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Flash Cards

By KristinN, on March 23rd, 2010

So how many of us print out all sorts of flash cards so we can play games like go fish or old maid to help make math or phonics more fun? Or how many Continue reading Flash Cards

Book/E-Book

Dreams and Designs—Homemade Supplies to Complement Your Homeschool E-Book Review

By KristinN, on March 20th, 2010

I review many, many e-books. I purchase handfuls and several I receive for free from different giveaways. There is always 1 or 2 things I take away from these books and can incorporate into my homeschool to make it better and more fun for my children. But then there is a gem that comes along

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Curriculum Reviews

Apologia Science

By KristinN, on March 13th, 2010

I have been longing to find a good science curriculum that would cover science from beginning to end and would be hands on and would also guide me, the non-science person, all the way through each subject. I have found

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Bible

Copywork E-Book

By KristinN, on September 22nd, 2009

House Upon a Rock is a copywork book for Mathew 7:24-29. I feel it is made more for upper elementary grades, 4-6, due to the lining on the pages and length of the copywork. It is only 8 pages that are beautifully illustrated in back and white. It contains 3 pages of copywork plus

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Book/E-Book

The Little Red Hen Primer Reader

By KristinN, on September 21st, 2009

The Little Red Hen Primer Reader is a story I has read with many different animals character in its place, but the underlining lesson is the fact that if you do not work you do not

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Book/E-Book

Molly’s monthly Money-Saving Digests

By KristinN, on September 19th, 2009

Molly’s monthly Money-Saving Digests have so far been really great but this months, October 2009, What Can We Learn From the Great Depression? Was the best so far for me. Let me give an example of what really hit home for me.

We are in an age of everything we touch is disposable. Think back

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History/Geography

Trail Guide to US Geography

By KristinN, on September 17th, 2009

Most of my regular readers know me well enough to know I am not much into a traditional unit study unless it has all the information (more like a theme study) at hand and I do not have to do much research. However, I think this 133-page unit study of the 50 states I received

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History/Geography

History of Civilization: The Ancient World

By KristinN, on September 16th, 2009

Funny thing about doing reviews, you always end up with something you either need or can really use. I happen to be finishing up our studies this fall about Ancient Egypt and so this review came at a perfect time.

I received an e-book by Milliken called History of Civilization: The Ancient World .

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Book/E-Book

Free Ebook: Planning Your Course and Letting the Lord Determine Your Steps

By KristinN, on September 11th, 2009

The New School Year

Has the new school year started with gusto at your house? Or guesses?

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Crafts

Even Boys Can Use Paper Dolls

By KristinN, on September 1st, 2009

If you have been with me since the beginning of NutBugs, you know I did a review on using puppets in homeschooling. We have, on and off, used the idea and loved it. My kids get a kick out of it and they enjoy my silly voices as well as correct me when I switch

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Articles

A New School Year

By KristinN, on August 24th, 2009

Well, it is that time of year once more. And here we are some of us homeschoolers scurrying and trying to get everything put together and others all done and ready to go. So I thought after talking with a few friends and they were asking me how I do my year, that I would

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Book/E-Book

Fiesta of Freebies 2 E-Book, A Compilation of Homeschool Freebies

By KristinN, on August 22nd, 2009

Ok, if you all are looking for a good source for online information I have found it for you. Fiesta of Freebies 2 E-Book, A Compilation of Homeschool Freebies. This e-book has internet sitesto compliment or even help you to develop a course of study for

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Amazing Math Free Ebook

By KristinN, on August 14th, 2009

August is here and it’s time to gear up for “Back-to-Homeschool.” Looking for some fun hands-on activities to get your year started right? The Old Schoolhouse® wants to help by offering our Teacher’s Toolbox readers one of our most popular modules, Amazing Mathematics, absolutely free!

How much fun can you have with math? Amusing Mathematics will help you see that math isn’t boring

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Art

FREE Curriculm and FREE Resources

By KristinN, on August 10th, 2009

I want to make very sure that it is well known that not all of these sites I have posted are Christian, so please visit them first to make sure you approve of them before you send your children there. I have not seen anything myself that was completely wrong or offensive or even if

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FREE

Free, Free, Free

By KristinN, on July 9th, 2009

It is that time of year again. Yes, it is time to start thinking about the fall and our curriculum choices. Here in Southern California we are having our CHEA convention this week. Unfortunately I am un-able to attend this

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Book/E-Book

E-Homeschooling: Embracing the E-book Revolution

By KristinN, on June 28th, 2009

Now I have written a couple articles on e-books and my feelings on them. But I will take a moment to recap. I love them to a certain degree. I think having a reading book or a small unit or theme study is great. But when it comes down to a full year of curriculum.

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Articles

Academics and Beyond

By KristinN, on June 17th, 2009

When I started homeschooling I thought for sure that homeschool was all about getting the grade so to speak. I thought that it was so important to make sure my kids lived up to the homeschoolstandard. You know Academics and Beyond

Book/E-Book

I Wanna Be A Chef Unit Study

By KristinN, on June 1st, 2009

I found out one of my friends older kids who happens to be in public school was going to have a career day. So, I was thinking to myself…as a Homeschooler, how do I go about having a so called

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Curriculum Reviews

Latina Christiana: Memoria Press

By KristinN, on April 28th, 2009

I have wanted to start teaching a foreign language to my kids for some time now. I bought a Spanish set last year, but it was so detailed it was just TOOOOOOO much for him. So when I decided that I really wanted to start with Latin because of it’s help with learning all other

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Curriculum Reviews

Tapestry of Grace

By KristinN, on April 22nd, 2009

You know I have found over the years that there is no right or wrong way to teach your children. In every homeschool there are many different methods used and many different curriculums out there that say they are the best or better then the next. What makes a Tapestry of Grace

Crafts

Easter Freebies

By KristinN, on March 27th, 2009

Easter is almost here and The Old School House has done it again. They are giving away a whole bunch of fun free activities for you and your kids to do for Easter. So here is the link you will need to download all those fun crafts!

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Homeschooling: All Things

Schleich Action Figures

By KristinN, on March 24th, 2009

What a joy it was to open this box. My kids were overjoyed to see a box full of animals from Schleich to add to their collection. You know there are those that claim they are hand painted and then when you look at it the eyes are all crooked or something. Not Schleich!

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Curriculum Reviews

Critical Thinking

By KristinN, on March 23rd, 2009

Critical Thining is a company who has so many parent, teacher in addition to other educational awards as well as they should. First let me say that I actually have been using Critical Thinking Language Arts for my son for a year now and we love it. But then I got so lucky as

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Homeschooling: All Things

Alphabet Alley Magnet Playset

By KristinN, on March 17th, 2009

Ok, this has got to be one of the greatest little products my daughter (3) has received to review for me. When I got this in the mail I first thought of those peel and cling/stick things (can not remember the name) I had as a child. Oh, but no this is so much more

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Curriculum Reviews

Homeschooling in the Woods

By KristinN, on March 14th, 2009

If you love to lapbook, you will LOVE this product.

Homeschool in the Woods sent to me the New Testament Lapbook. I already had purchased the Old Testament and loved it, but then to be so lucky as to get to review the New Testament one too. WOW! Lucky me!

Amy Pak is the creator of this

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Homeschooling: All Things

Savings of up to 80%

By KristinN, on March 13th, 2009

Do you like saving up to 80%? Get next year’s shopping done early and for less money at the March Madness sale inthe Schoolhouse Store! Check out some of the unit studies and copy work to help round out this Continue reading Savings of up to 80%

Homeschooling: All Things

One 2 Believe – Noah’s Ark

By KristinN, on March 9th, 2009

One 2 Believe has shipped to me once again. YEA!!!! So far we have NOT been disappointed by any of their products. They are of great quality and will withstand time and time again of play.

This time they shipped to us Noah’s Ark. This was a great way for them to have pretend

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Art

Artistic Pursuits: the Art curriculum for Creativity

By KristinN, on March 5th, 2009

Artistic Pursuits: the Art curriculum for Creativity. That is their title. You know what? It fits perfectly. I received Grades K-3 Book One. An Introduction to Visual Arts. After just 2 lessons I realized that this was a wonderfully

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Curriculum Reviews

Five in a Row

By KristinN, on March 2nd, 2009

Last year my son and I learned a little bit about Early American History. Just mainly the Indians. We used a well know literature based Five in a Row

Articles

Choosing Your School Year Schedule

By KristinN, on March 1st, 2009

One of the most difficult tasks to accomplish with homeschooling is planning your schedule. We sit down a month or so before we are ready to begin school and we outline everything we want to accomplish. Then we plan out

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Computer

Math Tudor

By KristinN, on February 24th, 2009

I was never did well in school at math and the teachers I had either did not want to, did not have the time or could not take the time to slow it down for me. So I fell behind.

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Computer

SpellQuizzer

By KristinN, on February 23rd, 2009

So let me tell you about SpellQuizzer. This is a computer-based program where you enter the child’s spelling list and make audio recordings of the words. Then it quizzes the child, playing each word back to him one at a time, checking

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Bible

Bible Story Songs

By KristinN, on February 9th, 2009

You know as a singer and a children’s choir director at my church, I know just how powerful music can be. The words can teach you something that you may have known but never knew how to feel it. It can evoke feelings for God that no spoken word can. It can help you memorize

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Curriculum Reviews

Heads Up! Reading Strips

By KristinN, on January 28th, 2009

I received some reading strips for review From Heads Up!. These are for the student who has a little trouble keeping his place while reading. They place the strip over the text as they Continue reading Heads Up! Reading Strips

Curriculum Reviews

Write Shop

By KristinN, on January 27th, 2009

I had a chance to review a product by Writeshop. WriteShop is designed to teach composition skills in a step-by-step manner. Through a series of engaging lessons, students learn the four most common kinds of writing—descriptive, informative, narrative, and persuasive (essays)—by means of the following basic building blocks: Brainstorming, Editing, Writing and Revising.

Write

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Book/E-Book

All About Homophones

By KristinN, on January 8th, 2009

Wow Mary Rippel did it again! Here is another great program from All About Spelling. It’s All About Homophones. Teaching homophones can be really hard! Just in case you forgot, these are words that sound the same, but they aren’t spelled the same, and they, to top it off, don’t mean the same.

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Computer

Kinderbach

By KristinN, on December 29th, 2008

I was really excited to review Kinderbach since I am a singer and teach the children’s choir at my church. First let me say that this program is geared towards the very young child who does not have any type of music training. My son, 6, did like the program, however he was quit

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Book/E-Book

Math Mammoth

By KristinN, on December 27th, 2008

Maria Miller is the author of the Math Mammoth, which is a series of math workbooks that are available in e-book format. Now first let me say that I am in no way a math genius nor do I know how to teach math well without some help from a good core Continue reading Math Mammoth

Homeschooling: All Things

ABC & 123 Lapbook

By KristinN, on December 21st, 2008

We made the cutest tacktile ABC and 123 Lapbook. You just have to check out the pictures. Click here to see it. http://raquelshomeschooldays.blogspot.com/2008/12/abc-and-123-lapbook.html

Book/E-Book

Lets Make A Web Page eBook

By KristinN, on December 16th, 2008

Phyllis Wheeler is the author of Let’s Make a Web Page! eBook which she wrote to help 8-12 year old children learn to create a web page of their own. Phyllis really knows how to portray the building of a web page in a very easy plan to follow. Younger children will need a

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