My family likes to travel. In the past year, we’ve been to Washington, D.C., the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, Pipestem Resort State Park in West Virginia, and Jeffersonville, IN/Louisville, KY – along with a few day trips nearby.
As all parents know, traveling long distances with kids can be more of a nightmare than a [...]

I recently had the opportunity to use a complimentary copy of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine’s Travel the World. As you may expect from the title, this ebook is a stand alone study on geography, but it’s also the June 2010 Module to accompany the Schoolhouse Planner. (You don’t have to own the planner to use [...]

Preschool is a fun time – young children are usually so eager to learn, and lessons will them can be full of music, storybooks, and enjoyment. I recently had the opportunity to use an Ideal Curriculum Monthly Kit for preschool to review.
The kit is in digital format and contains several files in various formats. One [...]

The second voyage of The Old Schoolhouse Crew has officially come to an end. I am very blessed to have been a part of it. I have gotten to know several new friends and have grown closer to some of the Crew Mates I met during the first voyage.
As I did last year, I’d like [...]

Last year, I posted my Top 10 Most Used Crew Review Items from the 2008-09 year. I’d like to carry on that tradition this year with a new list taken from the items I reviewed during the Crew’s second voyage!
Of the 50 items I reviewed for the Crew this past year, these are my ten [...]

I’ve always wanted my children to learn at least one foreign language, preferably more than one. Since I took both French and Spanish in school, I figured these would be the languages we would focus our studies on. They would be the most likely languages to actually be used, after all. After being introduced to [...]

My first ‘run-in’ with Circle C Adventures was last winter when some of my homeschooling friends posted about the book series on Facebook. The Circle C Adventures series, by Susan K. Marlow, revolves around Andrea Carter – a girl who is more tomboy than little lady – and is set in late 1800s California. Because [...]

I was recently invited to try a free membership to Lobster Network – a website designed to help people share with one another. The idea behind the site is unique … I’ve never seen anything else like it. “Lend it, Organize it, Buy it … Trade it … Examine it … Offer it….”

Lobster Network allows [...]

My oldest is still about five years away from high school, so Advanced Placement (AP) exams really aren’t on my radar yet. Even so, I received a complimentary copy of Cerebellum’s Light Speed U.S. Gov & Politics AP Exam Prep DVD. I like history, though I can’t say I’m exceedingly fond of politics, but I [...]

I like natural living – homemade cleaners and soaps, herbs and colloidal silver when we’re sick, foods fresh from the farm. I can’t claim that we use and eat only 100% natural items, but we do as much as we can. I recently had the opportunity to try a natural progesterone cream called BeeYoutiful Balance [...]