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{Giveaway} $25 Erin Condren Gift Card! {Review}
At times traveling, being in a new town, moving a lot, and homeschool can be really hectic! For 2014 I decided I wanted to get my life organized!! While researching ways to organize I ran across Erin Condren Life Planners! I was immediately attracted to the bright colors and the ability to personalize the planners! I did some research and found that Erin Condren Life Planners had rave reviews! So, I took the plunge, personalized one and ordered it! I am so glad I did!! This thing is functional, fun and beautiful! These are a few of my favorite things about Erin Condren Life Planners: – a laminated, heavy duty…
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Love With Food Subscription Box {REVIEW}
I had the pleasure of reviewing a Love With Food Subscription Box and want to share with you my thoughts on it! Have you ever been in the grocery store and saw a product but didn’t want to buy it because you might not like it? Then this box is for you! What is LOVE WITH FOOD? Love With Food is a monthly subscription box JAM PACKED with all-natural, organic foods for you to try! The curated box is delivered right to your door! Subscription memberships start as low as $10/month, and make a great gift too. Why LOVE WITH FOOD? Not only do YOU get an awesome assortment of all-natural,…
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Adventus MusIQ: A TOS Review
We were recently given the opportunity to review an innovative program aimed at teaching children to play the piano from the comfort of their home. Adventus has a fun, computer based program called MusIQ. The program uses the computer and a midi keyboard. MusIQ lessons take about an hour and teaches variety of music theory and history. There is a game to reinforce the lesson and printable activity sheets to go along with the lesson they just learned! MusIQ comes with everything you need for a well rounded music curriculum. For this particular review we reviewed Children’s Music Journey Volume 1. Volume one has 25 lessons which is plenty for the year!…
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Changing Gears: A Family Odyssey to the End of the World
What would you do if you were not afraid? Changing Gears is the true story of one woman asking herself that very question. What followed was a family journey of epic proportions – a journey of physical challenge, emotional endurance, teamwork, perseverance, and tremendous learning opportunities. It was a discovery of self, of priorities, of accepting hardships, of appreciating blessings, and of contrasting a comfortable past life with the extreme hardship and poverty of those they met. Would the journey be a dream come true – or a mother’s worst nightmare? Find out in Nancy Vogel’s newest book, Changing Gears: A Family Odyssey to the End of he World available…
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Target The Question {{A Review}}
This month I have had the pleasure of reviewing Lone Star Learning‘s Target The Question for 1st grade! Target The Question is daily math program that only takes about 10 to 15 minutes. The purpose of Target The Question is to help children learn how to focus on the question and pick out extra information that is within a word problem. Each day there is a new word problem. The program also has printable worksheets, answer keys, and reference pages available for the parent to print out. The program itself is simple and easy to use! It consist of minimal buttons and navigates easily! There is one button for the Question…
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Handwriting Without Tears… a difference you can clearly see! {A Review}
For months I have had people tell me to get Handwriting Without Tears for my boys to learn handwriting. I thought I could just as easily print a bunch of worksheets off the internet and have the kids sit and do them and that magically their handwriting would just get better with practice. I was wrong. What would happen is the boys would get bored and annoyed with doing generic worksheets everyday. This caused frustration and their handwriting suffered! [wp_ad_camp_1] I recently had the opportunity to review Handwriting Without Tears Kindergarten Workbook and Teachers Guide. We have had more progress in the last month of using it in our home…
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Bountiful Baskets
[wp_ad_camp_2] Have you heard of Bountiful Baskets? Bountiful Baskets Food Co-op (BBFC) “offers a conventional produce basket every other week (or weekly) which is generally ½ fruit and ½ veggies. The monetary contribution is $15.00 and is generally worth $50.00 retail. Organic baskets require a contribution of $25. To participate visit http://www.BountifulBaskets.org and check the schedule to see when your state is available to make your monetary contribution using a debit or credit card. Then, pick up your basket on Saturday morning at the time and place you chose when you contributed!” The process is very simple and so rewarding! I get excited to go pick up my basket or baskets…
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SchoolhouseTeachers.com… a little extra help!
SchoolhouseTeachers.com Review Have you ever just wished that you had a little extra help teaching your children? I did! Sometimes as a homeschooler I would run out of creative ideas or I would lack the expertise to teach a certain point. Well, not anymore! I found SchoolHouseTeachers.com by The Old Schoolhouse Magazine! Schoolhouseteachers.com is like having 25 or more professional experts at your fingertips! Schoolhouseteachers.com offers daily, weekly and monthly lessons and activities! The site has expert teachers, 14 academic subject and growing with unit studies in the summer. If you homeschool your children this site offers just a little extra help! The site is split into sections like Dailies,…
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The Old Schoolhouse Magazine
This month The Old Schoolhouse Magazine has our family really excited! As most of you know… we travel. A lot! Currently we are in Tomah, Wisconsin which is home to a large Amish population. Naturally, being from Texas, we are curious about the Amish lifestyle and want to know more about them! This month The Old Schoolhouse Magazine November Issue has a few great articles about the Amish way of life. One article that had me hooked was A Day in the Life of a Young Amish Mom. Liz Lane interviewed an Amish mom in her home. The interview was interesting and informative about the Amish lifestyle. I love that it made…
