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

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 »

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 »

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.

The course includes Read more »

Originally posted 2009-09-11 14:17:06. 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 »

I have had the privilege of reviewing the DVD Web Design for Kids over the past month. Many times children can figure out how to create a web page or do anything on the computer better than adults. With this program, Read more »

Originally posted 2009-08-29 23:25:08. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

If you want to learn guitar on DVD, you might want to check out the Jean Welles Worship Guitar class. Volume one is a 68 minute DVD with 7 lessons in both English and Spanish.

I can play guitar now!! Well, Read more »

I recently found a great homeschool history video that I thought was entertaining enough to hold my teens attention, yet educational enough to teach them something.

I emailed it to each of my teenage daughters and told them to watch it on their own and email me back what they thought of it.  I even learned something here.

The video explains the differences Read more »

Originally posted 2009-04-17 23:05:58. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

I recently received a packet of information from ACT Advantage to review. It turns out that this company is a not-for-profit organization that helps younger students prepare for the ACT test so that they can be better prepared for college. Read more »

I had the privilege of reviewing a Financial Accounting Course called Professor in a Box, designed especially for homeschool students. Since one of my daughters is a senior and would like to go into business for herself as an esthetician (spa owner), I thought that this would be a good course for her to take. She absolutely hates math, so this course was met with quite a bit of resistance. She has been slow in getting going with this and is working on the third lesson.

The course consists of 12 chapters broken down into Read more »

America’s Heritage – an adventure in liberty is another great resource to use for homeschooling History and it is free! I received a review copy of this disk and was pleasantly surprised. Although this curriculum/resource is Read more »

I had the privilege of receiving a review copy of the Sue Patrick Workbox System for being on the Old Schoolhouse Crew review team. I can’t believe that I have never seen this system before after all these years of homeschooling. What is it you ask?

Basically, Read more »

After looking over College Prep Genius some more and now that we have our ACT scores back, I thought I would post about this course again. Like I said in my last post, my daughter Read more »

Roots and Fruits is a comprehensive e-book written by a homeschool Mom who used to be a teacher. She developed Roots and Fruits because she saw a lack in vocabulary knowledge among the students she was working with, even if they read a lot. Read more »

In the past year I came across a program called Aleks (which stands for Assessment and LEarning in Knowledge Spaces). Basically it is an online math system where you can enroll your children in a course and let them do all their math work online. The course keeps track of their progress and sends reports to the parent.

I recently signed up for the 30 day trial and thought I would post Read more »

Here are some more virtual tours for homeschooling that I came across recently. I thought I would share them with you. Read more »

What does mind mapping have to do with homeschooling you ask? Plenty! I wanted to bring you this Freemind review to let you know about a nifty little program you can use in many aspects of homeschooling or home business.

If you’re not familiar with mind mapping, Read more »

Career exploration for High School students can be fun and exciting. After all these years of home schooling, your child can start to investigate what it is he/she will be able to do the rest of their life.

The little weE-book published by the Old Schoolhouse Magazine called Career Exploration for High School Students  introduces what you can do with your child to help them investigate this area. Read more »

I thought I would start an Internet field trip series this week. Whether the weather is cold and you don’t feel like going out or if you have little ones at home and can’t take the older ones out or you just want to take some virtual field trips, these links should help you. Read more »

College from home is a concept that is gaining more and more popularity. We homeschool our children up through High School, why not keep going?

With the Internet almost anything is possible these days. Read more »

When thinking about homeschool high school planning, many Moms start breaking out into a cold sweat. Teaching reading, writing and math have become a routine now, but those high school subjects can be pretty intimidating.

If you sit down when your child is in 7th or 8th grade and start filling in when they will be studying certain subjects, things start to fall into place. You can find your state’s high school requirements Read more »

There are various websites that offer free homeschool math worksheets so I thought I would list some of them for you here. Read more »

A few months ago I became aware of a program for homeschool High School students who want to homeschool college or at least get a head start on college while in High School.

This is such a cool concept, I wish I had come up with it myself. Read more »