So when the opportunity for reviewing some items from Memoria Press came up, I was pretty excited. We are a fairly classical family and I’m even working on beefing up my own classical education. You know, the one I never got in school :). Anyway, we ended up receiving a copy of MP’s program for phonics, […] Read more…
Reading Kingdom {Schoolhouse Review Crew}
When we received the opportunity to review Reading Kingdom, an online reading program, I was game. I’d like my daughter to improve her computer skills — for techies, we severely limit screen time — and she loves the opportunity to use the computer. Win, win right? Reading Kingdom Reading Kingdom is an online reading program […] Read more…
What Didn’t Work For Us {Curriculum 2012/2013 – Kindergarten}
Earlier this summer, I shared the Kindergarten curriculum & books that worked for us. Today, I’m going to share the resources that we decided to stop using. Bible Blessings Every Day: 365 Simple Devotions for the Very Young These were starting to get a little simple for my 5 year old and we […] Read more…
What Worked For Us {Curriculum 2012/2013 – Kindergarten}
Last year, I shared what curriculum & books we planned to use during Kindergarten. Though we took several months off school due to my health during this pregnancy, we got quite a lot accomplished. Luckily, I’m from a state that doesn’t require record keeping or a number of days :). Here is the curriculum that […] Read more…
Phonics and Reading with McGuffey iPhone App {Schoolhouse Review Crew}
My daughter is a perfectly capable reader. But she’s resistant. She can do it fine when we are working through our reading curriculum. She can even spell. But she has a tendency to get overwhelmed when looking at pages full of words. When we had the opportunity to review an iPad/iPhone app from LiteracySoft, I […] Read more…
Logic of English – Foundations A Review {Curriculum Review with Videos}
When I went to Allume last year, I was really interested in one of the sponsors who told us a little about her business, Logic of English. Denise Eide gave a compelling little summary of her belief that ALL people were meant to read and that God was a god of writing — the 10 […] Read more…
{CLOSED} Teaching Tiles & Hot Dots {Edu-Blogger Review & Giveaway – ends 4/3/13}
I am always looking for ways to incorporate more hands-on activities into our homeschool day. It gets REALLY boring for my 5 year old to sit with workbooks all day, no matter how much she likes doing them. I don’t have a lot of hands on resources, though, so I was really excited when […] Read more…