Progeny Press-TOS Review

Progeny Press is a family-owned company that produces literature study guides, they have been in business since 1992.  There are 100 literature guides for your family to choose from such as The Bronze Bow and Pride and Prejudice(my personal favorite!) just to name a few.

Progeny Press Study Guides are designed to help your kiddos to better understand (and enjoy) classical literature by helping them"understand the process of writing, as well as teaching them the process of literary analysis and its terminology." It's not as scary as it may sound...these guides are awesome (in my opinion of course!). Students are shown how to thoughtfully consider the ideas and themes presented in each story from a Christian perspective, and encouraged to put their own thoughts and ideas about the stories into writing. Every guide takes care to draw the student back to the Bible by examining how the stories connect to Biblical principles, and by pointing out parallels with Bible events and pertinent verses that clarify these ideas.  Another bonus!

These study guides come in four levels: Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary, Middle School, and High School. Each guide includes a variety of elements, depending on the level of the study. You can see a sample of the types of questions and information contained in the guides at their website. The literature guides are also categorized by both genre and grade-level, making it easy for teachers and parents to choose a book that is appropriate for their personalized course of study. I love user-friendly curriculum! :)

 
There are many options for the study guides, they are very user-friendly and are currently available as a print version, on CD in .pdf format, and via email as a .pdf attachment. Parents and schools can print multiple copies of pages for use with all of their students (perfect for a large homeschooling family!). All of the study guides are now available in a new interactive format which allows the student to type in the answers directly on their computer screen! Progeny Press Guides cost from $10.99 to $27.99. You can check out their online catalog for more information and individual pricing. 

To see what my fellow Crew Mates had to say about Progeny Press literature study guides, visit the Homeschool Crew Blog to read more.

**Disclosure: My review and opinion written in this post is entirely my own. This product was provided to me for free in exchange for my review as a member of the 2011-2012 The Old Schoolhouse Magazine Homeschool Crew.