Welcome to the page where I have listed magazine subscriptions that might be useful to homeschoolers. We will add items we as we come across them, if they meet our requirements!

Have fun browsing!

Please contact us if you'd like a magazine name to be listed!

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Icon explanation:
Connecting Waters families may order from this company

This is a personal favorite or a company we order from frequently

An openly Christian company or a company offering a large number of Christian items

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All charter schools serving Los Banos are welcome to submit a list of the providers/vendors that are approved for your school. Currently we are marking Connecting Water's vendors as a convenience to CW students living in Los Banos.

Please note that all companies listed below are NOT just for families living in CA but applicable to all in the homeschooling community. (International homeschoolers will have to contact each company for their policies on international shipping.)

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Quotes are taken from each company's website.

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Brio Magazine A Christian girl's magazine published by Focus on the Family. We are due to receive our first issue soon and will then write a detailed review.

Cobblestone Publishing They publish a bunch of different magazines such as :

• Appleseeds (Primary level multi-subjects)
• Ask (Arts and sciences for kids)
• Calliope (World history)
• Cicada (Literary magazine)
• Click (Science, nature, history, the arts)
• Cobblestone (U.S. history)
• Cricket (Variety of literature, puzzles, etc.)
• Dig (Archaeology)
• Faces (Cultures from all over the world)
• Footsteps (African American)
• Babybug (For babies)
• Ladybug (Stories, crafts, etc. for younger children)
• Muse (Nonfiction magazine)
• Oydessy (Science)
• Spider (Encourages independent reading for younger children)

Kids Discover This is the teacher's site for Kids Discover Magazine. You can order some excellent and very colorful magazines on a bunch of different subjects (my kids LOVE them). Take a look at some of the samples and don't forget the teacher's guides.

National Geographic Besides the magazine, they also sell different items like maps, globes, software, etc. Main products: history, geography, science

National Wildlife Federation Magazines include:

• Ranger Rick (Articles about animals, etc.)
• Your Big Backyard
• Animal Baby

Scholastic Magazines: Makers of a variety of magazines such as:

• Ahora (Advanced Beginning Spanish)
• Aktuell (Advanced German)
• Allons-y (Beginning French)
• Bon Jour(Advanced Beginning French)
• Ca Va (Intermediate French)
• Chez Nous (Advanced French)
• Das Rad (Beginning German)
• Dyna Math
• El Sol (Intermediate Spanish)
• Hoy Dia (Advanced Spanish)
• Junior Scholastic (Current events that tie in history and geography
• Let's Find Out (Season themed magazine covering most subjects)
• Literary Cavalcade (High school level literature and writing, SAT prep, etc.)
• New York Times Up Front (Current events for teens)
• Que Tal! (Beginning Spanish)
• Scholastic Action (Motivate older struggling readers)
• Scholastic Art
• Scholastic Math
• Scholastic News (various grades - Social studies and current events stories)
• Scholastic Scope Magazine (Help reading and writing skills)
• SCHUSS (Intermediate German)
• Science World (Science articles, hands-on activities, etc.)
• Story Works (Develop reading and writing)
• Super Science (Theme based science magazine)
• And more...check out their site. You can also order free samples.

Science Weekly Take a look at the free samples in the teacher's section

Zoobooks A Kid's magazine for animal lovers ages 5-12. My kids love this magazine.

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