I came across a wonderful Science resource called Growing Healthy Homes that I was able to review this last month. The book I received is called Nutrition 101: Choose Life.

If you are looking for a great Science curriculum, wanting to eat more healthy, or just get some good healthy eating information for yourself or your children, this book will do it.

I have been reading about healthy eating for about 20 years. What time and energy it would have saved me to have this kind of resource available to me. There is SO much information in this book, but it is organized in such a way that it doesn’t feel overwhelming at all. I love the recipes and charts, but then I’m a recipe and chart person. The pictures are wonderful too.

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Originally posted 2009-09-26 00:12:28. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

You wouldn’t think that a homeschool Mom would need a program like Graphics Toolbox, but after you use it Read more »

Last time I wrote to you about homeschooling your child for free. In order to make that concept work, you have to know a few things about buying and selling used homeschool books.

I have been buying and selling homeschool books and curriculum online for years. Maybe some of you have never done that or have done it on a limited basis. If you want to look at my free guide on the best way to buy and sell books online and at used book sales, you can see all the information at Used Homeschool Books

I hope this guide is understandable for everyone and that I have covered everything that you will need to know. If you have any other questions that I didn’t cover in this guide, then please let me know. Read more »

Originally posted 2009-08-21 13:39:14. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

I’m sure many public school teachers have heard of ABC Teach, but I don’t  know how many homeschoolers have ever seen this great site. You can find over 5000 pages of free worksheets and pages you can print to use for homeschooling. If you like what you see and want even more, Read more »

Originally posted 2009-10-30 08:57:09. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Here’s a free ebook (I think it is still free) that I have used to teach my son how to write his letters. It’s awesome! I wish I had known about this when I taught my daughters how to write. He loves it too.

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Originally posted 2008-07-24 00:06:41. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Have you ever tried putting drops of water on a piece of wax paper? Boy, this was a real hit at my house for all my children from teens on down.

We put drops of water on wax paper and tried to make them come together, then we separated them and put them together again. We talked about water molecules and their properties. I think I got this idea of Jan VanCleave’s book Chemistry for Every Kid. I couldn’t believe that all my children enjoyed this activity for so long.

I highly recommend you try it!

Originally posted 2008-07-15 23:50:28. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

As part of the TOS homeschool crew, I was able to review the book Beehive Reader. We loved the All About Spelling program, so I figured I was getting another high quality product. Little did I know Read more »

Some of us in the Homeschool Crew received some Math Mammoth books to review. Since my son is 8 and has a pretty good understanding of his addition, subtraction, and multiplication facts, I chose to review Introduction to Fractions and Early Geometry.

Both books are Read more »

Have you seen this movie yet?  It is AWESOME!  I thought I would take today to give you a How Great is Our God DVD review.

We watched it at church last Sunday.  I’ve heard a lot about this movie.  One Sunday School teacher showed it this past summer in his class.  Many people bought the DVD and showed it to many of their friends and family members.  Others are using this as Read more »

Originally posted 2008-11-08 15:27:26. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Here is a website I found that is really fun for children (especially boys) to help reinforce their times tables. You can download the program for free. The only thing I wanted to mention is that it has kind of a dark castle theme with a ogre type man that comes out with times facts on the front of his shirt that you need to solve. If your children would be afraid of this you might want to check it out first.

http://www.timesattack.com

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Originally posted 2008-07-31 01:21:01. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Have you ever heard of Presidential Penmanship? I had never heard of this program until I received a CD for review as part of the Homeschool Crew. Although I am familiar with The Book Peddler Read more »

Apologia homeschool company has undergone some changes this last year and have partnered with several homeschool authors. I don’t know if Apologia Press is new but I do know that they have recently published the updated version of  The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling by Debra Bell.

I remember owning this book many years ago Read more »

Dollar Homeschool produces the CDs for Rays Math. I received the Ray’s Arithmetic series as part of the TOS homeschool crew. This is quite a huge collection…

You receive the equivalent of 38 textbooks along with Read more »

Here’s a website that could get your children excited (or even more excited) about Science.  It’s Robert Krampf’s Science Website.  He has free Science videos, an experiment of the week and live science demonstrations.  If you’re like me and always mess up those Science experiments or just want a scientist to perform your experiments for you, then this site is for you.  Check it out – http://www.krampf.com/

Originally posted 2008-09-15 13:11:51. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

I found this website called Math is Fun.  Most of the time when you find an interactive website it is mostly for younger children learning their basic facts.  This website tackles Algebra and Geometry too!

Your choices here are:

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Originally posted 2008-07-08 03:20:13. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

This time I’m going to review two DVDs I received from Math Tutor DVD as part of the TOS homeschool review crew. The DVDs are called “The Basic Math Word Problem Tutor” and “Young Minds Numbers and Counting.”

I never knew any of these kinds of DVDs existed. The word problem Read more »

In Ohio we can take the ACT or SAT. It seems that the ACT is more popular, although some students take both tests. I was able to review a program called College Prep Genius. It is a full course developed by a homeschool Mom on how to score well on the SAT.

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Originally posted 2009-09-11 14:17:06. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

When we went to see a movie last year and we saw the preview for the Tale of Despereaux, I noticed that the movie was based on a book. I immediately thought I could use this opportunity to homeschool with Despereaux. Read more »

Originally posted 2009-01-05 04:52:32. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

I just received my latest newsletter from CurrClick and came across a great article entitled “Top 10 Reasons to Teach Phonics.” I thought they made some great points so I wanted to share it with you.

CurrClick is a fun site where Read more »

Originally posted 2009-05-05 19:29:20. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

If your child is struggling with their math facts, they might benefit from an online math program like Read more »

I was able to review Mathscore as part of the TOS crew of product testers. Mathscore is a Read more »

Here’s a fun site that a friend told me I just HAD to try, so I did.  It’s a place where you can keep track of all your family’s activities on a calander, keep track of all your lists and be able to access them from a mobile phone, enter family pictures and get a collage on your screen, and much more.

I’ve only been on for a few days.  I won’t be able to use the feature about having your grocery lists texted to your phone while you are out because I can’t get texting on my phone.  What a cool concept, though.  You’re out shopping and remember your list is at home.  All you do is call a number and have the list texted or read to you right over your phone.  Technology….

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Originally posted 2008-09-22 12:58:36. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

The Kinderbach program is one that I hadn’t heard of before but was able to review as part of the homeschool crew.  What we reviewed is the online Read more »

Recently I was able to view the new weE-book Simplifying Classical Education from The Old Schoolhouse. Although I have written ebooks, I’m new to this whole concept of weE-books. They certainly are little books, but as a homeschool Mom I don’t have much time to read. Sometimes a little book on a certain topic I am interested in is all I can handle.

I have been interested in Classical Education for some time Read more »

Originally posted 2009-03-24 13:55:31. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Recently I was able to review a program that includes keyboarding lessons. The program is called Keyboarding for the Christian School.

This can easily be used for homeschooling too. In this age of computers students need to know how to type. These ebooks reminded me of how I learned to type back in school. The nice thing is that all the practice sections use scripture. I’m sure I never had that in school! Read more »