to be able to add these two new features to our business, and will continue to upgrade our customer experience.  We want to make America’s Future your first choice in homeschool curriculum and educational products!

We are once again facing a USPS postal increase as of May 12, 2008.  I was unaware that when negotiating the increase of May 2007, the USPS will now have the ability to increase rates each and every year, which means like everything else, we will see inflation affecting shipping costs across the board. 

America’s Future will have to eventually raise our shipping costs as well, due to the fact that all three of the shippers we work with have raised their prices.  As much as we try to absorb increases, it would be impossible for us to keep the business afloat if we ignored the continued increases. 

Unfortunately, even education will see inflation affecting prices for millions of families across the world.  America’s Future will continue to keep shipping as low as possible, and in many cases, work with customers individually on large or heavy orders to provide the best service for the most economical price.  It never hurts to ask us in advance what options there may be, and it could even help you stretch your budget even further.

While doing a search for companies that sell live ants for our ant habitats, I ran across a very fun website.  I knew many of your children would enjoy learning about Ant Lions (or doodlebugs…), so I wanted to get the link to you.

Have fun visiting the Ant Lion’s Den!

http://www.antlionfarms.com/

Love butterflies and ladybugs?  So do our kids!

America’s Future is now carrying the Butterfly Garden and Ladybug Land from Insect Lore in our catalog.  In addition to these award winning science kits, you will find the refill butterfly larvae certificates, butterfly curriculum, butterfly feeders, bug jar and habitats. 

There is no better way to welcome spring than to watch the miraculous changes that occur in an insects life cycle.  Help your child learn to love nature by giving them an experience they will never forget!