We are currently heading towards the 20th century in our history and I have been happily reading Bessie's Pillow, a new book from Strong Learning, Inc. handily set right at the start of the 20th century. What Is Bessie's Pillow? It wasn’t my time to die back in 1906. The mobs, the murder, the rape. The blood running through the…
Category: TOS review
Creating a Masterpiece {Review}
We are so blessed as reviewers to be able to express how interested we are in a curriculum before we review it, and I have to admit I practically begged for this one! The Monthly Plan from Creating a Masterpiece is providing my three artistic daughters with some excellent art instruction and is allowing Lillie to add…
Celebrating Manhood {Review}
I have always intended to do something special for each child, possibly around their graduation from homeschool, so I jumped at the chance to review Celebrating Manhood: a rite of passage guide from Home School Adventure Co. What is Celebrating Manhood? Celebrating Manhood is a short booklet containing all you need for a celebratory night of fun for…
Home School in the Woods: Ancient Egypt {Review}
What is HISTORY Through the Ages Project Passport World History Study: Ancient Egypt? HISTORY Through the Ages Project Passport World History Study: Ancient Egypt is the brain child of Amy Pac and her family run company Home School in the Woods. The concept is a good one. The student is given everything he or she needs…
Times Tables the Fun Way {Review}
I was excited to receive a three months subscription to an incredible maths product from Times Alive online lessons with animated songs and stories to learn times tables the fun way. A8 needed a refresh on some of her tables and it was the perfect time to begin memorising some of the easier tables with B5.…
My Homeschool Review Crew Favourites
After writing a stack of reviews over the past year, a few of the products have emerged as absolute favourites in our household and I thought I would share my top five in reverse order. Number Five VeritasBible.com from Veritas Press was my fifth favourite resource I reviewed this year. It is thorough and digs much…
Chemistry 101 {Review}
This is my last review for the Homeschool Review Crew and what a product to end on! As you all know, Thomas is taking an IGCSE in Chemistry next June, so I begged to be on this review. I kind of had a feeling it would be a good fit, and boy was I right!…
Fun-Time Phonics! {The Critical Thinking Co.™ Review}
Over the past few weeks my youngest daughter has been trying out Fun-Time Phonics!™ Software - 2-PCs Win Download which is part of the Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic Before Kindergarten!™ software bundle from The Critical Thinking Co.™. The Critical Thinking Co.™ has lots of information about the importance of preschool academics and this bundle helps the…
Homeschool Legacy: Victoria and her World {Review}
I was hoping I would be chosen to review the Once-a-Week Micro-Study Victoria and Her World from Homeschool Legacy. I mean we were bang in the middle of studying the 19th century focusing on the Victorian Age, so this was just about perfect: I was excited about how it might fit into our present study, and was delighted…
CrossTimber Review
We had the honour of reviewing the name meaning gifts produced by CrossTimber. This is a family run company which offers products which include their popular Personalized Framed Plaque with Name Meaning and Bible Verse: as well as book marks, pocket cards, NameMugs and Name Music Boxes: The moment I was picked for this review I knew exactly…
Middlebury Languages Review
We were so blessed to be chosen to review Middlebury Interactive Languages and their online elementary course entitled Elementary Spanish 1: Grades K-2: How Does Middlebury Interactive Languages Elementary Spanish 1 Work? As always, I'm glad you asked! The Elementary Spanish Level 1 course is aimed at the younger students, from K through to Grade 2. It contains…
What’s it like being a Member of the Homeschool Review Crew?
I thought I would write a little more about the process of becoming a member of the crew and what it is like in the trenches so to speak. I applied last year with apprehension. I was scared, out of my comfort zone and trying to push myself to do something which felt hard. In…
Calling All Potential Homeschool Reviewers!
I am posting this again with the hope that some of my blogging friends may see it and opt to pop over to The Homeschool Review Crew to find out more (link at bottom of post). I also wanted to add this to my last post: Your blogs do not need to be huge blogs;…
Online Christian Filmmakers Academy {Review}
I practically begged to have the chance to review Online Christian Filmmakers Academy from Family Gravity Media, a division of Families For Christ Ministries, Inc. I knew it would appeal to my son, who has always enjoyed electronics of any sort, and also my girls. Charlotte wants to film videos of herself singing self-penned worship songs on YouTube…
Excellence in Literature: Handbook for Writers {Review}
My daughter was very excited when I told her we had been asked to review an e-book entitled Excellence in Literature Handbook for Writers (high school into college) from Everyday Education, LLC . Which daughter, I hear you ask? Well, Charlotte obviously! For she is the only daughter I have who reads the dictionary for pleasure, who keeps…