A few months ago I was approached by the folks at The Well Trained Mind to review Electoral Apocalypses Episode 1 and Episode 2. The Well Trained Mind is a company which produce the very excellent Story of the World, a complete classical history curriculum. The Electoral Apocalypses supplement and complement their lessons on American history…
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Courage and a Clear Mind: True Adventures of the Ancient Greeks {Review}
I was thrilled when I was approached by the company which has produced some of my favourite history curriculum to review a handful of audio products, including Courage and a Clear Mind: True Adventures of the Ancient Greeks. The Well Trained Mind will be known to all of you. They are the company behind The…
Veritas Press Review
Veritas Press is one of the main reasons I wanted to become a member of the review crew! I had read many of my friends reviews on this incredible company over the past few years and I just knew it would be an excellent fit for our family. I practically begged to be allowed on…
Review of LearnBop
LearnBop has a great new way to practice math with their LearnBop for Families subscription! We were given twelve months access to the Single Student Plan of LearnBop for Families. What is LearnBop? LearnBop is a personalised maths program which allows the student to work at their own level until mastery of any given maths…
Victorian Unit Study: Great Expectations
You know when something happens and the timing is so good it could only have been God? Well, this is how I feel about this review of Progeny Press. This summer we are focusing ten weeks on the children's writing at the same time as learning about the Victorian Times. When the Great Expectations E-Guide came up,…
Review of MaxScholar
MaxScholar offers a variety of activities for students to improve reading skills with their MaxScholar Reading Intervention Programs. R5 has been blessed to have 12 months access to their K-2 program for 3 to 7 year olds, and her reading has just gone from strength to strength. What is the MaxScholar K-2 Program? Well, I'm glad…
Review of Hey Mama! Print Schoolhouse Planner 2016-2017
Being an international reviewer on the TOS crew, many of the print products aren't available to us due to the exorbitant postage costs. When the lovely people at The Old Schoolhouse decided that even international reviewers were to get an actual hold-in-your-hand copy of the Hey Mama! Print Schoolhouse Planner 2016-2017 I nearly passed out with…
Review of Essential Skills Advantage
Over the past few weeks, A7 and B5 have had the pleasure of using the Complete Home Learning Suite from Essential Skills Advantage. A supplementary curriculum for elementary children, Essential Skills Advantage offers over 14,000 online lessons. Each lesson is carefully crafted to build the child's skill in that area. The Complete Learning Suite offers lessons in five…
Review of Science Shepherd
As you all know, my seven-year old daughter wants to be a scientist when she grows up. She really does love all things science, so when we were given the opportunity to review the Introductory Science program from Science Shepherd, I jumped at the chance! A7 and I have been enjoying their daily lessons ever…
A+ Interactive Maths Review
I was excited to have the opportunity to review A+ Interactive Math newest product, aptly named math mini courses. Mini-Courses have been created to help fill the gaps of a student's maths education. Each Mini-Course focuses on one area of maths and there are many to choose from: Counting and Identifying Numbers Place Value and Number Combinations Naming,…
Homeschool Copywork Review
We received a Lifetime Membership to Homeschool Copywork which gives us access to a variety of e-books for copywork and notebooking pages. I knew right from the start Homeschool Copywork was going to be a great fit for us! What is Homeschool Copywork? Homeschool Copywork is a company run by Amy, who is a homeschool…
Review of Times Tales
I was very excited to be able to review Times Tales from The Trigger Memory Co. We were given the Times Tales Digital Download, which is in two parts, each taking about half an hour to download, as well as pdf files for worksheets and answer keys: What is Times Tales? Times Tales is an imaginative program which…
Grapevine Studies Review
Over the past few weeks my seven year old, my recently turned five year old and I have been studying Jesus' birth and ministry using a rather unusual study from Grapevine Studies. We were asked to review the New Testament 1: Beginner John to the Apostles and have been merrily stick-figuring our way through the Bible ever since! About…
Review: SchoolhouseTeachers.com
As part of being a member of the TOS review crew, I was given a yearly membership to the SchoolhouseTeachers.com, a website chocablock full of online classes on a wide range of topics, using a wide range of techniques to teach. To say I am happy about this is an understatement! If I wanted, I…