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Reviews: Curriculum

Homeschool Crew Review: Quarter Mile Math

Sep 17th, 2009
by Annie Kate.
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  When I found out that the Homeschool Review Crew  would be reviewing The Quarter Mile Math programs, I was thrilled.  Many, many years ago I’d read Mary Pride’s glowing recommendation of this math drill program and since then it has been on my mental wish list.   Summary The Quarter Mile Math Program  is a motivating […]

Homeschool Crew Review: Web Design for Kids (…and Curious Adults)

Aug 26th, 2009
by Annie Kate.
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  Before I began blogging in April, the workings of the online world were a total mystery to me.  In the process of setting up my blog, I accidentally bumped into some HTML code.  It scared me.       (An aside for my fellow non-expert computer users: HTML is the language of web site design.  […]

Homeschool Crew Review: ALEKS

Aug 19th, 2009
by Annie Kate.
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  As I mentioned in a previous post,  we have been using ALEKS, a wonderful online math tutor.  The children have learned a huge amount in our free one month trial, and we are now familiar enough with ALEKS to be able to give you a thorough review. Summary ALEKS is an online system for Assessment […]

ALEKS Math Preview

Aug 6th, 2009
by Annie Kate.
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As a member of the TOS Homeschool Crew,  I was offered a free month of the math program ALEKS.  We’re about halfway through the trial, and it is so wonderful that I want to let you know about it right away.  You see, I can offer you the same free one month trial that I got, and […]

One of the Best Home Schooling Books: 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum

Jun 23rd, 2009
by Annie Kate.
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  At this time of year we home school moms haul out our glossy curriculum catalogues and dream.  Then we order, and occasionally what we order matches the dream instead of our day-to-day reality.  We make expensive curriculum mistakes because we misunderstand our educational philosophy, our own teaching style, or our children’s learning styles.  We […]

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