Homeschooling can be the tool you need to help your child thrive. It can call out their best. It can allow them to pursue their true passion, like music or art, dance or sports. Homeschooling has allowed us to be a closer family even though our entrepreneur life had crazy hours. It is just a tool we are using, with it we build a life we love.
Kingdom Files are biographies for kids from Barbour Publishing that put life into the Biblical narratives. If your child is only getting the Sunday School version of the Bible they are missing out on so much. If you are a parent you know how much explaining it takes to answer the simplest questions from your…
I am a huge advocate for literature based learning. Paddington Bear was one of the two beloved bears of my childhood, so I was happy to order a new copy for our review of the Picture Book Explorer Series by Branch Out World. The week long study was the perfect amount of hands on work for…
I was completely intimidated to review a lap book set by Home School in the Woods, I was afraid it would be complicated and full of busy work, but since we are going to be jumping into American History this year, I thought we would check and see what quality lap books really look like. We…
When you are working with several age groups, I find myself looking for table work for my little ones that feels like we are covering real subjects. One area we filled our need is with science printables from WriteBonnieRose. In Learning About Science, Collection 1, we learned in a way that felt natural for little…
If you are like our family you might have a dinosaur lover in the house, which brings the question: can you have an intelligent teaching about dinosaurs in your homeschool that does not contradict the Biblical narrative? Northwest Treasures brings solid science methodology and observation into the world of Dinosaur lovers with their course Dinosaurs…
There comes a time in all of our lives when our unused elementary math skill set is just not going to be enough to carry us. This is when you need a copy of Math Refresher for Adults from Math Essentials. Whether you are transitioning to high school level work with your homeschool students themselves,…
I love art. We often pour over my huge volume titled World Famous Paintings, but that isn’t really enough is it? I have neglected Art History as a full subject because there was not a volume that I thought covered the material with enought depth to engage students for the length of a complete course…
This is the time of year for planning out the tools you want to use for the next school year. I have seen a few families asking for a more complete homeschool grammar, and this Hake/Saxon Grammar and Writing 3 I just reviewed, is a set that delivers. I was planning on reordering a workbook I had…
I love homeschooling and all of the benefits that it gives us, but if there is one drawback is that we miss focusing on the different holidays throughout the year. I was excited to review the Silverdale Press LLC White House Holiday Unit Studies in order to see the background to some of the holidays that have…
Digital Learning Leaving You Leary? We have jumped with both feet into the digital age, but my problem is the kids constantly want to only play games on the iPad or Kindle! I am sure you see the same pattern so, as we’ve cut back on frivolous play time MaxScholar has helped us get back…
Kids who don’t continue summer reading show negative learning levels on standardized tests at the year’s beginning from where they ended the previous spring. This drop in reading scores and other tests is commonly referred to as summer slide. Just open any text books and you will see evidence. It is a common practice for…
Here at The Book House we love literature oriented curriculum and I am always glad to discover different approaches to teaching Language Arts. Recently, I was able to review Home School Navigators Reading and Language Arts Curriculum with several of my kids. This is an online subscription-based program that uses a combination of physical books, video…
Recently I reviewed a preschool learning product called MESSYLearning FOR PRESCHOOLERS AND KINDERGARTNERS by PandaParents. It is a digital combo of parent led reading books, PDF workbooks printables and video, available in a educational, subscription based, monthly format. I have used a lot of curricula and I feel like I am normally a great judge of…
My inbox is full of game spam and PS4 network updates and the new app my child wants is asking for my email again! Thankfully, I was all set to review Kids Email this last month and I was more than ready for a one year subscription to Kids Email safe email for kids. Tech…