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LAST MINUTE School Supply Deals!!! Who started back school this week?
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Thursday, August 1, 2024
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Friday, June 26, 2015
Circle C Adventures Review #2
Tales for the Circle C Ranch was a great books to use for bedtime story read alouds. That is how we used it in our house. Since it was comprised of short stories I could read one each night and it only took a few minutes. The kids loved them and the stories are so fun that I had no problem holding their attention while I read. One of my favorite things about Susan K. Marlow's writing style is that is reads very easy. The words flow from one to the other and in my opinion that is exactly how a good book should be. She does such a good job of putting the stories together and describing the scenes in the books that you can let your imagination put you right into the story. I love reading something that makes me feel like I am there and this book once again doesn't disappoint in that department.
The lapbook that goes along with the book is Andrea Carter's Tales from the Circle C Ranch Learning Lapbook. We didn't use the lapbook this time around but we do plan on using it later on this Summer. I have used another one of her lapbooks and looked over this one. They are great!!! I really didn't expect much from the lapbooks originally, just assumed it would be a very simple add on to the book. But these lapbooks are very extensive with many great activities to tie in with the book. You could easily turn each book into a complete unit study using the accompanying lapbooks by just throwing in a few more simple resources.
The book can be yours for a very reasonable prices of $7.99 and the lapbook can be yours for $7.00-$12.00 depending on whether you choose the printed version or the ebook version. You can follow this series and the author via social media Facebook and Twitter https://www.facebook.com/CircleCAdventures
http://twitter.com/SuzyScribbles. I can't wait to read more of her books and I'm sure once you read the first one you will be the same way. The best part is that these books are great, clean fun so you don't have to worry about letting your children read the or about reading them to them. Be sure and check out all the books in the series about Andrea (Andi) Carter and enjoy all the great excitement!!!!
Thursday, June 25, 2015
SmartKidz Media Review
Most of their activities are given in video format but you also have access to some great study guides. The favorite part for my kiddos was of course all the great animal videos and information. We are animal obsessed here and this website gives you an unbelievable amount of animal lessons that you can choose from. I think we watched all the animal videos, and read the animal ebooks in the first few days of exploring the program. That is all they wanted to do. I loved the baby sign language section and plan on using it with our new little bundle of joy arriving in Fall. We used this program several times a week and plan on continuing to use it.
As a homeschooling Mom with a large family I was super relieved to find out that you do not have to have membership for each child. You pay one fee and get access to a family membership and the best part is that the fee is affordable!! You have the option to pay monthly for only $10 or save some money by purchasing a yearly membership for $99. The material they provide is well worth the prices and on top of learning my kids were entertained. There was only one con in my opinion and this isn't a con for most people but we live in a rural area was the amount of Internet you use. Where we live we do not have access to unlimited data so watching the video definitely impacted our date plan but it is worth it. As long as I use in conservatively I don't anticipate it being a problem. But due to this I do wish more of their information was available in printable study guide format.
Above is a view of one of the awesome study guides......
This screen shot shows just a a few of the many video lessons available....
This is one of the bright, fun ebooks offered.....
You can view their catalog and sign up for a membership on their website. And make sure you check out SmartKidz Media on FACEBOOK and TWITTER.
Thursday, June 11, 2015
Field Trip Journal Review.....Apologia
There are a couple of bonuses that come with this book. On the bottom of one of the field trip idea pages is a link and password to access additional useful activities that go along with the journal. Apologia Educational Ministries includes this link in each book which gives you more field trip ideas and state maps.
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And remember to check out the other reviews for the rest of the Review Crew!!!
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Critical Thinking Review.....Math Analogies Level 1
Friday, November 15, 2013
Guest Post- Switched on Schoolhouse Review
Switched on School house
My son is eight years old and has severe food allergies, asthma, and Aspergers. I have had conflict with his school pretty much every year he has been in school. Things getting sent home in his backpack that he is severely allergic to, violations of his IEP, and bullying.
This year was actually going okay. I felt like I had finally gotten the school where it needed to be as far as his food allergies go. So I was upset when they checked our address to see if we were in zone. They sent home a letter saying Elijah had a week before he had to move schools. I called the Principal and she said there was nothing she could do about it. I'm guessing they were happy to get rid of us. Going to another school would have been too much of a headache as far as his special education and food allergies were concerned so I decided to do homeschool.
Picking a homeschool curriculum was hard. I looked up different curriculums and stressed out over it basically. One night I was watching 19 kids and counting and Michelle Duggar mentioned she used Switched on Schoolhouse. I immediately for up and pulled it up on the computer. I read the reviews and did the demos. One of my friends has also used it before and really liked it. So I ordered it off Amazon. (It was cheaper than the AOP website)
It was weird receiving the little box by UPS. I was expecting a lot more, maybe a book or something. All it was was. Software box containing 5 cd's. You have an option of putting the curriculum on your hard drive or having to put in each individual cd every time you do that subject. I elected to go ahead and install every subject. This was the best option for me and I had extra space for it. Installation took a little under an hour.
The demo videos are a must when getting started or you will be so confused. I love the lesson planner. I just put in the school calendar and it plans out the lessons for me and even has off days for holidays and breaks already programmed in. It also has a place to take attendance. I can't wait to use the report card feature in a few weeks and it also has a transcript feature. I can be as involved as I want with the lessons or I can let him do it on his own. I do recommend if you do this or another type of computer based learning that you sit with them for tests and quizzes because it is really easy to cheat. Math, Language Arts, Science, Geography & History, and Bible were included with my software. You can also add a foreign language at an additional cost. We also do Art and I have him keep a journal, but that's not included.
The only complaint I have is that it doesn't come with readers or scientific equipment. It literally only includes the software, but that's all you need. There are excellent fb groups and a wonderful newsletter they send you that is inspirational and gives great tips. The only downfall for some people is that it is Christian based and that is clearly evident throughout the curriculum not just the bible subject. This was an added bonus for my family, but for some people it may be a turn off. I can't wait to share my journey as a new homeschooling Mom with you all and I will check back in with you in a few weeks!
Monday, January 21, 2013
Time 4 Learning
After two days my Kindergartner was hooked, getting him started for school each day is always a challenge but not with Time 4 Learning. He is always asking to do school on the computer. It's great!! Time 4 Learning is a online curriculum for Preschool-8th grade. It does a great job of covering everything and keeping them interested. My favorite part is that it has really helped my son be independent. He will go through the lessons on his own and because of the wonderful parent section I can always look at how much information he is mastering. I get him logged on and let him have at it, I do come back when he takes the quizzes at the end of each section.
If you have a hands on learner or someone who just needs a break for the pencil and paper then definitely check out their website Time 4 Learning.
Even though our free trial has came to a end we still plan on continuing. Time 4 Learning makes it very easy for us by costing us less then $20 per month and not requiring a contract. I can pay month to month and not worry about being out of money if for some reason we need to stop.
Disclaimor- As a member of Time4Learning, I have been given the opportunity to review their program and share my experiences. While I was compensated, this review was not written or edited by Time4Learning and my opinion is entirely my own. For more information, check out their standards-based curriculum or learn how to write your own curriculum review
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Busy, Busy, Busy
I wanted to do a quick post regarding Pinterest. As most of my followers know I am constantly pulling ideas from Pinterest. I had a few request to follow so I am providing the link to my Pinterest homeschool board http://pinterest.com/aleciaj/homeschool-education/. Now I wish I was on tops of things enough to have started a board per subject or unit study but it just didn't happen. Still, this board has wealth of activities; websites, activities, art lessons, music lessons, unit study materials, and tons of sensory and other OT ideas:-)
Enjoy!!!
Monday, December 31, 2012
Ready to Welcome 2013!!
We started out our morning with a sensory activity. Dollar store floam and pony beads keep everyone so busy and happy they don't even realize it's work:-)
Friday, November 9, 2012
My new addiction to 31
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Tree, Leaf and Seed Unit Study plus some Tips, Recipes and FREEBIES!!
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Pumpkin Unit....
Our pumpkin unit has consisted of some really neat activities such as Erupting Pumpkins and Pumpkin Pie play-doh. Our bookwork was a great unit study provided by Simple Schooling via Currclick Pumpkin Fun Book it was wonderful and helped me introduce lots of new skills into our daily lessons, normally it is $6.99 but if you hurry you can get it for only $0.99!! It has a total of 59 pages and it's worth it regardless of which price you end up paying. Since we have so much going on we have been running a little behind schedule BUT we finally finished our Life Cycle of a Pumpkin craft be sure and check it out.
The favorite part of October for the whole family is the fact that I work at a local corn maze and pumpkin patch Life Down on the Farm. I have nearly as much fun working here as the kids do visiting me so this past weekend they dropped in to say hi:-) Consider a field trip away from the house and come see us one day, it's a great opportunity for the kids to learn about farm animals and equipment plus they get to have a blast. Like their facebook page to keep up to date on the activities scheduled Facebook @Life Down on the Farm.
Dalton tags along with me at least one day a week but he usually opts not to pose for pictures ;-)
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Fall Family Giveaway!!!
Monday, September 3, 2012
Free Art Curriculum
http://www.cuchicago.edu/experience/arts/visual-arts/art-lessons/