How to Raise Your High School Grades by Half a Point in One Semester

Teens need to think about thinking, studying, time management, and the future. There are all sorts of serious, sober, and expensive approaches to these topics. However, if your family has a sense of humor and likes outside-the-box ideas, Gary North’s free study course might work for you. How to Raise Your High School Grades by
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CalcuLadder: Turning Finger Counters into Number Crunchers

We’ve tried many computer and online math drill programs.  We’ve even used flashcards. But we often return to the first formal drill program we bought years ago: Calculadder by Dr. Myers.  It’s quick, simple, very effective, and can be used for all the children in a family. Each drill page has a number of problems,
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Foundations in Personal Finance Curriculum

During school time Mr. 16 was sitting at the computer, chuckling. Having that much fun doing ‘schoolwork’ suggests to me that it’s not really schoolwork on the computer…. So I sternly asked, “What are you doing?” Sweetly he answered, “Dave Ramsey,” and continued chortling. After listening to a few more minutes of this laughter, I
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Life Of Fred Books

This year my fourth grader and I are having some fun living math lessons a few days a week using the Life Of Fred Fractions book. The Life Of Fred books are quite catchy and well written for children, and they cover so much more then math! Fred happens to be a 5.5 year old
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My ABC Bible Verses: Hiding God's Word in Little Hearts

I’m always looking for new and different resources to use for our morning Bible time around the breakfast table. I first heard about My ABC Bible Verses on a Christian radio broadcast and placed it on my wishlist. I recently purchased it and am so glad that I did. We are almost to the end of it
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Canadian Handwriting Series

For years we did not use a handwriting program.  Miss 18 learned cursive from Richard Scarry’s big picture books and the handwritten examples I made up for her in a little scribbler.  She was enthusiastic and learned quickly. My son, on the other hand, was not enthusiastic.  He even had trouble printing.  When I tried to
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