Category Archives: Homeschool Reviews

Sonlight Review and Giveaway

This giveaway is now closed.  Congratulations to Celee @ Miscellaneous Musings of a 5X Mom who won the $50 gift card to Sonlight. Our family just started our seventh year using Sonlight.  I have posted about Sonlight before, how we use it to effectively educate children who are at many different levels ...

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Jamie Soles: Review

About 4 1/2 year ago some friends of ours gave us a CD by Jamie Soles.  That Christmas we purchased several more Cd's  for our family and gave them as Christmas gifts to all the children on our list.  They are that good!

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Sue Gregg Cooking Giveaway and Review

Congratulations to Charlsie @ Finish the Race for winning the Sue Gregg Cookbook. We have used and enjoyed Sue Gregg's cookbooks for years.  Healthy, whole foods cooking with real life taste and preparation sums up this set of cookbooks.  If you want to move your family toward healthier eating, but don't know ...

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Artistic Pursuits: Giveaway and Review

Giveaway is now closed.  Congratulations to Sheri for winning the AP level of her choice. I enjoy art.  I've enjoyed art since I was a child.  When I was pregnant with our sixth child, I took a smattering of art lessons, just enough to show me what I didn't know.  I do not have much time ...

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Giveaway – Jean Welles Worship Guitar Class

This giveaway in now closed. I gave our kids the option to participate in the worship guitar class if they wished.  Matthew (10) was the only one who initially wanted to try.  However after a few lessons, when our older girls Kaitlin (12) and Amber (13) saw that he was ...

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Beehive Reader 1: Review

Since this product is produced by and correlates with All About Spelling, you may be interested in reading my complete review of All About Spelling. As soon as this book arrived in the mail Sadie (6) claimed it as her own.  Sadie had not, to this point, picked ...

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Dollar Homeschool: Review

Dollar Homeschool gave our family a complimentary copy of the Eclectic Education Series, a set of CD's that is available on their site for $159. The Eclectic Education Series is a set of textbooks that was used in American schools from the early 1800's to the early ...

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Math Tutor: Review

Math Tutor offers DVD instruction in math from basic counting up through Physics 3.  The DVD's (with the exception of Young Minds) feature a teacher explaining the concepts and working sample problems on a white board.  The DVD sets range from 5 to 14 hours in ...

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Facts First: Review

Facts First is an online math drill program produced by Saxon that teaches all the basic facts of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.  It uses placement testing, gives lessons and provides lots of practice for students. Facts First has a definite fun, game-like feel with animated characters, facts taught in the context of stories ...

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Mathscore: Review

Mathscore is an online math program that uses timed drills and practice to improve math skills.  It also offers instructions to help introduce and learn new concepts.  This program is very basic and offers students a long list of topics starting with copy cat, where the student ...

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