Our Little Misses can sled and craft, play dolls and roam with the dogs, read and have wild foosball games, and do many more such things. Sometimes, however, they just want to play a computer game. Then they often gravitate to factsfirst, a math program that is almost a game. It meets my wish […]
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Homeschool Crew Review: The Tortoise and the Hare by Maestro Classics
Our family eagerly anticipated getting The Tortoise and the Hare by Maestro Classics for the Homeschool Review Crew. We all love both classical music and Aesop’s fables, so this review promised to be fun. When, finally, the package arrived, we sat down to listen to it immediately. Having expected a simple fable set […]
Homeschool Crew Review: Mathletics
Mathletics by 3P Learning is a motivational online, world-wide math program for K-12 that includes competitive, curricular, and game components. Its aim is to inspire a delight in mathematics and to improve students’ performance. Live Mathletics—Competition Live Mathletics is cool. Our children were introduced to it when they participated in World Math Day […]
Homeschool Crew Review: All About Spelling
Our children studied phonics to learn to read. Some of them learned to spell automatically as well, but others did not seem to understand that the same sounds used for reading could also be used for spelling. All About Spelling breaks words apart and uses phonics to teach spelling. Yes, there are word lists, […]
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 […]