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TruthQuest History: review of Ancient Greece

It is always challenging for me to find a history curriculum that has a worldview that falls within my beliefs as a Christian. So I was super excited to get the opportunity to review TruthQuest History‘s chronological study guide for Ancient Greece.   The chronological history guides are literature-based history studies that focus on the  [...]

A Perfect Pet for Peyton: Review and Giveaway!!!

You may have heard about The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman but have you heard about the children’s book which shares the 5 love languages for kids through a children’s story?  The book, A Perfect Pet for Peyton, is just that story book.   It is a colorful, delightfully illustrated story where we meet two [...]

Amazing Animals by Design

Amazing Animals by Design is a book written by Debra Haagan and published by Tate Publishing.   It is a wonderfully illustrated children’s book whose main characters, John and Sarah, visit a zoo and learn about animals as well as what is meant by intelligent design.   This 24 page book is geared toward elementary children.  [...]

Action Alert: TOS review

I remember when the internet was just getting started and since then it has come a long way. There are so many wonderful things the internet has done for us. It has opened up many doors not only for the average person but especially for homeschoolers. Unfortunately, the internet has also made it possible for [...]

Progeny Press: Study Guides for Literature

Progeny Press has 100 literature study guides for lower elementary to high school grade level students.  They are categorized by grade levels and by genre.  The suggested time for each study guide is anywhere from 8 to 12 weeks depending upon the level.   The aim of their study guides is to aid students to [...]

Disney’s John Carter: Movie Review

  John Carter is an adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ book, A Princess Of Mars.  I admit to never having heard of the book prior to being invited to view a screening of the movie a few weeks ago.  I had been seeing a lot of promotional material on the movie so I was intrigued [...]

K5 Learning: Product Review

Ok.  I guess the first thing I should do is introduce you to what exactly K5 Learning is all about.   It is an online learning  program for kindergarten through 5th grade that covers reading, math, and study skills.   You may be thinking about now “Oh yeah another one of those programs”.  There seem to be [...]

Reading Eggs Review

Reading Eggs is an online program that introduces children to a world of reading through fun and  creative games, songs,  and stories which focuses on phonics and sight words.   There are 120 learn to read lessons and 90 spelling lessons which are geared to 4 through 7 year old beginning readers.   There is also a [...]

The Guardian Duke: 1st book in The Forgotten Castle Series by Jamie Carie ~ Review and Giveaway

I recently had the opportunity to read the 1st book in The Forgotten Castle Series by Jamie Carie. The Guardian Duke is a Regency-era romantic adventure which is the first of what will be a total of three books in this new series. The following information of both the book and its author was given [...]

The Mighty Macs: Review and DVD Giveaway!!!

        The Mighty Macs DVD  released  nationwide on Tuesday, February 21st.  I previously reviewed this movie when I was given a preview of it  back in October around the time it was released to the theaters and you can read my thoughts on it at that time HERE on my blog.  If you did not [...]