We all know that a strong foundation in reading is essential for the future academic success of our children. Many moms I have spoken with are afraid to commit to homeschooling, because they are afraid they will not give their children the foundation they need in this important subject area. Enter: the reading game. Created …
Wow! Only a few months into the school year and we have been blessed with some ah-mazing curriculum options thanks to The Old Schoolhouse Review Crew! I have struggled for a couple of years to find a Language Arts program that would challenge my 14-year old son to read harder books and to write better …
Always IceCream is “the innovative play and learning website exclusively for girls between the ages of 7 and 12.” Why the name “Always Ice Cream”? The currency for this virtual world is ICE CREAM SCOOPS! Scoops are earned by completing learning games like the ones shown below. Subjects covered include geography, typing, math, art, science, …
Okay, True Confessions of a Homeschool Mom–For years, I have beat myself up over the fact that we haven’t spent much of our homeschooling time studying other languages. Homeschoolers are supposed to be over-achievers, right?! (note the sarcasm) Throughout our ten homeschooling years, we have dabbled in Spanish (which when translated means, “we can’t speak …
Aletheia Writing Magazine is a quarterly Christian literary magazine written for teens, by teens. Although the magazine is not exclusively for homeschoolers, most of the submissions do come from homeschool students.As a TOS Reviewer, I was given access to a print copy of the Fall 2011 issue as well as a digital copy of the …
