Welcome to the cheerful world of Rose and Jordan who celebrate Grandma’s birthday, go to school, shop, visit cousins, build a sand castle, enjoy a farm, and finally fall asleep…in French and English. Each two page spread in this beautiful 40-page book covers one activity, giving French phrases with English translation underneath them. By the end […]
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Review: Science Roots by Nancy Paula Hasseler
When your teens begin to study biology, they are suddenly faced with an overwhelming amount of vocabulary to learn. Many modules in our teens’ biology course contain dozens of new words and that is what makes biology so difficult. In Science Roots: Latin and Greek Roots for Biology and Life Science, Nancy Hasseler has provided […]
Curriculum Choice Review: French is Fun
In grade 7, after years of low-key, informal French, our children start French is Fun 1. This inexpensive textbook from AMSCO works well for us, helping the children consolidate all their earlier knowledge and extending it dramatically…. To read the rest of this review please visit Curriculum Choice.
How We Study Dutch
I speak Dutch, my husband understands it somewhat, and our children are learning it in a very casual but effective way, mostly through stories and songs. To increase vocabulary and improve speaking skills, the children also use Rosetta Stone, a program that effectively reviews many simple words and concepts, but the real meat of our learning […]
Homeschool Crew Review: abcteach
We’re not a worksheet kind of family. At all. So when we were offered a month’s free membership with abcteach, I wasn’t excited. I thought it was just some massive, boring worksheet factory. Dutifully I began to explore the site so that I could write a review… and what I found thrilled me. There’s […]