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Royal Fireworks Wins Best Curriculum Award for the Third Year in a Row!
We’ve done it again! We’re delighted and honored to announce that we have won a Best Middle & High School Homeschool Curriculum & Resources award from howtohomeschool.net for the third consecutive year. With hundreds of nominations and rigorous criteria to win, we’re grateful for this recognition.
The Legacy of Asa Briggs
“What I came to grasp as my years studying under Asa Briggs went by was how much more than excellence in the writing of history he had to impart. Much of his thinking is reflected in the books that Royal Fireworks produces—books that expect students to expand their horizons.” – Dr. T.M. Kemnitz
Another Award for a Michael Clay Thompson Book!
We didn’t need another award to tell us that Michael Clay Thompson’s books are extraordinary; we know it. Still, however, we don’t mind hearing other people say it. And now they have: Michael’s newest book, “Poodle and the Blue Mountain Monster,” has just won a Gold Mom’s Choice Award for Excellence!
Royal Fireworks Book on Giftedness Wins Award
We are proud to share the exciting news that “The Essential Guidebook for Parents of Gifted Children” has been awarded a Gold Mom’s Choice Award for excellence! This announcement secures “The Essential Guidebook’s” place among the outstanding books that Mom’s Choice has named as “the best in family-friendly media, products and services.”
Royal Fireworks Math Biography Wins Award!
We’re thrilled to announce that our biographical novel “David Blackwell and the Deadliest Duel” has been selected as a 2021 Mathical Honor Book! This winning title by Robert Black delves into the life and work of David Blackwell, who is regarded as a brilliant mathematician whose contributions helped to lay the foundation for fields such as information theory.
A Virtual Open House for Our Online Instructors
Royal Fireworks Online Learning is holding an open house…virtually. If you want to attend, you don’t have to leave home, but you do have to provide the cookies and juice.
Royal Fireworks Press Selected for the 2020-21 Best Homeschool Curriculum & Resources List!
We’re proud to announce that we have been chosen as one of the winners of howtohomeschool.net’s 2020-21 Best Homeschool Curriculum & Resources List! We are honored to have been selected to appear on this list, specifically in the category of reading.
Celebrating Another Award-Winner!
We’re proud to announce that “The Day the Thought Bubbles Got in the Way” has been honored with an Academics’ Choice Smart Book Award! This prestigious seal of educational quality is recognized worldwide as a mark of genuinely effective learning tools that stimulate the mind and provide potential for students to develop higher-order thinking skills.
Videos to Learn about the MCT Language Arts Curriculum
Schools and parents all over the world use the MCT language arts curriculum, but the curriculum is so comprehensive that it might be intimidating to those who are new to it. So we have put together two videos that explain what the curriculum is, how it works, and what the options are for using it and implementing it in practical, thoughtful ways.
Why We Should We Teach Children about the Black Death
The coronavirus pandemic has changed the world, in part by disrupting educational systems across the globe. But education is arguably the key to preventing future pandemics. We offer problem-based learning units that can help teach children how to problem solve issues of public health and safety—an invaluable tool both for themselves and for societies around the world.
Michael Clay Thompson Receives Another Award!
We’re proud to announce that Michael Clay Thompson’s latest book, “Poodle Knows What?,” has received a Mom’s Choice Gold Award honoring excellence! And we’re not surprised. This book is perhaps the most delightful way to teach young children grammar that has ever been produced!
Royal Fireworks Press Receives Homeschool Award
We have been chosen as one of the howtohomeschool.net 2020 Best Homeschool Curriculum and Resources Award-winners! It was for us as an entire company and not simply for a single set of our offerings or a single focus of our materials; it was for everything that we have done.
Another Honor for the MCT Language Arts Curriculum
The readers of “Practical Homeschooling” magazine have voted Michael Clay Thompson’s language arts curriculum the best for online instruction in 2019. These online courses truly are formative experiences for the children who have the opportunity to take them.
Mathematicians Are People, Too
“The stories of these mathematical pioneers show that math is done by real people who lived real lives. They didn’t start out knowing everything. They had to study and learn, making both discoveries and mistakes along the way. By following the paths they took, readers can uncover the human side of mathematics.” – Robert Black