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Project Passport World History Study: the Middle Ages {Review}
*Note, I’m having technical difficulties with self-hosted pictures uploading. I am trying to link my photos from Flickr and hope this will temporarily resolve the issue. Home School in the Woods is the company known for their timeline features, but in the past few years they are providing so much more for history curriculum in a printable fashion for homeschools everywhere including Hands-on History Lap-Paks, Project Passport World History Series, Time Travelers American History, Hands-on History Activity-Packs, Hands-on History Activity Studies, A La Carte Timelines, and so much more! PDF documents were provided to different families for review purposes through the Homeschool Review Crew and adventures are to be had…
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Geology and Apologetics (Northwest Treasures) {Review}
In my youth, I found myself fascinated with geology and had a pretty vast rock collection. Because I still love Geology I was very excited to have the opportunity to watch the introductory video Taking the Mystery Out of Geology and to have my rock and nature loving daughter work with me through the Geology and Apologetics online video class from Northwest Treasures. In our homeschool, right now we are still focusing on the basics of reading, writing, arithmetic and so on. However, every once in a while we spend a wealth of time on an elective or interest subject. One such interest subject is the learning love of my own youth in geology. We…
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Smart Kidz Radio {Review}
Over three years ago, I first discovered Smart Kidz Media, while the use of the “z” still drives me nuts they are continuing to add new material and Smart Kidz Radio is their newest offering. In 2015, my daughter really enjoyed Smart Kidz Media Library and we were eager to see how we would enjoy the free online radio station for kids. RELATED: Smart Kidz Meda Library {Review} For the purposes of this review, we listened to Live Radio on various days and a few fairy tale podcasts. In the past, some of our favorite elements of Smart Kidz Media Library was the music listening options and fables so I just knew…
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MaxScholar Reading Intervention (Online) {Review}
Teaching a child to read is one of the most important tasks that is laid before a homeschooling parent. I remember with my oldest daughter a few months when I felt like we had been at it long enough that she should have grasped the concepts. Shortly thereafter, every clicked for her and she has been a voracious reader ever since. My middle daughter is different. As a teacher, I am now at the point where I am glad to try anything different to see what might work well for her and right now what we are trying is MaxScholar, a reading intervention online program designed for grades PreK-12 to help…
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T is for Tree: A Bible ABC alphabet book {Review}
Alphabet books make me happy and today I want to introduce you to a beautiful Christian children’s book called T is for Tree: A Bible ABC from Reformed Free Publishing Association. In our school life, I am currently teaching my third preschool age child with another one in line for a few years for now. My older two are still in the primary grammar stage and while they have mastered their alphabet, they still enjoy picture books. The older girls (six and eight) especially enjoy beautiful picture books that can be poured over for more than a short little while with many things to look at and something new to…
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The Weather Strikes Again
I’m sure you are looking forward to reading Margaret’s review on Kid’sEmail.org. You will find it here just as soon as she gets her power back. The storms have knocked out power to many in the region. While the camping experience is fun, she looks forward to returning to you here (and turning on the lights and charging her phone…). ~SisterL, from another stormy location
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Learn to read with Reading Kingdom (Online App) {Review}
My middle daughter enjoys her online reading lessons with Reading Kingdom. My oldest daughter, not so much and tries to avoid them. However, while I first I assumed this was because it was too easy for her and that she was beyond the skills… after working together we discovered it was because Reading Kingdom has discovered slight gaps in her spelling and typing skills and her claims of dislike have proven to be attempts to avoid learning or mastering something new. She is not far from mastery, but she does need more time to complete the program. We have used Reading Kingdom in the past and as a mother and…
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Homeschool Human Anatomy & Physiology (Apologia Human Body for Elementary Grades) {Review}
There are a few curricula that I have known for years will be my choice once my children get to a particular point in their learning journey since before my offspring were born. I’ve been plotting this journey since 2007 and now living in it. Apologia Exploring Creation Young Explorer series is one of those things. Two year ago, we started in on the new second edition of Astronomy and loved every minute of our adventure. Now, we are delightedly journeying through Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy and Physiology and this teacher/book relationship is pure bliss. We are learning so much about the human body for elementary grades in this…
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If You Were Me and Lived in… by Carole P. Roman {Review}
Books are my passion. Living books bring our homeschool experience alive and I really enjoy bringing out the quality materials from Carole P. Roman. A few years ago, I first introduced the If You Were Me and Lived in… series by Carole P. Roman to the readers of Creative Madness Mama and we still use these books and look to add more to our collection today. Our enthusiasm for these stories has not dwindled. (Affiliate links to follow in this post.) This year the Homeschool Review Crew is reviewing Carole P. Roman books and collections and we were blessed to add three more titles to our collection including If You Were Me and…
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Home School in the Woods Á La Carte Hands-on History {Review}
Home School in the Woods is a company that we come back to again and again for fabulous and creative resources for studying history. In the past year, they have been releasing several hands-on history Á La Carte products for people to get something they might really want without doing the full package study. While I highly recommend their full Project Passports or Time Travelers, I am very excited about the possibility of the a la carte products as we cannot always have the time or the finances for a full project and the Á La Carte pieces are so very affordable! Our Á La Carte Bits For the purposes of this review, we received access…
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NatureGlo’s eScience MathArt in Ancient Cultures (6-week online Class) {Review}
Through our experience with the Homeschool Review Crew we are introduced to a wealth of different types of homeschool materials and this time we are utilizing an online Live & Recorded class. Sometimes we look at tools, other occasions we find curriculum, and then in times like this we gain access to a whole course. NatureGlo’s eScience is a website full of online interactive courses that can be completed on a Live schedule or a self-paced plan with completed checklist for keeping track of your student’s status. NatureGlo’s eScience has several courses available in topics of mathematics and science. For the purposes of this review, I was given access to…
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Magic Stix Washable Markers (Art Supplies) {Review}
Have you ever included a new product into your daily homeschool life and then when review time comes up there are too many things scattered to recall which would be the better photos to take? The Pencil Grip, Inc. company has become a staple in our art supplies tool belt and thus it is no surprise to me that we are just loving their 24-pack (aff) Magic Stix Washable Markers. Magic Stix are a wet marker and thus are not drying out for us, even with forgetful toddlers and littles around that are not always on top of remembering to close the cap. Yet, at the same time they are…
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CursiveLogic Cursive Handwriting & The Art of Cursive (Adult Coloring Book) {Review}
This year has been an incredible start to a crew run for us and especially so with the blessing of the CursiveLogic Quick-Start Pack and The Art of Cursive from CursiveLogic. A few years ago, I saw bits of this go through some reviews and my interest was piqued. To my budget, however, I felt that CursiveLogic cursive handwriting curricula was a bit at the high end. After seeing the materials in hand, I’m sorry that I waited to get a full look-see and I’m very impressed. CursiveLogic Cursive Handwriting This is a new revised edition of the CursiveLogic workbook and it is durable and oh so lovely. For the…
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Starfall Pre-k Curriculum & more (Online Learning) {Review}
Ever since I started homeschooling with littles, one of the names that have come up over and over as a recommendation for some online learning is the Starfall Education Foundation. This year with our interactions with the Homeschool Review Crew we were blessed to receive a one-year subscription to The Starfall Home Membership giving access for the whole family. Or rather in our case, from my youngest student using this as a pre-k curriculum at three-years-old through my middle daughter at six-years-old and even the eldest at eight-years-old is able to benefit. Technically, if you include the times they hold her up to witness it all, even my newest addition at…
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Wulf the Saxon (Heirloom Audio Productions) {Review}
Over the last several years our entertainment and education has been met and thrilled by exciting adventures from the incredible Heirloom Audio Productions with the latest brining the Norman conquest to life with Wulf the Saxon. Historical fiction is one of my passions, however, I have never been overly familiar with the 11th-century invasion of England. I know it happened, but being able to imagine the details and research it is something that I have yet to do. For the purposes of this review, I was blessed with a physical CD MP3 set including this audio theater adventure from the latest in The Extraordinary Adventures of G.A. Henty. Wulf the Saxon…
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Weave Your Word in Me (Bible Study) {Review}
Overall, I am very satisfied in my curricular choices, however, I have still been on the search for an appropriate Bible Study for us and now I’m intrigued to try Kid Niche Christian Books and their book Weave Your Word in Me — Part 1 for review. From what I am told and what I can see thus far, this program is compatible with the following Bible translations: KJV, ESV, NKJV, NIV, NASB, NABRE. From my college diploma Religious Studies I have collected quite a few translations. My daughter’s Bible is actually a HCSB, while mine is NIV and we have had no issues working through with these. This review…