This is my last year on the Crew (for now) and it is bittersweet to say goodbye to everyone. I am looking forward to a schedule that is cleared of many commitments so I can focus more fully on my family. However, I will miss the excitement of stalking my mailbox to wait for newRead more
We had the chance to review a beautifully illustrated book of the Creation story called Purposeful Design: Understanding the Creation that was published by Purposeful Design. What is it?Purposeful Design was created by Jay Schabacker who has worked in many fields such as finance and aerospace engineering. Throughout his life and career he has enjoyedRead more
We can always use more math and grammar practice at our house so we were excited to review the programs from IXL. My kids independently worked on IXL Math and IXL Language Arts. What is it?IXL is an online program for math and language arts practice. This program contains content for most grade levels andRead more
Can you believe it’s already time to think about Christmas? I can’t but yet I’m so excited. Christmas is my favorite time of the year. The best part of Christmas is reading wonderful Christmas books with my kids and seeing the wonder of Christ’s birth reflected in their faces. We were so excited to reviewRead more
My kids love the challenge of learning a new language so we were excited to try a new-to-us language program called Middlebury Interactive Languages. We reviewed the Elementary Spanish 2: Grades 3-5 Spanish Courses. What is it?Middlebury Interactive Languages offers foreign language learning opportunities that were designed by linguistic experts. The program uses technology toRead more
I love filling our house with Biblical resources and I enjoy taking some time to educate myself. The new books from Apologia Educational Ministries allowed me to do both! I was able to review 3 books about Bible history and archaeology: Old Testament iWitness, New Testament iWitness, and iWitness Biblical Archaeology. What is it?ApologiaRead more
Did you know that I have 2 little people underfoot in our homeschool this year? I have one in preschool and another who tags along with her big sister. Some days it makes me feel more than crazy. I’m always excited to get some helpful tips for homeschooling with little ones in tow. That’s whyRead more
Call me crazy but I absolutely love grammar! I will diagram sentences all day! Because of my deep love for all things language arts I was thrilled that we were able to review Fix It! Grammar: The Nose Tree [Book 1] (Teacher’s Manual) and Student Book from Institute for Excellence in Writing. What is it?TheRead more
This year one of my goals was to utilize student planners in our homeschool. I need my older two to be a little independent in completing their work with fewer reminders from me. Therefore, I was thrilled to receive a daily student logbook from My Student Logbook to review in our homeschool. We found thatRead more
I absolutely love planning-with paper planners. I love to make lists and attempt to stay organized. When I heard that I had the chance to review The 7 Minute Life Daily Planner from The 7 Minute Life I was thrilled to try something new to help plan for our new school year. What is it?TheRead more