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Review: MathBlaster

MathBlaster, an award-winning 3D virtual world by Knowledge Adventure, aims to blend learning and entertainment by inspiring minds through immersed play. This is how MathBlaster describes their program for ages 6-12:  “…as new recruits at the prestigious Blaster Academy, kids will play arcade-style math games and race through high-speed missions with the help of a […]

Almost Free Homeschooling with Ambleside Online

Every few years in our decade and a half of homeschooling, we’ve reevaluated how we homeschool.  Now it’s happening again, and we’re leaning more heavily towards Charlotte Mason learning, partially because the best year we’ve ever had was totally based on the Ambleside Online curriculum. Unfortunately, it was too much for me at the time because […]

Review: Mathletics

When I was asked to review Mathletics, my children were excited.  They had used and loved this math program/curriculum before.  Now Mathletics has a few more features, as well as another award, the ComputED Gazette’s 17th Annual Best Educational Software Awards (BESSIES) – Best Home-School Math Website. As I wrote in my earlier review, “Mathletics by 3P […]

Review: Time4Learning

    As I mentioned earlier, we have been trying out Time4Learning free for a month in order to review it.  Our month is finished, and all three of the children have learned a fair bit.  They also have some strong opinions to share. Summary Time4Learning is an interactive online learning package for Preschool to […]

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 […]