Actual Size books contain lessons with blueprints to create actual-sized drawings or scaled versions of various things like animals, plants, buildings, landmarks, vehicles, and more! The Actual Size series is recommended for ages 5 and up and contains a complete lesson to compliment the blue prints. You can use sidewalk chalk out in your...
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I can’t believe it is May already – and a few days into May at that! Don’t forget to check out May’s issue of The Old Schoolhouse Magazine. It’s a wonderful resource and is always free! You can read it on your smart phone or tablet, too! Look for the app in the App...
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LiteracySoft offers an app, Phonics and Reading with McGuffey, which has 52 lessons to help teach children to read. Phonics and Reading with McGuffey works on both the iPad and iPhone. I downloaded it to both, but because I couldn’t figure out how to save progress across devices I had them stick...
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Dr. Craft’s Active Play Books put together Active Play! Fun Physical Activities for Young Children to help raise awareness of childhood obesity and gets kids moving! Toddlers and preschoolers need a lot of activity, but there is a growing problem now that they aren’t getting enough of it! As a homeschooling mom I can...
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A Journey Through Learning offers a variety of subjects that help kids learn through Lapbooks. We have never done Lapbooks before, and I think their quote explains it well “Scrapbooking with an Educational Twist.” It definitely adds a more hands-on experience to education. For our review we reviewed Letters, Numbers and Shapes with our...
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ABeCeDarian Company offers a reading program for new readers (Kindergarten or early 1st grade) up to 6th grade. It is divided into 4 levels: Level A for students reading at kindergarten through mid-1st grade level, Level B for students reading at mid-1st grade through 2nd grade level, Level C for students reading at 3rd...
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Adventus offers an array of music and piano learning solutions. We had the chance to review their MusIQ HomeSchool program. MusIQ Homeschool is a seven-year curriculum that includes more than 20 levels from beginners to advanced. They offer an Early Level Curriculum for ages 4-10 and a multi-level curriculum for ages 10+. We used...
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Sorry I missed yesterday’s 5 Days of Teaching Creatively Blog Post. It really was a great topic: Homeschooling in a Crisis. You should definitely check out some of the great posts. Unfortunately, I was having a different sort of crisis – a BLOG crisis! In fact, I even had to take my blog offline...
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I know I have OFTEN talked about how I love using play in learning. I love toys, games, puzzles, etc. that actually facilitate learning as well. In fact, many of them do or you can find a way to encourage learning in the process! I think my “theme” continues – kids learn best when...
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ARTistic Pursuits is a very thorough and enjoyable Art Program. They offer curriculum for Preschool through High school. Instead of using a formal and overly structured approach, they use a creative based, age-appropriate approach to Art, which makes it more enjoyable for everyone! It focuses on on their interests to create motivation for them...
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