Temptations of Jesus (book and CD) Softcover, 37 pages ISBN: 1-879099-08-X Price: $14.95 Are you looking for a fun, easy way to teach your little ones Scripture? If so, this may be a tool for you! This Bible memorization “system” is geared toward kids ages 3 – 8 and uses the many senses to “get the message across.” It uses…
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Letter Writer Oceans App Review
Both the iPhone and the iPad have become teaching tools. Educational apps abound, with an amazing variety of subjects available. This month, we look at the Language Arts category, with Letter Writer Ocean by Barking Dog Interactive. Letter Writer Ocean is another engaging title; a game that uses the iOS technology to teach writing. It is geared toward preschoolers who are just…
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Ooka Island Adventure
Since I have a struggling reader, I am always looking for tools to assist her achieve Ooka Island is not intended for struggling readers solely. It is a computer game designed to teach early literacy skills. The visual and fun way Ooka Island uses can appeal to preschool through Kindergarteners. It even appeals to my struggling reader. Her confidence grows…
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Birdcage Press Art Ditto Game Review
You are in for a treat! Not only are we offering a giveaway but you have nine more chances to win at the sites we are teaming up with… We are all about adding in the joy of art in our homeschool. And what a fun way to view beautiful pieces of art – holding copies of them right in…
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Sisters in the Wilderness, an Introduction to Canadian History and Literature
Here’s a wonderful introduction to Canadian history and literature for the whole family: Sisters in the Wilderness. This DVD portrays the mid-19th century pioneer life of two sisters who sailed from England expecting an easy existence in the Canadian bush. Incorporating both contemporary artwork and dramatization, this quality film full of beauty, pathos, humanity, and history tells the story of…
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Adventures with Atoms and Molecules
Formal science is always a bit iffy around our place. Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn’t. It’s the experiments that get me–we read lots of science-related books–but science experiments can be troublesome. There are all of those ingredients to gather; there is all of that mess to clean up. This year, thanks to Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise…
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A+ TutorSoft
I’m not going to lie. We’ve struggled with algebra. It’s the first real struggle we’ve had since this journey of homeschooling began, but a struggle it’s been. Not so much because my daughter nor I can do it, but because it’s one of those things that’s harder to backtrack with and find the method to the madness when you get…
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Spectrum Writing-8 Review
Have you ever wondered how to help your young teens progress with their writing skills? And how to evaluate how they were doing? We did, when my daughter was 13 years old or so. We looked through a number of great homeschool writing curricula and then chose one that writes to the student: SPECTRUM WRITING grade 8. We love their writing…
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See the Light Art DVDs
I love art, but have no real training in it. I believe my children need to learn art techniques, but I can’t afford $60/hour lessons at the local art studio. What’s a homeschooling mom to do? Well…I had the blessing of reviewing lessons 1-12 of See the Light Art Class DVD’s and found them to be full of solid instruction at…
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Online Learning with Clever Dragons
Clever Dragons is a really neat online learning tool geared toward BOYS ages 7 – 12 (but my son is 15 and there were still several places he found that were helpful and fun)! Boys. Dragons. Need I say more? *grin* This online program covers all the main areas of teaching: Language Arts, Math, Geography, History and Science. If your boys…
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