Keyboarding for the Christian SchoolPosted by Lorren on May 31, 2010
Keyboarding for the Christian School is a good book for teaching your child how to type, especially if you want to incorporate Christian principles in your typing class.
Are You All About Reading?Posted by Lorren on
All About Reading, What Am I? is an excellently illustrated book that will be great for early readers who have finished the Beehive Reader.
Mother’s Day for MePosted by Lorren on May 9, 2010
Had a good Mother’s Day. Kids were giving, and dh gave me a gift card, which I’m going to combine with a couple Swagbucks codes I earned.
Language Smarts Works Kids’ BrainsPosted by Lorren on March 30, 2010
I was recently sent a copy of Language Smarts C for my daughter to look at and for me to review. It is sold by the Critical Thinking Company.
My daughter finds this book challenging, and in a way, I think that’s a good thing. For example, in one of the excercises, my daughter [...]
Handel at the Court of Kings – Zeezok PublishingPosted by Lorren on March 9, 2010
My daughter likes the Zeezok Publishing books on musicians. They help her learn about music and history, and increase her reading skills.
Beehive Reader: A Companion to All About SpellingPosted by Lorren on February 12, 2010
The Beehive Reader is beautifully illustrated. While it is meant to correlate with All About Spelling, it may not integrate well with students whose spelling ability and reading skills do not align.
End of the Homeschool Year in SightPosted by Lorren on February 14, 2008
About this time of year, my dd starts getting towards the back of her textbooks, and I start to wonder when we’ll be done for the year. I put together a lesson plan for the remainder of the school year this week, and it looks like we’ll be done with everything (except reading) somewhere [...]
Everyday Mathematics Makes My Head HurtPosted by Lorren on September 24, 2007
An internet friend of mine who had previously been homeschooling her 9 year old decided to send her child back to public school, at least for a semester. On the message boards she remarked that her daughter hated her new public school math class, and had even cried during math. She was using [...]
Curriculum I Am Loving This YearPosted by Lorren on September 10, 2007
We started school officially on September 5th (even though dd asked to do school early so we did a couple of lessons the week before). After looking through my new curriculum, I was really excited about trying out Bob Jones University Press’s Bible course… but after teaching it for a week, I am sure [...]
