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NCHENZ

National Council of Home Educators New Zealand

 

General Resources

New Zealand Businesses and  Educational Suppliers

The New Zealand Home Educators' businesses

(run by home educators)

Christian Education Services had been operating for over ten years, supplying homeschoolers and schools with quality educational materials.

LearnEx Educational Services
Home business based in Manurewa run by a home educating family. Wide variety of resources. NZ suppliers of Math-U-See. Open hours: Monday and Thurs afternoon by appointment.
Phone: 09 269 3532 Fax: 09 269 3530 Email: learn@learnex.co.nz

Numicon Distributor
Numicon is a multi-sensory maths programme designed for 3 year olds and up with many games and activities. It has also been a proven success for children with dyslexia, gifted with learning challenges, Down Syndrome, autism and the blind. Margi at Numicon is available for personal consultation and training, based in Auckland, but with contacts throughout NZ to give support.

ThinkShop
Specialists in brilliant thinking skills resources. Children bored, unmotivated, frustrated..? Then check out our challenging and illuminating resources! 10% discount for homeschoolers.

THE KIDS JOURNAL LITERACY PROJECT
  The Kids Journal (TKJ) is a not-for-profit project aimed at encouraging our kids in their reading and writing efforts.We publish four A5 sized, 40 page magazines a year containing poetry, fiction, non fiction, photos of projects, nature studies, jokes, cartoons and more - all written by NZ kids. Plus there are prizes to be won in each issue. Copies cost $5 plus $1.50 pp each. An annual subscription costs $26 incl post. For more information or to send in work for publishing or to order your copies contact us at: The Kids Journal, 153 Avon Rd , Invercargill.  Tel: (03) 2163622 (office hours 10 am to 4pm)  Email: newstart@xtra.co.nz

Ready-to-Use Resources
Photocopiable teaching and learning resources for busy homeschooling parents and their children. Written and marketed by Deborah Penk, who runs her own homeschool, Acorn Academy. Deborah's home-based business grew out of the resources she has written for her own five children - and those from other families - for over 14 years.  Titles available in all curriculum subjects, with a special focus on classical education topics. Phone (09) 818 4449; fax (09) 818 5394; email deborah@readytouseresources.com; web www.readytouseresources.com  

New Zealand Businesses and  Educational Suppliers

Curriculum Concepts (formerly Edvantage)
40% discount on certain home-ed resources. Register at their website to obtain catalogue. The home-education arm of NZ Education Publishing House ltd.
PO Box 752 New Plymouth Ph (09) 758 5865 Fax (09) 758 1030

Dymocks bookshops.
Offer homeschoolers a 10% discount for primary and secondary texts (with copy of exemption). Stores NZ-wide, or they will post anywhere in NZ.    
 
ESA publications
Supply NZ curriculum textbooks, study guides and workbooks to schools. They will post anywhere in NZ.
PO Box 9453 Newmarket Ph (09) 579 3126  Fax (09) 579 4713