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Calvert Homeschool Online Review

November 1, 2019 by Tawnee 1 Comment

I have always been curious about Calvert Homeschool as an all-encompassing online homeschool. When they offered their Calvert Homeschool Online program with access to all the courses, I thought this would be a good opportunity to check them out! What is Calvert Homeschool? Calvert Homeschool is an online mobile program that requires an internet connection for streaming your courses. You can use a computer, laptop, or smart device to access classes. They offer two separate programs - ... read more

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Practicing Math and Sight Words – A Channie’s Review

October 30, 2019 by Tawnee Leave a Comment

We received two products from Channie's Visual Handwriting & Math workbooks. My oldest child has been using One Page A Day 2 Digit Multiplication practice while my youngest has been using Channie's Dry Erase Flashcard for Sight Words. We have been having fun with these resources and couldn't be happier to have the opportunity to review them. What is Channie's Channie’s Visual Handwriting & Math workbooks offer a wide range of products that can help your students ... read more

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Learning Spanish with Excelerate SPANISH – A Review

October 25, 2019 by Tawnee Leave a Comment

My daughter has been wanting to study Spanish this year so what a blessing to have Excelerate SPANISH Streaming from Excelerate SPANISH to introduce her to Spanish. Excelerate SPANISH is an online streaming Spanish program for your whole family to access. The program allows you to access Spanish 1 and Spanish 2 for a full year. Each year of Spanish as 24 lessons and each lesson is approximately 30-45 minutes long. The video-based lessons are recorded in classroom-style lessons. ... read more

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Meal Planning is Helping our Budget

October 25, 2019 by Tawnee Leave a Comment

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

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Fun Math – A Smartick Review

October 24, 2019 by Tawnee Leave a Comment

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

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Fun Family Chess – A Brain Blox Review

October 16, 2019 by Tawnee Leave a Comment

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

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Soundsory Review

October 2, 2019 by Tawnee Leave a Comment

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

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Learning Times Tables – A Times Alive Review

September 18, 2019 by Tawnee Leave a Comment

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

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Easy Grammar Systems Review

September 13, 2019 by Tawnee Leave a Comment

Having a good, solid foundation in grammar is important for strong writing later so I was excited to give Easy Grammar:  Grade 1 from  Easy Grammar Systems a try with my daughter. What is Easy Grammar When I first started homeschooling almost 10 years ago now, I remember hearing about Easy Grammar -- actually about Daily Grams but I quickly found that it was part of the Easy Grammar system. And many of the families were raving about the curriculum and how great it was for their ... read more

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Middle School Music Appreciation – A Zeezok Publishing Review

September 11, 2019 by Tawnee Leave a Comment

We have been studying Frederick Chopin with this wonderful homeschool music program, Music Appreciation Book 2: for the Middle Grades from Zeezok Publishing. What is Included The Music Appreciation for the Middle Grades from Zeezok Publishing is designed for grades 5 through 8 and is the 2nd book in the Music Appreciation series from Zeezok Publishing. Meeting all national standards required for music appreciate accreditation, the Music Appreciate for the Middle Grades program is a ... read more

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Hi. I'm Tawnee and thanks for visiting our little corner of the 'net.' My husband and I and our 4 kiddos reside in Indiana living our crazy, hectic lives with a little military, a lot of workin' from home, and a whole bunch of fun and adventures in our little homeschool. Thanks for stopping by!
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