Faith, Home, & Family
The Olympics are here! I love using the Olympics for school. I have since we started homeschooling in 1991. (yes, I'm old! lol) Since I had so much information to share about homeschooling and the Olympics, I put it all in a separate post, Homeschooling and the 2012 Olymmpics. Stop by and see what we do! The three youngest kids have all been at … [Continue]
*This Homeschooling with the Olympics post contains affiliate links The Olympic games are great fun to watch. They can also be a great learning experience for the kids and the whole family. We always do an Olympics unit study. We learn about the food and customs of the host country. Sometimes we have learn the rules for new sports. How … [Continue]
It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book … [Continue]
As part of The Schoolhouse Review Crew, I received Super Duper Publications Auditory Memory software program to review. Join Recall Agents Kim and Joey to save MemoryTown from Dr. Forgetsit while practicing important auditory memory, closure, and comprehension skills. HearBuilder Auditory Memory teaches key strategies for … [Continue]
Follow these real-life stories as they take you on a journey to faraway lands and unknown faces. Travel through their challenges and see the hand of the great Storyweaver writing endings you’d never imagine! Joel dares to ask for what he can’t have. Seraphina sacrifices what she can’t afford to give. Ibrahim looks for an answer … [Continue]
As part of the Schoolhouse Review Crew, I received a free download of Knowledge Quest Time Maps to review. Here you will find resources that will help your students make connections in history, get inspired by extraordinary individuals and understand where in the world things happened. This is the stuff that helps kids enjoy history! In … [Continue]
As the Gilded Age comes to a close, Elena Bissette's once-wealthy family has nearly lost its fortune. The Bissettes still own a home on fashionableMackinac Island, where they will spend one last summer in the hope of introducing Elena to a wealthy suitor. But Elena is repulsed by the idea of marrying for money. Quickly tiring of the … [Continue]
