Adventures in Homeschooling

I gotta tell you. I know that I needed to meal plan to help our grocery budget but I never made it a priority. I was always finding myself at the store without a plan and buying $100 worth of groceries only to get to dinner time and not have a clue what to make. I would think of something to make only to find I had everything but one ingredient.  I would then make something else, or run to the store, or have the hubby stop at the store and then we got 6 more impulse buys and spent another ... read more

My daughter has been enjoying her online math program from Smartick. We used it in the past with our son. You can read the review here. So we were happy to try it with our daughter. What is Smartick? Smartick combines math, reading, logic, and reasons into a program that adapts to your child's math abilities to form a program just for them. The program, which is inclusive of AI tutoring for the student to develop the program to their needs not their grades or age. This ... read more

It can be difficult to learn to play chess but Brain Blox makes it easy to teach even young children with Fun Family Chess. The whole family has been enjoying learning to play chess. Fun Family Chess from Brain Blox is a fun 2 player game that teaches players how to play chess. The set comes with Fun Family Chess as well as a regular chess game. Fun Family Chess is a great way for beginner level players to play chess. The idea is that once you have played Fun Family Chess for a ... read more

A few years ago we received Forebrain from Sound for Life Ltd so we were really excited to try their new Soundsory headset. I was really excited to see what it could do for my child regarding learning and concentration. You can read our Forebrain review here. The Soundsory Program Soundsory incorporates music and movement into their program, making new brain connections through the brain and body. The music is very specifically chosen and has neuro=acoustic ... read more

If you want your students to learn math tables the fun way, you'll want to check out the Online Times Alive subscription from City Creek Press, Inc. WHAT IS TIMES ALIVE We received a six-month subscription to Online Times Alive to check out. Online Times Alive is designed for use on a computer and what's cool is that it tracked an unlimited number of students on that computer. The only downside is that you can't use it on multiple computers because the results are saved on the hard ... read more

We recently received the Annual Membership Plan of My School Year Homeschool Record Keeping and I  have been using it to track plan out our new school year. We reviewed My School Year Homeschool Record Keeping in 2016 (you can read the review here) and there have been some very significant updates to the subscription. A lot of upgrades actually! What is My School Year Homeschool Record Keeping What homeschool mom isn't thinking about the importance of record-keeping? Record-keeping ... read more