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Reviews: Homeschool Crew

Homeschool Crew Review: Wiglington and Wenks Virtual World

    Wiglington and Wenks is an online virtual world for travelers aged 7 to 14.  It is meant to be a safe, educational site for kids to learn and play.  Children travel all over the world and through the ages, searching for famous historical people.  These people, from Buffalo Bill to Beethoven, have lost […]

Review: Balance Benders Beginning

  The Beginning Level of Balance Benders: Logic and Algebraic Reasoning Puzzles is the first in a series of four logic books meant to be ‘more fun and addictive than Sudoku puzzles.’  However, the goal is not only fun, for the website claims these slim booklets also help students of all ages with algebra and […]

Homeschool Crew Review: Math Galaxy

    Here’s top quality edutainment:  Math Galaxy is a personal online tutor that rewards students with great games.  The different products cover everything from whole numbers to algebra in a clear step-by-step fashion, and the game rewards include the super-popular Labyrinth as well as Bridging the Swamp and various riddles and word games.    […]

Homeschool Crew Review: Olde World Style Map Packages

          Have you ever wanted to quickly find an outline map to supplement your history or literature?  I have, often.  We once even bought a whole book of reproducible outline maps, but we have rarely used them because we rarely get to the photocopy center.  Often we traced the maps instead, and that is […]

Homeschool Crew Review: Graphics Toolbox

  “A picture speaks a thousand words.”  Shouldn’t your pictures speak your words?    This is the premise of Graphics Toolbox, a program that allows you to make amazing graphics easily.  With this program you can manipulate photos, easily cut out parts, rotate them, fix backgrounds, add ribbons and text in any color you choose, […]