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 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 have thoroughly enjoyed the last few days taking part of the Schoolhouse Expo, an online homeschool conference held by The Old Schoolhouse Magazine. I posted about it a while back and hope that many of you got to attend.
Some of my favorite speakers were Clay Clarkson, Diana Waring, Carol Barnier, Todd Wilson, and Susan [...]

Lesson Planet calls itself “The Search Engine for Teachers.” Started in 1999, this site offers over 225,000 printable lesson plans and worksheets and is 100% advertising-free.
As I’ve mentioned before, I use very few worksheets with my sons, so I didn’t really have use for the site from that standpoint. However, I was very impressed with [...]

My family loves games – board games, card games, computer games, educational games, and games just for fun. I was happy to be able to review three of the educational games from the Super Star Games line. These are easy-to-use games designed to help reinforce certain topics. I chose to review the games on Insects, [...]

A month or two ago, I received a complimentary copy of What Am I? a collection of short stories by Marie Rippel and Renee LaTulippe, published by All About Learning Press. Designed for young readers, the book coordinates with lessons 1-14 of All About Spelling Level 2. I had the privilege of reviewing Beehive Reader [...]