This category is full of my reviews for homeschool curriculum packages. Information listed will be price, website website info, and material covered will be reviewed. Each package will be rated 1-5 stars. 5 representing the best on the market.
Website: www.starbritelearning.com
Star-Brite is an excellent program for parents of preschoolers and toddlers that do not want to fuss with developing a lesson plan for everyday. Star-Brite sends a monthly curriculum guide with each package. The curriculum coordinators at Star-Brite believe in hands on learning and that is how their curriculum is designed. Each month has 4 to 5 themes broken in to holiday themes like “Grandparents Day” and regular themes like “All About Me”. The program is activity based and most of the supplies you need to complete the lessons are provided so there is no need to put a big ”craft budget” in your plans. All you need to supply is around the house stuff for a preschooler, like snacks for a certain theme, a toilet paper roll and crayons.
Now on to more details about the curriculum. Star-Brite offers a daily curriculum to for twenty days out of the month. In short, that’s every day of the month minus weekends. Awesome stuff! Each day of the week is individually bundled with teacher instructions, craft supplies, and curriculum. Each monthly box contains a calendar and a puppet used to reinforce the curriculum. They even have activities where “cutting” is invovled to help develop your child’s cutting motor skills.
In addition to teacher’s instructions Star-Brite provides a Teacher Pack. The teacher pack contains color flash cards, calendar displays, and of course the puppet. It is recommended for ages 3-5 but if your chlid is like mine you can start this program at 2. The program is on a three year rotation so the material stays fresh and doesn’t repeat.
What about shipping and pricing? 3 forms of ordering are offered, mail, emal order form, and paypal. Here are a few of their rates (shipping included):
| Number of Children | Star-Brite Program |
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1-3 |
$55 |
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4 |
$68 |
|
5 |
$82
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Like most packaged curriculums there are discounts that vary depending on how many months you order at once.
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Pre-Paid Orders |
5% Discount* |
10% Discount* |
15% Discount* |
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|
Number |
Your |
Total |
Your |
Total |
Your |
Total |
|
3 |
$158
|
$7 |
$304
|
$26 |
$484
|
$66 |
|
4 |
$196
|
$8 |
$374
|
$34 |
$596
|
$84 |
|
5 |
$236
|
$10 |
$451
|
$41 |
$717
|
$104 |
All in all the Star-Brite Learning Program offers a solid learning foundation for children. Ease of use implementing the program is excellent and the you get alot for your money. I highly recommend this program. 5 out of 5
Sample for October pack:
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Day 1 Activity
Calendar and Weather Name Card & Rhyme Intro to Triangle Shape Triangle Puppet & Rhyme Triangle Collage Triangle Faces
Reading
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Day 2 Activity
Calendar and Weather Intro to the Color Brown Creating Brown My Brown Book Snack – Mud Pie Brown Collage
Reading
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Day 3 Activity
Calendar and Weather
Intro to the Letter F
Letter F Activity
Freddy Puppet and Poem
Follow the Fish Path Letter F Flower Reading
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Day 4 Activity
Calendar and Weather Timmy Frog and Rhyme Hidden F Picture Frogs on a Lily Pad Foot Feather Tag
Reading
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Day 5 Activity
Calendar and Weather Fingerpainted Fans Fox and Friends F Picture Fox Falling for F
Reading
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