This week I have crossed two posts where parents were asking about their child’s pencil grip and how to a correct problems. It was fortunate that I was just wrapping up my review for The Pencil Grip, Inc. of The 3 Step Pencil Grip Training Kit and The Ultra Safe Safety Scissors, so I was able…
Living in the digital age is difficult; kids are savvy tech users and won’t use a poorly made app for very long. I appreciate Reading Eggs ability to capture my daughter’s interest in a way no other online learning app has. She is jumping into elementary reading and playing after her “school” is done. I…
It is almost winter, the time when a lot of us homeschoolers decide that the literature curriculum we ordered this summer isn’t working with our student. Writing with Sharon Watson has a series that just might be what you are looking for; it’s called Illuminating Literature: Characters in Crisis and is may just be the…
Do you remember listening to books on cassette tape when you were younger? Brinkman Adventures bring you the excitement of those story adventures without having to wait for a “ding” to turn the page. If you were turning pages I am pretty sure you would not be able to keep up with the fast paced action…
Mondays are hard, like, everyone has a lost book or binder and wants to know where I put it, hard. Thank goodness I can use our Family Membership to have the kids log on and begin CTCMath every day including crazy Monday mornings. We can start the day with a quick lesson; the videos are usually…
Slanted, sloping, lifting off the page? Stop rewriting pages of work and get to the root with real help for your child’s writing.
Have your ever wished you could pull up an example of a concept you are working on with your child and print it for them? That is exactly what I have been doing over the last month with my Individual Membership to Super Teacher Worksheets. When do you run into the need for a…
As a leader of an elementary after school program and a mother of young kids, I was so glad to get to review a special Halloween Tract that could also contain a little treat. The set of 20, 3D pumpkin tracts from Let the Little Children Come answers the greatest question of the season in…
For us, science in the elementary years was literature rich, so I was surprised when our Lit based curriculum creators transitioned to Apologia Educational Ministries for high school course work. We’ve now used Apologia for the last few years, and I would like to share our review of Marine Biology 2nd Edition Advantage Set to share how…
You might be wondering why there are so many reviews on the blog and a lot less devotional writing. It has everything to do with my personal goals as a writer and homeschool supporter. My goal is to become an author. It has been…probably all of my life. One of the areas of life I…
When I review tools for our homeschool there are three things I try to incorporate. One is early exposure to foreign language, like the kind my kids are getting with Hey Andrew! Teach Me Some Greek – Level 3 Set from Greek 'n' Stuff. The others are exposure to many cultures with in depth exploration and…
Summer has a way of killing your good intentions, it was time to get back to work. We found a way to creep up our summer reading with the R.E.A.D Review Pack from The Crafty Classroom and we all are loving it. Jumping Back into the School Year All three of my little ones were reading at…
Actíva CelluClay was aeasy to work with. I plan on keeping it on hand because of the low price and long shelf life.
Round out your transcript with a high school elective that the whole family will really enjoy with Dr. Aviation. Our district requires 50 credits; of which 25 are elective hours, to graduate. Though we are not bound to the districts requirements, I do want our kids to experience the electives they might not have time…
Did you know that if you made a glove with the same fibers that cover the feet of a spider or gecko you could walk yourself across the ceiling with one hand? These are just one of a few of the truly fascinating facts that caught my attention during our review time learning about Fascinating…