Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post by Marie Bauman, an Usborne Books Consultant. Please consider ordering your next Usborne book through her links and help build up Godly families. Thanks!! This month’s theme at the Poppins Book Nook is The Great Outdoors. In true Michigan fashion, we went with water–but not the lakes & rivers we have […] Read more…
A Family Guide to the Faith & Life Catholic Catechism Series {Book Review}
Disclaimer: We received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. In our homeschool, we use the Faith & Life series for our Catholic catechesis. The ever dutiful newbie Homeschooler, I bought everything–the student text, the activity book and the giant teacher’s manual. Religion took nearly as long […] Read more…
History, Catholicism, and Character Wrapped Up in One Short Read — A Titanic Hero {Book Review}
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This post contains affiliate links — thanks for your support! Around Christmas last year, I was emailed by a young author & entrepreneur who inquired about the possibility of reviewing her book, A Titanic Hero. Cady Crosby’s book about Fr. Thomas […] Read more…
4 Homeschool Magazines — Which Ones Are Worth Your Hard-Earned Cash?
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. Thanks for your support! I am a voracious reader. Obviously. Since I try to do more and better at everything I need to do, I read a lot about homeschooling and teaching my children. When I first started my journey, I subscribed to just about every homeschool […] Read more…
Grimm’s Fairy Tales w/Giveaway! {Poppins Book Nook}
Disclaimer: This is a sponsored post by Marie Bauman, an Usborne Books Consultant. Please consider ordering your next Usborne book through her links and help build up Godly families. Thanks!! This month the Poppins Book Nook theme was Folktales. So first, I picked out Grimm’s Fairy Tales from Marie at Usborne Books, THEN I looked to see if it […] Read more…
Homemade Handwriting Worksheets Made Easy – StartWrite 6.0 Review
Disclosure: I got this product as part of an advertorial. My daughter is a very visual learner. Who detests handwriting. But it’s one of the non-negotiables in our home. Without the 4 R’s I have to spoon feed everything and that, my friends, is too much work for this mama of 3. When I got […] Read more…
A Cursive Curriculum to Reinforce Reading – Rhythm of Handwriting {Schoolhouse Review Crew}
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this curriculum in exchange for an honest review. I love the curriculum from Logic of English! When I had the opportunity to review another of their products I was very excited, especially since I had two of them on my purchase list for the fall. Since I was selected […] Read more…
Wrapping Up First Grade {2013-2014}
Well, most homeschoolers (and regular schoolers) are getting ready to wrap up the school year. We are not :). Spring Studies We homeschool year round and seasonally. What that means for us is that we switch from intense winter studies (because really, there isn’t much else to do) to slower spring studies in […] Read more…
Arbordale Spring Science Picks 2014 & Children’s Book Week Freebies (FKA Sylvan-Dell)
Disclaimer: I received these books from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This post contains affiliate links. Thanks for your support! We were excited to get 3 of the new releases from the Spring 2014 lineup of science/math books from Arbordale Publishing (formerly known as Sylvan-Dell). Arbordale Publishing specializes in children’s picture books […] Read more…
ARTistic Pursuits {Schoolhouse Review Crew}
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this product in exchange for an honest review. My 6 year old is quite an artist. She loves art & spends hours every day drawing, painting, gluing and more. When we had the opportunity to review ARTistic Pursuits again, she was overjoyed! Her outside art classes were on spring break […] Read more…