Adventures in Homeschooling

I am always on the lookout for ideas on how to get the most out of books we read so I jumped at the chance to check out LitWits Kits from LitWits to truly have the opportunity to immerse ourselves in our book characters. We were given the opportunity to choose some of the LitWits Kits to check out and we decided upon Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, Adam of the Road, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Island of the Blue Dolphins. We got started on Adam of the Road right ... read more

My daughter was so excited when she saw and heard her name in the brand new Your Amazing Name - Personalized Adventures for EVERY name! video from CrossTimber. Who is CrossTimber CrossTimber is a family-owned and operated Christian company that prides itself in helping parents and children discover the unique and beautiful meaning in their names. They craft a special story behind the name of your child, the name that God knew before they were even born. They offer a ... read more

During our nighttime reading, my daughter, son and I have been reading Jem Strikes Gold and Jem's Frog Fiasco. These are the first two books in the Goldtown Beginnings Series published by Kregel Publications. Even my older daughter has gotten involved to get in that extra chapter for my younger daughter. She has been enjoying reading them as well. What is Kregel Publications Kregel Publications, started in 1949, with over 1,000 titled in their repertoire. Some of ... read more

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

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

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

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