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…
We have wondered this fact often, but that is before we received the Speech course from Hewitt Homeschooling to review for our high schooler. Speech is a required subject in most school districts When I was pulling out sample transcripts I kept seeing speech listed over and over. I wasn’t sure how much we…
No matter how organized you are there comes a time in life when there are just too many things to keep track of. As a homeschooling Mother of 10, part time blogger/freelance writer and baseball/ballet/piano mom, I am using Homeschool Planet from Homeschool Buyers Co-op as my master calendar to help take charge of my life. …
UnLock Pre-Algebra was comprehensive and had a broader scope than math curriculu we have used in the past. The lessons were well taught and relatable, stretching concepts while building on each lesson so that comprehension remained well within the students grasp
Limbaugh weaves a swiftly moving story with historical events and characters in a format that is easily palatable to a junior high student. Like black bean brownies: if they taste too good to put down, your kids will eat ’em.
I love providing this review of Internship For High School Credit from Apologia Educational Ministries because this is the exact product I wished we had last year when my oldest took on a great summer job. I can recommend this straight forward, sequential workbook that answers all of the recording and logging I was keeping in…
Foreign language is required for high school credit, but you don’t have to wait that long to introduce your child to the richness of Spanish or French. Whistlefritz has real language lessons for your Pre-K and early Elelmentary child you can lead from home so I was eager to review their Educator’s Spanish Collection with my…
MarshMedia has been trusted to make quality healthy living videos for elementary level school children for years. Their short videos covered our needs for a whole Health Class while we reviewed their upcoming Homeschool Special. I was not sure what to expect, but I was pleased not only with the videos we watched, but also…
Now that it is summer time, I have time to give my little ones a little guided computer time of their own. We are using K5 Learning as a an online program to fill their down time in the mornings and they are loving it. Electronics are Still a Powerful Learning Tool Back before apps…
We have included Latin as a part of our curriculum since our first group of kids entered 6th grade. We were so glad to have a chance to review Memoria Press’ Third Form Latin Complete Set and were looking forward to using their DVD to help teach the lessons. We just discovered that four credits are required…
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History should never be a subject your child is least interested in. We are thrilled by history because we read living books from extent sources, like Daniel Boone from the Heroes of History series from YWAM Publishing. Why would you ever want to go back to a dry short paragraph in a text book the…
When I received a set of Thin Stix 6pk of Classic Colors from The Pencil Grip, Inc. for review, I knew that they would help me keep my number one parenting rule, Say No Less. Early on in my kids life I was saying “No” a lot. Like more than I ever thought humanly possible. If…
Thousands of families have raised their children listening to Adventures in Odyssey. When I received Captain Absolutely from Focus On The Family to review, I was looking forward to introducing great characters in an action packed graphic novel format I knew my tween sons would love. I remember being introduced to Adventures in Odyssey…
There are times when you need to have someone else check your armor. I was glad to have the chance to go through Homeschool Rescue from Only Passsionate Curiosity and really walk through our school using another person’s eyes. With my oldest kids graduating, I was ready to assess our school year and look for…