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Memoria Scholé Academy: 2019-2020 Week 1
We started strong with our school year in Memoria ScholĂ© Academy. Essentially, my students are 5th Grade (10), 3rd Grade with a Simply Classical path (8), Kindergarten in a relaxed manner (5), and tot-Preschool (2), with a new addition expected around Thanksgiving this autumn. Thus, it was really important to me for us to start strong! While there are a few bits of our last school year that I would like for the older girls to continue to flesh out, especially in math, we began August 12th, 2019 as our new year. View this post on Instagram Day 1 (yesterday) is in the books for 2019-2020 for 5th,…
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PandaParents preschool stories {Review}
This summer my son, my third child, is turning four-years-old and already we are venturing into a preschool realm of learning and I thought that something like MESSYLEARNING FOR PRESCHOOLERS AND KINDERGARTNERS would be a great fit. PandaParents has granted us access to about six months worth of courses to their program in a digital format. For the purposes of this review, we are reviewing an electronic version of this program. I have two children currently in the range recommended ages 3-6 for this product. We attempted to use this program for about two-days per week. We read the story, (I) watched password protected online videos, and worked through…
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First Times by Charles Ghigna {Review}
A foray into the first adventures of childhood. Years ago, with Tot school in mind, I discovered Charles Ghigna and his story Little Seeds. Today, I was able to read one of his newer selections in First Times. This is a book about all sorts of firsts and applicable for each of my children from my nearly nine-year-old daughter all the way to her eleven-month-old sister and the others in between. The illustrations are okay, but it is the words and the text that make this book a fantastic one to read aloud again and again. I was blessed to read a digital Advanced Reading Copy on loan from the publisher. Opinions are honest…
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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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Starting Preschool with Blossom #3
The Rascal and I had some snuggle school today. #mamasboy #prek #preschool #homeschool #homeschoolmama #thegoodandthebeautiful from Instagram: http://ift.tt/2m0hLRR
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Channie’s My First Letters Workbook {Review}
A few months ago, I was trying to find something to tide us over through the summer for my girls while browsing in our local Neighborhood Tutor teacher’s store. I came across a new set of workbooks, Channie’s Visual Handwriting & Math Workbooks, that the owner was very excited about and had just added to her shelves during her last expo shopping event. I was thinking that My First Letters (PreK-1st) might be just the thing to get my eager to learn preschool three-year-old son started in the right direction with a little bit of fun and guidance as an introduction to “school”. I’m also putting the Easy Peasy Cursive (1st to 3rd) and One Page…
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Learn to R.E.A.D. Curriculum Notebook {Review}
My second student is a bit different than my first, reading is a challenge. She focuses more when things are hands-on (coloring) and vibrant (colorful) and my old reading primer of black and white discussion text just doesn’t cut it for her. The Learn to R.E.A.D. Curriculum Notebook (36-week Curriculum) from The Crafty Classroom, however, seems to be right up her desire path! Through the Homeschool Review Crew, we were blessed to receive a PDF download of both the Learn to R.E.A.D. Curriculum Notebook (700+ pages!) as well as the R.E.A.D. Review Pack (28 Early Readers that Correspond with R.E.A.D. Notebook) which I’m told can be used as a stand-alone product,…
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Phonics Museum iOS app for Preschool
My three-year-old #preschool son is working hard on his letter Bb in the #phonicsmuseum We absolute love this program! ❤️ #hsreviews #veritaspress #missbiddle #veritaspresskindergarten #phonics from Instagram: http://ift.tt/2tOisyA
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Preschool hour!
@leapfrogofficial #phonics #phonicsfarm #preschool from Instagram: http://ift.tt/1W3EzNM
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Frankencrayon by Michael Hall {Review}
Frankencrayon has made his day! When I see a new book from Michael Hall, I know a few things. I know that is going to be ridiculously silly and fun and full on educational. He definitely does not disappoint with his latest January 2016 release in Frankencrayon. These are the type of books that I love to give my preschool and primary grade level kiddos. I love to see their imaginations spark as they think, hmm, maybe I can do something like this! I truly enjoy how his plot line is interesting enough to entertain the adults, yet thrilling enough to tickle the fancy of any child. There are lots of…
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It’s an Orange Aardvark! by Michael Hall {Review}
*This post has been updated on February 4, 2016 with my new format, with the Ultimate Book Blogger Plugin.* Cat Tale was my introduction to Michael Hall and I have been entertained by him since in It’s an Orange Aardvark! and no doubt I will fully enjoy Red: A Crayon’s Story. It’s an Orange Aardvark! is silly and fun.
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Dill & Bizzy: An Odd Duck and a Strange Bird {Review}
View all my reviews This book is a fun work of art between two sisters. Both of their work is new to me, but I’m delighted with it now that I’ve experienced it! Dill, an extraordinary duck and a delightfully strange bird Bizzy are at the start of a friendship. This would be a great read about the time of reading such friendship reads like picture books of a Kevin Henkes vein. The colors chosen are vibrant and not of the standard picture book. I won’t hesitate to share this one with my girls. I read an ARC in September 2015.
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Girl & Gorilla: Out and About {Review}
View all my reviews Books set in an urban setting are always intriguing to me. Growing up in suburbia and rural areas I have no real knowledge about what it would be like to grow up in a city other than what I’ve read in books and seen on cartoons and movies on TV, thus I’m always intrigued to experience such stories and now to share them with my own children. Girl & Gorilla Out and About is a fun story about two friends on their way to play at the park, but it seems to be taking so long to walk there and in an attempt to pass the time…
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Itty Bitty Kitty by Joan Holub {Review}
The first I notice is on the cover, that is indeed NOT an itty bitty kitty… Secondly, Joan Holub, I love Joan Holub! Â There is a plethora of rhymes in these pages and the story is poetic in style. Itty Bitty is a kitty on nearly a ‘Clifford’ scale. Ava’s parents are in a no-mood to the idea of a new kitty addition, however, she just might be a hero. I love Holub’s books and the illsutrations of James Burks are creative and colorful. I love the idea of a ‘giant’ Itty Bitty Kitty, but the premise of an escapee baby makes this mama cringe. I’m also not a fan…
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Wrapping Up the End of the Homeschool Year (2014-2015 Edition)
End of the school-year, well it should be… but I guess this is more of a check in. Last year I wrote an end of the school-year wrap up post and I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw that same date was coming up on the calendar for this year. In the past year I’ve continued on with my eager-to-learn five year old, discovered my attention-span-of-a-butterfly three year doesn’t want to pipe down into school time like her sister, and added a baby brother nearing on ten months old to the mix. Wow. We’ve started a kitchen garden and attempted our first true unit study. We’ve discovered more curricula…
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S is for Smiling Sunrise (An ABC Book) {Review}
For the purposes of this review, I was blessed to receive a physical hardcover copy of the book S is for Smiling Sunrise with an audio CD included and a printed copy of the teaching guides from WordsBright ~ (http://WordsBright.com/). There is an eBook, free PDF teaching guides, and free MP3 download available on their website. The book itself is a durable and attractive hardcover, full-color alphabet book with vivid pictures on each page. There is also a gift dedication page in the very front making this accessible and friendly for gift giving opportunities. At least 10% of net earnings will be a gift to health & education projects…