I am a big fan of gifts that aren’t necessarily expensive but are unique to the giver, receiver, or both and have obviously had a lot of thought put into them. So I was very excited to find the company CrossTimber, which specializes in unique name-related gifts! CrossTimber is a small family-run business that researches name meanings,… Continue reading Our Review of Personalized Gifts from CrossTimber
Author: Tina Chen
Tina is a book-loving, globe-trotting, home-schooling mom of five kids. Her greatest passions are learning with her husband how to live and love like Jesus and teaching others to do the same. She particularly enjoys teaching kids to worship and pray fervently and creatively. She loves music, cooking, and reading, and is a complete sucker for a good redemptive analogy! Tina blogs at mommynificent.com and desperatehomeschoolers.com.
Our Review of Middlebury Middle School Spanish 1
We are excited to be sharing with you today our review of Middle School Spanish I from Middlebury Interactive Languages. As linguists, my husband and I love to learn about languages, and we both speak a few reasonably well, but in general, we tend to be dabblers. It seems we have, for better or for worse, passed this… Continue reading Our Review of Middlebury Middle School Spanish 1
Learning Italics with Perfect Reading, Beautiful Handwriting
I’ve always loved italics and calligraphy and my daughters have been quite keen to learn it, so I was very excited when we were given the opportunity to review Everyday Education, LLC‘s Perfect Reading, Beautiful Handwriting, a one-book method by Caroline Joy Adams for teaching italic-style handwriting. About Perfect Reading, Beautiful Handwriting As you can see from the cover,… Continue reading Learning Italics with Perfect Reading, Beautiful Handwriting
Our Review of Getting Started with French from Armfield Academic Press
For the past few weeks, Bignificent has had the pleasure of exploring a new foreign language curriculum from Armfield Academic Press, Getting Started with French by William E. Linney and Brandon Simpson. She was so excited when it arrived in the mail! This girl LOVES learning languages. Even though she’s chosen to focus on Spanish this year, when… Continue reading Our Review of Getting Started with French from Armfield Academic Press
Our Review of CHSH Download Club from CHSH-Teach.com
We were recently asked by the Schoolhouse Review Crew to review the CHSH Download Club from CHSH-Teach.com. I found myself absolutely amazed at the plethora of resources available, and I think you will also be quite impressed! About CHSH Download Club First of all, to assuage your curiosity, I want to tell you the CHSH stands… Continue reading Our Review of CHSH Download Club from CHSH-Teach.com
Our Review of Talking Shapes for Preschoolers
We have a new review to share with you today! For the past six weeks, we have been exploring the new online version of Talking Shapes: A Supplemental Curriculum for Early Literacy from Talking Fingers Inc. What is Talking Shapes? This program has so much potential as a complete preschool phonics curriculum for children ages 4 and 5! The version of Talking… Continue reading Our Review of Talking Shapes for Preschoolers
Bignificent Reviews Orphs of the Woodlands at Tangletree
We have a really exciting app review to share with you today! Bignificent (age 11) liked Orphs of the Woodlands at Tangletree from Star Toaster so much, in fact, that she asked if she could try writing the review. I’ve helped her edit it and added the links and such, but what follows is her opinion in her… Continue reading Bignificent Reviews Orphs of the Woodlands at Tangletree
How NotebookingPages.com Revolutionized our Homeschool
I’m very pleased to be sharing with you our review of the Lifetime Membership from NotebookingPages.com. This is a great addition to any curriculum to enhance children’s learning and enable them to create beautiful portfolios showcasing what they’ve learned. (I am an affiliate of NotebookingPages.com and am including affiliate links in this post.) What is Notebooking and How Can… Continue reading How NotebookingPages.com Revolutionized our Homeschool
Our Review of VeritasBible.com from Veritas Press
For the past six weeks, our family has had the immense pleasure of reviewing the One Year Family Subscription of VeritasBible.com from Veritas Press. This is a wonderful online Bible curriculum that includes access to three full Bible courses for up to four students! Please note that I purposely did not call this an online “homeschool” curriculum because… Continue reading Our Review of VeritasBible.com from Veritas Press
Lifelong Learners Link-Up Party #5
Hi all, and welcome to the fifth installment of the Lifelong Learners Link-Up Party! I’m so glad that you are here. I know that this is a little unconventional seeing that this is a new link-up, but I am feeling a strong need to take as much of a summer break as I can this… Continue reading Lifelong Learners Link-Up Party #5