From the monthly archives:

November 2009

Old Schoolhouse Magazine Crew Review – GyMathtics

November 21, 2009 Reviews

It’s exercise! No, it’s math class! No, it’s exercise! It’s both!  Exercise and a review of 2nd through 5th grade math facts all in one.  You can get your heart racing with regular old calisthenics – why not get your mind into it too with Counting Calisthenics! While the math facts are on elementary grade [...]

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Successful First Grade Math Activity!

November 12, 2009 Lesson Plans / Ideas

We had TONS of FUN doing math recently and I just had to sit down and tell you about it!!  It was such a simple and easy idea that I am amazed at how much the kids liked it. This year, I’ve been working on 1st grade studies with one of my children.  We began [...]

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Review – RocketLanguages in German

November 11, 2009 Reviews

Guten Tag! Ich heisse Jennifer. Ich komme aus Florida. There!  How’s that for learning some German! I am very excited to share this review with you – if you are American (like me), I know you need this one!  I say that because it has become a shameful byword that Americans don’t speak anything other [...]

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Review – Zoodles

November 11, 2009 Reviews

Zoodles is an educational kid’s browser that filters through all the *junk* out there and displays great games for your children at their age-level in a way that is easy for them to navigate by themselves.  Plus, you get a report of how they are doing and what kinds of sites they like to visit.  [...]

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Vote For HomeGrownMommy As “Best New Blog”

November 10, 2009 Miscellaneous

We made it through the nomination stage and into the voting stage!!!!!  I cannot tell you how excited I am!  Even if I don’t win, just to think that I even made it to this point is wonderful.  I am honored to have my blog mentioned among 18 other fabulous bloggers. I’d love it if [...]

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Old Schoolhouse Magazine Crew Review – American Heritage Education Foundation

November 10, 2009 Reviews

The most important thing you should remember about this review is that you can download this product for free at the American Heritage Education Foundation website!!  Scroll down to about the middle of the page and you can choose from Elementary, Middle, and High School lesson plans to download.  For this review, I am focusing [...]

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Old Schoolhouse Magazine Crew Review – Virginia Soaps and Scents

November 7, 2009 Reviews

This has to be one of my favorite reviews so far!  All I had to do to try it out was take a nice long shower!  (They said to take a nice long bath, but I’m too tall for ours!  I would love to have one of those big huge tubs!) The family behind Virginia [...]

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Old Schoolhouse Magazine Crew Review – The Amazing Bible World History Timeline

November 3, 2009 Reviews

Can you imagine how large a map would have to be that included all of history – from Adam right down to 1982 and had everything from Bible events to secular world history? It’s huge!  And, there is not one practical spot on my walls to display it! Unfortunately, we are not in a position [...]

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