The TOS Review Crew Cruise has finished its sail around the world. As First Mate, I want to thank each and every one of you personally for joining me these past seven months as we explored the vast oceans of homeschool curricula, toys, and books. Altogether, we stopped at nearly fifty different ports of callContinueContinue reading “Welcome Back to Home Port!”
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Come On, Let’s Celebrate!
Our culture has made the passage between girlhood and womanhood a curse. The Beautifully Made! three-book set by Generations of Virtue helps moms and daughters celebrate the blessings of womanhood in a godly, tasteful manner.Beautifully Made is comprised of two books for daughters and one book for moms. Not sure what to tell your tweensContinueContinue reading “Come On, Let’s Celebrate!”
Alphabet Alley
Make your baby’s first toys Christian toys. Teach toddlers Christian values early with toys from Alphabet Alley. It’s never too early to make sure the things that influence your children are educational, motivational, and spiritual. That’s what every toy and game made by Alphabet Alley delivers. Quality, sturdy, adorable products include matching games, wooden stackingContinueContinue reading “Alphabet Alley”
Heads Up!
Heads Up! specializes in products for struggling learners. Their Frames, Readers, Double-Time, and Top of the Line products are especially helpful for children with short attention spans (ADD/ADHD), or those who are highly distractible. They also help children with visual tracking issues. The frames block aside a portion of a page so that the childContinueContinue reading “Heads Up!”
Let the Adventure Begin!
Students can have FUN while learning to write a REAL novel and get a high school English credit in the bargain! Sound like a novel idea? Not if you’re using the One Year Adventure Novel curriculum. The One Year Adventure Novel is for high school students who love to write. It’s also for students whoContinueContinue reading “Let the Adventure Begin!”
Peace for a Piece of Language Arts
“Mom, Mom, come here my peace for the school play! Can you help me decide what to where?” “Yes, I’m looking foreword to seeing you act. Don’t practice so much you become horse!” It’s not a complement if someone asks if you die you’re hare. The plain with the American Idle in it crashed intoContinueContinue reading “Peace for a Piece of Language Arts”
Think Child, Think!
Higher test scores, here we come! An oft-repeated mantra in our house is “Think child, think!” While the Building Thinking Skills series may not help your kids remember to brush their teeth in the morning, it will help them to use their noggins to think through school stuff.The Critical Thinking Company has been teaching thinkingContinueContinue reading “Think Child, Think!”
Hey Kids, Learn How to Make Your OWN Web Page!
Do you wish you could afford to enroll your kids in a computer class? Are your kids begging to explore the Internet and build their own Web pages? Do you know what HTML is? Now you don’t have to be a computer expert or shell out big bucks for a class in order for yourContinueContinue reading “Hey Kids, Learn How to Make Your OWN Web Page!”
A Mountain of Math
Help! I need a different math curriculum! My child just is not getting fractions (or decimals, or beginning geometry). My child needs more practice doing long division and I don’t have time to scour the internet to make my own worksheets all the time. Math Mammoth to the rescue!The Math Mammoth Web site offers aContinueContinue reading “A Mountain of Math”
Puppetools Web Site Subscription Service Review
Puppetools’ premise is that using creative play teaches concepts more effectively. Often, in our hurry to get through lessons (and housework, co-ops, sports, and music lessons), we toss textbooks and workbooks at our children and hope they catch the rest of the ideas by osmosis. Then we wonder why they drag their feet and balkContinueContinue reading “Puppetools Web Site Subscription Service Review”
Bethany LaShell 