Nature studies and nature journaling has been a part of our homeschool curriculum since the very beginning. When we first began our homeschool journey, it was the Charlotte Mason lifestyle that so appealed to me particularly because of the emphasis Miss Mason placed on allowing the child’s interest in the natural world to take lead. When the opportunity to review…
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Making Math Work with Miquon
Choosing math curriculum has got to be one of the hardest parts of homeschooling. Okay, actually doing math lessons every day is probably harder! But it’s difficult to keep from thinking that if we only had a better/different/new curriculum all our math woes would be gone. Everyone would understand and complete their lessons with minimal effort and drama. In reality,…
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Reading Focus Cards – My Review
Do you have a child who struggles with reading? Do they get easily distracted, forget what line they are on or have trouble concentrating on what they are reading? Or do you have a teen who would benefit from a device that could eliminate distractions when reading? I have recently found a clever device that may be a help to…
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The Well Trained Mind Book Review
I have been homeschooling for 10 years now. When I first thought about beginning this journey I was about six months pregnant with baby number three, had a three-year-old at home, and a six-year-old in first grade at our local public school. Homeschooling was not going to be the popular choice in my world, and at the time I only…
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Benjamin Franklin Lap-Pak by Homeschool in the Woods
We were given a copy of the Benjamin Franklin Lap-Pak earlier this year to try out. I was pretty excited about this because, as you probably know, I’m a huge Homeschool in the Woods (HSITW) fan. We’ve used a vast majority of their products and several of them more than once or twice. It took us much longer then anticipated…
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Homeschool Bible Studies
The most important subject we will cover in our homeschools is the Bible. Not that the Bible is simply a book to study, because it isn’t, it is a relationship to uncover. Through it God has made himself known and we have the privilege of making Him known to those small people he has entrusted to us. Of all the…
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Math Mammoth – A Review
Hi everyone, This is our fifth year homeschooling our children. We are a homeschooling family in Indonesia. Our first son was pulled out of school when he was in middle the 4th grade and the second son was in the middle of the 3rd grade. I felt that the national curriculum didn’t work well for our children at that time. The next…
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Bookshark History 6 Review
For the past year my eldest has been using Bookshark History 6 World History Year 1 of 2. Bookshark is a semi-new company to the homeschooling market. They offer a literature approach to history intermingling lovely books alongside history spines. If you’re up for it they offer full programmes in which science, math, language arts, and even history are included….
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Spellominoes – My Review
Are you looking for a fun way to start of the new homeschool year? Do your kids ever struggle with phonics or spelling? Why not make a game of it! Spellominoes is a card game, that helps to teach basic phonics/reading and spelling skills. It is made by TRENDenterprises.com, an educational publishing company. This game is one of their learning…
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A Little Mandarin: A Product Review
When my daughter was approaching her fifth birthday, she begged to learn Chinese. At the time, I really struggled to find resources that were geared to non-native speakers. I was recently provided a copy of A Little Mandarin – a music CD of Chinese Children’s Classics – in exchange for my honest review. I wish that I had known of…
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